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Maya NH @1mayanh.bsky.social · 1d

I saw that Trump went to Walter Reed today for his “annual check up”, his second one since the inauguration.

Here is a fact for you:

Workers at the hospital are federal employees and not getting paid to dispense his free health care while he works to cut health care access for the people.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

Some good news!

A librarian got fired for refusing to remove LBGTQ books and sued the county, its board of commissioners, the library board, and members of both government boards for violating her 1st amendment rights, and discriminatory and retaliatory firing.

www.rawstory.com/wyoming-libr...

Librarian gets massive payday after firing for refusal to yank LGBTQ books off shelves

A librarian fired by county officials in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves got the last laugh with a $700,000 settlement. According to The New York Times, "Terr...

www.rawstory.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

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Linda @lindal.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no, I hope it’s something serious

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing to see here, just Trump going for his second “yearly” checkup this year.

Anyone ready to admit that something is wrong with POTUS yet?

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Yet another incident that would’ve gotten any other president immediately impeached that is only the 127th worst thing Trump has done in 2025.

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George Resistance 2025 @christosgeo.bsky.social · 3d

Listen Up

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3d

Fuck this.

This is nothing but red meat for Trump’s base. A federal law that *Trump* signed into law guarantees backpay to furloughed workers. There’s no disputing this.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

A new White House memo says that furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay.

This is clearly against the law, which guarantees furloughed federal employees back pay for the duration of a government shutdown.

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 3d

False Report to Police — 720 ILCS 5/26-1(a)(4)

Under Illinois law, a violation of 720 ILCS 5/26-1(a)(4) is a Class 4 felony (1–3 years in prison, probation possible, and fines).

jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.

ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4d

It's now clear that Tom Cibrowski -- CBS News' president and a broadcast-news veteran who has covered wars, earthquakes and plane crashes-- will now have his judgment frequently overridden or second-guessed by Bari Weiss, who has never done any of those things.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

News of the deal sent texts whizzing at the CBS News Broadcast Center in Manhattan, even though it had been reported on for months. Mr. Cibrowski, the news division president, addressed Ms. Weiss’s new role on the organization’s editorial call at 9 a.m. on Monday.

Reading from prepared notes, Mr. Cibrowski said that Ms. Weiss would visit the newsroom later in the day to meet with senior editorial staff and added that she would be on the network’s morning call going forward. Mr. Cibrowski said that he had met several times with Ms. Weiss and that he was “more and more excited” about working with her, noting that Ms. Weiss would be in charge of editorial matters from now on.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

I thought Trump said the democrats wanted to take away cows.

apparitionandme.bsky.social @apparitionandme.bsky.social · 5d

www.rawstory.com/trump-food-p...

Fox News slams food costs under Trump: 'Republicans are going to have a problem'

Fox News predicted that rising food prices would cause Republicans to struggle during next year's midterm elections.During a Sunday segment on Fox & Friends, host Charlie Hurt pointed to "record highs...

www.rawstory.com

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Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com · 5d

Wow, @nytimes.com .

Your suckage continues.

You don’t just BURY the lede here. You fucking cover it with a mountain.
You don’t MENTION that this a politically motivated murder.

He killed them because Maria ”made fun of Charlie Kirk’s death.”

GOD, you suck.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...

2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.

www.nytimes.com

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Linda @lindal.bsky.social · 5d

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 6d

Even if you support massive deportation operations, under no circumstances should ANYONE be ok with US citizens being forcibly removed from their homes and detained without explanation.

This is a clear violation of their constitutional rights and should universally condemned.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 6d

MSM- here is your top story in Chicago last night. Now REPORT IT.

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Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 6d

ATTN PA VOTERS

Beware of the false and misleading mailer sent by the PA GOP and a conservative PAC funded by none other than the super wealthy Jeff Yass.

VOTE YES TO RETAIN PA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES

Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht

www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/09...

PA Supreme Court mailer uses misleading redistricting claims

The PAC behind the misleading mailer is part of a network connected to PA's richest person. The goal: convince voters to reject new terms for three PA Supreme Court justices.

www.spotlightpa.org

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6d

Spot on.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 6d

Nope. We’re being run by incels and governed by memes. It’s fucking absurd.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 6d

I do, yes. That’s why the GOP is trying so hard to steal seats via off-cycle redistricting, purge voter rolls, etc. They’re fucking terrified that they’re going to get trounced in the midterms.

And they’re right.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 6d

Did you know that your healthcare premiums are about to double because the GOP is intentionally sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and pretending that Democrats are trying to give undocumented immigrants free insurance?

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Karen (Harris/Walz Alaskan Democrat) @danceswithseagulls.bsky.social · 7d

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 7d

I have a whole collection of challenge coins from various people, and this is hands down the dumbest fucking coin I’ve ever seen.

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