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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 34m

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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progressivepeter.bsky.social @progressivepeter.bsky.social · 36m

I'm OK with the Sunday talk shows hosting craven, lying Rs - as long as the hosts challenge every lie (expressed or implied) steadfastly in realtime. Have fact checkers whispering in their earpieces. These can be opportunities for people to hear the lies being pushed and rebutted.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

(Published April)

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

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11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social · 3h

Trump threatens tariffs on China. @stephruhle.bsky.social breaks down the stock market's worst day since April.

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Stephanie Ruhle @stephruhle.bsky.social · 1h

Yet again & much to my disappointment, they did NOT come for @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social …but you are welcome to join us NOW

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1h

Former Trump national security adviser turned Trump critic John Bolton is expected to be charged with federal crimes soon, according to two federal officials. One said Bolton could be indicted next week. The other said he could be indicted soon.

Trump critic and former national security adviser John Bolton to be charged soon, sources say

Bolton would be the third critic of the president to face federal charges. New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey were recently indicted.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2h

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2h

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progressivepeter.bsky.social @progressivepeter.bsky.social · 2h

Because votes love it when someone holds them hostage until the kidnappers get a ransom.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2h

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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progressivepeter.bsky.social @progressivepeter.bsky.social · 2h

On an off-note: do the emails forwarded by the employees to their personal accounts have signature line blaming the Democrats for the shutdown & RIF, as with the previous auto-replies?

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progressivepeter.bsky.social @progressivepeter.bsky.social · 2h

"The problem was that First Brands had pledged money from the same invoices to multiple lenders"

Bialystock and Bloom, accounting specialists and auto-parts makers extraordinaire: 100% for you, and 100% for you, and 300% for you....

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 6h

Yes. Apparently she did. bsky.app/profile/nerd...

Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 14h

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This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
8:34 AM • 10/10/25 • 30K Views

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 3h

It's really sad how people struggling to free or defend their countries, like Zelensky and this woman, have to repeatedly debase themselves in front of this man because there is no longer any responsible leader of the Free World.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 4h

That sound you hear is plaintiff lawyers popping champagne corks and DOJ lawyers groaning.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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progressivepeter.bsky.social @progressivepeter.bsky.social · 2h

hostilities are ended or disaster has destroyed civil order; not to supplement local LE or help with everyday life.

If Benioff wants the admin to help, get Trump to do what the government was doing: fund expansions of healthcare, housing, eduction, LE, etc.

He could even do some of that himself.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 4h

Guy in private plane doesn’t like that he has to hire more security to address his personal concerns about crime so he is happy to have the president push guardsmen into the city at taxpayer expense.
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 4h

"Career prosecutors determined that there was no evidence to support these charges. They were pushed out and replaced with individuals whose only qualification is their loyalty to a single man, not to the Constitution or the law. That is corruption. That is abuse of power...we must all speak out."

Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 7h

INBOX: National Bar Association President Ashley L. Upkins calls the charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James “unjust and dangerous” and a representation of "the continued weaponization of our nation’s justice system for political gain."

Full statement below:

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Boo-is @louisevans.bsky.social · 4h

It’s maybe not shocking that the institutions closest to fact—district judges, juries—have proven most robust against an onslaught of lies, but it’s to journalism’s eternal shame that it has behaved like the political institutions and not the honest ones.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 5h

unlike the rest of these folks (and unlike appellate judges and supreme court justices), the job of a district judge is essentially to see what's in front of them

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5h

It's very striking how clearly they seem to see what's right in front of their faces in way that so many others -- law firm partners, university presidents, members of congress, and on and on -- refuse to.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4h

If GOP wants to abolish the filibuster over this, awesome. It helps Rs way more than Ds. It’s also a central reason for loss of faith in government over the last 25 yrs. Rs can reopen the govt tonight if they want. If they want to do it to make sure 15 million lose their health care that’s on them.

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 8h

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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Binzie @binns.bsky.social · 4h

My boss is a Reagan Republican and has been enraged since this all started. I seem to remember being plenty angry at that group of Republicans back then but again, nothing like this.

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progressivepeter.bsky.social @progressivepeter.bsky.social · 4h

Benioff and others urging deployment of the military to cities in response to urban issues (crime, homelessness, unaffordability) clearly don't understand a goddamn thing about the police or the military. The military has one job when deployed to populated areas: maintain absolute control after...

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progressivepeter.bsky.social @progressivepeter.bsky.social · 4h

I didn't know "The Founders" established a 60-vote threshold to protect the country. I thought it might have instead been the explicit ability of Congress to impeach and remove the president. Or the separation of powers. Or the 2 houses of Congress.

They provided so many actual mechanisms.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5h

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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progressivepeter.bsky.social @progressivepeter.bsky.social · 4h

I had trouble counting them all. But then I remembered Cambodia & Thailand, and Cambodia and Armenia. And between Turduckistan and Vegistan. That's 6 right there!

Trump's "is he completely demented yet?" test can't come soon enough.