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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 9h

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 14h

I knew something was afoot in Missouri: On 9/30/25, Judge Kacsmaryk transferred a long-standing suit re: the FDA’s regulation of mifepristone from TX to the eastern district of Missouri. “All but one of the current full-time district court judges in [that district] were appointed by…Trump.” 1/

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Josh Rogers @iamjosh.bsky.social · 17h

This is sad too, she was one of my favorites, but if you treat your staff this way you aren't a good person.

Josh Rogers @iamjosh.bsky.social · 17h

Every ounce of respect I had for @katieporteroc.bsky.social is now gone. You do not ever treat your staff this way, you can hold them to a high standard without abusing them. Maybe someone needs to show her a whiteboard in human decency and servant leadership.
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Gov. Hopeful Katie Porter Loses It at Staffer: ‘Get Out of My F***ing Shot!’

The furious NSFW moment has been caught on camera.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Sara Gaiser @akrazia.bsky.social · 1d

This guy was very active in staging right-wing rallies in Berkeley during Trump's last term and generating film of confrontations with "antifa" counter protesters.

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

🧵 Trump is criminally invading states under false pretenses. His supporters are trying to instigate violence by dressing as antifa and committing crimes.

In this clip from Portland, Joey Gibson of "Patriot Prayer" and his fiancée, Lindsey Nichols, tried to cause trouble before being forced away.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Antisemitic, pro-Putin, in league with white nationalists, promoted the Pizzagate conspiracy theory - and now being platformed by the president of the United States

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 1d

On Tuesday, Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn pulled ahead of three opponents, including two other lawmakers, to clinch the primary in the Congressional District 7 special election, while former Tennessee Commissioner of General Services handily won the GOP primary. From @friedmanadam5.bsky.social

Republican Van Epps and Democrat Behn win Middle Tenn. U.S. House primary • Tennessee Lookout

Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn and Republican Matt Van Epps will face off for the chance to fill Tennessee Congressional District 7.

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Josh Rogers @iamjosh.bsky.social · 1d

Love to see progressive's making headway in TN!

@aftynbehn.bsky.social heads up, your donation page has broken styling, a lot of the text is white on white.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2d

Shot a priest in the head with a pepper ball, just for fun.
There was absolutely no threat here.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 2d

As a lawyer, I’m begging all the court watchers out there to stop being such lawyers about it. They are nakedly political. Their reasoning, when they deign to write any, is lipstick on a pig. The people need to understand that. Tell them plainly.

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 3d

PAY ATTENTION: ICE is filing fake 911 calls in Chicago, weaponizing emergency services to provoke local police.

Ordinary citizens would be charged with a felony. ICE calls it strategy.

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Josh Rogers @iamjosh.bsky.social · 2d

This is true, but we can't ignore the absolute mockery that the party has become in the last 25ish years. Both can be true and one contributed to the lack of enthusiasm for their ticket.

Josh Rogers @iamjosh.bsky.social · 2d

Thank goodness we have a SCOTUS who isn't in the bag for Trump and the GOP...oh wait...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Josh Rogers @iamjosh.bsky.social · 2d

If there were not so many other reasons to be done with the the DNC, this alone would do it for me. The absolute lack of any response and buttressing of laws after Biden took office will never be forgiven by me. Then you take in their absolute lack of preparation re: project 2025. They failed us.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d

Not be a sourpuss or anything—but do leading Democrats really have to rush to tell us that they REALLY want to negotiate with Trump, and that they’ll be “at the table” the MOMENT Trump deigns to talk with them? And God forbid they put “on the table” Trump’s use of the military or the Epstein files.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 4d

At what point does a governor call up their National Guard to oppose the deployment of an out-of-state National Guard?

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 3d

I know we're all focused on the actions of a unbridled executive...but another major danger right now is that the Speaker of the House is refusing to sit a duly elected representative.

The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 3d

Updating this chart because the prior version is out of date. With Mike Johnson refusing to convene the House, the soonest Democrat Adelita Grijalva can get sworn in—and provide the 218th signature to force a vote on the Epstein files—is now three weeks after winning the #AZ07 special election.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 5d

For those lucky enough to not know this is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 4d

House Speaker Mike Johnson continued to blame Democrats for the government shutdown, using misleading Republican talking points that insist that Democratic leadership is pushing to fund health care for undocumented immigrants.

Fact check: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4d

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 5d

Meta is constructing its largest data center yet: a $10 billion facility in Louisiana, as big as 70 football fields, requiring more than twice as much electricity as the City of New Orleans.

Louisiana has had to greenlight $3 billion in new energy infrastructure to service Meta's facility.

New Meta Data Center Needs Twice as Much Energy as New Orleans

Meta is constructing its largest data center yet: a $10 billion facility in Louisiana requiring more than twice as much electricity as New Orleans.

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Annaleigh Watts 🇲🇽 @annaleighmaria.bsky.social · 6d

Suspect has two signs in his car, ABC7 reports one of the signs says "I NEED YOUR HELP TRUMP"

Annaleigh Watts 🇲🇽 @annaleighmaria.bsky.social · 6d

HOLY SHIT, HAPPENING NOW, SOME KIND OF ATTACK ON LOS ANGELES CITY HALL IN DTLA. 🚨🚨🚨🚨

Someone has crashed their car into Los Angeles City Hall and is barricaded inside their car with some kind of suspicious package.

Citizen app screenshot reading the following:

"Suspect barricaded after crashing vehicle into (Los Angeles) City Hall

Police are expanding the perimeter from Temple to 1st due to a possible suspicious package in the vehicle.

Police are managing a situation involving a vehicle intentionally crashed into City Hall, with air support monitoring the scene"

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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 6d

BREAKING: Williamson County Rep. Lee Reeves has dropped out of the Tennessee 7th congressional district race Republican primary just days before the election. Reeves began the race is a front runner of the 12 candidates.

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