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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 3h

Well, guess what? Yesterday Putin batted his eyelashes at Trump (and Melania) and the first couple were grateful for the love and attention. People need to accept the reality that Trump will always crave Putin's affections and cares not a whit for Ukraine. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Putin Flutters His Eyelashes and Trump Swoons (Melania Too)

A Catechism To Understand The Reality Of Trump, Russia and Ukraine

open.substack.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 20h

they are clearly trying to terrify everyone out of showing up to the No Kings protest and I simply do not think it is going to work

see you all there

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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jimmbuzz.bsky.social @jimmbuzz.bsky.social · 5h

Yep. More on his crazyness....
www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-...

Peter Thiel Antichrist Fiasco Sparks International Concern

An “unsatisfactory” ideology “cobbled together from various religious-philosophical fragments”

www.thenerdreich.com

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Kyle Ian @kyleian.cool · 5h

It’s 1 am and I’ve just learned Peter Thiel has been giving off-the-record lectures suggesting people like Greta Thunberg are harbingers of the antichrist.

I should have drank less coffee today, how did I end up here?

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 6h

Good night, friends.
Tonight was deeply painful.

We at CDC do this work because we care.
It’s long hours, often feeling overworked and not enough pay, but we do it because we want to make the world a better place.

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Slate @slate.com · 4h

The Supreme Court’s sweeping immunity decision in Trump v United States is the gift that keeps on giving. In the case of Portland and Chicago, it puts members of the military in an impossible position, and the President above the law. slate.trib.al/2PxBQqZ

Trump Wants to Use American Cities as a “Training Ground.” It’s Becoming Clear Why.

MAGA cries “Insurrection!”, setting up a dangerous standoff between the American people and the military.

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 17h

Mother fucker! The House has been in session only 15 days since July.

Its October!

GOP are loser slackers! Imagine if you only showed up to your job 15 days in 4 months.
They get 175k a year in salary.

#GOPShutdown

House Recess Extended to Oct. 19 As Government Shutdown Continues

The House clerk reads a communication from Speaker Mike Johnson designating October 14 to 19 a district work period for members, meaning that the House will be in recess except for pro forma sessions ...

www.c-span.org

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Lizard Of Oz @lizardofoz316.bsky.social · 6h

This is a hair on fire situation.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 9h

Gut wrenching.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 11h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Telesilla @telesilla.bsky.social · 10h

If the frog be Pepe, watch your stepe

If the frog be inflatable, they are relatable

Spooky Witch Kat (hag/witch/banshee) 🖤💜👻🎃💀🐈‍⬛💜🖤 @switchkat13.bsky.social · 10h

Pepe walked on the wrong side of history, so his fellow frog persons are making up for that in spades.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

Ingraham appears still not to understand that these tariffs are paid by US consumers, not by China.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 10h

Trump and Stephen Miller want us afraid, but we’re not backing down. We will see you in the streets on October 18: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 11h

The ride is set for Sunday, October 12, beginning at 3:00 p.m.

‘Emergency’ Naked Bike Ride announces starting point

The ride is set for Sunday, October 12, beginning at 3:00 p.m.

www.oregonlive.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 11h

I mean, just because it doesn’t exist doesn’t mean we can’t have T shirts.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 14h

Weird random meme-y shit (laudatory) like this is how it might eventually be called The Great Frog Resistance, where everyone wears a frog pin, & remembrance events in 50 years begin with reverent croaks. Just from some dude's choice of a frog for a costume. Humans are weird.

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 17h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 13h

The Republican Attorneys General Association just put $2.5 million into VA for Miyares. You need to vote for Jones too. He’s on the ballot regardless of his future. Don’t split & kneecap yourselves w/ an AG who opposes efforts to expand your healthcare & has shown he doesn’t care about your kids.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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DrAye @draye.blacksky.app · 15h

I recently saw a post where someone’s 5th grade kid brought home worksheets about this guy. The worksheets painted him as some type of saint further whitewashing his racist legacy. I wondered why a certain segment was so adamant about lionizing a guy sane people know was a tool and vector of WS 1/

R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 15h

And to think that his followers have the unmitigated gall to compare him to Dr. King.

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 1d

You really want to read this entire thread, but this specific exchange is a five alarm fire:

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: DOJ's definition of rebellion would mean that
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 1d

Are you thinking "TFI Friday"? Well in Ukraine it's just another day of lying in a trench, piloting a drone, evacuating hot spots, treating the wounded, or trying to keep the family safe.

And it's Day 1325 of this, following another night of little sleep for Kyiv. Here's the🧵

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 17h

My former political party is scared to death of these #NoKings rallies. That’s great. So let’s have a gazillion Americans out rallying all around the country on October 18th! Let’s scare the shit out of Trump & his party.

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NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @naturerulesus.bsky.social · 12h

Also:

Chicago named best big city in US for 9th straight year: survey

For the ninth year in a row, Chicago has been crowned the Best Big City in the United States by the Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards.

www.fox32chicago.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12h

Under Gov Pritzker and Mayor Johnson, Chicago reaches the lowest murder rate it has seen since 1965. Trump is determined to turn that around as quickly as possible.

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