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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 5h

Donald Trump has been firing people who protect your health, safety and pocketbook, and who keep our country safe.

The shutdown is just his latest excuse for these purges.

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karicort.bsky.social @karicort.bsky.social · 4h

Nice work, also, I love Hinako’s story. Currently wrapping up my third play through, since I’m trying to unlock all the endings

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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 1d

War torn Portland.
I am

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21h

Saturday is going to be huge, boisterous and joyful: “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never protested before. This is a place for you if you believe we don’t do kings in this country.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social to @maddow.msnbc.com

Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons @guthriegf.bsky.social · 2d

A brutal attack on a pastor outside an ICE processing center tells us all we need to know about the administration's regard for religious freedom and protection.

My new @msnbc.com column >> www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | ICE's violent tactics are an assault on faith-based dissent

A brutal attack on a pastor outside an ICE processing center tells us all we need to know about the administration's regard for religious freedom and protection.

www.msnbc.com

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 18h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

⚠️ Warning: these back-to-back scenes are hard to watch unless you’ve got a depraved heart.

These are thugs, not officers with any real training. We keep seeing it again and again, and at this point, it’s clearly the op.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12h

This weekend, three men in Evanston hugged their families goodbye to look for work at Home Depot but were attacked by ICE before they could return home.

Two were abducted, one is petrified of leaving the home.

If you’re able, please help us support our neighbors: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Donate to Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid, organized by Michele Hays

If you are on social media and live near Evanston, IL, you ma… Michele Hays needs your support for Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid

www.gofundme.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 16h

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Monarch Magnetic @monarchmagnetic.bsky.social · 7h

ICE tried to shoot tear gas at a baby.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h

ICE GOONS are violently targeting brown people in Chicago.

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karicort.bsky.social @karicort.bsky.social · 4h

It makes sense, considering how many turn to violence. There are white nationalists who believe in mass murder through using weapons, & white nationalists who utilize political violence. They enact policies to mass murder by disenfranchising. Both are domestic terrorists w/ delusions of grandeur.

karicort.bsky.social @karicort.bsky.social · 4h

Does she mean a bullet to this ear? Ain’t no way that actually happened to him. I smell a set up and there’s been evidence of a photo op. They sacrificed people to help him fool the MAGA crowd— they wanted to make an underdog story

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

Heard about this earlier, and my jaw didn’t drop. You know who else isn’t surprised? Pretty much every Republican.

As someone who’s been a frequent target, none of this shocks me. I don’t expect real consequences from the right because I doubt today is the first day they heard about it.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10h

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 15h

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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karicort.bsky.social @karicort.bsky.social · 6h

It’s hurts so bad to think that people who can’t take a day off to play golf— let alone play any sport— are working their butts off for basic necessity and to pay off credit card debt that was amassed for survival.
My fuggin gosh…

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

PRIORITIES: “Your taxes are coming down! See? Everyone’s happy, honey.” 💰

Instead of stopping health care premiums from skyrocketing for millions while millions more lose coverage, Trump rides around his golf course glazing himself for lowering taxes for his billionaire pals

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22h

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12h

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karicort.bsky.social @karicort.bsky.social · 6h

Based on the policies being currently enacted and the fact that these are members of the of prospective Republican Party, this isn’t an isolated incident.

They are currently working in these Republican spaces, featured on CNN as pundits, & promoting the GOP

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 19h

“Patrek Chase, kidney transplant program director at Parkland Health in Dallas, claimed that patients at his hospital – which generally serves a poorer population – were passed over for a healthy organ in favor of patients at UT Southwestern Medical Center, which generally helps the affluent.”

Whistleblower claims Dallas hospitals kept kidneys from poorer patients

Kidneys that were deemed unsuitable for patients at Parkland hospital were allegedly given to others at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

www.texasstandard.org

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8h

What is happening in Chicago, and other cities across the U.S., is unimaginably horrific—it will forever be a stain on American history.

Do your part to fight back against this by attending a protest this Saturday.

We need to show America—and the rest of the world—that we are done with this shit.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

Nokings.org

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8h

If you can’t attend a protest, there are many other ways to resist:

• Get connected to the resistance: fiftyfifty.one

• Get trained on noncooperation:
nokings.org/rise

• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com

• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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