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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 3h

Nice!

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h

Gov. Pritzker on Adelita Grijalva: "Mike Johnson won't swear her in. Why is that? … She'll be the 218th signature forcing a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files."

"Trump and Mike Johnson are working awfully damn hard to keep a sexual predator's files from being released. Makes you wonder why."

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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 4h

So, ACB, why have almost all of these interim responses favored Trump’s actions?

We anxiously await the Court’s TIMELY rulings on the merits. It will be more than interesting to watch the Court twist itself into 4-dimensional pretzels to support Trump’s authoritarian anti-constitutional coup.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 7h

Lovely shot, Debbie!

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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 10h

#Epsteinfiles
#Trump
#Epstein

#Maxwell (don’t forget Ghislaine at ClubFed)

#GOPcowardice
#GOPcorruption
#GOPcoverup

#Adelita
#SwearHerIn

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 11h

I’ve been saving this one for an Art Challenge and finally made a connection with the #ColorADay #OrangeSun prompt

The near-horizontal #sunlight cast this luscious #orange light onto a living room wall —conjuring a magical ginger jar and the faint of #shadows of window blinds

#beautyintheordinary

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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 11h

Good morning, Susan! I’m all set. Just sayin’ hi before I step out for a bit of birding. We have had a little break in the weather — an unexpected upgrade 😊

Hope your Stunday is a good one!

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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a second #glow offering for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow.

A lone rider and a couple of camels make their way quietly through the #desertscape while the last sunlight of the day paints a glowing yellow-orange sky over the rocky hills of #WadiRum in #Jordan.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

One week from right now, millions of Americans will gather in every state for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history. Join your local No Kings Day event to make it clear that We The People won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 1d

*** rubber-stamp ***

Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 1d

So Susan — may I call you Susan? Susan, the GOP holds the Senate, House, Supreme Court, and White House. All you need to do is nuke the filibuster in the Senate (just like you all did to runner-Stamp over 100 of Trump’s nominees).

Problem solved and ownership of the solution clearly confirmed.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d

New from Susan Collins: “I strongly oppose OMB Director Russ Vought’s attempt to permanently lay off federal workers who have been furloughed due to a completely unnecessary government shutdown caused by Senator Schumer.”

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Shawn Hennessey ☀️🍷 @sevillatapas.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s Blue 💙 #sevilla
#azaharsevilla #azaharblue #spain

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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 1d

A good reminder to look up every once in a while, Shawn!

Very nice!

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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 1d

Gorgeous, Bill!

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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 1d

Glad The Guardian is on duty. They are covering US news better than most of the major news outlets.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Four people dead in shooting during Mississippi homecoming celebration

Sixteen people were also injured in attack that occurred after high school football game in small city of Leland Four people have been killed and 16 others injured in a shooting in western Mississippi during a high school football homecoming celebration, according to local officials early on Saturday. The incident took place around midnight on Friday, John Lee, the mayor of Leland, a small city in Washington county, said to the Guardian in a telephone interview on Saturday morning. At least 12 of the wounded were being treated at nearby hospitals. Continue reading...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

“That sounds terrible.”

“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 1d

Yet again, Mike Johnson and his GOP buddies are lying and/or misleading. They have no intent or plans to help regular Americans. They are all about coverups, billionaires, corporations, and Argentina.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

“That sounds terrible.”

“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings #NoKingsDay

nokings.org

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Shibui Shashin @shibui-shashin.bsky.social · 1d

Skyscrapers at Night - Central, Hong Kong

#skyscrapers #night #HongKong #cityscape #scape #BlueSkyArtShow #glow #classicMono

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C̴̀͐ͅǎ̴̯̀͠p̴̩͙̺̩͓̣͈͖̎ͅë̸͓̮͉͈͇͍̖͎̩̞͈́́́̋̇̾͋̈́̾͆͑͘͘͜͠͝ C̴̀͐ͅŏ̸̡̼̺̫̥̻͈̞̍͆̏̓́͜͝ͅd̶̡̲̗̼̮̤̤̳̲͖͓͍͔͓̓̎̽́̽̏̐͂̆͆͘͘͘ P̷̛̛̛̩̺͇̊̅̍͂͗͑͐̎̂̏̐̐ŏ̸̡̼̺̫̥̻͈̞̍͆̏̓́͜͝ͅs̴̹̀̎̇͗̍͗̾̋̏̈͐͒̕͠͠ͅt̸̫̫̤͕̳̻̰̣̭́̌̉͝ͅǎ̴̯̀͠ǎ̴̯̀͠ḥ̸̨̧̗̮̖̽̂̓̀̍̋͋́̅̃͘͜͝ @capecodpostaah.bsky.social · 1d

Does the time they spend counting their loot count, or is that done by interns?

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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 1d

For today’s #BlueSkyArtShow #glow prompt, I offer a #Whimbrel in #profile and #silhouette, with a glowing/sparkling watery background. We even get a bit of #reflection at bottom right

A magical scene from the #marsh as #sundown approached

#birds
#waders
#marshlife
#coastalgeorgia
#stsimonsisland

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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 1d

Who could have foreseen higher inflation for food prices due to Stephen Miller’s deportation program?

Noticing anything on your grocery bills?

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 1d

I love TACO Tuesday!!!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“Are these tariffs ‘Liberation Day 2’?” Or will we get another ‘TACO Tuesday?’

This is how we all talk now. Absurd. 🌮

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

The rupture “raises fresh doubts about whether Trump, operating with a hollowed-out national security team and a fragmented China strategy, is prepared for Beijing’s latest power play.”

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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