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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.

Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.

The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.

Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M

See the problem?

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 2d

Luxury living, while your costs go up and up. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

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Forbes @forbes.com · 3d

The Coast Guard spent $172 million on the jets, according to The New York Times.

Coast Guard Reportedly Spent $172 Million On Private Jets For Kristi Noem’s Use

The Coast Guard spent $172 million on the jets, according to The New York Times.

www.forbes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "We're fighting for healthcare as well. Not just in word but in deed. We put in the one big beautiful bill, real reforms to Medicaid to make it work better."

(The bill in fact cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.)

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Laura Hubka ™💙 #Iowa #Veteran. @laurahubka.bsky.social · 2d

Right? Somehow these maga think by saying "He's still your president" and "He won the election" is somehow a own. I always say "yeah that's why we're out here marching." "He is the president and he's Not obeying the Constitution and creating a fascist state." That's wrong.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

NBC just gutted the very teams that gave marginalized voices a seat at the table—then called it “restructuring.”

The cuts:

📌NBC BLK (Black community coverage)

📌NBC Latino (Latino community coverage)

📌NBC Asian America (Asian American community coverage)

📌NBC Out (LGBTQ+ community coverage)

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

We love our Marines and owe a debt of gratitude to Camp Pendleton, but next time, the Vice President and the White House shouldn’t be so reckless with people’s lives for their vanity projects.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

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

www.nytimes.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

The most reckless, stupid administration E-V-E-R. Nothing comes close.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3d

Donald Trump keeps posting images of him as a king and the legacy media ignores it as if it is normal. It is not. It is dangerous.

Support pro-democracy media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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

KARL: “Why haven’t you sworn in Adelita Grijalva?”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I’m following the Pelosi precedent with Letlow.”

KARL: “But that was the date Letlow requested.”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: 🤷🏼

#EpsteinFilesCoverUp

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.

Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏

History.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

Page One.

@latimes.com

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Laura Hubka ™💙 #Iowa #Veteran. @laurahubka.bsky.social · 2d

A country never announces that it is fascist. They just start calling the anti-fascists "enemies of the state"

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Laura Hubka ™💙 #Iowa #Veteran. @laurahubka.bsky.social · 4d

@votevets.org
#ILoveAmerica
#veteran
#NoKings

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Laura Hubka ™💙 #Iowa #Veteran. @laurahubka.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so sorry that you are Ill. Take care of yourself

Laura Hubka ™💙 #Iowa #Veteran. @laurahubka.bsky.social · 4d

I fought for freedom and I fight for freedom. Today I march with millions of other people across the entire globe for freedom.
18 other countries besides the USA are participating in the #NoKings March today in support of us.
I love America, we love America. My heart my body my soul.
#IAmAmerica

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.

Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5d

I urge our nation to use this weekend's No Kings marches as a declaration of independence against the tyranny and lawlessness currently running this country.

Use your voice. ACT PEACEFULLY. Protect yourself and your community.

THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

"His vision reflects both compassion and common sense."

Samra Brouk and Jo Anne Simon — Chairs of the Mental Health Committees in the NYS Senate and Assembly — endorse our plan to address the mental health crisis with real, evidence-based solutions.

Mamdani offers real solutions for mental health

Our mental health system is running on fumes. For too long, it has been underfunded and shaped by politics rather than evidence. As chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Mental Health, we…

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5d

🚨BREAKING: New York Court of Appeals UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS state law moving most county and town elections to even-numbered years. By aligning them with state and federal elections, it will boost voter turnout.

Another victory for voters and defeat for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

🚨 Onondaga County v. New York

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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Laura Hubka ™💙 #Iowa #Veteran. @laurahubka.bsky.social · 5d

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 9d

Eliminated at NCHS:
❌ Office of Informatics, Governance and Assurance
❌ Office of Information Sevices (communications)
❌ Office of the Director for the Division of Vital Statistics, which is now without all leadership
❌ Planning/Operations in the Division of Healthcare Statistics

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