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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 35m

Trump administration begins laying off more than 4,000 federal workers amid government shutdown,filing shows
Affected agencies include the departments of Homeland Security, Education,Energy and Health and Human Services, according to a Justice Department filing. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Trump administration begins laying off more than 4,000 federal workers amid government shutdown, court filing shows

Affected agencies include the departments of Homeland Security, Education, Energy and Health and Human Services, among others, according to a Justice Department filing.

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 47m

Real Patriotism With Terry Moran:
"It Feels Like A War Zone" open.substack.com/pub/terrymor...

“It feels like a war zone.”

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 2h

The Parnas Perspective:
Urgent Evening
News Update open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Urgent Evening News Update

ICE ramps up military-style raids in Chicago, violently detaining American citizens, Abbott orders removal of rainbow sidewalks, Johnson sends House home through October 20th, and more

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 2h

Politicususa
Jason Easley:
Trump Show Signs Of Full-Blown Mental Collapse At White House Event
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Trump Shows Signs Of Full-Blown Mental Collapse At White House Event

At a White House event, Trump claimed he was lowering drug prices by 1000%, and then confused groceries, gas, and oil in remarks that showed his apparent growing inability to form thoughts.

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 2h

Trump admin reveals number of federal workers hit by Trump's new mass purge
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Trump admin reveals number of federal workers hit by Trump's new mass purge

Thousands of federal workers were hit by layoffs on Friday as the government shutdown entered its 10th day, according to newly released court filings.More than 4,100 positions will be axed, the govern...

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 3h

Trump's war on 'antifa' is both buffoonish and sinister
As easy as it is to mock the president and his staff, they are attempting something quite serious.
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Trump's war on 'antifa' is both buffoonish and sinister

As easy as it is to mock the president and his staff, they are attempting something quite serious.

Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 3h

Politcususa
The Daily With Sarah Jones
Jason Easley:
AOC shreds Marjorie Taylor Greene Over The Bad Bunny Situation
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AOC Shreds Marjorie Taylor Greene Over The Bad Bunny Situation

MAGA has been in a state of meltdown since the NFL announced that rapper Bad Bunny would be the halftime performer at the Super Bowl. AOC had the perfect response to Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 4h

Adam Kinzinger:
Weekend Video October 10, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Weekend Video: October 10, 2025

Weekend video is here!

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 4h

The Contrarian:
Evening Roundup October 10, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Evening Roundup, October 10

Featuring Richard Painter, Virginia Canter & Norm Eisen, Jen Rubin & Steven Cook, Norman Ornstein, the Contrarian Podcast, Meredith Blake, Jamie Schler, "Pet of the Week, & "The Contrarian Pod."

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 4h

MeidasTouch
Network:
Ben Meiselas and Lev Parnas Go Live On Global Developments,....
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Ben Meiselas and Lev Parnas go Live on Global Developments…

A recording from Ben Meiselas's live video

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 4h

Letters from an American
Heather Cox Richardson
October 9, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

October 9, 2025

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 4h

MeidasTouch
Network:
The Sword Turns On The Hand open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

The Sword Turns On The Hand

Letitia James’s indictment isn’t about skill, evidence, or brilliance. It’s about a system built to favor the government—and now turning on the very people who once controlled it.

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 6h

Politicususa
Sarah Jones
Jason Easley:
Trump's Mass Firing Of Federal Workers Immediately Blows Up In His Face open.substack.com/pub/politicu...

Trump's Mass Firing Of Federal Workers Immediately Blows Up In His Face

Trump and his administration thought that they could pressure Democrats by mass-firing more federal workers. The scheme has immediately backfired.

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 6h

Rick Wilson's Against All Enemies:
Trump's Insurrection Era open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

Trump's Insurrection Era

The Elephant In The Room, October 10, 2025

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 6h

'It's gone': Sheriff 'devastated' as 19 missing in blast at explosives facility
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'It's gone': Sheriff 'devastated' as 19 missing in blast at explosives facility

A Tennessee sheriff who was asked to describe the scene of the blast at a remote explosives facility on Friday said, "It's gone" as 19 people remain missing."There's nothing to describe. It's gone. It...

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 6h

Adam Kinzinger:
Trump's "Enemy Within": How Fascist Rhetoric Became U.S. Policy open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Trump’s “Enemy Within”: How Fascist Rhetoric Became U.S. Policy

Behind talk of “vermin” and “enemies,” Trump’s administration is mobilizing the tools of state power against its own citizens.

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 6h

'Despicable! Shameful!' Ex-GOP congressman sickened as party smears millions of protesters
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'Despicable! Shameful!' Ex-GOP congressman sickened as party smears millions of protesters

Multiple Republican lawmakers on Friday lobbed smears against the upcoming “No Kings” rallies scheduled to take place on October 18 across the US.House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) described the “No Ki...

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 6h

'Trump has eroded this system': President hit with blistering editorial from NYT
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'Trump has eroded this system': President hit with blistering editorial from NYT

The New York Times published a blistering editorial on Friday bemoaning that President Donald Trump has "eroded" America's justice system.The editorial board described how the president "is once again...

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 6h

GOP senator 'whacks' Trump's White House budget chief amid mass federal purge
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GOP senator 'whacks' Trump's White House budget chief amid mass federal purge

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) thumped Russ Vought, the White House budget chief, amid a planned mass purge of the federal government.The Trump administration said Friday it began "substantial" layoffs of ...

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 6h

The Warning With Steve Schmidt:
Portland propaganda open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

Portland propaganda

As Trump continues to deploy National Guard troops in Portland, his goons on TV spread more and more ridiculous lies about what’s really going on.

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 6h

Politicususa
Jason Easley:
House Republicans
Have a Full Shutdown
Meltdown And Call Upcoming "NO KINGS PROTEST" Terrorism
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House Republicans Have A Full Shutdown Meltdown And Call Upcoming No Kings Protest Terrorism

House and Senate Republicans don't have a strategy to reopen the government that they closed, so they have decided to call the millions of Americans who plan to engage in peaceful protests terrorists.

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Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 6h

Pam Bondi’s boasts about the ‘end’ of weaponization suddenly look a lot more preposterous
If Bondi genuinely believes she and the president have somehow “ended” government weaponization, I have some very bad news for the attorney general. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Pam Bondi’s boasts about the ‘end’ of weaponization suddenly look a lot more preposterous

If Bondi genuinely believes she and the president have somehow “ended” government weaponization, I have some very bad news for the attorney general.

Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 6h

The one thing the Letitia James and James Comey indictments have in common
Both cases are brazenly and transparently corrupt, for the sake of brazen and transparent corruption. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

The one thing the Letitia James and James Comey indictments have in common

Both cases are brazenly and transparently corrupt, for the sake of brazen and transparent corruption.

Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 6h

Allegations against Paul Ingrassia, a key Trump nominee, become even more serious www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Allegations against Paul Ingrassia, a key Trump nominee, become even more serious

Ingrassia’s odds of being confirmed as the next head of the Office of Special Counsel were poor. His chances now appear even worse.

Philly Joe @joehick58.bsky.social · 6h

Politicususa
The Daily With
Sarah Jones
Jason Easley:
Gov. JB Pritzker Urges Trump's Family To Get Him Medical Help For Dementia open.substack.com/pub/politicu...

JB Pritzker Urges Trump's Family To Get Him Medical Help For Dementia

Gov. JB Pritzker urged Donald Trump's family to step in and get the president the help that he seems to need for dementia.

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