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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 17h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

Me to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Comey and James and (probably imminent) Bolton prosecutions

"It doesn’t matter what your politics are. If you say he’s stupid, which he is, if you say he is wrong, which he is, if you say he’s a criminal or sleezy, which he is ... then you’re his enemy.”

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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Bernadette Murphy @bernadetmurphy.bsky.social · 28m

This give me hope, a much needed thing these days. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

www.nytimes.com

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3h

Hello Idaho, we’re here to keep your potatoes safe from Antifa.

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 1d

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 2h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 9h

No Kings,
For the love of America.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

nokings.org

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h

👇👇

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Bernadette Murphy @bernadetmurphy.bsky.social · 1h

Autumn. Sound up.

Bernadette Murphy @bernadetmurphy.bsky.social · 4h

Fighting fascism, one book ban at a time.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d

Roberts Is Just As Responsible For Chump As Chump Is ! Both Have
Failed This Country.......

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

The Republican shutdown continues.

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Bernadette Murphy @bernadetmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, MIT. Now the rest of you: Time to stand up.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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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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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Judge Perry: “I’m trying to put this delicately. There has been evidence submitted that the very presence of federal agents, that the way they’re interacting with the populace, is itself the cause of violence.”

Judge blocks Trump from deploying troops in Illinois for now

Officials in Oregon and Illinois had challenged the Trump administration’s push to dispatch the National Guard in both states.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 2d

Maryland Rep. Olszewski: With all the due respect to the Speaker, that is a load of crap. Rep. elect Grijalva was duly elected. She’s ready to get sworn in any time, any place. Those 2 Floridians were sworn in the day after they were elected. This is now weeks that we’ve been waiting to swear her in

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 2d

Everyone needs to follow this real-life hero! ⬇️

Small actions make big impacts 🫶🏻

patalier.bsky.social @patalier.bsky.social · 2d

I put banned books in my little Free Library. I have been listening to the Velshi Banned Book Club and making sure these titles are mixed in. It was very enlightening when a woman stopped and didn’t know who Rachel Carson was and had no idea what DDT did. Change the world a book at a time.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.

"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."

Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Bernadette Murphy @bernadetmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

Exploring Banned Books. Great panel on Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Main Salt Lake City Public Library, 11:15. I'll be there representing PEN Utah along with folks from the ACUL and Let Utah Read Coalition. Come along!

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Massive protests taking place right now in Chicago against Trump this evening.

Keep it up!

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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