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

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Number of days since Republicans shut down the government to carry out their Project 2025 agenda and protect the Epstein files: Eleven.

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Mic @micpjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Stay informed. Get smarter. Pay attention to what American historian Heather Cox Richardson is saying. She’s an American hero and history will judge her so in how she educated Americans during a time where the truth was intentionally hard to find.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

October 10, 2025

All of President Donald J.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Judith Butlerian Jihad @pghguy.bsky.social · 1d

this is what it takes. we're here now folks, there is not a "if the nazis came" it's "they're here and your mettle will be tested now"

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Mic @micpjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Just showing the inherent weakness, selfishness and cowardice that comes out of most people when push comes to shove.

Once they abandon their character and morals once, it keeps getting easier.

And that’s how people end of with loads of regret as they get older.

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 1d

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 1d

A new SeniorLiving.org report found that 69 percent of beneficiaries would leave their plan over price increases.

Medicare Price Hikes Would Push Majority of Seniors to Ditch Plans—Poll

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Administration officials pile lie upon lie upon lie. When a president and his aides are doing that, it’s no longer America.

When masked government thugs take potshots at a priest, it’s no longer America.

State-sponsored mayhem starts at the top. trib.al/wacZVvn

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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Mic @micpjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Any American who approves of this is a piece of shit.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"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

Mic @micpjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Andy is a master at using words and saying nothing.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 2d

PRO TIP: If you want the Nobel Peace Prize, you might not wanna kidnap fathers, zip-tie kids, shoot priests, rip moms from carpool lines, and terrorize entire otherwise peaceful cities.

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Oh yeah, and release the Epstein files.

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Mic @micpjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

He’s gone.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 2d

The corruption is so blatant.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 2d

"CBS is no longer independent, but under the tutelage of a conservative billionaire who is putting more than his thumb on the scale."

Kudos to Dan Rather, a 44-year veteran of CBS News, for speaking truth to power.

deadline.com/2025/10/dan-... #CBS #Paramount

Dan Rather Says Bari Weiss Hire And Skydance-Paramount Merger Mark “A Dark Day In The Halls Of CBS News”

Rather said that Weiss' hire will add to fears journalists have of losing their jobs.

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Mic @micpjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

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Mic @micpjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Narcissists double down on their failures because failure is the only thing they consistently do well.

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Mic @micpjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Stay informed. Get smarter. Pay attention to what American historian Heather Cox Richardson is saying. She’s an American hero and history will judge her so in how she educated Americans during a time where the truth was intentionally hard to find.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 2d

October 9, 2025

Today Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan did what President Donald J.

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Mic @micpjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

They’re all LOSERS who think that they’re cool but deep down know they’re scared insecure little dorks.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Morgan @larubia22.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry, fascists are exempt from the Nobel PEACE Prize.

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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 3d

Only one political party is actually expressing any empathy and concern on the way this shutdown is immediately impacting tens of millions of patients nationwide.

The tragic irony is most of these patients live in states that support the current party in power. That party remains silent.

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