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Beachbard @beachbard.bsky.social · 1h

Not to mention literally owning the voting machines.

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Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2h

I dont think enough Americans realize Republicans are gearing up for permanent rule. I dont know if we will get to midterm elections. Even if we do, with gerrymandering, the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, and violent intimidation, they'll rig the elections for minority rule.

All hands on deck.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 2h

Not great that fishermen fear being randomly murdered by the U.S. government.

Or that the U.S. President jokes about it.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Venezuelan fishermen in fear after US strikes on boats in the Caribbean

At least 27 people have been killed in US strikes on alleged "narco-boats" in the Caribbean.

www.bbc.com

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2h

Price increases for "things" under Donald Trump:

Coffee is up 26%
Baby strollers are up 25%
Beef is up 14%
School supplies are up 7%
Electricity is up 5%

Car prices are at a RECORD high.

And thanks to Republicans in Congress, health insurance premiums are about to DOUBLE.

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Beachbard @beachbard.bsky.social · 1h

Childishly purposefully mispronouncing names seems to make some people feel superior.
Reminded of a chapter in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings where white women decide what name to call Maya Angelou, after already misnaming her "Margret" not Marguerite the ladies decided to call her "Mary" for ease.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

Well, this is horrifying, @masslive.bsky.social.

Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 5h

What the fuck?! MassLive is now using generative "AI" to create articles, which would be bad enough in any context but is especially egregious when publishing allegations that someone committed a crime.

@masslive.bsky.social #Massachusetts #mapoli

www.masslive.com/news/2025/10...

Generative AI was used to draft this story, based on information provided by federal charging documents. It was reviewed and edited by MassLive.com.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 5h

This is good because it'll have a cumulative effect. The more institutions that stand up against Trump's attempted autocratic takeover, the more likely that others will do the same. There is safety in numbers.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

“.. Penn has rejected the White House’s proposed preferential funding compact, according to a Thursday email to the University community.”

www.thedp.com/article/2025...

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Beachbard @beachbard.bsky.social · 4h

Dems should realize 1990s ended collegial bipartisanship when GOP initiated an "us v them" zero sum model of politics & governance
GOP eschewed bipartisanship (Hastert Rule) & adopted Gingrich's lists of words
GOP/Fox incited aggrieved victimhood
Dems: always Charlie Brown in the Lucy football gag

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 5h

Whenever Democrats are tempted to pull out the old “spirited disagreements but we’re all Americans” bromide, they need to remember this first.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 8h

It's important for you to know that Republicans have been turning these depraved adults loose on your kids in high school and college for years now. I warned people constantly about Turning Point USA and the 30+ year old creep Charlie Jerk that was hanging around them.

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

“Kids”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

Yup. Notably, neither Tom Homan nor anybody else in the Trump admin has outright denied that he took and kept the $50,000 in taxpayer money given to him by the FBI in their bribery scheme.

Every time they’re asked, they either pivot or attack the questioner. But they don’t deny it.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 8h

To @DaveWeigel.bsky.social’s point, it’s never once been “no,” and everyone in Trump’s government is refusing to answer what happened to the $50,000 in taxpayer money that Homan never denied taking inside a paper bag.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

“The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.”

If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.

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Beachbard @beachbard.bsky.social · 10h

Big opportunity for Big Ag
Trump II tariffs sent trading partners & $40B bailout to Argentina.
Bankruptcy sales of equipment, land, stock mean low low prices for multinational corporations or hedge funds looking for bargains.
Private prisons flourish as family farms fail
Big Ag is bad for all of us.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

This is why farmers are saying MAGA = “Make Argentina Great Again”

www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

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

“Kids”

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22h

ICE has arrested a mother of a three-year-old for playing her clarinet outside an ICE facility in Portland, as reported by her husband.

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Rebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social · 1d

No King's Day!
Here we go!! 🗽⚖️🇺🇸

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 1d

“Operation Inflation” is offering free inflatable costumes to Portland ICE protesters.

Bravo and Brava!👩🏻‍🍳💋

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Beachbard @beachbard.bsky.social · 23h

Media allows GOP & Trump continue to shove the Overton Window to autocracy.
Bipartisan, middle of the road opinions from the 1970s widely receive a designation of "radical looney left" today.
Freeing the Upper Class from taxes shrunk the Middle Class & made life for the majority of Americans poorer.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

The racist-ass Supreme Court says race can't be a factor for college admissions or redistricting but racial profiling is perfectly fine for ICE to bash brown and Black skulls.

F this corrupt institution.

Expand the Court.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Finally, some common sense from Oklahoma education.

Ryan Walters turned classrooms into culture war battlegrounds. Reversing his Bible mandate isn’t “anti-religion,” it’s accepting the fact that the Bible is not a history book!

Schools should teach, not preach.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow, we release the Steady State’s assessment of American democracy—written by former national security officials using the same tools once used to evaluate authoritarian regimes abroad. The conclusion is clear: We are facing an existential threat of growing autocracy here in the US.

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Beachbard @beachbard.bsky.social · 1d

Big opportunity for Big Ag
Trump II tariffs sent trading partners & $40B bailout to Argentina.
Bankruptcy sales of equipment, land, stock mean low low prices for multinational corporations or hedge funds looking for bargains.
Private prisons flourish as family farms fail
Big Ag is bad for all of us.

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

What do I know and I'm not saying it's a magic bullet or anything like that but it sure seems to me that Dems should run hard on the Argentina bailout. Not anywhere near the worst thing Trump has done, but i suspect it's unusually clarifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 1d

There have been plenty of jokes about Republicans forgetting who was president in 2020, but the party’s habit of forgetting about the Jan. 6 attack is far less funny.

Speaker Mike Johnson, I’m looking in your direction. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

The Jan. 6 attack gets in the way of Republican Party talking points (again)

There have been jokes about Republicans forgetting who was president in 2020, but the GOP’s habit of forgetting about the Jan. 6 attack is far less funny.

www.msnbc.com

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