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Democracy 4ever (formerly Older Pen) @hydebpoz.bsky.social · 1h

Report from the colonies. I urge you to read about the brave young men and women, immigrants all, who, along with their middle-aged, and occasionally elderly fellow immigrants, fought to create our great country 🇺🇸. Then compare them to the SCOTUS MAGAs destroying our grand 🇺🇸 experiment. Thank you.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 18h

A former Cuomo aide accused of being an unregistered agent for the Chinese government is going on trial ... the day before election day. documentedny.com/2025/10/09/s...

Judge Rejects Motion to Dismiss Corruption Charges Against Ex-Aide to Cuomo and Hochul in $8 Million PPE Scheme - Documented

Linda Sun and her husband Chris Hu have mounted several legal challenges since last September — all have been unsuccessful.

documentedny.com

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 7h

Sign you live in a police state

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 11h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5h

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastword.msnbc.com · 3h

Epstein survivor pressures Speaker Johnson on Epstein files vote: 'We have been through enough' www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

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🪬🇺🇦🌻 mon petit choufleur 💙🇺🇸🪬 @asassytart.bsky.social · 13h

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James Wright @jameswrights.bsky.social · 12h

When you arrive to find a dog called Nina waiting for you!🐶

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 7h

Guy in private plane doesn’t like that he has to hire more security to address his personal concerns about crime so he is happy to have the president push guardsmen into the city at taxpayer expense.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 18h

Paedophiles will love this - a great way to identify and target their victims.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Konsyse @konsyse.com · 1h

Renowned theoretical physicist Albert Einstein first introduced the Special Relativity Theory in the paper “On The Electrodynamics of Moving Parties” he published in 1905. In 1915, he also introduced another theory called the General Relativity Theory.

Special Relativity vs General Relativity: The Difference — Konsyse

Albert Einstein first introduced the Special Relativity Theory in in 1905 and in 1915, he also introduced the General Relativity Theory.

www.konsyse.com

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Lamont A. Turner @lamontaturner.bsky.social · 11h

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3h

One year, my dad missed my birthday because he had to cover a baseball game. Or: part of a game. The end of a Red Wings-PawSox battle that had been postponed after the first 32 innings ended in a tie several months prior. The Sox won it in the 33rd.

The longest professional baseball game ever played

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Democracy 4ever (formerly Older Pen) @hydebpoz.bsky.social · 1h

This may be the first time in my life I wish that ole former Republican Senator Jesse Helms were still alive. If he were, as Bolton’s former boss, he would be more than enough of a match for 🍊. That would be a wrestling match for the ages.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

RFK Jr admitted there’s no proof Tylenol causes autism.

He said “we’re making the proof”.

This is the man directing public health policy for the country.

If you have to “make the proof” you haven’t solved the problem.

He’s a eugenicist grifter.

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Konsyse @konsyse.com · 1d

PROFOLUS: Not all fat tells the same story. Researchers found that moving fat away from organs—and not losing it altogether—can help normalize blood sugar levels.

Research Finds Prediabetes Reversal is Possible Without Weight Loss - Profolus

Research shows prediabetes remission can occur without weight loss.

www.profolus.com

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scubapopeye.bsky.social @scubapopeye.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve sat through several congressional hearings.

Many contentious.

Never have I seen so much disrespect and dishonesty.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Rushing to the pharmacy to pick up my fat checks from Merck and Pfizer.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Gov. Shapiro: "The way the president has chosen to deploy the National Guard in other states, and to deploy the Guard of one state. Texas, into another state, Illinois, is extremely dangerous...It does not make us more safe. It creates chaos and real danger in our communities."

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Don’t worry ICE, Chicago may not want you but there’s plenty of space for you in hell.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Democracy 4ever (formerly Older Pen) @hydebpoz.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve Seen Epstein’s Photos of Trump With Topless Girls: Author - The Daily Beast “Wolff, who Epstein once asked to write a book about him, recalled..the convicted sex offender took..photos out of his safe and spread them out on his massive dining room table during one encounter about ten years ago.”

Democracy 4ever (formerly Older Pen) @hydebpoz.bsky.social · 1d

RFK Jr. Ties Autism to Circumcision and Tylenol in Bonkers Rant - The Daily Beast “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed that children who are circumcised have double the rate of autism..some pregnant women were taking the pain relief drug just to spite the president”. This guy is beyond NUTS.