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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 7h

Republicans just dumped millions more into the campaign to help this crazy person become governor. How is this even close?

American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 10h

WATCH: Winsome Earle-Sears says her opposition to marriage equality or her support for LGTBQ+ Americans being fired for being gay is "not discrimination." #VAGov

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 7h

Always great to be a guest on the Rick Smith show!

Rick Smith Show @ricksmithshow.bsky.social · 10h

“Laughing in the Face of Authoritarianism: How Comedy Just Beat Trump’s FCC”
@petedominick.bsky.social

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“Laughing in the Face of Authoritarianism: How Comedy Just Beat Trump’s FCC”

On the Rick Smith Show, comedian and podcaster Pete Dominick offers a mix of levity and urgency in addressing America’s political crisis.

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you!

Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 15h

Oh, for fuck sake

Ben Alexander @bigbennyfl.bsky.social · 15h

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Florida bill would punish colleges that don't rename roads after Charlie Kirk - Orlando Weekly

The bill would specify a road at each of the state’s 12 universities and 28 colleges that would be named after Charlie Kirk.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: Emboldened Democrats dig in on health care demands in shutdown fight

Senate Dem comms directors got a briefing and poll memo y'day. The pollster's advice? That Republicans are losing this battle, health care demands are popular, and stay the course.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Emboldened Democrats dig in on health care demands in shutdown fight

Energized by public opinion, Democrats are refusing to budge on their demands to extend expiring Obamacare tax credits, frustrating Republican leaders as the shutdown continues.

www.nbcnews.com

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leightonschnell.bsky.social @leightonschnell.bsky.social · 18h

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 23h

I host a daily podcast. There are no ads. I recap the news with clips and talk to the smartest people around.

Today I have Con law prof @espinsegall.bsky.social

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Kimmer @kvonyborg.bsky.social · 22h

Can attest.
Top tier.

Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 23h

I host a daily podcast. There are no ads. I recap the news with clips and talk to the smartest people around.

Today I have Con law prof @espinsegall.bsky.social

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 23h

I host a daily podcast. There are no ads. I recap the news with clips and talk to the smartest people around.

Today I have Con law prof @espinsegall.bsky.social

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Kimmer @kvonyborg.bsky.social · 1d

Some very pretty scenery to match these very wise words from @joyannreid.bsky.social.
Big thanks to @petedominick.bsky.social for playing this in full on #StandUpWithPete today.
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WHY ARE Y’ALL SO ANGRY? by Joy Reid

YouTube video by MY SILENCE IS NOT FOR SALE with Andrea Morehead

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 1d

This piss ant knows right from wrong which makes him that much more insidious

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 1d

I had a great talk with the always amazing @jeffjarvis.bsky.social + your headlines and clip show

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 2d

Wait til your blood tests come back and you need to go on a statin. 👀

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 2d

FYI If you send your kids to “conversion therapy”, the government should take your kids away from you because you are a shitty parent who is torturing their child

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Kimmer @kvonyborg.bsky.social · 2d

It's Legal Eagle @espinsegall.bsky.social with @petedominick.bsky.social LIVE RIGHT NOW ON YOUTUBE
come join us!
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The Legal Eagle Eric Segall

YouTube video by Stand Up! With Pete

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 2d

I would like to report these members of the Texas National Guard members who just got to Illinois for being too fat. Our secretary of war said no more fatties. And what’s with the mustaches?

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Eric Segall @espinsegall.bsky.social · 2d

“The main lesson from these cases, of course, is that the Court will bend over backwards to find jurisdiction when doing so aids religion and will bend over backwards to decline jurisdiction if doing so … also aids religion.”
www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/10/law-...

Law Has Nothing to do With It: Jurisdiction and Religion in the Roberts Court

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar , a difficult case involving “conversion therapy.” Colorado, like...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

Everything they are doing & saying right now is very obviously meant to clear the way for mass repressive violence.

Fact checking is not going to do shit.

Talking about kitchen table issues is not going to do shit.

We need open, unapologetic defiance & conflict.

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 2d

Awesome. Definitely subscribe to this one. And if you know anybody real into music, send it to them. They will thank you later.

Christian Finnegan @christianfinnegan.bsky.social · 2d

Hey check it out, Spin Magazine interviewed me about my newsletter!

www.spin.com/2025/10/chri...

Christian Finnegan Is on a Mission to Introduce New Music to Old(er) People

“There's really only two things you can count on in this world: songs and dogs. Those are the two things that never will let you down.” This is the centr

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billbindc @billbindc.bsky.social · 2d

The idea that the Republicans refusing to pay Federal workers because they didn't want to pay for health care subsidies for everyone else puts *Democrats* on the defensive is the kind of thing only DC media could believe to be true:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 2d

War Ravaged Portland

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 4d

Portland never stops being Portland.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 5d

wizard frog is insane

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 2d

Of course Trump put an election denial in charge of election security. Everything’s gonna be just fine.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, was appointed to a senior DHS position in which she’ll help oversee election security.

“DHS now appears poised to become a primary amplifier of false election conspiracies pushed by our enemies,” one expert said.

She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.

Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.

www.propublica.org

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 2d

Almost Every day in America, another right wing Christian religious leader is arrested for sexual assault of children and others. It’s an epidemic for which there is no mainstream media narrative because of course

JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 4d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sorry but the fact that this is not everywhere is kind of malpractice

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 2d

It’s @mauraquint.bsky.social day!!!!

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Headphone Jack @bazookajoe204.bsky.social · 3d

funniest thing about this crew is that they claim membership in an elite group of sage truthtellers with superior bullshit detectors who are now pretending to be shocked that history's most infamous liar tricked them into campaigning for him

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 3d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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