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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

"Forty-two judges went so far as to say that the Supreme Court’s emergency orders had caused 'some' or 'major' harm to the public’s perception of the judiciary[,] [including] nearly half of the Republican-nominated judges."

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Sue Stone @knittingknots.bsky.social · 5h

Horror as 'Friday night massacre' lays off entire DC office of disease experts - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/layoffs/

Horror as 'Friday night massacre' lays off entire DC office of disease experts

The Trump administration has carried out mass layoffs of federal public health officials that experts warn will leave the US dangerously unprepared to handle disease outbreaks.As reported by The New Y...

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EASTMAN @eastman9125.bsky.social · 1d

A strict religious upbringing is an abusive attempt by ignorant adults to brainwash an innocent child into believing they are wicked and sinful. The damage it causes can last a lifetime.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 6h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 20h

Anti-vax onstage, Pfizer backstage.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Canadian Curmudgeon 🍁 @cdncurmudgeon.bsky.social · 2h

anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/grim-reapers
Grim Reapers
Trump and his cronies cackle about destroying America. Will Americans fight back?

Grim Reapers

Trump and his cronies cackle about destroying America. Will Americans fight back?

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Canadian Curmudgeon 🍁 @cdncurmudgeon.bsky.social · 5h

www.jefftiedrich.com/p/this-week-...
Kim’s whole deal is that she has regular sit-downs with the Almighty, and he gives her the straight poop on what goes on inside those pearly gates. for instance, did you know that cats in heaven do not have sharp claws, or shed hair?

this week in stupid: October 11 edition

Charlie rides it, Donny hides it, and so much more...

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Canadian Curmudgeon 🍁 @cdncurmudgeon.bsky.social · 5h

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Russian president Putin said the [Nobel] committee’s “credibility has largely been lost,” prompting Trump to thank him on social media.

That Trump and his loyalists are standing with the autocrat Putin rather than democracy is clearer every day.

October 10, 2025

All of President Donald J.

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Canadian Curmudgeon 🍁 @cdncurmudgeon.bsky.social · 13h

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Dangerous new MAGA lie: Republicans SMEAR peaceful protesters as ‘terrorists’

Dangerous new MAGA lie: Republicans SMEAR peaceful protesters as ‘terrorists’

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Canadian Curmudgeon 🍁 @cdncurmudgeon.bsky.social · 13h

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How an overseas fraud factory stole Canadians’ life savings | Marketplace | Full episode

How an overseas fraud factory stole Canadians’ life savings | Marketplace | Full episode

YouTube video by CBC News

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Canadian Curmudgeon 🍁 @cdncurmudgeon.bsky.social · 13h

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The Chainsaw Stalls: Can Milei Cut Through Argentina’s Currency Collapse?
Argentina’s economy is in crisis—again. President Javier Milei’s reforms slashed inflation and balanced the budget, but now the peso is under siege.

The Chainsaw Stalls: Can Milei Cut Through Argentina’s Currency Collapse?

YouTube video by Patrick Boyle

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Canadian Curmudgeon 🍁 @cdncurmudgeon.bsky.social · 1d

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The 51st State Playbook: Canada’s Quiet Annexation
A U.S. House resolution advances the annexation-by-agreement model, the 51st State playbook dressed up as “integration” and “security.”

The 51st State Playbook: Canada’s Quiet Annexation

YouTube video by Wrong Enough to Know Better

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Canadian Curmudgeon 🍁 @cdncurmudgeon.bsky.social · 1d

Knee Replacement Recovery, 23

Got up to another unseasonably warm October day here: 29C, the third hot day in a row. But tomorrow it's predicted to fall to 16! I dropped by the local bookshop today (after my session with our dental hygienist) to pick up a used copy of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall. I…

Knee Replacement Recovery, 23

Got up to another unseasonably warm October day here: 29C, the third hot day in a row. But tomorrow it's predicted to fall to 16! I dropped by the local bookshop today (after my session with our dental hygienist) to pick up a used copy of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall. I had read the book a few years ago and even seen the superb BBC mini-series, plus I've read the two sequels.

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Paul Bierman @paul-bierman.bsky.social · 1d

Just when you thought that it couldn't get weirder with RFK...it's did.🧪

www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...

RFK, Jr., Cites ‘Truly Appalling’ Studies to Tie Autism to Circumcision and Tylenol

Studies suggesting circumcision rates are linked with autism are “riddled with flaws”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Klobuchar: "I remember Bondi saying, 'the president is the most transparent president in history.' I wish I said, Well then why doesn't he just release the Epstein files?"

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

They have to have a backup plan to the "dangerous immigrants" narrative. They have one. They've literally created a "terrorist group" out of thin air. I mean, you can't be having free and fair elections with "enemies from within," like the "Antifa Terrorist" group running around. It's a pretext.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Masks. Armed. No insignia. No names. No warrants. But they will come up to an American citizen on the street and threaten him with arrest for peacefully exercising basic American rights.

I'd challenge historians of the American Revolution to articulate how things were worse than this in April 1775.

In a Chicagoland Suburb, Berwyn, IL, multiple ICE agents and a cameraman surround a resident who blew his horn and walked down the street in his own neighborhood. They demand his ID and they threatene...

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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

😕🇺🇸

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is what ice is doing

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

What a loser.

TIME Magazine: "Trump loses Nobel Peace Prize he shamelessly campaigned for."

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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