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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 31m

That line, “there’s more that unites us than divides us,” can sound like a cliché. But right now, it hits.

All of us want affordable healthcare. Nobody can afford premiums that triple. Nobody wants to see service members standing in food pantry lines.

Party divides completely fade on these issues.

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ripwheeler.bsky.social @ripwheeler.bsky.social · 4m

This is how the great sleeping giant of America awakens, roars and puts an end to it

www.rawstory.com/this-is-how-...

This is how the great sleeping giant of America awakens, roars and puts an end to it

Something dramatic has happened.Many people who consider themselves non-political or independent, or moderate Republican, or who even voted for Trump last November, can’t avoid seeing what’s now come ...

www.rawstory.com

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 1h

Chicago!!! Way to fucking stand up!!! So proud of all of you to be brave and make a stand.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

True bravery!

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

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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Truthout @truthout.org · 1d

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care.

ICE Is Putting Pregnant Immigrants — and Their Children — at Risk

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h

“America First.”

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justdeirdre.bsky.social @justdeirdre.bsky.social · 1h

When Trump says America 🇺🇸 first he means the rich 🤑 first

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1h

JB Pritzker Tears Into JD Vance's 'Tidal Wave Of Lies'

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JB Pritzker Tears Into JD Vance's 'Tidal Wave Of Lies' | Crooks and Liars

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1h

Donald Trump is making it easier for you to get discriminated against when trying to rent or buy a home.

Housing is out of reach for too many Americans and Trump is making it worse.

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 3h

NO SLOWING on the gun violence this week: there were seven separate mass shooting incidents in the United States where 15 people were killed and 48 were injured.

My Sunday recap covers this and all the critical legal and political details of last week: shero.substack.com/p/shero-on-s...

SHERO on Sunday

A lightning-fast rundown of the week's most significant political and legal events for October 6th - 12th, 2025

shero.substack.com

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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 1h

They aren’t arresting criminals
They aren’t arresting gang members

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 8h

We're all gonna be rich! 😆

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

GS: “Did Homan keep the $50,000 bribe?”

VANCE: “I don’t even know what you’re talking about.” 🤔

GS: “You didn’t answer the Q… We’ll be right back.”

GS gets fed up with Vance’sabsurd lying and gaslighting — and eventually cuts him off mid-sentence.

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🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Old White Hippie) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 1h

Fuck these corrupt assholes.. They aren't even hiding it.

Tracy @tracydeepbluesea44.bsky.social · 1h

The level of corruption in this administration is astounding.

www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 21h

Donald Trump's reckless and cruel leadership has pushed families to the brink.

While he uses shutdowns to scapegoat workers, California is stepping up by providing 248,000 federal workers with critical state protections and relief.

We don’t treat public servants as pawns.

The Washington Post: “Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown.”

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1h

What's the biggest inside indicator of Trump's poor health? JD Vance's behavior.

Vance knows that Trump's prognosis is poor. He believes this is going to give him the presidency before 2028. No American VP has ever behaved this way. His level of arrogance is off the charts.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2h

This shutdown is proof that Trump and his MAGA Republicans don’t care about the American people.

They don’t care about federal workers who aren’t receiving paychecks, they don’t care about your flights, and they don’t care about Americans being able to afford health care.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2h

The first wave of missed paychecks from the government shutdown is likely to hurt the economy in many communities.

The longer other services remain shut off, the more the shutdown’s effects will spread.

The pain from the government shutdown is about to hit the public

Federal officials are bracing for the worst effects of the ongoing government shutdown to collide with the U.S. economy this week as missed paychecks and the absence billions of dollars of government ...

www.washingtonpost.com

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John Andreini @jpandre52.bsky.social · 4h

There should not be billionaires. Allowing this happen has marked the downfall of American democracy. We did this to ourselves.

Abes @abes48.bsky.social · 4h

Not only do we need to go back to the tax rates of the 1950s but we also need a wealth tax. Nobody needs $500 billion.

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 4h

Who was President that day, Pumpkin?????

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 7h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 4h

Correction: cowardly bitches literally charged peaceful protestors, pummeling them to the ground & violating their constitutional rights.

Maga definitely voted for this administration to burn the constitution in favor of oppression & authoritarianism.

#Pinks

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2h

Vance could not give a straight answer to questions about:

➡️ Tom Homan's alleged acceptance of a bribe
➡️ Trump's accusations that J.B. Pritzker is a criminal
➡️ Layoffs at the CDC

Read/Watch: bit.ly/4nMSVl9

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ripwheeler.bsky.social @ripwheeler.bsky.social · 2h

NEWS: Trump Fires Nearly Entire Special Education Office Meant to Protect Disabled Students
open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

NEWS: Trump Fires Nearly Entire Special Education Office Meant to Protect Disabled Students

Trump fires nearly entire special education office meant to protect disabled students, Trump moves closer to invoking insurrection act, Trump claims watergate was a hoax, and more

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

"Making the rigged election claim to the military now, retroactively, is a half-step. By stating it as fact and forcing the general staff to accept it, he is laying the predicate to make such a claim directly to the military in the future."

“Legal Orders” and Trump’s Military

Authoritarians don’t take power by openly flouting the law. They look for pretexts and legal theories.

www.thebulwark.com

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Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: A cell-site simulator, commonly referred to as an IMSI-catcher or "Stingray," may have been used at the ICE facility in Portland.

Analysis of cellular signals in the area showed phones receiving abnormal spikes in requests for their unique identifiers. san.com/cc/exclusive...

Exclusive: Fake cellphone tower likely surveilled protesters at Portland ICE facility

Law enforcement officials may have deployed a secretive cellphone surveillance technology last weekend at Portland’s ICE facility.

san.com

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