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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

A librarian fired by county officials in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves got the last laugh with a $700,000 settlement.

Librarian gets massive payday after firing for refusal to yank LGBTQ books off shelves

A librarian fired by county officials in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves got the last laugh with a $700,000 settlement. According to The New York Times, "Terri Lesley, the former director of the Campbell County Public Library in Gillette, Wyo., filed a feder...

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Shontel @shontelmorris.bsky.social · 1h

I’m so tired of hearing about that fucking race from the very people who ensured Trump would win & relentlessly troll Jeffries for an endorsement they don’t even want.
It’s D+40 NYC & if he can’t wi, he shouldn’t be on the ballot.
I hope he loses just because of how important the race is to them.

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CNN @cnn.com · 9h

Africa gets more sunshine hours than any other continent. It has some of the highest levels of solar irradiance — the power of the sun per square meter — in the world, with "almost unlimited" potential for solar energy according to the African Development Bank. https://cnn.it/3KKAPl1

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 10h

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 4h

THOUGHT CRIMINAL

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7h

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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my dog ate the epstein files @maison21.bsky.social · 9h

lock ‘em up!

Federal officers warned they may face jail time after new arrests

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Federal officers warned they may face jail time after new arrests

A WGN video producer was handcuffed and taken into custody by federal agents on Friday morning while documenting the arrest of a Latino man, and one legal analyst warned the move defied a court order....

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Kacey325 @kacey325.bsky.social · 9h

Maggots are "concerned"😒

Other conservatives were left bewildered by the seemingly nonsensical decision.

“What’s the strategic rationale for this? Either ours or Qatar’s?” posted the National Review’s Noah Rothman. “You could rattle off all the problems/risks we’re inviting easily. But I have no idea what the steelman case for this would be? I’m sure we don’t need to import any more Qatari covert assets into this country.”

And still others pointed out the inconsistent hypocrisy of the administration’s policies.

“Joe Biden was criticized for a Chinese balloon flying over our airspace,” wrote GOP consultant Mike Madrid. “They’re giving Qatar an entire f’ing air base.”

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Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 7h

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

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

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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PhoenixWomanMN @phoenixwomanmn.bsky.social · 4h

Ooooooh discovery!

This is where Pat Fitzgerald gets to have fun.

Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 4h

New filing: "U.S. v. Comey (criminal case)"
Doc #28: Discovery Order as to James B. Comey, Jr. Signed by District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff on 10/10/2025. (dzir) (Entered: 10/10/2025)

Download PDF | View Full Case

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h

How Peter Thiel's Palantir operates: JP Morgan reportedly had to oust a security chief installed on references from Palantir after executives found out he was spying on them. www.cnbc.com/2018/04/19/j...

JP Morgan reportedly had to oust a security chief backed by Palantir after executives found out he was spying on them

J.P. Morgan Chase reportedly ousted its special operations head, Peter Cavicchia III, five years ago after learning that his insider security group had spied on the bank's top executives.

www.cnbc.com

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teedogg.bsky.social @teedogg.bsky.social · 9d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “Power to the People Hadley” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Power to the People Hadley · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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Luke Russell @lukerussell.bsky.social · 11d

The Deputy Chief of Staff... is in charge of military strikes? Do we even have a president?

Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats

Exclusive: Miller’s homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say

www.theguardian.com

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 13h

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Jeremy Gibson Brown PhD @jeremygibsonbrown.bsky.social · 4h

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Why Are They Pretending Major Cities Are War Zones? | Explainer

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 2d

Speaker Mike Johnson should stop protecting predators in the Epstein files and swear in Adelita Grijalva without delay. www.salon.com/2025/10/08/a...

Adelita Grijalva wants to get to work. The GOP won’t let her - Salon.com

Rep.-elect Grijalva tells Salon she's exploring legal action over House Speaker Mike Johnson's refusal to seat her

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 4h

In case anyone missed this

Erdoğa said that Trump ended Halkbank’s criminal case after talks w him. He said that Trump told him “The Halkbank problem is finished for us.”

Halkbank was helping Iran evade taxes and launder billions.

Qatar and now this. The corruption is off the charts

Turkey’s Erdogan Says Halkbank US Case to End After Trump Talks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said state lender Halkbank’s legal case in the US is due to be resolved following recent talks with President Donald Trump, prompting bank shares to rise.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 4h

This was the DOJ criminal case. Remember when we had a DOJ 🤦🏼‍♀️ www.justice.gov/archives/opa...

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 4h

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 16d

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🧨 primary everybody 🧨 🌻 @prowhaledad.bsky.social · 4h

an administration ruling Congress with an “iron fist” would be able to pass a budget. Johnson is keeping the House in recess because things are going to go completely off the rails once Grijalva gets sworn in, and he knows it

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

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Ole Vet USAF @olevetusaf.bsky.social · 4h

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“There isn’t a single Trump supporter who supports allowing Qatar to have a military base on US soil,” Loomer posted to the social platform X. “I don’t know who told President Trump this was a good idea, but it has made people not want to vote.”

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Tony Serrata 🇺🇦 @serrata.org · 4h

Just goes to show, the goal is to kill as many poor people as possible. Because if it's good enough for the so called president, why isn't it good enough for the rest of us?

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11d

I feel naive just writing this, but a president threatening to withhold funding to a city unless it elects his preferred candidate for mayor seems like the sort of thing that shouldn't be legal.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump on Mamdani: "He is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City. Remember, he needs the money from me, as President, in order to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises. He won’t be getting any of it, so what’s the point of voting for him?"

Self proclaimed New York City Communist, Zohran Mamdani, who is running for Mayor, will prove to be one of the best things to ever happen to our great Republican Party. He is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City. Remember, he needs the money from me, as President, in order to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises. He won’t be getting any of it, so what’s the point of voting for him? This ideology has failed, always, for thousands of years. It will fail again, and that’s guaranteed! President DJT

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Jay Jay @jayjay827.bsky.social · 4h

Gaht Dayum!

Kamala Devi Harris is in the building.

Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · 6h

🗣️ EYE AM NOT THE PRESIDENT YOU DIDNT ELECT ME GO DOWN TO 1600 AND ASK HIM….

Listen y’all really messed up with Black Women & you now get to see us as a collective fed up. 😎 #GoodLuck

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Crystal Voted 4 Harris @crystal4mvpharris.bsky.social · 5h

PSA. I am still hollering.🤣😂🤣🧵

Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 5h

Hearing RFK talk about whatever his asphalt gargling rotisserie chicken looking self is saying about Tylenol & autism, & the right’s continued assault on women’s body rights, made me think back to my vasectomy.

So, here’s my advocacy for getting a vasectomy

Story time for Friday night.

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