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Bombshell DAILY @bombshelldaily.bsky.social · 1d

TRUMP IS PAID $3 BILLION IN ONE YEAR
Corruption remains All American. #felon #rape #grifter #Profiteer

www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

Trump Jumps 118 Spots On The Forbes 400 List Thanks To Presidency

Donald Trump lost money during his first term. Out of office, he found a formula for profiting off politics—now he’s piling up billions.

www.forbes.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 22h

"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...

'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...

Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton

Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 23h

@warnock.senate.gov: "As a man of faith, here's something that I have noticed about evil... Evil always gets a little bit too impressed with itself. It's filled up with hubris. Evil always goes too far, and because it goes too far, it contains within itself the seed of its own destruction."

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evangeline63.bsky.social @evangeline63.bsky.social · 22h

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poetrader.bsky.social @poetrader.bsky.social · 1d

#Autumn morning moon in the colorful #Landscape

A green tree foreground with golden brown rushes behind it. Red and orange trees are beyond the rushes. The sunny sky is cloudless and blue with the moon shining upper center.

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butterflygardens.bsky.social @butterflygardens.bsky.social · 22h

You can’t view this article unless you subscribe to the NYT.

Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 23h

“This is exactly the moment for people to stand up. And do I see enough people doing it? No, I don’t. It shouldn’t be that there are Democrats that are afraid, because you know what? We’re the targets. We need to be strong, we need to fight back.”

Thank you, @govpritzker.illinois.gov!

JB Pritzker Has Had It With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Joan @mcjoan42.bsky.social · 22h

PODCAST: Christian Nationalism is Un-American. And A Growing Threat
open.substack.com/pub/socialco...

PODCAST: Christian Nationalism is Un-American. And A Growing Threat

A recording from Joe Walsh's live video

open.substack.com

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poetrader.bsky.social @poetrader.bsky.social · 1d

#Coloraday #Yellowthu

Yet another "last rose of summer#

The double bright yellow rose Midas Touch

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butterflygardens.bsky.social @butterflygardens.bsky.social · 22h

A reminder…this was originally posted a year ago, before the election…

youtu.be/XmZm3zeSSDc?...

Project 2025: The MAGA Plan to Take Your Freedom | Robert Reich

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 22h

www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healt...

SIX former surgeon generals republican and democrat
calling for RFKJR's removal.
First Tylenol now little baby boys circumcision
He is dangerous
He must be removed

RFK Jr.: Tylenol after circumcision maybe linked to autism

Kennedy highlighted studies connecting infant male circumcision to autism risk, citing Tylenol given to manage pain.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Team Nation @teamnation.bsky.social · 1d

#ImpeachTrump #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #Trump

Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 1d

Why did Republicans gut health care? To fund tax breaks for billionaires.

Why’d they gut child nutrition benefits? Tax breaks for billionaires.

Why’d they add $30 TRILLION to the debt? Tax breaks for billionaires!!!

They’re fighting for billionaires. We’re fighting for YOU.

Why did Republicans gut health care? To fund tax breaks for billionaires.

YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley

youtube.com

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Rep. Hillary Scholten @scholten.house.gov · 1d

Her denial and deflection are the biggest tell — this Administration is hiding something, and the American people deserve to know what it is. Why are they protecting a pedophile when they should be protecting the American people?

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Rep. Hillary Scholten @scholten.house.gov · 1d

Bondi said a lot of words yesterday, but it was what she DIDN'T say that spoke volumes — she didn’t say she’d release the Epstein files, and she didn’t say Trump is not in the Epstein files. 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Pressed on Justice Dept. Politicization, Bondi Goes on Attack

www.nytimes.com

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Julie J @j1j2.bsky.social · 1d

dizbeleaf.bsky.social @dizbeleaf.bsky.social · 1d

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Just want to remind everyone that little moments of joy are so important right now.

For instance, my cat does not understand the human concept of kisses beyond Incoming Nose = Love. So every time she’s happy, she’ll smush her face or shove her nose into ours.

Please share your joys with us.

Heater, an orange cat with BIG eyes, nestles herself in a sea of grey blankies.

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rosasila.bsky.social @rosasila.bsky.social · 1d

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Roses

Anne Cotterill🖌

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Keyser Lauze 🇨🇦 @keyserlauze.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning my #bluesky friends! 💙✨️🌞🫶🦋 Happy Thursday to you all!

"Thursday morning and the sun is early
Thursday morning and the trees are singing."

— Giles, Giles & Fripp

#sunrise #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #farmlife #sunbeams #trees #golden #pasture #thursday

Early morning on the farm, the sun is just cresting the treeline, showering the goat pasture in golden rays of light. The nearby by trees radiate in sunrise hues, tickled by sunbeams.

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Carole @phoenixisflying.bsky.social · 1d

A #message for the #awakeningones ❤️

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1d

🧵Today, a 9th Circuit panel, including 2 Trump appointees, will hear arguments on whether Trump has unchecked power to deploy troops to U.S. cities. At issue: his attempt to send the National Guard to Portland, despite Judge Immergut (also Trump-appointed) ruling the move “untethered to the facts.”

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

www.theguardian.com

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

VIRGINIA CALLER: “As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party, and I'm very disappointed in you… I am begging you to pass this legislation. My kids could die... the audacity of someone who makes 6 figures a year to do this to military families is insane.” #TrumpShutdown

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

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday: Trump bragged, "We took the freedom of speech away."

Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.

In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.

nokings.org

USA Today: 'We took the freedom of speech away:' Trump on flag burning protection, First Amendment

Reuters: Trump's war on the left: inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

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Barbara Rybolt @barbararybolt.bsky.social · 1d

#ProudBlue #Resist #GOPLies

Where are the criminals? I would say in the President’s Cabinet. Did you know 71% of ICE detainees haven’t been convicted of crimes? Read abt what has been sacrificed for “our” safety, like FBI agents who aren’t dealing w/ drugs, terrorism & more.
Grifters gotta grift!

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 1d

71% of immigrants in detention have no criminal convictions.

Yet still, 1 in 4 FBI agents have been pulled from cybercrimes, drug trafficking & anti-terrorism assignments to do immigration enforcement. This will hurt our national security.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

www.washingtonpost.com

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 1d

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