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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 7d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 7d

incredibly important-- why not so much attention? BIG restraint on ICE: www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Federal judge further limits ICE ability to arrest without warrants, probable cause

A federal judge's ruling is a legal win for people wrongfully arrested in recent ICE and Border Patrol sweeps.

www.cbsnews.com

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MAFlipPA @maflippa.bsky.social · 8d

Please tell your friends, neighbors and family to watch out for these misleading ads, to LOOK THROUGH THE ENTIRE BALLOT and vote YES to retain our PA Supreme Court majority. This will ensure free and fair elections and so much more. Thank you!!

Beth Brindle @bethbrindle.bsky.social · 16d

Friends in PA: Has your mailbox been full of misleading, fearmongering postcards urging you to vote no in the upcoming PA Supreme Court judicial retention elections? You can thank extremist billionaire Jeffrey Yass.

#VoteYes on Nov. 4 to retain our justices and protect PA’s judicial independence.

Graphic shows a photo of billionaire Jeffrey Yass, the richest man in Pennsylvania, and asks, “Why is this dude spending millions on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court retention race?”
The answer: because an independent Supreme Court is bad for extremist billionaires like Jeffrey Yass.
Please don’t be fooled by deceptive mailers and ads. VOTE YES for judicial retention on your mail in ballot or at the polls on November 4.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11d

So just straight-up lying.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11d

The protests are on one block. Nothing is burning down. His justification for sending in troops is all based on lies.

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Beth Brindle @bethbrindle.bsky.social · 10d

Oh good. So it will just be an army of white males marching on our cities. That should be fine. 🫩😖🤬

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 10d

I also asked what percent is female: 27.4%. I don't know if the women were included in the ethnic stats so I'm leaving it separate.
It seems the felon and his makeup buddy want to cut the armed forces by 1/3 to 1/2 of their trained & ready members just as "war" is declared on the citizenry.
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MAFlipPA @maflippa.bsky.social · 16d

Tell your friends, neighbors and co workers that billionaires are LYING to you so they can trick you into voting against your own interests. And reminder them to LOOK OVER THE ENTIRE BALLOT to find the retention questions and vote YES.

Beth Brindle @bethbrindle.bsky.social · 16d

Friends in PA: Has your mailbox been full of misleading, fearmongering postcards urging you to vote no in the upcoming PA Supreme Court judicial retention elections? You can thank extremist billionaire Jeffrey Yass.

#VoteYes on Nov. 4 to retain our justices and protect PA’s judicial independence.

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Beth Brindle @bethbrindle.bsky.social · 16d

“As the president and congressional leaders meet, they face a deliberate choice. They can act now to prevent the chaos they have unleashed …, or they can stand by these falsehoods and consciously inflict a massive tax hike and devastating premium increases on millions of working families…”

Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 16d

The GOP’s lies are a smokescreen to gut your health care - excellent explainer
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The GOP’s lies are a smokescreen to gut your health care

The talking points are false, but the consequences are real.

open.substack.com

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 16d

Your health care premium could more than double after tonight if Congress fails to act.

But Republicans would rather shut down the government than pass a budget that keeps health insurance costs lower.

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Beth Brindle @bethbrindle.bsky.social · 16d

Friends in PA: Has your mailbox been full of misleading, fearmongering postcards urging you to vote no in the upcoming PA Supreme Court judicial retention elections? You can thank extremist billionaire Jeffrey Yass.

#VoteYes on Nov. 4 to retain our justices and protect PA’s judicial independence.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16d

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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Beth Brindle @bethbrindle.bsky.social · 24d

Want to stop political violence? Start by addressing hostile sexism. 19thnews.org/2025/09/how-... via @19thnews.org

Want to stop political violence? Start by addressing hostile sexism.

In her new book, an expert on violent extremism lays out evidence that gender-based bigotry fuels hate — so national security officials need to do something about it.

19thnews.org

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25d

We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes.

That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 28d

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 1

This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children.

Pay all workers a living wage.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · Sep 1

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.

If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.

If you're under 28, the number is 100%.

Happy Labor Day.

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Beth Brindle @bethbrindle.bsky.social · Aug 29

Gee, if only there’d been some way to see this coming. 😐🤬🫩

NOTUS @notus.com · Aug 28

“Lacking legitimacy”: Sen. Bill Cassidy breaks with RFK Jr. after CDC leadership exodus www.notus.org/health-scien...

‘Lacking Legitimacy’: Sen. Bill Cassidy Breaks With RFK Jr. After CDC Leadership Exodus

He called on a key government vaccine panel to postpone its upcoming meeting.

www.notus.org

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Beth Brindle @bethbrindle.bsky.social · Aug 12

Oh.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Aug 12

There you have it.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · Aug 9

Thou shalt not let them replace PBS with Prager U.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jul 4

McMorrow: What Trump has done is weaponize us against each other, when everybody needs hospitals, good schools, and health care.

It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.

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Beth Brindle @bethbrindle.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · Jul 3

They promised not to touch Medicaid. They lied. 488 days until the midterm elections. Vote them all out.

Beth Brindle @bethbrindle.bsky.social · Jul 3

These *Congressionally appropriated* funds should have been disbursed to schools on July 1. On June 30, Trump’s Department of Education notified states that the funds aren’t coming on time, or possibly ever.

Larry Feinberg @lfeinberg.bsky.social · Jul 3

Trump administration tells Pa. and other states it’s freezing $6.8 billion for K-12 school programs penncapital-star.com/2025/07/02/r...

Trump administration tells Pa. and other states it’s freezing $6.8 billion for K-12 school programs • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

The Trump administration has put on hold $6.8 billion in federal funds for K-12 schools, according to an Education Department notice obtained by States Newsroom.

penncapital-star.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · Jun 21

"And when the radical priest comes to get me released, we was all on the cover of Newsweek..."

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jun 20

NEW: Pope Leo’s newly appointed Bishop, Michael Pham, outside the court in San Diego:

“We need to speak up for the voiceless in our society - and we will.”

The video then shows masked ICE agents leaving without snatching anyone today.

More of this resistance nationwide! 👏

(🎥 PSL San Diego)

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Beth Brindle @bethbrindle.bsky.social · Jun 13

Mmkay, Kristi. Take your stupid hat and your vile goon squad and gtfo of L.A.

Collage of four screenshots showing vote totals from the New York Times’ coverage of the 2022 general election. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass received 509,944 votes. Governor Gavin Newsom received 6,470,104 votes. Senator Alex Padilla received 6,621,621 votes. And in the South Dakota governor’s race, Kristi Noem received 217,035 votes.

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OuterBoroPrincess @outerbororoyal.bsky.social · Jun 12

More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.

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