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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 10h

The frogs of war won't negotiate / the frogs of war won't capitulate

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

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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Hulda Gates @huldagates.bsky.social · 12h

How is it?

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 13h

Some days I think, “the man bankrupted a casino.”

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 13h

I love this image.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 14h

Hot new item. Flying off the shelves.

Silence 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @b-dogood.bsky.social · 16h

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 15h

White nationalists are probably really angry that the left is co-opting frogs

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 1d

The problem with peace is that it has a well-known progressive bias

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

PRITZKER: "I genuinely think there is something wrong with him. I wish that his family would intervene, because I do think he needs mental health help."

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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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 1d

The thing about politics is people sincerely believe they can put down their ethics to take money from major corporate interest to win their elections, and pick those ethics back up at some later time.

And the truth is, that NEVER happens!

The first time one takes a bribe is the HARDEST time.

Jocelyn Fox @jfoxtales.bsky.social · 1d

Ok so when I say that AIPAC isn’t our only problem, I would venture a guess that being beholden to the Military Industrial Complex is just as much of a problem.

It OUR problem.

Shame on Dems for not taking care of our veterans.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

Only 10 senators voted for Bernie Sanders's amendment to reduce the Pentagon budget by 10% and instead expand veteran dental care:

Baldwin (D-WI)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Sanders (I-VT)
Smith (D-MN)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Welch (D-VT)
Wyden (D-OR)

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 1d

As the administration goes all in on an alternate reality about portland that bears no resemblance to fact and rule of law, continuing radical (and just plain funny, ridiculing) acts of the imagination along with other ways of getting out the reality on the ground may help curb their momentum.

fake film poster with a sunset and the portland frog protestor with words The Portland War, A Film by Ken Burns

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”

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Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 3d

Good morning, beloved.

Hope is an endurance sport.

Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 3d

the 2nd Klan really is what these folks want -- this is the Klan that marched with their faces shown to the public, who were a fascist organization in all but name

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 3d

We really need to be thinking abt the current regime through the lens of the Second Klan, which helped to nationalize systems of Jim Crow state & vigilante violence & exploitation while creating an explicitly white nationalist immigration system. They even paraded down Pennsylvania Ave.

A 1926 klan parade marching down Pennsylvania Ave. The front of the column holds banners that read Connecticut & Rhode Island. Original available via the Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001706338/

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Hulda Gates @huldagates.bsky.social · 3d

I am suddenly a tad Greek.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3d

Paris had just 28 murders, that's fewer than Seattle

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 4d

Gulliver’s Travels meets skeleton culture. Genius!

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

I thought the one where he was a Black Panther was in poor taste

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 4d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 4d

I'm now following Illinois v. Trump (national guard deployment):

View Full Case | Background Info | Complaint

#CL71559895

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 4d

🧵 of articles I’ve wriiten to help you understand the immigration engircenent agencies.

When you say these cannot be real agents & they will be held accountable, I’ve got some bad news for you. 1/

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Judges across southern border are letting adjudicated violent Border Patrol agents loose in our communities.

It is not enough that they have constant access to victims that they can then throw back into Mexico when they are done.

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Tim Amor @timamor.bsky.social · 5d

Listen, you rich people, weep & wail because of the misery that is coming on you.

Your wealth has rotted, & moths have eaten your clothes.

The corrosion of your gold & silver will testify against you & eat your flesh like fire.

You have hoarded wealth in the last days.

~James
(Jesus’s brother)

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 5d

Happy first Monday in October to all who celebrate. The Supreme Court is back in session. Here’s what you need to know about key cases this term. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

The Week Ahead

October 5, 2025

joycevance.substack.com

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