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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 5h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20h

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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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. As some Democrats have run from transgender rights, Zohran Mamdani is showing what so many others have lacked: courage to lead with his values over pandering to focus groups.

The ad is one of the best things I've seen from a politician on transgender people.

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As Some Dems Run From Trans People, Zohran Mamdani's Latest Ad Shows Real Support

The 2 minute ad features Sylvia Rivera's story, Mamdani's commitment to transgender people, and even music from the legendary late trans artist SOPHIE.

www.erininthemorning.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Luke @lukehklipp.bsky.social · 1d

Do we even have FEMA anymore? Does 20 people unaccounted for matter to DHS Secretary Noem?

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Luke @lukehklipp.bsky.social · 3d

The same food banks that DOGE partially defunded?

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 4d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Luke @lukehklipp.bsky.social · 4d

WTAF

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 4d

MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.

It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.

Thank you, Governor!

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California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 4d

[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, which will make it legal to build multi-family housing near high quality transit!

Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...

cayimby.org

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Luke @lukehklipp.bsky.social · 4d

Make America Cuba Again?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

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

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 6d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Luke @lukehklipp.bsky.social · 7d

Kids can’t get gender affirming care, but they *can* be subjected to this form of child abuse? Got it.

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 7d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 7d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Luke @lukehklipp.bsky.social · 9d

Who do they think makes that food and cleans those bathrooms?

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 9d

Noem said ICE agents are in need of some bathroom and lunch breaks.

ICE Barbie Moans About Agents’ Lunch Options in Chicago

Noem said ICE agents are in need of some bathroom and lunch breaks.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 9d

Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 9d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Rep. Laura Friedman @friedman.house.gov · 11d

My constituent would pay $6,000 more a year for healthcare under Trump’s budget plan.

I wasn’t elected to rubber-stamp the Rep’s cruel bill — it’s my job to stop it.

Hear more from her:

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 11d

Fired for displaying a pride flag, followed by a citation of the Constitution.

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Rep. Laura Friedman @friedman.house.gov · 13d

Instead of negotiating, Republicans refused to return to Washington.

Read my full statement on the Government shutdown here:

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13d

Pope Leo XIV: “Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life”

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