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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 227. Everything you need to know about what happened this weekend in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 227

… JD Vance lied repeatedly on Sunday shows with his trademark smug insufferability.

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 2d

One of my heroes. 🚫👑
#nokings

No Kings — Freedom (video)

Why protest is patriotic

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 3d

What slime they are. Shutdown isn’t going their way so there have to fire scientists.

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 3d

What slime these people are. So pissed that the shutdown is not going their way, they are firing scientists.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 3d

The entire Washington staff and MMWR editors

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

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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Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · 3d

Bring it @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
🔥🔥!!

@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @nywfp.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 4d

Intimidation won’t work! #indivisible
#freespeech

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

The man was 77 years old and his wife previously organized one of the local ‘No Kings’ protests. All he did was write ‘You Lack Values’ and got an intimidation visit from Desantis’s Gestapo.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 5d

Ingenious!!

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 5d

In Trump's America, you're an order of magnitude more likely to get attacked on the street by ICE and the National Guard than by any foreign gang member.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 5d

Oooh People are so mad about Bad Bunny’s Halftime

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 5d

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, all of us gave a duty and responsibility to work towards maintaining our democratic system of government.

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 5d

"Trump’s threats, Bondi’s attacks & Miller’s madness are the latest signs they'll do anything to expand their power & further dismantle our democratic system & the values principles, rules & laws that hold it together & inspire a functioning society." A video: www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-t...

Snapshot: Trump's Threats, Bondi's Disgrace, Miller's Madness

Got a Minute or Two? Mad Hattery and Other Outrages

www.americaamerica.news

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 6d

The cracks are getting loud!

Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 6d

Did she say “nobody”?

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 6d

Horrific!

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 6d

Armed investigators visit man who sent postcard he had sent to #Florida CFO & total blowhard Blaise Ingoglia that said, "You lack values." www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/10/07/a... via @sundogwriter.bsky.social

Armed investigators visit man who sent postcard critical of Florida CFO Ingoglia

Two men wearing bulletproof vests and pistols at their side showed up at the Largo home of Cathy and James O’Gara over a postcard they sent criticizing the state.

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 6d

The cracks are getting louder.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 6d

“I’m going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district." trib.al/MZsOwGU

MTG Turns Against Republicans in Shocking Flip on Government Shutdown

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks Democrats have a point on the Obamacare fight at the center of the government shutdown.

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 6d

Such beirdos!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 6d

Apparently they didn’t hear Hegseth’s speech.

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, music heals, and listening together connects us, making us stronger.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6d

Protest music heals ✊🏾

"Who Says That's Not American"

Raye Zaragoza

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 6d

YES. The only way to a deal.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 6d

This viral post has turned into a column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Dems must say: No troops, or no shutdown deal | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, billionaire saved by Penn wants to wreck it.

www.inquirer.com

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 6d

Well, well, well.
#shutdown

Marjorie Taylor Greene open to healthcare deal with Democrats amid shutdown

Republican says she is ‘disgusted’ by rising insurance premiums and may defy her party over expired tax credits

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 7d

Robert Reich is usually right.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan

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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 7d

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.

Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 8d

Yes!

Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 8d

Resistance. Refusal. Ridicule. Those are the ingredients to bring down regimes and among them ridicule is arguably the most delicious. The emperor isn't just naked; his goon squad is afraid of an inflatable frog.
Portland is TOO FABULOUS FOR FASCISM.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 9d

wizard frog is insane

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