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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 5h

"What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid."

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 6h

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 3h

The way to fight back is to peacefully protest on Oct 18-No Kings Day

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 6h

There is nothing an authoritarian fears more than peaceful, organized people power. That’s why the White House is now turning its sights on us. 🧵

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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 3h

Friday comes early and ad-free for patrons.
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Miranda's Rights (feat. John Fugelsang) | The Daily Beans & Mueller, She Wrote

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Dave DuFour 🐉 @davedufour.bsky.social · 3h

Heroes.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 4h

Weird how offended Christians get about the teachings of Christ.

Department of Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 4h

Lol

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 17h

Kristi Noem should never have been confirmed after this. It ended up being a perfect representation of what she would do.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Oconee County Democratic Party @ocdpscdems.bsky.social · 17h

📅 Save the Date: No Kings Protest!
🗓 Oct 18 | 🕐 1–2:30 PM | 📍 221 First St, Seneca
Join us for a peaceful demonstration for fairness, freedom & people power. 💙 Bring your signs & passion!
#OconeeDemocrats #NoKingsProtest #SCDems #PowerToThePeople

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 6h

Reminder that this baseless indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James is part of Donald Trump’s corrupt weaponization of the criminal justice system against anyone who has sought to hold him accountable.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 3h

bubble dance party

a person in an inflatable unicorn costume and a person in an inflatable peacock costume dance as a person holds a bubble gun shooting lots of small bubbles over them

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 6h

Thread:

A year ago yesterday was a very happy day for me. I had lost my prostate. It was good riddance, as it was riddled with cancer. I’m now cancer-free — and thankful for the tax-funded technology that saved my life.

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Joe Bearden @grayhairjoe.bsky.social · 3h

Polling Shows Americans Reject Trump’s Threat to Militarize US Cities

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Polling Shows Americans Reject Trump’s Threat to Militarize US Cities

A majority of voters, 58 percent, said presidents should only send military forces to cities that face external threats.

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Joe Bearden @grayhairjoe.bsky.social · 3h

Video Shows ICE Agents Shooting Protesting Pastor With Pepper Ball From Rooftop

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Video Shows ICE Agents Shooting Protesting Pastor With Pepper Ball From Rooftop

The minister said he was praying, inviting the agents to repent when they struck him.

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Joe Bearden @grayhairjoe.bsky.social · 3h

Trump Brags That He “Took the Freedom of Speech Away” From Protesters

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Trump Brags That He “Took the Freedom of Speech Away” From Protesters

Trump bragged about his administration seeking to ban flag burning, which is protected speech.

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Joe Bearden @grayhairjoe.bsky.social · 3h

Republicans Pushed Hundreds of Bills This Year to Curtail Local Governments #ncpol

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Republicans Pushed Hundreds of Bills This Year to Curtail Local Governments

As Trump wages war on US cities, GOP-led states have swiftly passed an array of laws threatening their autonomy.

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Joe Bearden @grayhairjoe.bsky.social · 4h

Federal Judge Blocks Trump's National Guard Deployment in Illinois

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump's National Guard Deployment in Illinois | Common Dreams

The judge said she saw "no credible evidence that there is a danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois," and allowing troops into Chicago "will only add fuel to the fire that the defendants themsel...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 4h

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6h

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James E. Clyburn @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social · 11h

Trump wants to punish Democrats for fighting for health care by cutting "Democrat programs."

Let me say that again: Trump wants to hurt Americans—by gutting essential public services—so that Democrats will give up their fight for Americans' health care.

We’re not giving up.

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Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 1d

This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM

Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents

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zensoul.bsky.social @zensoul.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah, sure. 47 has a healthcare plan.

Same one as the what he had in 2016 that we never saw?!

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 18h

So far he is delivering a higher price

#TrumpShutUSDown

SHUTDOWN

THIS IS WHAT GOP CHAOS COSTS

Post from Sen Warnock showing tripling of premium cost from this year to next for the most comparable ACA plans of a Georgia constituent

PREMIUMS TRIPLING WHILE THEY PLAY POLITICS

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10h

New statement from AG James:

"This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system.

"I am not fearful — I am fearless."

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 10h

The Emmett Till Interpretative Center will continue its “Remembering Emmett” series with events across Mississippi in October and November, including at Tougaloo College, in Gulfport and in Mound Bayou.
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Emmett Till Center to Honor His Legacy With Events Across State

The Emmett Till Interpretative Center will continue its “Remembering Emmett” series with events across Mississippi in October and November.

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