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Sylvia at Tono Latino @tonolatino.bsky.social · 7d

While you and I are worried about our healthcare premiums going up, the cuts to Medicaid that will force so many rural hospitals to close, making sure that those serving our country get paid...

Republican Senators are going to a LUXURY GOLF RESORT for a fundraiser during the Government Shutdown

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 2d

Please help stop these violent protesters before someone dies laughing!

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 2d

Jesse Watters is really screwed up! That’s the kind of
Misogynistic stupid humor you’d hear in a low life bar back in the 60’s!

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 3d

Fox News: where every woman’s opinion is reinterpreted as a crush.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 3d

The shutdown isn’t just about healthcare - it’s also about Congress reining in the president. We’re going to have a fight, so let’s have it now.

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 2d

This unreal to happen in America! Wrong and is truly immoral! What kind of Monsters are working in ICE.

ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 3d

What the fuck are we doing here?

...just snatching kids off the street into an unmarked van.

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 2d

Trump Is about to cross a red line.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy militar...

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 3d

My wife and I just submited our Yes votes!
It's an off year election where fewer votes are cast. When usually Republicans turn out and Democrats usually don't!

This year Democrats must VOTE to stop the GOP from stealing the 2026 midterms and creating a Trump driven overthrow of our Democracy!

❌👑💙D to the R to the R💙❌👑 @daleroy1.bsky.social · 3d

I received my ballot in the mail! I am voting YES on ballot 50! I know this could be the difference between DJT’s power grab in TX and other places working or not. @fieldteam6.org @villaverla.bsky.social

Photo of California Official Ballot envelope (pink column on left, white on right) with the address recipient covered by another piece of mail.

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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 3d

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 4d

Colette nailed it!
Never a thought about the possibility of daily/ overnight drama.
Never a fear of a Constitutional Crisis
Never ever considered an attack on the Capitol
Never a Fear of our government having a Gestapo
Never a fear of an American Nazi Dictator

Now we are living with it!

Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 4d

I remember when I used to go DAYS—WEEKS EVEN—without thinking about the President of the United States because I wasn’t worried about him starting a civil or world war, making a gestapo police force, or ripping our constitution to shreds.

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 4d

I hope this means something more than just reporting what one side says and what the other side says but actually fact checking both sides and reporting on the facts. That would be very refreshing. That is journalism!
Great journalism is based on reporting the TRUTH!
It is not just sharing lies!

Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 4d

You could substitute Trump for McCarthy and it would be just as TRUE today!

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 4d

Once again Trump / Bondi ICE caught lying!

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 4d

Bezos continues to sell out to Trump. The Oligarchs only care about lining their pockets! The only power we have left is the muscle of consumer economics. If we want this to stop we need a national strike - buy nothing! Bring Corporations to their knees and Trump / GOP will bow to their masters!

Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 5d

The Bezos Post continues its downward spiral bluevirginia.us/2025/10/sund... h/t @SegravesNBC4

Mark Segraves reports that the WaPo fired writer and editor Marc Fisher along with 15 other columnists and editors

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 4d

The GOP obviously doesn't care about the increase insurance costs to the average American. They know these numbers but they just don't care who gets hurt!

Just as long as they can get tax cuts for the richest Americans!

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4d

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 4d

Just another example of trump's unwillingness to follow the Constitution and the Rule of Law.
Courts denied military troops into Portland so he wants to declare an insurrection, in spite of no armed conflict!
He is a TRAITOR!
Never forget!
Never forgive!

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

After pushback from courts on troops, Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act.

www.nytimes.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

Still waiting for it to trickle down...

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 6d

"Ice Queen Get's Rough"Does sort of feel like cheesy submissive dressing up inoutfits and watching her Subs dominate others.

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 7d

Dear Murkowski, Thune, Collins, Tillis, Ernst, Cassidy, Capito,

When the ICEStapo shatters glass on a baby in a car seat… and pulls a zip-tie tight on a child’s hands… and throws a woman to the ground…

Those are your hands doing the harm EVERY time in EVERY place.

You have failed as humans.

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 6d

Fascists under the most dictatorial leadership unconcerned with humanity or dignity. Without a heart, compassion or a soul.

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 6d

JD, I think you'd be much happier if you stop trying to be SOB bully, got a heart and showed some real empathy toward others. i.e. Be a true Christian!

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 6d

Pretty likely but certainly a Wanna Be Nazi

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 6d

Looks like a Goofy Marionette or goose stepping Gestapo

Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 6d

And the $trump criminals are doing it in plain sight
While the GOP and Supreme Court are doing nothing to stop them!

The Democrats really need to grow a pair and develop a spine or we're all doomed!

DEMOCRATS NEED TO TAKE A STAND!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

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Rigmil @rigmil.bsky.social · 6d

We have to stay very clear on this message:
Millions of Americans will lose health care insurance if the Democrats don't fight to reinstate funding cuts made by the GOP!
This is a FIGHT that we must win and we will not compomise!

Also: Mr Trump where are the Epstein files you promised to deliver!

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7d

"I don't use the word lie lightly. To me it's got to be something that's fundamentally wrong that you can check against actual facts, and the people making the claim either know better or should know better. And I think all of those apply here." @citizencohn.bsky.social: