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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 1h

2024: Maddow points out frightening truth about Trump's lack of concern about votes (before elections) www.youtube.com/watch?v=of9O...

Maddow points out frightening truth about Trump's lack of concern about votes

YouTube video by MSNBC

www.youtube.com

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

🚨🚨🚨A 15 year old opens the door to the vehicle, but ICE monsters proceed to throw her around like a rag doll — because they can. Notice the police drive away, just out of view of the camera. Uploaded ~ 2 hours ago. 1/2

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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MalcomJ (Who?/Me?)🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦 @malcomj.bsky.social · 1h

Quotation from Trump thanking Musk for his work with vote-counting machines in Pennsylvania

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 1h

🧵 Thread: "We don't need the votes!" MANY times Trump said he did not need votes in 2024 to win the election. And 'vote counters' are what mattered (with lowest polls in history)

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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 1h

Trump’s presidency has been defined by a steady deterioration of public information sources, and the dismantling of public health institutions.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Donald Trump's war on public health enters a new phase

Another bad day at the CDC

www.motherjones.com

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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 2h

This is the line to get into the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History, which will close in a few hours and not reopen until the shutdown ends

Long line of people waiting to get through security at the museum

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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 2h

Rest in peace, Diane Keaton.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79

The legendary actor best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and Book Club, has died

www.theguardian.com

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OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 2h

#BREAKING

🇪🇪🇷🇺Tensions are escalating even further on the Estonia–Russia border.

🔹️The so-called “little green men” have already appeared — they are clearly not border guards, have no identifiable markings or insignia, and most importantly, they are armed.

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MalcomJ (Who?/Me?)🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦 @malcomj.bsky.social · 2h

A brown frog?!?

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The First Lady of multi-tasking!

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MalcomJ (Who?/Me?)🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦 @malcomj.bsky.social · 3h

a man in a military uniform is sitting in a car and looking out the window .

Alt: a man in an "Easy Company" WWII military uniform is saluting.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7h

When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.

Pedal to the floor.

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Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH @christenrexing.bsky.social · 12h

The CDC was destroyed last night. Our federal public health infrastructure will no longer exist. It has major & long-lasting repercussions that will impact the health of everyday people in the U.S. &beyond💔

Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers during government shutdown - CNN

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 5h

It's official:

-2025 is now a more threatening year for the survival of the republic than 1968.

-John Roberts will now go down in history as a worse chief justice than Roger "Dred Scott" Taney.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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bonmotc-229.bsky.social @bonmotc-229.bsky.social · 8h

But her laugh!

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MalcomJ (Who?/Me?)🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦 @malcomj.bsky.social · 5h

DOTs need to be less cautious, less solicitous of drivers and more willing to make errors of commission, rather than of omission on behalf of non-drivers. This incident - and the earlier one in this location - are a disgrace and @mcdotnow.bsky.social should be ashamed.

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MalcomJ (Who?/Me?)🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦 @malcomj.bsky.social · 7h

Hampton roads, DC, Alex, Baltimore would benefit.

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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 1d

A somber memorial is growing in Rockville near where a school bus hit and killed an 11-year-old middle school student. Police shared initial information on what happened.

Community mourns 11-year-old girl hit and killed by school bus in Rockville

A somber memorial is growing in Rockville near where a school bus hit and killed an 11-year-old middle school student on Thursday. Summer Lim, a student at Earle B. Wood Middle School, was the victim,...

www.nbcwashington.com

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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 8h

"I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role."

-- Eleanor Roosevelt, born #OTD 1884

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Jann Alexander @jannalextx.bsky.social · 8h

#OnThisDay
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was born in 1884, on October 11. She became an icon for her social advocacy during her husband's presidency, when she traveled as his eyes and ears because he could not. #NewDeal #womenshistory

The Dust Storm That Stopped A First Lady

When First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt met a Texas dust storm in 1939, her encounter gave me an idea for my historical novel, Unspoken

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 8h

Uh oh.

Rubio “signed a letter last August to the Norwegian Nobel Committee supporting her nomination for the prize.”

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

White House Disapproves of Machado’s Nobel, but Rubio Is a Big Supporter

www.nytimes.com

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 8h

“Insurance has been something of a canary in the coal mine for climate change impacts.”
ecori.org/legislative-...

Legislative Study Commissions Seek Solutions to Pawtuxet River Flooding, Insurance in the Age of Climate Change - ecoRI News

Both commissions are scheduled to continue to meet throughout the legislative offseason.

ecori.org

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MalcomJ (Who?/Me?)🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦 @malcomj.bsky.social · 9h

But her emails....

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MalcomJ (Who?/Me?)🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦 @malcomj.bsky.social · 9h

Franklin Roosevelt should have a carrier named for him. Kennedy gets two, Truman gets one despite cancelling carrier production, and John Stennis gets one for getting contracts for shipbuilders in his state.