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Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 17h

Norway should just blame Sweden. Trump won't know any better. #NobelPeacePrize

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3d

@lataco.bsky.social is amazing. And essential.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 2d

“…And to think I voted for all of it. Why, I had no idea the leopards would eat MY face!”

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Soybean Farmer: So now I've got a tariff war that's killing my market. I don't have any money from grain we're sending to other countries for USAID. I mean, I've got a compound problem. I don't know how you plan for next year because we don't know where we're at.

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Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 2d

I confess I was totally going to remind you to wear a helmet

Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 4d

Careless smoking is a scourge

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Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 4d

The Pentagon needs “sober” leadership lol. #KegsBreath #DUIhire

Havoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 4d

The Wall Street Journal WRECKED him!

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Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 4d

“Scheduled maintenance “ is the new “careless smoking” lolol #UkraineWillWin

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 4d

A new video shows Ukrainian drones striking the Kirishi refinery near St. Petersburg. Local Russian officials called it “scheduled maintenance,” though footage clearly shows explosions and fires at the site.

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Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 4d

#UkraineWillWin

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4d

The Russian city of Belgorod has gone dark after a Ukrainian missile strike on a thermal power plant.

#explodey

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Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 4d

Farmers who overwhelmingly voted for Trump: “I didn’t know the leopards would eat MY face!”

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

SOYBEAN FARMER SOUNDS OFF: Trump’s trade war is crushing farmers. Now Trump is giving $20B to Argentina—the same country taking much of America’s soybean market.

Soybeans are the no. 1 cash crop in Tennessee.

Via @pulsereportnow on IG

Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 5d

25th the 47th

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5d

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 5d

The feds’ account seems quite implausible. One more reason to join the #NoKings rally October 18 and make your opinion known. Find a location at www.nokings.org

NPR @npr.org · 5d

JUST IN: Authorities were on patrol when they were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security. One of the drivers "was armed with a semi-automatic weapon," prompting officers to open fire, DHS said. via @wbez.org

Federal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities on Chicago's South Side

Authorities were on patrol when they were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security. One of the drivers "was armed with a semi-automatic weapon," prompting...

www.wbez.org

Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you @masssiveking.bsky.social

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 5d

“The El Cajon Police Department is one of the holdouts, violating state law and recklessly putting Californians at risk by sharing data with many out-of-state agencies, including those in states with abortion bans," EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told CBS 8.
www.cbs8.com/article/new...

Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 5d

Trump enthusiastically drums up support for the #NoKings rally on October 18. Find an event near you www.nokings.org

NPR @npr.org · 5d

via @wbez.org
The request to the Illinois National Guard comes after Pritzker said earlier this week the Department of Homeland Security requested deployment of 100 military troops to Illinois “for the protection of ICE personnel and facilities.”

Trump seeks to call up 300 Illinois National Guard troops, Pritzker says

The request to the Illinois National Guard comes after Pritzker said earlier this week the Department of Homeland Security requested deployment of 100 military troops to Illinois “for the protection o...

www.wbez.org

Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 5d

@matthewjdowd.bsky.social No truth and reconciliation commission for these thugs

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6d

ICE officers stopped a family at gunpoint and smashed the car window on top of the newborn baby. “I was screaming that there was a baby,” cried the mother. “But they didn’t care,” and covered the baby with their bodies, fearing that the glass would hurt him.

Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 5d

We’re going to need a Nuremberg style commission. I have zero interest in truthing and reconciling with masked thugs who zip tie naked children in the middle of the night.

Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 6d

More than seven years ago I wrote that we in America are going to need a South Africa style Commission. "In a step towards restorative justice, South Africa took the unusual step of forming the Truth and Reconciliation Commission." It is even more imperative today.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5d

If you’re white, your accomplishments are your own and you can resent and criticize the country all you like, but if you’re black and successful you should be grateful to white people for allowing you in their presence. bsky.app/profile/jess...

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 6d

Kinda wild Apple will kick ICEBlock out of the App Store on safety grounds but the Saudi government app that lets men track women (their “property”) and control their travel is fully allowed even after the Human Rights Watch AND members of the Senate begged them to ban it.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6d

"I think in a free country we should be able to post onto the internet, 'hey, there are masked agents on Broadway and Vine and not have the government or the tech oligarchs prevent us from doing that.' Shame on you, Tim Cook."

@radiofreetom.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:

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Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 6d

Russian bots play both sides, don’t forget

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 6d

FYI this is going around seeming to be from me and Liz.

This is not from us.

Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 6d

Turn your anger and frustration about #ICE , losing our #democracy , and everything else into action. #NoKings rally October 18. Find an event here www.nokings.org cc: @wgawest.bsky.social

Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 6d

The smile!

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Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 6d

Serious question: should I cancel my @washingtonpost.com subscription? (I already canceled the @latimes.com and I skip WaPo’s Opinions section.) Was thinking #Bezos is trying to kill it and therefore I should not help him do it. But it’s getting harder every week

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Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you, @chrislhayes.bsky.social If folks want to fight this kind of #ICE brutality, on October 18 show up at a #NoKings rally near you. www.nokings.org

Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 6d

Clearly Jonathan V. Last doesn’t understand Democrats or maybe democracy. Dems don’t let Americans lose health care if they can possibly stop it. Even if it maybe could end up helping Trump a little.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

"In a normal political moment, Dems would be right to focus on policies that make people’s lives better. But this isn’t an ordinary moment. For the love of God, it was days ago that Trump put every officer in the armed forces in a room & told them he plans to use soldiers against American citizens."

Here’s How Trump Loses the Shutdown

God help us but Gavin Newsom is the only Democrat who understands power.

www.thebulwark.com

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 6d

⁨Millions of American families will pay double for their insurance when they sign up for their new plans this fall.

Donald Trump is content to do nothing about it.

Democrats are fighting to end this Republican health care crisis.⁩

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