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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants: You Deserved Better

A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants

We appreciate what you did for America

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Marcia Imbrescia @mecistudio.bsky.social · 20h

Although, really, who's crazy enough to go to Orlando, FL where there are no requirements for kids to be vaccinated for measles - or anything else.

Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 2d

Americans were told that if you work hard, you’d have enough to buy a house, raise a family, and maybe take the kids to Disney.

Now, most working folks can’t afford a downpayment, childcare, or a vacation.

Republicans’ solution? Rip away folks’ healthcare & give handouts to the mega rich.

Disney hikes theme park ticket prices across the board — as passes double to over $200 in past decade

The steepest increases hit Disneyland’s top-tier tickets, with the Tier 6 one-day pass jumping $18 to a record $224 per adult.

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Marcia Imbrescia @mecistudio.bsky.social · 20h

"It’s not the billionaires’ kids who will suffer."

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

Trump’s chaos will punish students.

It’s not the billionaires’ kids who will suffer.

It's working families' kids who will fall further behind.

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IndivisiblePHL ❌👑 @indivisiblephl.bsky.social · 1d

Are you bringing a sign to next Saturday’s (10.18.25) event? Hosting a sign making party? We’d love to see photos or video (time lapse is great) of Your sign making process. Remember these helpful tips

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

"Stalinism and Stephen Miller: Cause for concern"
(video)
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Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

The vast, terrifying scale of Trump’s detention state

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

www.motherjones.com

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Marcia Imbrescia @mecistudio.bsky.social · 20h

It's surprisingly soothing and uplifting to watch Liza draw smiling people. As the inflatables in Portland, OR prove, it's important to keep joy in our life!

Liza Donnelly @lizadonnelly.bsky.social · 23h

Live With Liza: Smiling People

We have to have joy as we resist

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 1d

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Marcia Imbrescia @mecistudio.bsky.social · 23h

Shot in the head with pepper spray
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Shot in the head with pepper spray

This is Trump's America

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rob Wittman, R-Va., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, all voted for cuts to the CFPB.

Yet collectively, they routed more than 1,000 constituent complaints to the agency, ProPublica found.

(Published August)
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social

These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.

Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, lo...

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Back when we had some standards still

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 1d

Release the Epstein Files.

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 1d

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 2d

There it is: $20 billion for Argentina at the same time they’re taking markets away from our farmers.

But no $ for health insurance for Americans?

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

JUST IN: The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing reduction-in-force notices to federal employees. It’s not clear how many workers are affected.

White House says 'substantial' layoffs of federal workers have begun, with few details

The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing reduction-in-force notices to federal employees. It’s not clear how many workers are affected.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 2d

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 2d

LEAKED AUDIO has surfaced from Thiel's lecture series, where he railed against AI and financial regulations and called Greta Thunberg the Antichrist.

From the Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Marcia Imbrescia @mecistudio.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you @mit.edu for character & courage.
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 2d

Here is something to think about. The US National weather service is tracking a major nor'easter that will bring heavy rains winds and coastal flooding with beach erosion to the east coast. The US Government is currently shut down, meaning they are NOT being paid to track a major storm.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

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

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gave ICE more cops than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries. Once the bill is fully implemented, nowhere in America will be safe from Trump's secret police state.

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