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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

OK, so our "Secretary of War" currently has two big priorities: (1) murdering innocent fishermen in the Caribbean, and (2) endangering the lives of commuters in Southern California.

Perhaps, we are seeing one of the downsides to having a drunk TV talk show chatterbox running our military.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

Trump says the government is going to investigate whether Soros paid for all the signs No Kings protesters were carrying. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump on No Kings: "It's a joke. I looked at the people. They are not representative of this country. And I looked at all the brand new signs I guess paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics. We're checking it out. The demonstrations were very small. And the people were whacked out."

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nikwojcik.bsky.social @nikwojcik.bsky.social · 6h

You really can’t make this shit up.

Live ammunition detonates over I-5 and damages CHP vehicle being used for Vance security at Pendleton. This, after the VP mocked Newsom’s safety concerns about live rounds being shot across the nation’s busiest highway.

Haven’t seen a WH reply since.

John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 8h

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Philip Smith @palebrit.bsky.social · 8h

Where is the NY Times in depth coverage of why 7 million Americans chose to spend the day protesting Trump?

I can’t find it.

A foreign newspaper seems to have more interest.

Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump

Crowds of Americans, many in costumes, aligned behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianism

www.theguardian.com

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 4h

For those STILL dismissing yesterday’s march as mere performance…

Yes.
It was.
How else do you create a movement??

Here are a LOT of reasons why such marches are important:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=wmaZ...

Why Protests Matter. A LOT.

YouTube video by National Council for History Education

m.youtube.com

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 5h

FYI congress just got another week of vacation!

Maybe this will encourage more people to run… get paid to never go to work

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 6h

We just live in a john carpenter movie now.

A warning over a highway near Interstate 5 in Los Angeles that reads “live weapons over freeway”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

The Trump Doctrine:

The US military blows up boats in the Caribbean to try and kill everyone on board claiming they are narco terrorists as the justification to dispense with interdiction and trial, but if the targets survive we let them go and fly them home.

Makes sense.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

BREAKING NYT: A shell fired during a live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton on Saturday prematurely detonated, dropping fragments of the shell on a California Highway Patrol vehicle and motorcycle that were part of Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail, according to a patrol report.

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Per BBC VERIFY - Elon’s Grok just lied and said the crowd size from yesterday was a fake image

It then corrected itself, but not until many on the right seized on it and amplified it

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h

One more thing abt this literal shit post.

In both OR & IL, Trump's posts have been central to the litigation--in Portland bc it was the only claimed basis for invasion, and in IL to substantiate the extensive animus (going back to 2013) Trump has towards Chicago.

IL has to file to SCOTUS Monday.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over

Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 12h

RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.

Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 13h

Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 11h

The ceasefire agreement for which Trump received an avalanche of praise—including a TIME cover—lasted six days.

Six days.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 11h

Spread the word if you agree. Make an example out of one company, others will follow.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12h

Cancel SPOTIFY.

They are running ICE ads.

F them.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

Is Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the facts

The advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms — not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes.

www.snopes.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12h

Cancel SPOTIFY.

They are running ICE ads.

F them.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

Is Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the facts

The advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms — not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes.

www.snopes.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10h

For now. Sinclair said same thing but people boycotted and they relented on Jimmy Kimmel. Ditto ABC and Nextstar.

Resistance - Dem's Keep the Gov. Shut Down @willcshepard.bsky.social · 10h

If you find it morally objectionable — and many users/creators do — Spotify’s own position is: “We’re not going to pull it.” So you’ll need to decide whether to tolerate it or switch services.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14h

Here we go again. Sigh.

CNN @cnn.com · 15h

Across advertising and popular media, seemingly everyone is grabbing their fringe, denim and Stetson boots, in a wholehearted embrace of the American West.

It’s cowboys – and they’re “everywhere,” said Emily Keegin, a photo director for both magazines and brands.

Why are you seeing cowboys everywhere? | CNN

Across advertising and popular media, seemingly everyone is grabbing their fringe, denim and Stetson boots, in a wholehearted embrace of the American West.

www.cnn.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

KARL: Why is the Defense Secretary afraid to interact with journalists who cover him?

JOHNSON: I reject the premise

KARL: The guy has only had 2 briefings and he basically forced the press out

JOHNSON: I can't remember a Secretary of Defense who has been so transparent and out in the open

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

At this point, if you're interviewing a Republican about the president's latest transgression and you *don't* have the video or post or whatever cued up and ready to show them when they pretend they haven't seen it yet -- I'm just going to assume you're in on the con yourself.

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 14h

I scrolled through the @1stforall.bsky.social's gallery of print front pages for local coverage of "No Kings" protests. Here are some of the standout papers, starting with the Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, Colorado:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

!!! Trump now says he's secured $20 TRILLION in investments in America. His fake number has increased by $2 trillion just since last Thursday! (The entire US GDP is $30 trillion)

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 14h

the ceasefire is not holding www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/w...

New Flare-Up of Violence Strains Gaza Cease-Fire

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "We're building a gravel road into this incredible place of rare earth. And I said, 'We should own a part of that company.' And then I do that and people criticize me, 'That's not the American way!' It is actually the American way."

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

We always get these huge Trump announcements with much media hype and fanfare with lots of big promises and assurances, effusively praising himself looking for awards & prizes, while experts say the details are scarce or nonexistent. Then a short time later we get the reality.

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