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PolittleCat @polittlecat.bsky.social · 15h

MN Democrats need to set the record straight on this. He was not antifa, or leftist, or a Democrat. @smith.senate.gov @amyklobuchar.com @governorwalz.mn.gov

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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PolittleCat @polittlecat.bsky.social · 15h

This is sickening that she implies that the gunman who murdered Rep. Hortman and her husband was antifa.

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 19h

Reporters: stop using the deferential term "detaining" when talking about ICE goons' abduction of innocent people from US streets. You proper term would indeed by "abduction", but if you want to pretend neutrality you could use "capture", which at least says nothing about the captors' motives.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 2d

Shutting down the House is not a strategy. It’s an abdication. A failure. And yes, an embarrassment. Even MTG is calling out the GOP for shutting down the government.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

A second generation nepo baby, raised by a pair of sociopaths and given every advantage in the world. I'm sure this story will end well.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Masks. Armed. No insignia. No names. No warrants. But they will come up to an American citizen on the street and threaten him with arrest for peacefully exercising basic American rights.

I'd challenge historians of the American Revolution to articulate how things were worse than this in April 1775.

In a Chicagoland Suburb, Berwyn, IL, multiple ICE agents and a cameraman surround a resident who blew his horn and walked down the street in his own neighborhood. They demand his ID and they threatene...

TikTok video by Ms RK

www.tiktok.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

Truth bomb.💣 I don’t dabble with faith, but if I were to sit through a Christian service, I might consider listening to his. 1/2

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tammye56.bsky.social @tammye56.bsky.social · 1d

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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 21h

In technical legal terms, the case against Letitia James is horseshit. Everyone knows it, including the corrupt Trump lackey who filed it -- and Trump himself. The Bozo Fascist wants to demonstrate that he can fabricate a prosecution of any foe, anytime. 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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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is going to continue to do everything in his power to try to incite violence somewhere. If Portland and Chicago don’t work, he’ll probably go to New York.

He’s looking for a reason to invoke the Insurrection Act.

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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 21h

Holy cannoli, NYT!! Trump is a "peacemaker abroad"? What about his egging on Putin's murderous war against Ukraine?! What about blowing up boats in the Caribbean?! Get a grip! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 17h

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

I think the administration will try to agitate, but it’s important that we make these protests 1. HUGE and 2. Peaceful

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PolittleCat @polittlecat.bsky.social · 15h

this is how the tables get turned. We need to see more of this in places not be occupied too.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 15h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 15h

Hot damn they aren't pulling punches.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 15h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Thiel illustrates how most Silicon Valley tech billionaires inevitably become delusional, power mad menaces. They may think they have big ideas, but all they have is a lot of money and access to power. They need to be regulated and kept in check. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 1d

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 22h

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 19h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Michael Holt @rudemoon.com · 16h

I'm curious as to how an "anonymous" trader can open an account and establish enough credit to open a huge short position in 30 minutes time.

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PolittleCat @polittlecat.bsky.social · 15h

Nothing but propaganda 24/7.