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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21h

Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”

By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com

Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President

From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...

www.propublica.org

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 1d

So in western Alaska, thousands of people are homeless due to flooding rains, one person is dead & two people are missing. But yet, the regime hasn't said a word, no thoughts or prayers, nothing.
Once again, they could care less about Americans, it's about enriching themselves through GREED.

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bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings protesters in Denver, Colorado chant "Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here!"

WATCH:

#NoKings

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 22h

cc: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 2d

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇

Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.

Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

Rolling Stone excerpt about Montana’s ballot initiative to combat Citizens United

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🐸ℝ𝕆ℂ𝕂𝕐 𝕄𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕀ℕ 𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎𝕊🐸 @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 1d

@charliekirkrising.bsky.social

Blockable account

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21h

BREAKING NYT: A shell fired during a live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton on Saturday prematurely detonated, dropping fragments of the shell on a California Highway Patrol vehicle and motorcycle that were part of Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail, according to a patrol report.

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 1d

This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21h

Our pro-democracy movement is surging. Now it’s up to each of us to channel this incredible energy into the organizing power it will take to win.

Join us on Tuesday for a mass call of movement leaders and activists to discuss what’s next: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even... #NoKings

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 1d

A president with a lower approval rating than the Vietnam War, incredible

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Wut

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

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BeBetterAmerica @jts1958.bsky.social · 22h

FANTASTIC speech!!!! Thank you Mehdi Hasan!!!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m not here out of hate. I’m here out of love. I’m here because I love this country, I love America, I love the first amendment, I love our democracy, I love our diversity. Yes, our diversity.”

My full ‘No Kings’ speech in DC yesterday.

‘We Are The Majority’: Watch Mehdi’s Rousing Speech at the No Kings Protest in DC

YouTube video by Zeteo

youtu.be

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

#CancelSpotify

They are running ICE ads.

They aren't the only company, but I think we should make an example out of Spotify and do an economic boycott against companies supporting masked, armed agents terrorizing innocent Americans with impunity.

Spread the word.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

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Ashley @inkedintrovert.bsky.social · 1d

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Cancel SPOTIFY.

They are running ICE ads.

F them.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

Is Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the facts

The advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms — not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes.

www.snopes.com

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.

THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!

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The Defenders of Democracy @thedefofdemocracy.bsky.social · 1d

7 million people joined together & marched in the USA No Kings Protest making it the largest in American history!

While other countries joined in our movement such as 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇦🇹🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇵🇦🇵🇹🇪🇸🇸🇪🇨🇭🇬🇧🇦🇺🇩🇰🇮🇸🇻🇬🇳🇱🇯🇵 & many more

It is not about the people in power. It’s about POWER of the PEOPLE!

#DefendersOfDemocracy

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD 🐸(🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 1d

🤔

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

I know it's a fool's errand to expect anything from the media but "President posts video of himself dumping diarrhea on America" is an important thing to call attention to for a dozen reasons

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 1d

Colorado knows how to bring the joy. Huge No Kings Day rallies throughout the state from the largest cities to the smallest communities.
www.cpr.org/2025/10/18/c...