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camiegirl.bsky.social @camiegirl.bsky.social · 11h

Since the announcement, prominent activists aligned with President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement have criticized the decision.

'Where I draw the line': MAGA furious over Trump allowing foreign military base on US soil

Conservative hard‑liners erupted in outrage Friday after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth greenlit plans for a Qatari air force facility on U.S. soil, accusing the administration of “enabling foreign co...

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camiegirl.bsky.social @camiegirl.bsky.social · 13h

Trump: "I’d be glad to do it. I think it’s the kind of thing I’d like to do, if you’d like. Does everybody agree? If you agree, I agree.
Let’s get it done.”

'Bombing random buildings?' Alarm as Trump mulls 'antifa' foreign terrorist designation

President Donald Trump’s interest in designating “antifa” as a foreign terrorist organization could provide the government with new tools to prosecute the amorphous left-wing movement and, one former ...

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María Corina Machado -- 'A woman who keeps the flames of democracy going'

The Nobel committee recognised her "tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela" and "her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins

Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.

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Goblin Gower, PhD (the Ph is for Phantasm) @medievaliste.bsky.social · 3d

If you want to show support to Dr Mark Bray, the Rutgers professor who has been forced to flee U.S. due to threats from right-wing agitators, consider purchasing a copy of the book that made them so uncomfortable, either through the publisher or your local independent bookstore

Antifa

Melville House is an independent publisher with offices in Brooklyn and London.

mhpbooks.com

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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 2d

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

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Angela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · 2d

Dr. Mark Bray, a Rutgers University expert on antifa, was fleeing the U.S. with his family in the wake of death threats that followed President Trump’s push to characterize the movement as a domestic terrorist organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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camiegirl.bsky.social @camiegirl.bsky.social · 1d

“More Than Half of [Affordable Care Act] Marketplace Enrollees Live in Republican Congressional Districts. In reality, it’s 57%.
“At least 10% of the population in all congressional districts in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina are enrolled in the ACA Marketplaces.”

Republicans should love Obamacare. Their voters rely on it.

Republicans are waging war on health care—but the people they’re hurting most are their own voters. That’s not hyperbole.� “More Than Half of [Affordable Care Act] Marketplace Enrollees ...

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camiegirl.bsky.social @camiegirl.bsky.social · 1d

The organization’s website states the show will be “celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom,” and includes a form that surveys which genres of music its audience wants to hear.
Options available include: “Anything in English,” “Americana,” “Classic Rock,” “Country,” “Hip Hop,” “Pop,” and “Worship.”

Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA Plans Rival Super Bowl Halftime Show

The All American Halftime Show is “celebrating Faith, Family, & Freedom” and lists worship music as a potential genre.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

ACA open enrollment starts Nov. 1. Rates should have been published in August. Mike Johnson hopes you don’t know that. But my mom is an independent insurance agent. Has been for 20+ years. So she does know that.

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camiegirl.bsky.social @camiegirl.bsky.social · 1d

Families with teenagers older than 14, or grandparents who retired early to help care for their grandchildren, will suddenly find themselves without food. So will many veterans and the unhoused population. 2.4 million people could lose their food assistance.

The Trump Administration Is Rushing to Implement SNAP Cuts

The USDA is screwing the states by ordering them to implement SNAP work requirements practically overnight.

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 1d

One of the most deceptive Republican myths about the shutdown: We don’t need to act on health care right now, because the ACA tax credits don’t expire until 12/31.

FACT: People are already receiving notices that their premiums will skyrocket (by more than 93% in ME on average).

This is a crisis.

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camiegirl.bsky.social @camiegirl.bsky.social · 1d

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

Perhaps you heard that Biden did Watergate II. Well, despite the enthusiasm of Fox News et al, that's not quite what happened. www.pbump.net/o/dethawing-...

Thawing out ‘Arctic Frost’ and the new Biden-was-worse argument

A recent American presidency, you may be alarmed to hear, engaged in an action that was "arguably worse than Watergate" — an event still positioned in some circles as the gold-standard of presidential...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

Trump today said he "took freedom of speech away." Two-thirds of Americans (including 2 in 5 Republicans!) were already aware. www.pbump.net/o/even-2-in-...

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Phoenix Wise & The Resistance @phoenixwise.bsky.social · 1d

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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camiegirl.bsky.social @camiegirl.bsky.social · 2d

Despite CNN's official explanation, online debate continued, with many speculating that Miller had said "the quiet part out loud".
In the context in which Miller was speaking, his assertion that Trump has “plenary authority” has potentially significant ramifications.

Plenary authority, the dictator phrase that caused Stephen Miller to stop talking

Miller suggests Trump wields absolute power over decisions to send in the National Guard, before suddenly stopping speaking in an awkward interview moment

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

This is why Trump & Republicans went into the shutdown so confident. They banked on the Democratic Party’s weak reputation and assumed they would cave.

Well that’s not happening. Democrats are on the right side of the healthcare fight, and rank-and-file Dems want this battle because it’s worth it.

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