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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

Imagine that

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Banana Pancakes @bananapancakes.bsky.social · 6h

Oh absolutely!

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 7h

It all boils down to: Trump wants to harm as many Americans as possible, while plundering as much cash as possible, because that’s what his Kremlin whoremasters want.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 6h

It may be the last legal protest you attend.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 14h

RIFed:

Several CDC staff currently working on an Ebola outbreak overseas.

You know — the ones literally helping contain and prevent it from spreading. (Like, to the U.S.)

Trust us: dying from Ebola is a MISERABLE way to die.

Ebola disease

WHO fact sheet on Ebola: key facts, definition, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, WHO response.

www.who.int

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 18h

In Oct 9 2025, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent letters to JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, and BNY Mellon over $1.5 billion in “suspicious #Epstein-related transactions.” #OpDeathEaters

democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...

Ranking Member Raskin Probes Top Banks Over $1.5 Billion in Suspicious Transactions Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Sex Trafficking Ring

Washington, D.C. (October 9, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent letters to four of the nation’s largest banks demanding records and information related to more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators.

democrats-judiciary.house.gov

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

Bari Weiss’s first project for CBS brought in a phenomenal 145 viewers. Love this for her.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 21h

Imagine what this is doing to the kids.

Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 22h

Multiple Chicago schools went on lockdown today because of ICE, including my son’s and the one I’m on the council of. Spent the last two hours standing outside, trying to make sure nothing happens to these kids. This is horrible.

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Banana Pancakes @bananapancakes.bsky.social · 20h

That Dem and her husband had the nerve to get shot! Clearly they encouraged it by wanting the best for people. Will the decency never end?!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 20h

📌As we were saying ...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 20h

This is what ice is doing

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21h

Not only is this rude, inappropriate, partisan, costly, and illegal, it reveals the fundamentally anti-American idiocy of this administration’s policy of handing over to China the most important economic sector of the 21st century.

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 9d

Next move from OMB - canceling $8 billion in clean energy funds. You will note, all of the projects are in states led by Democrats

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 23h

There is a coordinated republican message today that they will respond to peaceful protests next weekend with violence.

We will not be silenced by their threats.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

CHICAGO — WGN News editor/producer Debbie Brockman grabbed by Trump’s ICE goons.. who then intentionally ram a bystander’s car as they peel away.

More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...

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Banana Pancakes @bananapancakes.bsky.social · 21h

I’ll just carry the chicken around with me for when it inevitably happens again.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h

Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election?

Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.

Be warned.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 1d

🗞️Today's NYT reporting:

"Trump said this, then Trump said that. Trump did this, and then Trump did that. Trump did that, and now Trump's doing this. Trump wants this, now Trump wants that."

NO JOURNALISM
NO CONTEXT
NO FACT-CHECKING

They basically just takes notes for the MF'er, and print it.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

The corruption and self-dealing is staring you in the face. Hello?

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

This is a big deal.

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 1d

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

techcrunch.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 1d

While other states (and the federal government) defund education, this feels deeply important.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

California has invested a total of $500M for Literacy Coaches in the 2022 and 2023 Budget Acts, funding 818 of the state’s highest needs schools to hire and train reading specialists.

We're making significant investments to provide students with resources to succeed.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

He wants peace more than any other president.

A peace of Greenland.
A peace of Gaza.
A peace of the Intel Corporation…

He wakes up every day thinking of how to get more peace.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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