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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 17h

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20m

Missouri state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at blocking voters’ efforts to invoke their constitutional right to veto the state legislature’s new gerrymandered congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Missouri Republicans Sue to Block ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 7h

In addition to giving my cousin and their kids a tour of Angel Island, this past weekend, I continued my civic duty by answering the adults' questions about Prop 50. I urged them to vote for it, explained the stakes, and encouraged them to talk to their friend groups as well.

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 1d

Just returned from SF where I went with my cousins & their kids to explain the history of Angel Island immigrant landing depot. It's an island off of SF, look how close it is to SF, yet for detained immigrants who were there, it was a world away to getting to the US. Was in operation 1910-1941. 1/

Angel Island in the distance in the water, photo taken from a San Francisco scenic point with a few other tourists.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 43m

JB Pritzker appearing at a press conference now with several former military officials - generals and admirals - to denounce Donald Trump's use of the military against Americans. He says CBP and ICE are acting like Donald Trump's "own personal secret police"

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

Note blindspot Mike Schmidt creates here.

He argues that Don McGahn (left 10/17/18) and John Kelly (fired 1/2/19) kept Trump in bounds.

He LITERALLY appears ignorant of anything that happened after that, including Impeachment 1, Barr's side channel that framed Joe Biden, & Durham investigation.

PoliticalNash @politicalnash.bsky.social · 16h

To Mike Schmidt @nytimes.com
Why won’t you fucking people call out Trump for what he is. He’s a fascist who is burning down every institution and must be removed from office. Guardrails? You did enough to put him in office by sanewashing him.
#DV1 #ProudBlue www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

When the Trump Guardrails Fall

www.nytimes.com

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13h

Donald Trump and JD Vance can find money to launch missiles over the I-5 during a government shutdown, but not a dime for Americans’ health care.

I-5 may be shut down due to concerns over live-fire military event at Camp Pendleton

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is weighing whether to close parts of Interstate 5 beginning Friday amid concerns over what it says is a White House-directed plan to use live ordnance during a military ann...

www.latimes.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

If State Farm is truly interested in being a good neighbor, it should be transparent and let the numbers speak for themselves.

Other insurance companies work with us on this, but State Farm has refused.

Without the data, homeowners have no assurance.

Illinois sues State Farm for not releasing homeowners’ insurance data

State Farm responds to lawsuit filed by the Illinois Attorney General's Office

www.25newsnow.com

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 39m

State of Play: 1. Republicans faced with looming massive health care cuts proposed a spending stopgap that failed to address the looming health care crisis, and refused to negotiate. 🧵

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h

Big news here: the White House has backed down from shutting down I-5 this weekend following our reporting last night.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

BERNIE: “I worry we are increasingly becoming an oligarchic form of society, where a very small # of people control our economy + have huge influence over both political parties. if there was ever a time to stand up for working families and prevent authoritarianism, this is it.”

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motyaf.bsky.social @motyaf.bsky.social · 39m

They make the rules, and the rules are in their favor—surprise, surprise.

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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 6h

Antifa Headquarters:

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 1h

I was wondering which social media app would cave first. While OpenAI has built AI Slop TikTok (Sora), Pinterest will now add settings that allow people to limit how much AI generated content they see in their feed.

Pinterest adds controls to let you limit the amount of 'AI slop' in your feed | TechCrunch

Pinterest is rolling out new controls that let users limit how much AI-generated content appears in their feeds. The company is also making its AI content labels more visible.

techcrunch.com

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 14h

⁨The blatantly political videos being forced on airports across the country are not only an abuse of taxpayer dollars, but they violate the law.

I'm joining @SenBlumenthal and @SenJackReed to demand DHS take down these videos immediately.⁩

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 1h

Follow the money… THE VIRAL MAGA ACCOUNTS RUN BY A MAN WHO HAS NEVER BEEN TO AMERICA

The right loves the accounts, which often rail against supposed voter fraud. They’re run by a Macedonian who illegally donated to a U.S. House candidate.

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

www.rollingstone.com

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1h

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Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says

A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other aggressive steps against protesters.

apnews.com

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motyaf.bsky.social @motyaf.bsky.social · 1h

I'm old enough to remember when writers were original and didn't use the same stupid opening sentence over and over again.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1h

The courts are catching up 👏

‘Startled' judge orders agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes

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'Startled' judge orders agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes

A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other aggressive steps against protesters.

apnews.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

“Kids”

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3h

Americans lost over $240 million of their hard-earned savings to crypto ATM scams this year.

The companies running these machines profit while doing little to stop it.

We need rules that protect people, not profits and scammers.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2h

They’re doing the banana costumes!!! 🍌

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

Un-presidented brass band at city hall in Portland tonight celebrating the release of their clarinet player from federal custody

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 12h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

🚨BREAKING: New York Court of Appeals UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS state law moving most county and town elections to even-numbered years. By aligning them with state and federal elections, it will boost voter turnout.

Another victory for voters and defeat for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

🚨 Onondaga County v. New York

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 4h

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
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Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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