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Andrea Vaghy @avaghy.bsky.social · 3h

This is a great article and it is good to see Walmart focused on its workers. The biggest thing that stands out to me not just for Walmart but all retailers is how far the starting wages even with the increases are from living wages no matter where in the US you live.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 5d

It's really simple

Voters want an opposition party that will fight for them, and democracy, like there's no tomorrow

Dem elites want a members-only social club where polite, dues-paying members who they like to see at cocktail parties get rewarded with plum roles www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Chuck Schumer gets his preferred candidate, Janet Mills, in crowded Maine Senate race

Schumer had been aggressively recruiting Mills to challenge Republican Susan Collins.

www.politico.com

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a good reminder that the elites of both parties collapsed and capitulated with fascism selling us all out but the average population has not.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 18h

A lot of centrist commentators who genuinely got worked up about the unforgivably insulting nature of "cling to guns and religion" or "basket of deplorables" are weirdly silent about Trump portraying himself as literally shitting on American cities

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 18h

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants

Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 18h

Today, Californians joined millions nationwide to say loud and clear:

NO to authoritarianism.
NO to assaulting our democracy.
NO to censorship and fear.
NO to hate and division.
NO to corruption and cruelty.
NO to kings.

YES to a government by and for the people.

time.com/7326801/no-k...

‘No Kings’ Protests Draw Millions Across U.S.

More than 2,600 "No Kings" rallies have been planned across the country Saturday against the Trump Administration.

time.com

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Andrea Vaghy @avaghy.bsky.social · 20h

I know nothing will come of this but I really wish so much this stuff just got you kicked out of office. And when Vance does this, he reminds me exactly of the white working class racist guys I grew up who just sit on Facebook posting nonsense.

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 1d

Brad Lander:

250 years ago, the founders brought forth on this land a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the idea that all are created equal. They would not abide, kings or tyrants.

That's why we are out here to say #NoKings, any time.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 1d

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1d

For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings

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Andrea Vaghy @avaghy.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d

Treating the Declaration of Independence’s list of grievances like a to do list.

"He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people."

"For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate …".

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 2d

It's official: Speaker Johnson just cancelled all votes in the House next week.

The next scheduled voting day is 10/27; the last time the House was in session was 9/19.

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Andrea Vaghy @avaghy.bsky.social · 1d

And let’s not forget the seed money for his billions came from daddy.

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Andrea Vaghy @avaghy.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to hate him even more read the old Vanity Fair article about his whiny Hamptons bike ride. I would have gone into hiding from the embarrassment.

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DoD VAPID RESPONSE (dba Clay Copper) @claycopper.bsky.social · 1d

Lol half of Zohran's entire pitch to NYers is he's not going to make time to have special sit downs with billionaires just bc they've got cash to throw around.

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Andrea Vaghy @avaghy.bsky.social · 1d

He should have told him to show up at a campaign event like every other New Yorker who wants to participate in the political process.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

was literally just telling some folks that i thought mamdani was going to break 50%

Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 2d

Fox News Poll - NYC MAYORAL RACE

🔵 Zohran Mamdani (D) - 52% (+5)
🟡 Andrew Cuomo (I) - 28% (-1)
🔴 Curtis Sliwa (R) - 14% (+3)

(shift since last poll)

Oct 10-14, NYC LV ±3.5

www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...

Fox News Poll: Mamdani maintains significant lead in NYC mayoral race

New Fox News survey shows Zohran Mamdani maintaining 21-point lead over Andrew Cuomo in NYC mayoral race as voters favor him on crime and housing issues.

www.foxnews.com

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 3d

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

You're hearing it more and more.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 4d

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 4d

I just watched this whole clip and oh my god Kathy??? The way she also takes the opportunity to boost Zohran and drag Mike Lawler????

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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