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pammy Grapey. a version of my real name. @pammygrapey.bsky.social · 10h

instead of the Oval Office

it's the locker room

Bill Clinton didn't treat it much better.

digby @digby56.bsky.social · 11h

This is the second time in 24 hours he's said something like this. Yesterday he made that quip saying about Karoline Leavit, "those lips --- they move like a machine gun."

He's losing all inhibitions. Not that he ever had many to begin with.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

pammy Grapey. a version of my real name. @pammygrapey.bsky.social · 11h

so sad.

pammy Grapey. a version of my real name. @pammygrapey.bsky.social · 11h

why is this ok.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump to Milei: "Do you need any Tomahawks in Argentina? You need them for your opposition, I guess, because in this country they use Tomahawks on the opposition. I don't do that. I'm much nicer. The Democrats would use them if they had the chance. They're sick people."

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 13h

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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pammy Grapey. a version of my real name. @pammygrapey.bsky.social · 12h

the speed limit... I'm age limit is 70

Janet is too old.

Kim B. 📎 @kim-b.bsky.social · 13h

I am a 62 y.o. living in New Hampshire with ties to Maine. Janet Mills has been a great governor.

All due respect to the Gov but this is a HUGE miscalculation.

There’s a time for every season. This Midterm Election season is the time for everybody over 70 to get out of the pool.

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Kim B. 📎 @kim-b.bsky.social · 13h

I am a 62 y.o. living in New Hampshire with ties to Maine. Janet Mills has been a great governor.

All due respect to the Gov but this is a HUGE miscalculation.

There’s a time for every season. This Midterm Election season is the time for everybody over 70 to get out of the pool.

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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 1d

On my way home I find myself briefly behind a woman with the same hair, way of dressing, shape and even walk of someone I loved hugely who died a long time ago. She crosses the street and I wish we were going the same way to give me more time in a world where I have not lost her.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15h

California just banned employers from forcing workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty to leave their job.

Bosses have increasingly been trapping workers with debts incurred in training and other exploitative fees.

Now that's illegal in the nation's biggest state.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING: President Obama comes out in favor of Prop 50 in California.

California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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pammy Grapey. a version of my real name. @pammygrapey.bsky.social · 14h

food revolution.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15h

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.

We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.

If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

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supernatural siren @porcelainsiren.bsky.social · 14h

2025 has taken so much from so many.

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Captain Fanta @sassy0210.bsky.social · 15h

George Perry Floyd, Jr. 10/14/73-5/25/20
He was a father, a brother, a lover and a friend. His life mattered. He would be 52 years old had he not been brutally murdered by police.

Sending benevolence to his family and loved ones on his birthday. 💔

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15h

If you’re in New Jersey and not yet registered to vote, do it today! Voters have until the end of the day to register in time to help choose the state’s next governor.

NJ DOS - Division of Elections

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17h

Our money to bail out Argentina!

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Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost @frost.house.gov · 16h

It’s week two of the Republican shutdown.

House Democrats are here in D.C. to protect your healthcare and fight for federal workers.

Where are House Republicans?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Which Republican genius came up with the talking point to label millions of ordinary Americans peacefully protesting their government as paid Marxists who hate America?

That’s really what you are going with?

That we hate the United States of America?

Fuck you.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h

Subscribe to The Onion and help us become a bigger newspaper than The Washington Post by next year. It can happen!

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pammy Grapey. a version of my real name. @pammygrapey.bsky.social · 17h

I'm attending Indivisible Manatee's event, “October 16 Visibility Brigade” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblem...

October 16 Visibility Brigade · Indivisible Manatee

Come out and wave at our Visibility Brigade! No signs needed. If you have a flag to wave, bring that. Otherwise, you will be waving to the motorist below the overpass to bring attention to our Mess...

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 18h

Looking forward to hitting the campaign trail next week with my friend & Virginia’s next governor, @abigailspanberger.com.

Pete Buttigieg to appear with Spanberger in Charlottesville

With the election for governor three weeks away, Democrat Abigail Spanberger is getting some outside help to get out the vote. Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg will appear with t...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20h

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 18h

8. In May, the Trump administration agreed “to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion.”

While previous arms sales to Saudi Arabia were smaller and focused on defensive weaponry, the Trump deal was expansive, including “state-of-the-art warfighting equipment."

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 18h

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No paywalls. No capitulation. No BS.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 21h

open.substack.com/pub/anneappl...

Manufactured Drama

ICE violence in Chicago is real, but it's also made for Instagram

open.substack.com

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