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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h

Cartoon by @edwexler.bsky.social.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

First there was the Opium Wars. Now we have the Cooking Oil War.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”

But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.

Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

www.msnbc.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1h

Himes: You know, it's the Pete Hegseth insecurity that requires a constant marination in testosterone and fraternity-boy macho bullshit that, at the end of the day, would be funny if it weren't both lethal and counterproductive to actually dealing with the nation's drug problem.

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RC deWinter @rcdewinter.bsky.social · 2h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

The vice president of the United States is a clownish dipshit, Exhibit 64,532

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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 7h

Paper under review for 6 months at a journal

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h

How MAGA sees things.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3h

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Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

Correct Response: "What an incredibly inappropriate thing to say, you creepy, crazy old man."

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randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 10h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

Reading that cretin Alex Jones was put on blast by the conservative Supreme Court and "Dr. Phil" has had to declare bankruptcy on the same day? What an embarrassment of riches! Only one other breaking news story about another odious man would make things better.
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Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson does a gigantic eye roll in response to Fox News pressing him on the Epstein coverup

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d

The Pentagon is restricting press access, and the NYT raises a serious First Amendment concern. The SecDef’s response? A wave emoji. It’s a childish mockery of accountability. But dodging scrutiny with memes is how authoritarians treat a free press.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 4h

Trump is using tragedy as cover to attack critics, chill dissent & weaponize the DOJ

We joined 3,700+ orgs to sound the alarm

This is page 1 of the authoritarian playbook & we won’t stay silent

Read the article @theguardian.com 👇 - TN www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Page one of the authoritarian playbook’: how Trump and allies are exploiting Kirk’s killing

The president and his Maga allies have used the rightwing influencer’s killing to justify attacks on critics, experts say

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

Everything is for sale.

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10h

1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.

Quid Pro Presidency

Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…

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Micah @rincewind.run · 5h

the Republican party of the future may not find a figurehead that can replace Trump but it's getting worse by the day, the next generation thinks Stephen Miller is a squish

these are very, very bad people

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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AAUP @aaup.org · 10h

"Once you start teaching loyalty instead of critical thinking, you stop creating scholars & you start creating followers. That's not the America we signed up for."

#noloyaltyoaths
#academicfreedom