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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1h

🚨 Today in Portland, large groups peacefully gathered to unite against hate and oppression. 1/2

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

I think Halligan is failing to give all the info. Which is why Comey has said he’s filing a motion to dismiss on abuse of the grand jury process. I’m guessing though.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

i know grand juries have a relatively low bar for bringing indictments but i find myself wondering WTF is up with some of these grand jurors

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 3h

Kristi Noem called country singer Zach Bryan’s anti-ICE ballad “disrespectful” and the White House accused him of wanting to “Open The Gates to criminal illegal aliens.”

Comics, musicians, artists, scholars are always public targets of authoritarian regimes. This regime is no different.

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Bellmora @bellmora.bsky.social · 35m

Wow

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 8h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

Bellmora @bellmora.bsky.social · 39m

Li had to look up who the crazy propagandist was behind this joke of an article.

It’s Miranda Devine who is also author of the book Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide.

And he compared LGBTQ to ISIS

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Bellmora @bellmora.bsky.social · 51m

I missed this really interesting article from a few days back. There’s so much chaos it’s impossible to keep track.

But this is a great read if you also didn’t see it.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Manosphere Influencers Who Boosted Trump Are Now Cooling on Him

Prominent influencers including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz are starting to distance themselves from Donald Trump and his policies.

www.rollingstone.com

Bellmora @bellmora.bsky.social · 1h

Fact

Bellmora @bellmora.bsky.social · 3h

Mike Johnson

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geogirl1.bsky.social @geogirl1.bsky.social · 4h

Ive called Thune, Johnson etc asking why they can give 20 billion and all of our soy bean contracts to Argentina, but not healthcare to US citizens. Write, call and complain. Let them know.

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Bellmora @bellmora.bsky.social · 3h

“The senator's name is John Thune, and his Washington D.C. phone number is (202) 224-2321.”

geogirl1.bsky.social @geogirl1.bsky.social · 4h

Ive called Thune, Johnson etc asking why they can give 20 billion and all of our soy bean contracts to Argentina, but not healthcare to US citizens. Write, call and complain. Let them know.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h

Donald Trump: Stop trying to incite Illinoisans into violence. Pack up and go home.

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Bellmora @bellmora.bsky.social · 10h

“In the survey, 72% of respondents said they are more likely to refer to “the part of the government that handles the military” as the Department of Defense, while just 18% said they’re more prone to describe it as the Department of War.”

www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Department of War? Defense rebrand hasn’t caught on — even in the GOP, poll shows

It comes one month after Trump signed an executive order authorizing the Department of Defense to be referred to as the Department of War.

www.miamiherald.com

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Bellmora @bellmora.bsky.social · 10h

“Ideas on the table” is the new “concepts of a plan”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

CNN: Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republicans have no healthcare solutions. What do you say to her?

REP. PETE SESSIONS: She needs a couple more years in office and she would learn that we do have ideas on the table

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Bellmora @bellmora.bsky.social · 10h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

When/if we ever do have a vote in the House on releasing Epstein files, it will get more than 218 votes. Probably many more. That’s because Republican cowards are happy to hide behind Mike Johnson’s obstruction now, but when it comes time to vote many won’t dare vote no.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Apparently the $20 billion for Argentina was just the beginning of the US bailout according to Bessent today, since so many American oligarchs have big investments there that they can’t afford to lose.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

Noem claims Portland hid their war zone from her.

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Bellmora @bellmora.bsky.social · 10h

“Around seven-in-ten Americans (69%) say President Donald Trump is trying to exert more power than his predecessors. And most of those who say this describe Trump’s efforts as a bad thing for the country.”

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 15h

These are terrible numbers for Trump (via @pewresearch.org)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

"Majorities say trump has used his office improperly; fewer say he has improved government, U.S. standing" (graphs via Pew Research)

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 12h

“My kids could die, you could stop this!”—Mother of two medically fragile children to Mike Johnson.

Slippery as snot Johnson still tries to blame Democrats.

#Pinks #ProudBlue #FuckMikeJohnson
youtu.be/cDfrrc5U008?...

MAGA Mike Squirms as his OWN VOTERS Expose Him!

YouTube video by Adam Mockler

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 17h

"This lawless targeting by the President and his administration of people and places he does not favor will not stop without court intervention.
The Court can and should stop this authoritarian march. We remain a nation of laws."

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING: The Trump administration sent California National Guard troops under federal authority to Illinois, alongside Texas and Illinois National Guard troops, lawyers for the state of Illinois and Chicago told a federal judge early this morning, according to court records. @wttw.bsky.social

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 11h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 10h

This is not good

The story is actually worse than the headline. The ex-GOP official worked in Missouri with Ed Martin.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

Axios headline: Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

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

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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maxwineinger.bsky.social @maxwineinger.bsky.social · 10h

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’

www.nytimes.com

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Bellmora @bellmora.bsky.social · 10h

Nope:(

This says it all

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h

Is there a better indication of how superficial and unhelpful mainstream media has become than that they are cutely musing about whether the domestic terrorist who changed "The Department of Defense" to "The Department of War" will get a Nobel Peace Prize—instead of reporting the fascism/terrorism.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

COLUMN: “My own coverage will increase to over $1,000 a month… voices of the majority are ignored”

AK Garr raising alarms for small business owners and self-employed Tennesseans if Congress does not extend ACA marketplace subsidies.

www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...

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