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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 3h

The government accused of backing the 9/11 terrorists who killed around 3 thousand people on U. S. soil, are now going to build a Qatari Air Force base on U. S. soil. It will also house Qatari soldiers.

Shouldn’t this be alarming?
What could go wrong?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

If a pharmaceutical company could mass produce whatever compassion pills Marjorie Taylor Greene seems to have been taking lately, we could save the world

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

One evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries consoles another evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries for not getting an award for which neither evil man is even remotely deserving.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 4h

‘That’s the MAGA playbook’: Crypto trade made moments before Trump post raises eyebrows

www.rawstory.com

‘That’s the MAGA playbook’: Crypto trade made moments before Trump post raises eyebrows

twp.ai

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 8h

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...

t.co

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Angus: Who else are you going to give military bases to? When’s Vladimir Putin getting his rocket bases in the United States?

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Tim Williams Art @timwilliamsart.bsky.social · 6h

Their goal is to turn the United States into a "Wealthy Whites and Christians Only" country.

They literally don't give a shit about anyone else.

Which is why they're going to fail.

HUGELY.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

NEW: So it IS a second home and not an investment property. Motion to dismiss for abuse of the grand jury process in 3...2...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

In the Eye of a Political Storm, a Tiny Yellow House in Norfolk, Va.

www.nytimes.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 7h

The museums are being shutdown.
Are we great yet?
Everyone’s being fired.
Are we great yet?
Food is rotting in our fields.
Are we great yet?
The market’s crashing greatly.
Diseases are now running rampant.
At what point aren’t we great?
Our military’s in line at food banks.
So super great.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 6h

When Obama was president the right wing acted like masked government agents were coming to kidnap them and take all their rights away.

Then Republicans get elected and actually do that shit for real.

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Denise @dakirk1971.bsky.social · 7h

Are we still in phase one or is he beginning phase two of Project 2025? That’s what’s really scary to me.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 19h

Good night, friends.
Tonight was deeply painful.

We at CDC do this work because we care.
It’s long hours, often feeling overworked and not enough pay, but we do it because we want to make the world a better place.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 5d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 5d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 5d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 2d

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Shawn's Socialist Slipstreaming（宇祥）- he/him/他/dia @shawnybantzy.bsky.social · 4d

'Conference of Zionists Will Colonise Palestine' - June 20, 1899, 124 years, 3 months and 17 days before October 7, 2023

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

“The defense secretary underwent a round of cosmetic injections last month.” One insider: “He’s always been full of himself, but lately his ego has been off the charts.”

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

THIS!! 👇👇

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election?

Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.

Be warned.

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

The corruption and self-dealing is staring you in the face. Hello?

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 21h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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The Real Zanetta @therealzanetta.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Thiel
Qatari Airbase
#SheShed
We’re eight days away from #NoKings Day, and over 2,500 protests planned in all 50 states and across the world.
October 18 is going to be the biggest day of nonviolent protest in US history — because Courage is contagious.
Find an event 👉🏾 mobilize.us

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