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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 7h

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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Matt Ufford @mattufford.bsky.social · 6h

certain people are put on Earth for a reason, and @albertburneko.bsky.social is here to tear down dumbasses (gift link) defector.com/breaking-som...

Breaking: Some Guy Now Aware Of Most Revered Country Artist Who Ever Lived | Defector

Rare indeed is the headline-and-dek combo worth noticing, or caring about. In many publications, these aren’t even written by the same person who wrote the actual blog; at any rate they’re many hundre...

defector.com

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 11h

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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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 9h

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Kerry Eleveld @kerryeleveld.bsky.social · 9h

Highly recommend devoting 15 mins of your day to this deeply insightful Persuasion 2025 presentation from Terrance Woodbury. It's righteous!

Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social · 9h

When we started planning #Persuasion2025, Terrance Woodbury from @hitstrat.bsky.social was one of the first names that came up. Terrance has a unique ability to shape a story with data that will fire you up... and maybe scare you a bit. (in a good way)

Persuasion 2025: Terrance Woodbury

YouTube video by Way to Win Action Fund

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 9h

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 9h

Keep your soul.

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 9h

Rev. Diop was actually fired by her hospital after speaking out in defense of her friend and colleague.

“Ayman’s worth it,” she said. “I lost my job, I kept my soul.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 9h

“Every word that you’ve read about him from people who know him is a true word,” said Elizabeth Diop, who worked alongside Soliman as a chaplain. “Even in fucking detention, he’s counseling people who are locked up right now … He’s got work to do here, he’s got work to do to help heal the world.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 9h

Last week, I wrote an article about how Trump and Russell Vought would exploit this shutdown to accelerate Project 2025.

Here we go. Mass layoffs have begun.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 10h

It starts with shaking off the notion that nobody is coming to save us. Maybe nobody will. But there are surely people who could do more. And step one is to get them to think about their roles in history as much as they think about their quotidian tasks.
www.offmessage.net/p/how-to-rev...

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 1d

My union—the LA Times Guild—has authorized a strike with the support of 85% of our membership.

This comes after years of brutal layoffs and no cost-of-living raises since 2021.

Next up: we bargain. But if we have to strike, we will 🪧
laist.com/news/la-time...

LA Times union votes to authorize strike for first time ever

The L.A. Times Guild has been negotiating over their contract with management for three years.

laist.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Autism antibodies are stored in the foreskin.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe it's because we adopted but I think I may have missed some information about placenta and babies

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Was a mistake to drop the "weird" attack

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating moment in the power of DC Think. Democrats are clearly *not* looking for an off ramp right now. They’re actually saying this. Which is a measure of how badly it’s going for the GOP. It’s the GOP that is actually looking for the offeamp.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

Setting aside the absurdly xenophobic framing, once again, there is ZERO truth to any of this. Everyone qualifies for Emergency Medicaid equally. Hospitals do not receive more for treating undocumented immigrants in an emergency than Americans. Speaker Johnson is flatly wrong.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 2d

I think there are still shared norms we can appeal to when we talk to the marginal MAGA voter. But there really are no shared norms left with the core of the movement.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

As U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Noem made the case for increased security, local officials repeated that the situation was well in hand.

Kristi Noem came to Portland, and people protested with dogs, dancing: Get caught up

As U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Noem made the case for increased security, local officials repeated that the situation was well in hand.

www.oregonlive.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3d

Here is Bondi using the attack tactic from her notes to deflect from questions about Trump and Epstein:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3d

AG Pam Bondi had pre-prepared attack lines to use to deflect from answering questions posed by Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov at today’s hearing, including a note to respond to questions about Epstein by saying Whitehouse took money from Reid Hoffman.

www.rawstory.com/pam-bondi-sh...

Photo of Bondi holding a folder with her notes about attack lines to use against Senator Whitehouse

Details of the notes are in the linked story.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 3d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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Molly Reynolds @mollyereynolds.bsky.social · 3d

Find me when Collins's talking stick appears.

Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 3d

Is it time for ... a Senate shutdown GANG?

Coons: “A couple more days of this, and you'll have a group of senators at least trying"

Murkowski: “For the Democrats to switch their vote ... you have to have some germ of an idea as to where we go once we get it open"

www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Could a bipartisan Senate gang stop the shutdown?

Senators once locked arms across the aisle on infrastructure, immigration, and more. Some in the chamber think that’s the way out of the current crisis.

www.semafor.com

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 3d

Like … what the f–– is this, y'all. What the actual f––.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 3d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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