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God @thegodpodcast.com · 9h

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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CherieAnne @cherieanne.bsky.social · 14h

It shouldn’t be.

JFA @jabbott28.bsky.social · 21h

SC teacher is suing a blogger with a history of attacking with incorrect info. Good for her but this shouldn't be so hard for anyone to stop the spread of misinformation about oneself.

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WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 13h

We're not just a movement, we're a force.

Find a #NoKings event near you on Oct 18 or host an event yourself and be part of the action that's shaping America's future. social.demcast.com/s/OoRlBRCK

Host an Event

social.demcast.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15h

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h

It’s refreshing to see the ‘vengeance’ part put right into the lede:

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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yolanda7712.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social · 1d

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 14h

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 15h

Hey book lovers!

Things will be quiet the next two weeks as I am going on vacation (and I’m not giving the password to anyone 😂🤭), but I wanted to say thank you for all of your support this week and remind you to keep supporting indie bookstores while I’m away.

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 17h

I found the agitators! They are 2 unicorns, giraffe, canary, panda, mouse, dinosaur, mouse, Stitch, and the frog! And they are right outside of Portland's ICE facility! 🤣🤣🤣

#ProudBlue

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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 15h

Lessons from Portland. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Portland's Dancing Protesters Are Showing Us How to Stand Up to Trump

The president wants us to be afraid. These activists are clowning him instead.

www.thenation.com

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 15h

Portland.
Resist!!!

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Democrats @democrats.org · 16h

Trump’s building a golf course in Qatar.
He accepted a $400M luxury jet as a gift from Qatar.
His son-in-law got a $1.5B investment from Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries.
His top officials like Kash Patel and Pam Bondi worked for Qatar.

And now this.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 18h

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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JFA @jabbott28.bsky.social · 15h

Interesting....good points re Qatar seeing as we now will have them build a military facility on our soil 😬

Allen Dell @urgeoverkill.bsky.social · 1d

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

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Rev Debra @revdebra.bsky.social · 20h

I would have loved to be in the room when #POTUS learned that a woman who leads the resistance in Venezuela won the #NoblePeacePrize

a gold coin with a man on it that says nobel on it

ALT: a gold coin with a man on it that says nobel on it

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JFA @jabbott28.bsky.social · 17h

💯👇🤣🤣🤣🤣

alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 18h

please let Obama spend the next few weeks carrying around his Nobel prize and working "Well, when I won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize..." into every other sentence PLEASE it would be so funny

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Aidan Walker @aidanwalker.bsky.social · 1d

the defining image of the early 21st century is an agent of the state pointing a gun at a person, and a citizen pointing a smartphone camera back at them

we see this scene reenacted every day, around the world

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19h

now do jan 6th

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, so embarrassing.

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JFA @jabbott28.bsky.social · 17h

Now this really made me 😁😁😁😁😁

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

Mr. Secretary, the president is on the phone. He sounds very angry and he keeps calling you Lil Marco.

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Damnèd Screamvens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 1d

Kathryn Bigelow's expertly constructed thriller A House of Dynamite imagines a nuclear missile crisis unfolding in real time from 3 different perspectives. The one feature that doesn't jibe with our contemporary reality: everyone in the situation room is competent & sane.

slate.com/culture/2025...

This Year’s Most Terrifying Best Picture Contender Is Part Rashomon, Part Zero Dark Thirty

Kathryn Bigelow’s first movie in eight years will remind you why she’s a master of suspense.

slate.com

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

LOL

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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KC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social · 20h

We are paying Congress to go AWOL. This is not just "politics" it is sabotage. It ought to be thought of like desertion in the military. GOP abandoned their posts. They didn't impeach when there was good cause. They go home when the People need them to represent the People. @smith.senate.gov

JFA @jabbott28.bsky.social · 21h

"Congress has taken itself apart like a robot ordered to put itself back in the box, giving its functions to the other branches."

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