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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13h

Playing Stray now!! Come hang out 😸😸😸

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 14h

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders are doing a Town Hall on CNN this Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 9:00 PM (Eastern Time)

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NPR @npr.org · 5h

Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education. n.pr/48stHUo

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

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

Translation: they gave him a plane and filled his family’s pockets

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

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bishopcharles.bsky.social @bishopcharles.bsky.social · 5h

Astronomers Detect Mysterious Dark Object in Distant Galaxy - Futurism apple.news/AeqKlFrnjQA6...

Astronomers Detect Mysterious Dark Object in Distant Galaxy — Futurism

They've never seen anything like it. Dark matter is believed to make up more than 80 percent of all matter in the universe, but what it actually is remains a mystery. Now, astronomers have found somet...

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bishopcharles.bsky.social @bishopcharles.bsky.social · 5h

‘I’ve definitely had spicier tamales,’ says Portland ICE protest frog that got pepper sprayed by federal agents - OregonLive.com apple.news/AfJ309Y5vSMa...

Oregon Local News, Breaking News, Sports & Weather

Get the latest Oregon local news, sports, weather, entertainment and breaking updates on oregonlive.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

Thinking this is wrong and untenable isn’t radical.

Thinking it isn’t, is.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Victor 🌊 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @vicjager.bsky.social · 19h

He was also involved in a murder-for-hire.

Pardons with corrupt intent technically impeachable.

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 16h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 22h

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Mother Hubbard @oldmotherhubbard.bsky.social · 11h

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ICE tear gassed 27 Chicago police officers, Superintendent Snelling says

YouTube video by FOX 32 Chicago

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Toil And Trouble Media @toilandtroublemedia.com · 22h

Because if he did this, he'd have to swear in the new house member-which would initiate the release of the Epstein files.

Think about that while you are waiting out the shutdown.
TnT

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"The House is done": Johnson rules out stand-alone vote on paying troops during shutdown

"We already had that vote. It's called the CR, " Johnson said.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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bishopcharles.bsky.social @bishopcharles.bsky.social · 6h

Throngs of naked Portland bike riders offer a counternarrative to Trump's about hometown - USA TODAY apple.news/A4RaCJUGxTdi...

Throngs of naked Portland bike riders offer a counternarrative to Trump's about hometown — USA TODAY

The World Naked Bike Ride on Oct. 12 sought to bring global attention to President Donald Trump’s plans to deploy National Guard troops to the city.

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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 16h

Is he losing his mind or just a habitual liar?

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 18h

Our volunteers are so creative :')

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Dr Walsh @laurelwalsh.bsky.social · 16h

Universal healthcare and universal income (art makers fully funded). Watch our world bloom!

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 1d

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

MEMPHIS — Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social rallies after just announcing his run for Congress: “We need new energy to meet this moment… a moment unlike anything we have ever seen before.”