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WaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦 @waterblusky.bsky.social · 4h

Javier Milei Is Losing His Grip on Argentina time.com/7324702/arge...

Javier Milei Is Losing His Grip on Argentina

He has faced legislative defeats at a time of scandal, and is set for a poor showing at midterms later this month, writes Ian Bremmer.

time.com

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WaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦 @waterblusky.bsky.social · 4h

Argentina's Congress curbs Milei’s decree powers in major blow to libertarian leader www.france24.com/en/americas/...

Argentina's Congress curbs Milei’s decree powers in major blow to libertarian leader

Argentina’s Congress voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to curb President Javier Milei’s power to rule by decree, marking another setback for the right-wing libertarian. Milei, whose party holds a mino...

www.france24.com

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4h

Omg. Send in another battalion.

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 8h

A new Portland character has entered the chat at the ICE facility….meet The Unipiper!

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John Schuele @johnschue.bsky.social · 6h

My hero

a group of people riding bicycles in front of a sign that says " keep portland weird "

ALT: a group of people riding bicycles in front of a sign that says " keep portland weird "

media.tenor.com

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 8h

A new Portland character has entered the chat at the ICE facility….meet The Unipiper!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

The WH is laughing at Republicans in Congress, because they know they’re dog walking them.

Trump’s top advisers joke about ruling Congress w/an “iron fist.” Bannon compared the GOP-controlled House to the Russian Duma, a ceremonial rubber stamp.

They’re Trump’s puppets, and everyone knows it.

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WaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦 @waterblusky.bsky.social · 4h

www.dw.com/en/argentina...

Argentina's retirees revolt: Milei's austerity measures drive senior citizens onto the streets – DW – 10/10/2025

Week after week, pensioners have been protesting in front of Congress in Buenos Aires. Some of the hardest hit by President Javier Milei’s policies, they are fighting for their pensions, justice and d...

www.dw.com

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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 6h

We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

www.propublica.org

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Robert @no1musclecar.bsky.social · 26m

What $20Billion buys these days.

WaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦 @waterblusky.bsky.social · 4h

Argentina to extradite to US a suspected drug trafficker with ties to President Milei's ally www.kens5.com/article/synd...

Argentina to extradite to US a suspected drug trafficker with ties to President Milei's ally

The government of Argentina’s President Javier Milei said on Tuesday that it would extradite an Argentine businessman to face drug trafficking and money...

www.kens5.com

Robert @no1musclecar.bsky.social · 28m

Or it's another dog-whistle to his cult base to spark violence in his name, as it was J6th.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

That "DO SOMETHING!!!" makes me think this was yet another DM intended for only Pamela Jo Bondi's eyes, which makes this doubly embarrassing.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

Of all the excuses not to show up to work while still collecting a paycheck, refusing to show up for 2 months so you can conceal info about sex trafficking because the perps are wealthy and powerful can only be conjured up in the toxic mind hive of Trump & House GOP leadership.

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Nightmarica @n1ghtmarica.bsky.social · 3h

Also have the Mobilize stuff www.mobilize.us/pnpmo/event/...

They should know

Pledge To Collect Signatures to Protect Missouri's Congressional Maps · People Not Politicians - Missouri

Sign up to receive more information about upcoming events to collect signatures with the People Not Politicians campaign.

www.mobilize.us

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Nightmarica @n1ghtmarica.bsky.social · 3h

Here is a link I found to sign up to sign

the petition. Read through. Looks like it checks out. secure.ngpvan.com/QOsIPchark6J...

That's all I've come across so far. Still looking.

Pledge to Sign the Petition to Overturn Trump's Gerrymandering

secure.ngpvan.com

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

MO & OH Dems need us to help Rally support!

A commissioned poll shows nearly 1/2 of MO voters oppose the maps

The Dem committee needs over 100,000 valid signatures across multiple congressional districts before the state’s 90-day window expires on Dec. 11 to let voters decide on the maps.

Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they’re largely on their own.

Despite relatively little investment from Washington, Missouri and Ohio Democrats are looking to block new Republican-drawn maps through uncertain avenues.

www.politico.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

Spread this around. Missouri and Ohio Democrats need at least 100,000 valid signatures to take on Republican gerrymandering maps. This is the fight 🔥

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

MO & OH Dems need us to help Rally support!

A commissioned poll shows nearly 1/2 of MO voters oppose the maps

The Dem committee needs over 100,000 valid signatures across multiple congressional districts before the state’s 90-day window expires on Dec. 11 to let voters decide on the maps.

Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they’re largely on their own.

Despite relatively little investment from Washington, Missouri and Ohio Democrats are looking to block new Republican-drawn maps through uncertain avenues.

www.politico.com

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 4h

"Mystery visitors plunged Maxwell’s Texas prison camp into lockdown as inmates complain of preferential treatment, report says" www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Mystery meetings and lockdowns: Maxwell’s arrival at Texas prison unsettled inmates

Maxwell had a mysterious meeting in the prison’s chapel that prevented other inmates from getting their outdoor time, per the report

www.independent.co.uk

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 4h

One weekend in mid-August, hundreds of inmates at a minimum-security prison in Bryan, Texas, were locked down, except one: 63-year-old Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s convicted accomplice in the sexual abuse of underage girls. She was expecting a secret visitor. www.wsj.com/us-news/ghis...

Lockdowns and a Mysterious Meeting: A Quiet Texas Prison Adapts to Life With Ghislaine Maxwell

The unexpected arrival of the Epstein associate upset the camp’s routines. Some inmates say she got favorable treatment.

www.wsj.com

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Robert @no1musclecar.bsky.social · 37m

Broadcast it on Signal why don't you!

DMC ❌👑 @dcombes.bsky.social · 4h

Saturday, we’re having a large Antifa meeting! All members are included. Make sure to bring posters, Frog suits & know the password. 😀

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DMC ❌👑 @dcombes.bsky.social · 4h

Saturday, we’re having a large Antifa meeting! All members are included. Make sure to bring posters, Frog suits & know the password. 😀

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 4h

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in.

The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.

They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

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Rebekah is Pro-Choice @rebekahwriter.bsky.social · 4h

Trump fired most of the Department if Education office that oversees education for students with disabilities.

Just in case you wondered how the new eugenics movement was shaping up.

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 1d

Flying off the shelves.....your ideal resist costume

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

Cracks are showing in the resistance

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 9h

Here for the "emergency" naked bike ride in Portland

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