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James McCrone @jmccrone.bsky.social · 5m

Maybe we'll "see" one another tomorrow morning. :)

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 16d

"That law changed strict bright-line media ownership rules that prohibited acquisitions of local stations by chains and moved them to a discretionary system where regulators could approve such acquisitions"
www.levernews.com/the-origins-...

The Origins Of Kimmelgate

A 1996 law from a Democratic president created Donald Trump’s censorship machine by consolidating media, broadband, and tech firms. We can stop it.

www.levernews.com

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James McCrone @jmccrone.bsky.social · 8m

However it gets done, right? I salute you!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

BREAM: Open enrollments starts in November. People are already getting notices about what they may pay. I mean, that's gotta be resolved.

MIKE JOHNSON: Yes, and they're eating up the clock in the month of October

(Johnson canceled the House in August to avoid taking votes on Epstein)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

They cannot talk about the shutdown without lying.

There is no connection between troop payments and federal employee layoffs. Zero.

They are paying the troops with multiyear R&D allocations within DOD. This is also illegal by the way! But completely disconnected to the layoffs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

WELKER: During the 2019 shutdown when Trump was president, no federal workers were laid off. Why are these firings necessary?

VANCE: Who do we care more about- federal bureaucrats or the troops getting the payment they need?

WELKER: But layoffs are a priority?

VANCE: They have forced us to choose

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AnarchoTerran @anarchoterran.bsky.social · 5h

Texas is your enemy.

Texas AG Ken Paxton announces ‘undercover’ investigations into liberals

The GOP Senate candidate’s announcement of the probes targeting liberals is modeled after Donald Trump’s authoritarian attacks.

www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Texas AG Ken Paxton announces ‘undercover’ investigations into liberals

The GOP Senate candidate’s announcement of the probes targeting liberals is modeled after Donald Trump’s authoritarian attacks.

www.msnbc.com

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 6h

“All but one rated Trump as a greater or much greater threat to the rule of law than [in] his first term. …. the president’s abuses of power as far worse than they imagined before his re-election.”

Chilling piece.
But even now NYT fails: they convey truth not directly but through a poll.

‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

JORDAN: Comey is where weaponization all started. 9 years ago he took the dossier--

BASH: But that's not what he's being prosecuted for

JORDAN: I'm just saying, you want to talk about weaponization, that's where it started

BASH: So this is retribution then

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

The cruelty is the point

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 5h

The "plaintiffs" seeking to dismantle the Voting Rights Act (in a case this week at SCOTUS) include:

-a member of the "Trumpettes," a group of women who ardently support for the president
-a retiree who said he didn’t remember signing up to be involved in a lawsuit.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...

One woman made national news when she protested the Covid-19 vaccine at her local City Council. Another is a member of the Trumpettes, a group of women united in their ardent support for the president. A third is a retired grocery salesman who said he didn’t remember signing up to be involved in a lawsuit.

The three are among the 12 Louisiana voters at the center of a case set to be heard by the Supreme Court on Wednesday that could gut what remains of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the landmark civil-rights-era legislation.

In January 2024, the group filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Louisiana’s congressional district map, arguing state lawmakers had discriminated against them as white voters by impermissibly taking race into account when they drafted the map after the 2020 census.

Since then, they’ve been referred to in court filings merely as the “non-African-American” voters.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

BASH: Are you gonna look into the way ICE is conducting itself?

JIM JORDAN: We're going to look into the whole situation where you have these mayors--

BASH: So you'll only look into that side and not federal law enforcement?

JORDAN: Wuh wuh wuh we'll look into all this

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James McCrone @jmccrone.bsky.social · 5h

You're much more dedicated than I, getting up for #5amwritersclub on a Sunday!

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Literary Pug @literarypug.bsky.social · 11h

The world is one big word bucket of yard sale legos, and I am here for the sorting.
#5amwritersclub

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

Anti-vax onstage, Pfizer backstage.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 20h

Only one thing could top the honor of speaking at the No Kings rally, and that's the honor of speaking at No Kings 2. See you October 18th!

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17h

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”

By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Reuters @reuters.com · 17h

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China says its rare earth export controls are 'legitimate'

China defended its export control measures on rare earths as "legitimate" on Sunday after President Donald Trump retaliated against the curbs by announcing steep new U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 18h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Florida Wild Child @floridawildchild.bsky.social · 20h

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Greg Burke @gregoryburke.bsky.social · 21h

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Cartoon: ICE, ICE, terrorists

A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related |� Shocker: Court filing proves Trump’s invasion of Illinois is bullsh-...

www.dailykos.com

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

“We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close.”

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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doomandgloom 💙📚🚀🌈🌴🌺🌞🏖🏝🎶🌹🐈‍⬛🌹💐🦋 🌻🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @doomandgloom1951.bsky.social · 20h

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