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@brucelcarter.bsky.social

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Democratic Socialist, proudly gay. I will not comply…I will resist. Autocracy will not win. I am not the resistance…not the opposition…I am the enemy within of bigots, Christian nationalists. All patriots are Antifa.

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Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · 4h

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 8h

📌 Can't stop replaying this 😜

Oh she so went there 🤭🤣🐥

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Galveston @brucelcarter.bsky.social · 31m

The new price is 300 million…

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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 37m

Upset about the demolition of the PEOPLES’ house?

Share your thoughts with the lead contractor:
Clark Construction
7500 Old Georgetown Rd
Suite 200
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 272-8100

Let them know how you’re feelin..

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2h

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2h

🚨USPS mail carrier terrorized by ICE. A federal worker carrying mail over his shoulder suspected of being an “illegal immigrant? The worst of the worst?” No. He was existing while black. 1/2

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2h

"nearly half..." ???

it's an open book test.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

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Galveston @brucelcarter.bsky.social · 1h

The cost for the new W.H. Ballroom has skyrocketed to 300 million and the devastation will include all the East Wing.
Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, can’t afford healthcare and are using credit cards for groceries.
Makes ‘let them eat cake’ look like a campaign slogan…

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 3h

Tapping the sign

Why Underachievers Dominate Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from Autocratic Argentina
Adam Scharpf and Christian Gläßel

Autocrats depend on a capable secret police. Anecdotal evidence, however, often characterizes agents as surprisingly mediocre in skill and intellect. To explain this puzzle, this article focuses on the career incentives underachieving individuals face in the regular security apparatus. Low-performing officials in hierarchical organizations have little chance of being promoted or filling lucrative positions. To salvage their careers, these officials are willing to undertake burdensome secret police work. Using data on all 4,287 officers who served in autocratic Argentina (1975-83), we study biographic differences between secret police agents and the entire recruitment pool. We find that low-achieving officers were stuck within the regime hierarchy, threatened with discharge, and thus more likely to join the secret police for future benefits. The study demonstrates how state bureaucracies breed mundane career concerns that produce willing enforcers and cement violent regimes. This has implications for the understanding of autocratic consolidation and democratic breakdown.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 3h

If you happen to be in the Bay Area, this is the organization that appears to be mobilizing a lot of the response. I recommend signing up for alerts and adding the number for your county's immigrant legal defense org to your contacts. www.bayresistance.org

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stevethdemocrat @stevethdemocrat.bsky.social · 17h

From a credible source 👇🏼

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energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · 19h

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h

James Talarico proves one thing: you don't have to be a right-winger to be a Texan. www.thebulwark.com/p/james-tala...

A Rising Democratic Star Enters the Grunt-Work Phase

Texas’s James Talarico: “My party is scarred from the last election and scared of its own shadow.”

www.thebulwark.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

Why is Apple, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Blackstone, Google, OpenAI, Amazon and others financing the destruction of the WH and desecration of the grounds, something that is infuriating to huge chunk of the American population? Do you hate your customers that much?

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Nightmarica @n1ghtmarica.bsky.social · 1d

#icenapping "make America great they said..."

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1d

Perfect.

JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit, this cartoon.

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S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social · 20h

So oldest came home from school and announced that a "Club America" was being organized at his school, which turns out is a new project from Turning Points USA.

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Galveston @brucelcarter.bsky.social · 18h

So it’s gonna be the Hard Rock DC?
Dumbasses

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19h

Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.

Aozora @aozorasf.bsky.social · 2d

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22h

I think these videos are going to break through and upset voters…..

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 22h

This little item by Luke Broadwater on the abrupt, wholly unannounced destruction of a major component of the White House complex is a microcosm of the dysfunctional relationship the press has with this mendacious administration. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Galveston @brucelcarter.bsky.social · 20h

I. Have. No. Words…
Just …speechless.

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 22h

Oh

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire
East Wing

Galveston @brucelcarter.bsky.social · 20h

I. Have. No. Words.
Just…speechless.

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 22h

Oh

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Trump Resistance Movement @trm.bsky.social · 1d

Believe your eyes. @wendellpierce.bsky.social

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🌸🌺Cindy Alexander Capaldo🌺 @cyn1422.bsky.social · 21h

1500 ICE AGENTS COMING TO BAY AREA THURSDAY OCT.23rd.
Watch for Budget or rental trucks, unmarked vehicles parked in your neighborhood.
San Francisco & Alameda mentioned.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AcfVbp/

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