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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6h

🚨BREAKING: Missouri state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at blocking voters’ efforts to invoke their constitutional right to veto the state legislature’s new gerrymandered congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Missouri Republicans Sue to Block ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2h

CDC division within the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) that directs the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) — a bellwether of the country’s health — lost all its planners in last weekend’s firings. www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Kathy 🇺🇦 @districtofkatya.bsky.social · 2h

AOC is kind of killin' it on CNN, too bad probably no one is watching and it'll probably be edited out of context.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

AOC: Trump should be having congressional leaders in the WH. Do you see that every day? No, you don't because they're playing golf and they're going to mar-a-lago and the Republicans in the house have been on vacation for weeks now

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 2h

If you would like to be sad I recommend reading any feature article from 2014 or earlier. The undercurrent of optimism. The general lack of cynicism. The unspoken belief that the future would be better than the past

That's a world we all lived in

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2h

Young Republicans are praising Hitler. Here's why Democrats are to blame.

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GingerSpice💙 @thedesertginger.bsky.social · 3h

More surprising behavior by a Republican 😑
It's kinda like they're all racists assholes

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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 4h

The fucking scorn this piece of shit has for ordinary folks is just breathtaking.

When he went on tv to defend this shit, I’ll never forget this asshole was touting 1000% APR loans.

Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 5h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

AOC: The problem is that the Trump administration, they think that destroying our health care, making sure that housing is too expensive to live in, that jacking up the cost of our groceries—they think all of this is about hurting Democrats. What they are doing is hurting Americans

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h

Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.

(Published July)

“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat

A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

www.propublica.org

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 8h

Quite a day.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 4h

I wish I loved anything as much as these dumb bubbas love slurs

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs

The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.

gizmodo.com

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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 4h

“In the afternoon, officials confiscated the Pentagon press badges of hundreds of journalists” in the name of op-sec, at the behest of a DOD Secretary who “moved sensitive plans about upcoming air strikes from a secure government system to a non-governmental app…” www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps

I’ve been evicted from a building I’ve covered for 18 years. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.

www.theatlantic.com

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 4h

A 15-year-old kid was tear gassed, slammed to the ground, and detained for five hours in a garage by armed ICE in Chicago blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/1...

15-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Taken By Feds For 5 Hours After East Side Protest, Attorney Says

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said the teen hit an agent in the face with an egg. They said claims that agents disappeared the teen are “categorically false.”

blockclubchicago.org

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 8h

A 3,000-pound, 17-foot-long "DEMOCRACY" ice sculpture is melting away on the National Mall today, a statement from activists and artists on the weakened state of American democracy under the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

A 3,000-Pound Ice Sculpture Of 1 Word Is Melting In Front Of The U.S. Capitol

“It's time for all of us to resist, speak up and save our democracy before it's too late,” artist Marshall Reese said of his 17-by-5-foot installation.

www.huffpost.com

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 10h

NSPM-7 watch: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said yesterday that Charlie Kirk's death was a "domestic 9/11" and that he's undertaking a commensurate response at home. Treasury is "compiling lists" and looking at funding streams, he said.

talkingpointsmemo.com/news/big-tal...

Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that his department is in...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

obviously john roberts and the trump majority aren't going a little thing like "history" or "the written text of the constitution" get in the way of their ideological drive to remake the (republican) presidency as an elected dictatorship.

Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump’s Power to Fire Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Dwight D. Longtorso @uslongtorso.bsky.social · 11h

This is essential.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11h

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 10h

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 10h

what even happened on the other site this time

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 13h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Romeo Kokriatski @vagrantjourno.bsky.social · 11h

Ben Gvir personally oversaw the torture of Greta Thunberg, as reported by Aftonbladet.

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 11h

American Claremont dicks: Pope Leo, a saintly man hovering betwixt the canon law and mankind, knows the true temperance that is his namesake and will refrain from disruptive social issues

Actual Pope Leo: I picked Leo because I love Catholic Social issues, I am a Catholic Social Issues Pope

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