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Kari K @karicat4.bsky.social · 6h

It is also likely a trick. Rs don't care about the military. They just know it will play to their base. What the base doesn't realize is they'll be screwed. Plus, all the govt workers should be paid.
When services are cut and ins premiums go up we're all screwed.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 8h

Nixon’s crimes look like harmless high school pranks compared to the now-daily unprecedented illegal & unconstitutional crimes being committed daily by this president & his staff

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 8h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

New in PN: He's never "just joking"

"Trump is an aspiring autocrat with obvious physical and mental issues, but Johnson and his Republican cronies are insulting our intelligence about it."

He's never "just joking"

And Republicans know it, even as they play dumb.

www.publicnotice.co

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 13h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 13h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 Filming matters. Watch how quickly this herd of overpaid ghouls get off of this man when they hear they are being videoed.

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 16h

Do you consider yourself conservative or libertarian? Trump’s attacks on renewables:

* Attack free markets
* Stifle innovation
* Take lives
* Eliminate jobs
* Raise energy costs
* Harm national security

This regime is not on your side either.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world

As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects

www.theguardian.com

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 15h

Hard to find a more obvious example of the journalism adage “If someone says it’s raining outside and someone else says it isn’t, your job is not to quote them both, your job is to go outside.”

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 16h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ @cheryl2877.bsky.social · 1d

Please ~ take a minute …

This is a MUST listen to 💙

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Kari K @karicat4.bsky.social · 1d

He is delusional

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 1d

Outrageous -- and apparently in blatant violation of yesterday's ruling protecting protesters and journalists from this kind of shit. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

What a despicable little man who is lying through his teeth to try to incite violence against Americans who will be peacefully assembling to protest the Trump regime’s anti-democratic rule.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is doing well making clear the ridiculousness of the military takeover.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 2d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 1d

Noem now complaining about amphibious assaults by antifa

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3d

People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 4d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

boltsmag.org

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 2d

REAL footage from Portland 2025.

The horror!!!! 🙄

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

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

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Rep. Joy Garratt, NM House District 29 @joyousgarratt.bsky.social · 2d

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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 2d

Evil always overreaches and contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction.

YouTube video by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich

youtube.com

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Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham @govmlg.bsky.social · 2d

My administration fought hard to keep Holtec from storing their nuclear waste in New Mexico, and we officially prevailed. We will continue to resist any effort to make our state the nation's nuclear dumping ground.

tinyurl.com/284tuxpr

Holtec abandons plans for private New Mexico nuclear waste site

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and other state officials opposed the project.

tinyurl.com

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WE ARE FED UP! @val.sheshed.rocks · 2d

And when the only spot that will serve the goons is at a drive thru, they gathered around the table saying a blasphemous prayer of protection…for themselves. SMDH! #SheShed
#Pinks

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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Senator Ben Ray Luján @lujan.senate.gov · 3d

To my Republican colleagues: It’s time to step up for the American people and prevent millions of our constituents from seeing their health insurance premiums skyrocket.

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Kari K @karicat4.bsky.social · 3d

Should be a short mtg since there is no such group.

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