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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2h

More than 5,000 federal employees have received layoff notices. We’re working to ensure that the administration isn’t using state voter rolls to target registered Democrats for termination. More details soon.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 34m

Schatz: They’re stopping wind and solar because this guy has some very strange ideas about the energy mix. And it’s consistent with the rest of his political and economic philosophy — if there’s less of everything, it gives him more authority to dole out favors

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Gary @lionyolo.bsky.social · 20m

Waking up just got a whole lot more costly. Sigh!

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 7h

You assholes.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21m

A member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee praises Putin.

The Trump Cult has driven Republicans mad.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna
@RepLuna
X.com
The @NobelPrize commission has LOST all credibility.
@realDonaldTrump has ended 8 wars in 9 months and he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize.
Thank you @KremlinRussia_E for backing
@POTUS!

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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 2h

For the ninth straight month now, Canadian road trips to the United States continue to plunge. Boycott the U.S.A. Elbows up!

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 1h

Suddenly the military is getting paid on the 15th?

It would’ve been easier to call Johnson, but he didn’t.

This validates his fear of the Epstein files.

When robbing the military piggy bank, is a better option than simply having the house pass a standalone bill to fund the military - it’s bad.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 4h

This is staggering. “The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off.”

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

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

www.nytimes.com

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 1d

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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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 20h

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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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021."

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 35m

Swear-in Rep. Adelita Grijalva! Release the Epstein files!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h

The Trump administration's latest layoffs include HUD staffers who investigate fair housing complaints, "disease detectives," and the team that publishes the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Donald Trump's war on public health enters a new phase

Another bad day at the CDC

www.motherjones.com

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 4h

borderlessmag.org/2025/10/10/i...

ICE Agents In Chicago Area Who Aren’t Undercover Must Wear Badges Or IDs, Federal Judge Rules – Immigration Policy – Borderless Magazine NFP

borderlessmag.org

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 20h

These paid pro Palestine terrorist interrupt Kamala Harris book tour again, And she's had about enough" Understand the connection to Trump, MAGA, and leftist groups, Remember" we hadn't seen or heard from this racist clowns until she started her book tour. This is about the 2026 midterms to hurt DEM

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 49m

Brilliant! Must be copied in every city. Neuter Trump's authoritarianism. Make the world laugh at him. Shine a spotlight on his lies.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 12h

obsessed with the antifascist frogs in Portland, I hope they continue to multiply 🙏

Person in frog costume with poster saying 'frogs together strong'

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Gayle Dourn Plantz @plantz3610.bsky.social · 24m

No we love America and want to take it back to it's democratic roots.

Remember January 6?

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

NEW: So it IS a second home and not an investment property. Motion to dismiss for abuse of the grand jury process in 3...2...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

In the Eye of a Political Storm, a Tiny Yellow House in Norfolk, Va.

www.nytimes.com

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Gayle Dourn Plantz @plantz3610.bsky.social · 25m

Oh I guess he can scrape up some cash for the military which he's previously referred to as suckers and losers.

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Gina de M @ginad.bsky.social · 39m

Utter Baloney

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 40m

Diane Keaton has passed away at the age of 79

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2h

Our job is not to throw 15 million people off health care and double insurance premiums for more than 20 million.

Our job is not to shutter community health centers, nursing homes and rural hospitals.

Our job is to fix a broken system and guarantee health care to all.

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