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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

This isn't the Trump Shutdown this is the Epstein Shutdown and I think Dems should call it that

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

KARL: I mean, you could swear in Adelita Grijalva tomorrow, right?

MIKE JOHNSON: No, not tomorrow. We couldn't. We wouldn't.

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Small No Kings event puts love ahead of politics in rural Kansas town where immigrants are detained

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Small No Kings event puts love ahead of politics in rural Kansas town where immigrants are detained • Kansas Reflector

Kay Krause hosts a "love in action" rally at her house in Cottonwood Falls as part of the 42 No Kings events that were planned across the state as part of a nationwide uprising.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 2d

Newsom or Pritzker should loudly signal that people who have clean records who quit because this isn’t what they signed up to do will get their careers back when the winds change.

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 2d

A former ICE director says agents have been put "in a terrible position" and are being tasked with operations "in a city where they don't belong."

Ex-ICE director says Trump's immigration crackdown putting agents in "terrible position"

Federal agents deployed tear gas on a crowd in Chicago, prompting a judge to ask the agents to wear body cameras.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Elites collapsed and capitulated. Regular people never did. #NoKings

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 2d

Remember back in January when all these sage politics-knowers were writing about how there had been a vibe shift and now the resistance was over?

lol. lmao.

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Jennifer Raff @jenniferraff.bsky.social · 2d

No kings except Godzilla.

A woman in a blue hat next to a child in a Godzilla costume with a sign that says Colin for Kansas (www.colinforkansas.com). Another woman holds a sign that says “No kings (except Godzilla)

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 2d

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Stopped on my way home from Democracy Fest and the No Kings rally in Hays, Kansas to admire Kansas and talk about why I'm running for Congress.

#colinforkansas #nokings #election #kansas

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Stopped on my way home from Democracy Fest and the No Kings rally in Hays, Kansas to admire Kansas and talk about why I'm running for Congress.

#colinforkansas #nokings #election #kansas

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Come say hi when we get to your town!

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 2d

If you're in Kansas hit our site to sign up for campaign updates and volunteer opportunities.

If you've got a buck to spare, we'll use it to make the election-denying incumbent regret burning down USAID for Trump.

www.colinforkansas.com

Home - Colin for Kansas

Colin for The Big First District

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 2d

I'm in Hays, Kansas on a tour of the towns in the district where I'm running for Congress. After our speeches and hearing from the people here we're heading out to our local NK.

Red states are full of people who want better for their neighbors and their country.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Tim Walz: "Here's what I'd challenge Trump to do: find three soybean farmers who will stand with you and say that's okay. Just three. I challenge you to do that because you're not gonna find them."

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Waldo Jaquith, but Spooky @waldo.net · 6d

It turns out that what Todd Gilbert meant by "that escalated quickly" is that he was unwilling to support a grand jury investigation into the origins of the Trump/Russia case. I'm surprised and impressed that Gilbert took this stand. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 7d

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GOP Rep Says Rural Areas Will Just Have to Deal With Hospitals Closing

Representative Mike Flood isn’t worried about the fact that Donald Trump’s bill will force hospitals to close.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 7d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 7d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

Musk demands US troops be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 8d

A supporter reminded me the other day that Trump ran on the promise that he'd be his supporters' retribution. They were worried that if we take the same approach, we'll lose our soul. I think that's right.

Our promise is to rebuild, not revenge. Accountability, not retribution.

Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 8d

We were in Dodge City and Abilene yesterday with gubernatorial and senate candidates, along with some impressive local and union leaders.

A thousand conversations and a hundred speeches and you're just getting started. A long road but it goes where it needs to.

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 8d

We were in Dodge City and Abilene yesterday with gubernatorial and senate candidates, along with some impressive local and union leaders.

A thousand conversations and a hundred speeches and you're just getting started. A long road but it goes where it needs to.

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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 18d

My latest: Most Kansas voters are not Republicans. But the GOP still thinks it ought to control every single one of our House seats “to reflect the people.” #ksleg GIFT LINK. www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

Less than half Kansas voters are GOP. Ty Masterson still wants all the power | Opinion

Most of us who do the work of voting in this state don’t actually want to be identified as Republican. | Opinion

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 18d

Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: As D.C. turns out the lights, Kansas politicos double down on performative dumbness #ksleg

As D.C. turns out the lights, Kansas politicos double down on performative dumbness • Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Republican delegation in Washington, D.C., has beclowned themselves with shutdown rhetoric both partisan and incoherent.

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 20d

The GOP can't pretend it's negotiating in good faith when it lies to Dems.

And they can't pretend to stand for farmers while destroying programs like Feed the Future.

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Trump cancels food research funding popular with Republicans

Budget chief Russ Vought proposed cutting $72 million for universities after promising lawmakers the funding would remain untouched.

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 24d

I'm the only Democrat running for office in the First District. Redistricting would likely help me.

I oppose it. It's wrong to rig elections because voters won't do what they're told.
And it's wrong even if it helps me.

It's a lesson my opponent forgot a long time ago.

Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 24d

Kansas Legislature closer to special session for partisan remapping of U.S. House districts | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg

Kansas Legislature closer to special session for partisan remapping of U.S. House districts • Kansas Reflector

GOP leaders in the Kansas Legislature aim for a November special session to redraw U.S. House boundaries to run Democrat Sharice Davids out of office.

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AFT @aft.org · 25d

No one would go into education if they didn't want to make a difference in the lives of others. - @rweingarten.bsky.social

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 26d

So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent.

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China expands Argentina soybean buying to 20 cargoes, traders say

Chinese importers kept up a hectic pace of Argentine soybean purchases after the South American supplier's move to abolish export taxes temporarily made its prices competitive, traders said on Wednesday.

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 26d

I also called a former boss who said he assumed I was running a "pinko commie" campaign, but also said he'd throw a thousand bucks at me.

This thing is working out.

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Colin McRoberts @colinmcroberts.bsky.social · 26d

Today was the first day of "call time," phoning people up and asking for money.

Excuse me. Offering them the opportunity to participate in the fight for our nation's future, for the mere price of [TARGET$ASK].

First old friend I talked to just asked what the max was.

This thing is working out.

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