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Denise Felton @denfel.bsky.social · 8m

Only one news outlet has signed on to Hegseth’s media loyalty oath — even Trump-mouthpiece Newsmax balked

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Denise Felton @denfel.bsky.social · 22m

Coral reef collapse drives world across first climate tipping point

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GenXer-71 @genxer-71.bsky.social · 16h

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Attorney Ben Crump @attorneybencrump.bsky.social · 1d

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The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested a Black mother outside her child’s school after an officer confronted her about leaving her car illegally parked and unattended. This level of force on an unarmed woman in a school pick-up line is outrageous!

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Denise Felton @denfel.bsky.social · 13h

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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 15h

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 14h

This shouldn’t be a close call. It’s vital that the media stand up for a free press and not be gagged by the lawless Trump administration. Everyone must stand for freedom.

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

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Denise Felton @denfel.bsky.social · 13h

Trump Allies Sold Sponsorships to What Appeared to Be a Treasury Event. It Wasn’t.

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Denise Felton @denfel.bsky.social · 13h

Ex-Clarence Thomas clerk sounds alarm on expected Supreme Court move

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WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?!!!! @the13thpanther.bsky.social · 19h

This is wrong!

ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸💙🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 1d

New York City.
No ID, doesn't identify himself, just out trying to kidnap passengers...

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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Leigh G @yogaleigh.bsky.social · 1d

Can I tell you a secret? I don't care if there are undocumented immigrants in this country. I think it's a non-issue. Without social security numbers they're not getting the welfare people claim they're getting, the vast majority of them are normal people trying to live a better life.
This whole wall deport-the-illegals bullshit is just the one percent convincing the working poor to blame a subset of the working poor for the fact that they're all poor, instead of realizing they're all poor due to vast income inequality and resource price inflation in combination with wage stagnation.
The existence of another poor person is not why you're poor. It's because the people who control everything refuse to increase your wages.
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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 23h

“It’s hard to convince people that you’re killing them for their own good.”

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💨🚫Farting Fascists💨🚫 @fartingfascists.bsky.social · 20h

"FUCK THAT!" Indeed!
#NOKINGS

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 1d

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NPR @npr.org · 22h

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers. n.pr/4obhR5w

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 20h

"Through the first months of Trump's new trade regime it is U.S. companies that are footing the bill for his tariffs, and passing on some of it to the consumer - with more price hikes likely..."

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How the United States is eating Trump's tariffs

U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 23h

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

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Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 23h

In a court filing Monday, attorney Patrick Fitzgerald accused the DOJ of withholding information involving its charges, citing that Comey and his legal team can't be trusted with it.

DOJ accused of hiding evidence against James Comey

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DOJ accused of hiding evidence against James Comey

Ex-FBI Director James Comey was narrowly indicted by a grand jury this month, but according to his lawyer the Justice Department is refusing to reveal its evidence against him. In a court filing Monda...

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Stone Cold Blue @stonecoldblue.bsky.social · 20h

Department of Education has never set curriculum.

Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 21h

The U.S. Dept. of Education announced that a new coalition of conservative groups, including Turning Point USA and the Heritage Foundation, will push for more "patriotic" civics education. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/13/r...

Trump undertakes a MAGA-centric makeover of US civics education • Minnesota Reformer

The vast majority of the groups in the coalition promote a vision of U.S. identity that downplays historical wrongs associated with race and gender and projects the country as an exceptional force for...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23h

Soon it will be show us your papers. This must stop.

A tweet by James Surowiecki replying to David J. Bier. Surowiecki asks, “Where in the Immigration and Nationality Act does it say that US citizens have to prove that they're citizens or else be arrested?” The quoted tweet by Bier reads, “ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog,” accompanied by a photo of a man wearing a face mask and standing near vehicles at night.

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Dave @spaceblatt.bsky.social · 20h

Lawrence O'Donnell shows the world how corrupt the trump administration is. His cabinet members will no answer questions from Democratic committee members and republican committee chairmen will not make witnesses answer questions. Republicans have given up their duties.

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The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell 10/12/25 | 🅼🆂🅽🅱️🅲 Breaking News October 12, 2025

YouTube video by تعلم مع Amina

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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 1d

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25d

Two years ago, our reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social received an envelope with no return address.

Inside was a flash drive containing tens of thousands of files: years of secretly recorded conversations, private militia chat logs and videos sent by a man named John Williams.

(Published Jan. 2025)

A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has previously said...that government shutdowns are on the president and all you need to do is get everyone in a room and have a serious conversation. And they're refusing to do that. They are holding people's healthcare hostage."

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