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Democracy is in danger—anyone who says otherwise is high. #FightFascism #EndGerrymandering #VetsResistSquadron #WarrenDemocrat💙🌊🌊

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freyjja5 @freyjja5.bsky.social · Nov 10

As a proud Minnesota farm girl, I watched my father work before dawn past dark, seven days a week ~ I’d like Sonny Perdue to explain exactly when any hard-working farmer would have time to take a second job! He basically said “Let them eat cake”!!!
www.motherjones.com/food/2019/11...

Trump ag secretary to struggling farmers: Get a job!

Prices are tanking and the trade war drags on. That's the best advice you have, Sonny Perdue?

www.motherjones.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5h

When people show you who they are, believe them.

And of course JD Vance refused to condemn this.

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 5h

Update from another kid who was shot on campus the same day that Charlie Kirk was shot on campus (this one in Evergreen, CO) coloradosun.com/2025/10/14/m...

Evergreen High School shooting victim leaves hospital, tells supporters: “I’m still alive!”

Matthew Silverstone heads home five weeks after being shot in head and chest during shooting spree at Evergreen High School

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 5h

Imagine not only participating in the surveillance state, but paying to do so.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26d

of all the things I am not going to buy, this is the thing I am not going to buy the most

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Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 4h

Argentineans no less than Brazilians fucking hate interference in their domestic politics

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 6h

Trump threatens to punish Argentina if Milei loses elections www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump threatens to cut US aid to Argentina if Milei loses election

US president says ‘we will not be generous’ if leader fails to win key midterms after promising $20bn to prop up struggling economy

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop @soraaad.bsky.social · 4h

"In 4 exploratory essays a seasoned historian @emuehlbe.bsky.social examines the mechanisms by which ancient people came to have knowledge—not of the world and its myriad processes but abt something more intimate...the individuals they encountered in close quarters, those they knew in everyday life"

Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 9h

Usually, to show an author love, the first rule is: buy the book. And, you can totally buy this book---but, it's also available OA, which means you can in a few weeks' time get it for free.
luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1...

So, the updated rule: to show an author love, get her book and read it!

Things Unseen | University of California Press

How do you know the nature of another person: who she is, or what she is capable of? In four exploratory essays, a seasoned historian examines the mechanisms by which ancient people came to have knowl...

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Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 4h

Oh.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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david. @david.uncensored.zip · 4h

I know the internet is *so* over it but hes still clearly upset if you imply a connection between him and russia

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 4h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 4h

One Republican operative reportedly wrote, “I love Hitler,” and referred to Black Americans as “the watermelon people.”

Appallingly Racist GOP Group Chat With 251 Slurs Is Leaked

One Republican operative reportedly wrote, “I love Hitler,” and referred to Black Americans as “the watermelon people.”

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 4h

Come out to @politicsprose.bsky.social at 7pm on Wednesday 10/22 to see @bethmacy.bsky.social and I talk about her knockout new book PAPER GIRL: A MEMOIR OF HOME AND FAMILY IN A FRACTURED AMERICA.

Beth Macy — Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America - with Andrea Pitzer — at Conn Ave

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Your Tiny Journalist Friend. @thewayoftheid.bsky.social · 4h

ICE spotted near Kenwood Academy today.

Dear Kenwood Parents and Guardians,
The safety of our students is my top priority, which is why I am writing to address a situation that occurred near our school this morning. We have received reports of federal law enforcement activity in the neighborhood near our school building today.
We immediately shared these reports with the CPS
Office of Safety and Security, and this team reached out to the Chicago Police Department (CPD) for more information. All members of our school community are safe. Today's school day proceeded smoothly and as planned.
I want to emphasize that school is the best and safest place for our students. Our staff is well-versed in the proper protocols for keeping our students and school community safe in case federal law enforcement representatives attempt to enter school property or interact with students or staff. As a reminder, our school and CPS WILL NOT coordinate with federal representatives, and we WILL NOT allow ICE agents or any other federal representatives access to our school unless they produce a criminal judicial warrant signed by a federal judge. I also want to remind you that CPS created a resource packet (English I Spanish) that includes guidance on the following topics:

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 7h

U.S. police kill roughly 25 pet dogs a day, the majority of which pose no threat to them.

scholars.unh.edu/unh_lr/vol17...

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 4h

Corporate greed led to the collapse of Steward Health Care last year. My Stop Medical Profiteering and Theft Act would ensure that greedy real estate investment trusts cannot continue to put profits over patients and wealth over health.
youtube.com/shorts/lkx8G...

Senator Markey Introduces Stop MPT Act

YouTube video by Senator Markey

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 4h

Anyway here's a picture of Mike Lawler hanging out with one of the Young Republicans who suggested putting their political opponents in gas chambers

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 4h

Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 4h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 5h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

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freyjja5 @freyjja5.bsky.social · 12h

#TrumpSquandersTaxDollars
“Political observers and economic experts note that #Argentina has a long history of #squandering other people’s #money and #defaulting on its own debts.”

Read This: "Trump Faces MAGA Backlash Over $20 Billion Foreign Bailout " www.thedailybeast.com//trump-faces...

Trump Faces MAGA Backlash Over $20 Billion Foreign Bailout

The lifeline was offered to Argentina as countless Americans struggle with the shutdown and other cost pressures.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Miya115 @miya1156.bsky.social · 13h

00:11 am midnight Japan
in Wednesday

#RoseWednesday

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Shellymäk @shellymak.bsky.social · 15h

As pretty as its name, Pink Parasol is soft clear pink with a creamy base and lighter reverse. Approximately 35 frilly petals open into slightly cupped blooms to reveal red stamens.The delicious sweet fragrance has overtones of fruit and honey. This Australian florabunda is from Kathy Hessions.

As pretty as its name, this rose is soft clear pink with a creamy base and lighter reverse. Approximately 35 frilly petals open into slightly cupped blooms to reveal red stamens.

The delicious sweet fragrance has overtones of fruit and honey. The bush produces flowers in clusters of 5 or 6 and also singly throughout the growing season and repeat flowers extremely well.

This hardy Australian-bred Floribunda is ideal for our climate and has good disease resistance. It forms a neat bush 1.2m high and 1m wide. Perfect for bedding or in a cottage garden.

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Deirdre Assenza @deirdreassenza.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know you can pop out someone’s eye ball with one finger if you’re motivated enough? #TheMoreYouKnow

TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

Last post of the day. Learn how to protect yourself.

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Jens @jens-nb.bsky.social · 21h

Very subtle 🟡 #VPGoldenTuesday (it's working on it).

"Crumbling by light"

#AssassinsCreedValhalla #Scenery
#VirtualPhotography #ThePhotomode
#VPRepost #CreedScholarsVP

[Captured with Photomode | ReShade | Edited in PS]

Assassin's Creed Valhalla scenery shot in colour: showing part of an old, crumbling wall in the foreground with tall, yellow/green grass partially hidden by its shade. The other grass illuminated by the sun that shines radiantly behind and through white clouds in a blue sky. More foliage can be seen beyond the wall along with distance trees and a landscape much further away coloured in a deep turquoise/blue as still embracing the night.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13h

If you’re in New Jersey and not yet registered to vote, do it today! Voters have until the end of the day to register in time to help choose the state’s next governor.

NJ DOS - Division of Elections

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

Who’s Eating the Tariffs?

(via Goldman) @scottlincicome.bsky.social

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h

If you read one story ahead of tomorrow's Supreme Court argument, make it this one. The fate of the VRA and the 2026 elections potentially hang in the balance. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Fair Elections — and Perhaps Control of Congress — at Stake as SCOTUS Hears Challenge to VRA