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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17h

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

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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Happy Friday. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.

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Pat LaMarche @patlamarche.bsky.social · 23h

"Every community should have a Bucks County Beacon."

When I first became a journalist, 1986, for Maine's Brunswick Times Record most communities had local journalism.

Before long the corporate media bought up or pushed out most of them. BCB remains. Support our paper, maybe more will come back?!

Maurice T. Cunningham @masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 1d

Christina nationalist Tina Descovich, a Christian Nationalist with a major 9th Commandment problem, attacks @buckscountybeacon.com for the sin of accurately quoting Moms for Liberty weirdos. Every community should have a Bucks County Beacon. Support them if you can.

Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 1d

Moms for Liberty CEO & Co-Founder Tina Descovich verbally attacked the @buckscountybeacon.com at Harrisburg-area event last week while introducing Bucks Chapter Chair Jamie Tromba. Our crime? Journalism. Read more here: bit.ly/46XkOQh (And don't forget to support progressive, independent media!)

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 1d

“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy,”

Massachusetts Association of School Committees @mascschoolcomm.bsky.social · 1d

These activists want to dismantle public education. Now they run the Department of Education

www.propublica.org/article/educ...

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Maurice T. Cunningham @masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Thursday. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.

Maurice T. Cunningham @masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes when I write a piece on billionaires using dark money to privateer public education in MA, a reader writes to me says they wish someone would do this in all 50 states. We only need 48 more Mike DeGuire has been doing this in Colorado for years. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/outs...

Outside Money, Inside Influence: The Network Shaping Denver’s School Board Race

Dark money is once again pouring into Denver’s school board elections. As of the September 29 filing deadline, the independent expenditure (IE) committee Better Leaders, Stronger Schools reported over...

coloradotimesrecorder.com

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1d

Moral leadership!! www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/breaking-p...

BREAKING: Pope Leo Meets with American Migrants, Pledges to Stand Up to Trump's Raids

The American pontiff told them, “The Church cannot stay silent before injustice. You stand with me. And I stand with you.”

www.thelettersfromleo.com

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1d

Family Values:

Robert Morris, a megachurch pastor who served on Donald Trump's evangelical advisory board, pleaded guilty on October 2, 2025, to five felony counts of child sex abuse.

The charges relate to sexually abusing a 12 year old.

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Maurice T. Cunningham @masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 1d

Grampy not functioning at a high level is he?

Maurice T. Cunningham @masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 1d

Which co-founder? Was it FDR or Churchill?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Banned Books Week! 🗃️

For more information on Book Bans, check out this recent report from @penamerica.bsky.social

pen.org/report/the-n...

Read Banned Books under a shelf of books.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Maurice T. Cunningham @masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 1d

Go Chicago, we're with you.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Maurice T. Cunningham @masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 1d

Can you publish the HQ address? I'd like to send a donation.

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Maurice T. Cunningham @masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 1d

Bucks County Beacon did cite my work in their article about Descovich calling them out. I've done guest pieces for the Beacon too. Every community should have a @buckscountybeacon.com

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Maurice T. Cunningham @masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 1d

Christina nationalist Tina Descovich, a Christian Nationalist with a major 9th Commandment problem, attacks @buckscountybeacon.com for the sin of accurately quoting Moms for Liberty weirdos. Every community should have a Bucks County Beacon. Support them if you can.

Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 1d

Moms for Liberty CEO & Co-Founder Tina Descovich verbally attacked the @buckscountybeacon.com at Harrisburg-area event last week while introducing Bucks Chapter Chair Jamie Tromba. Our crime? Journalism. Read more here: bit.ly/46XkOQh (And don't forget to support progressive, independent media!)

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Maurice T. Cunningham @masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 2d

Megan O'Matz and Jennifer Smith Richards of ProPublica are out with a story today on the far right's devastating attacks on public education. I talked to Megan for the story. It is absolutely heartbreaking. www.propublica.org/article/educ...

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Maurice T. Cunningham @masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning.

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Kavanaugh Stop

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2d

When US citizen Leo Garcia Venegas tried to prove his identity by showing federal agents his REAL ID, they dismissed it as a fake and kept him detained, releasing him only after they bothered to run his Social Security number.

Just a few weeks later, they detained him again:

Mass Deportation Is A Threat To Us All

Aided by the Supreme Court and the insidious "Kavanaugh stop," the administration's chaotic mass deportation operations are sweeping up Americans – including children and U.S. military veterans.

americasvoicecnn.substack.com

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Maurice T. Cunningham @masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 2d

using a walker. I telly you, these ICE guys are tough and fearless

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

IN HONOR OF FRIENDSHIP MONTH:

djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."

Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it."

djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret."

And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children.

#PedoPrez

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Maurice T. Cunningham @masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 2d

our badass ICE agents fearlessly taking down an 84 year old couple.

The Hate Won’t Win. #IAmAmerica 🇺🇸 @pam327.bsky.social · 2d

This is despicable:

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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