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Pro-kindness, pro-planet, pro-democracy. For my children and grandchildren.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10h
Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rob Wittman, R-Va., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, all voted for cuts to the CFPB.

Yet collectively, they routed more than 1,000 constituent complaints to the agency, ProPublica found.

(Published August)
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social
These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.
Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, lo...
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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 6h
Attn @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @wendysiegelman.bsky.social @velshi.com @kairyssdal.bsky.social @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov Trump does a favor for Erdogan, drops criminal/$ laundering case against bank.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 10h
In case anyone missed this

Erdoğa said that Trump ended Halkbank’s criminal case after talks w him. He said that Trump told him “The Halkbank problem is finished for us.”

Halkbank was helping Iran evade taxes and launder billions.

Qatar and now this. The corruption is off the charts
Turkey’s Erdogan Says Halkbank US Case to End After Trump Talks
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said state lender Halkbank’s legal case in the US is due to be resolved following recent talks with President Donald Trump, prompting bank shares to rise.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 14h
Republicans are pushing debunked anti-abortion propaganda as an excuse to rip mifepristone off the shelves and block women from getting abortion care.
 
100+ studies prove mifepristone is safe and effective.
 
SPEAK UP, we can't let them get away with this.
Nearly All GOP Senators Urge the FDA to Restrict Abortion Pills
The senators are asking the FDA to suspend its approval of generic mifepristone, which would heavily restrict access to abortion pills nationwide.
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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 12h
New Orwellianism just dropped
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 12h
Mike Johnson disingenuously asks the press if they’ve ever seen a Democrat who wants reduce spending

He surely knows that the only president who ever produced a balanced budget was Bill Clinton
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process
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Petrooka 🇨🇦 @petrooka.bsky.social · 1d
Authoritarian countries that were once normal and free.

#pinks #resist
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 12h
Decent, patriotic Americans are ANTIFA, Donald.

We are fiercely, steadfastly, unapologetically anti-fascist, and you know why? Because Americans are f*ckin’ supposed to be.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/were-all-a...
We're all ANTIFA, Donald.
Hey Donald,
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 14h
That the networks don't have a live feed from Portland running in the corner is journalistic malpractice.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."
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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 13h
From the latest Q&A by the ever-wise and frank @sarahkendzior.bsky.social (via her free Substack).
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 15h
BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h
Opposing a power mad despot is literally the most American thing an American can do. These guys got a lot wrong but they nailed that one. It is fundamental to the core of this country.
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 21h
Trusting U.S. elections to private voting machine companies has long seemed wrong. @jennycohn.bsky.social @nelliebowles.bsky.social @karaswisher.bsky.social @brennancenter.org @cartercenter.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social @wired.com @motherjones.com @msnbc.com
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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 21h
THREAD: October 17 No Kings Day a chance to peacefully demonstrate how many of us love our democracy and the promise of America. @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @aclu.org @splcenter.org @cartercenter.bsky.social @votevets.org @votolatino.bsky.social @envirovoters.bsky.social
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h
The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "
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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 21h
Illegal again: Hegseth announces a foreign military base in the US. cc @adamsmith.house.gov @barrymccaffrey.bsky.social @amymcgrath.bsky.social @admiralstav.bsky.social
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 23h
Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize
The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d
JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 1d
Trump’s “national security”memo shows an “administration less interested in combating “political violence” than it is in cracking down on liberal institutions and on nonviolent, protected speech that Trump and his people do not care for.”
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Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago
Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 2d
NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America
Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d
@vanhollen.senate.gov and I met with federal workers who were unnecessarily fired — and we talked about what's at stake in this government shutdown.

Here's the short of it: Democrats will not stop fighting to save health care and lower costs for families.
ChrisVanHollen and I met with federal workers who were unnecessarily fired.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d
Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.
BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC
President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday
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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 1d
“We Are Elated by the Gaza Ceasefire News. Now, the World Must Hold Israel to Account for 2 Years of Genocide”—a deservedly reserved response @zeteo.com @ayman.msnbc.com @katmabu.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social @ruwaforgeorgia.bsky.social @reprashida.govpeeps.us
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We Are Elated by the Gaza Ceasefire News. Now, the World Must Hold Israel to Account for 2 Years of Genocide
In an emotional essay, former Palestinian negotiator Diana Buttu reacts to the ceasefire announcement, what it means for Palestinians, and what still worries her.
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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 2d
Per this NY Times story, the family has been re-booked on a flight tomorrow.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d
Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 2d
See also Dr. Bray’s reporting this evening about his family’s flight to Spain mysteriously thwarted at the airport. @melissjpeltier.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @karenattiah.bsky.social @weissmann.substack.com