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Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social · 5d

How the Trump administration is rejecting accountability and guardrails tinyurl.com/4z3ryfk7

Tapper: How the Trump administration is rejecting accountability and guardrails | CNN Politics

Jake Tapper explains how President Trump is getting rid of anyone who stands in his way - and Republicans are barely batting an eye.

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NPR @npr.org · 21h

A new lawsuit argues the latest changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness could exclude public servants whose organizations have resisted President Trump's policies. n.pr/4nzgcWA

Public workers could be denied loan forgiveness if cities defy Trump, lawsuit alleges

A new lawsuit argues the latest changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness could exclude public servants whose organizations have resisted President Trump's policies.

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 21h

“Republicans’ aim is permanent control of the US government. Trump’s is the crown. As their assaults on voting rights – and the institution of elections itself – escalate, their success begins to look, if not inevitable, alarmingly possible.”

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Republicans are trying to ensure we’ll never have another fair election | Judith Levine

From an executive order to redistricting to seeking to kill mail-in ballots, the party is conducting an all-out assault on voting rights

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 21h

“For the FEC, it's been a case of death by decapitation. But it's all part of a broader attack by this Administration on fair elections and checks on corruption. This must not be normalized.” Ellen Weintraub, former FEC Commissioner writes

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I chaired the US Federal Election Commission. Now there’s no cop on the beat | Ellen L Weintraub

Democracy is under attack – and the watchdog agency has no quorum. It must be restored

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Polly Kane 🇺🇳💃🏻🇺🇳 @kanekavi.sheshed.rocks · 22h

15 conservative states say, fuck you!

A map of states assisting in food security and those that are not.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d

Turns out the sweetheart deal that Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta gave Epstein back in 2008 was even worse than we thought. Epstein's emails show Acosta tanked an investigation that had Epstein dead to rights on money laundering, and other financial crimes.

Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
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Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case

Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...

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Ryan Conrad @rlconrad7.bsky.social · 2d

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The Illusion of Trump’s Asian Trade Deals

The Spectacle of Strength and the Economic Fragility Beneath It

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

A new report finds corporations like Kroger and McDonald's are using digital loyalty programs to track your data and potentially charge you more.

It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR

The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)

Robert Reich

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Ryan Conrad @rlconrad7.bsky.social · 9d

iceout.org/en/
It’s important to use our platforms to protect the countless innocents getting kidnapped by the government. It’s also important people on Bluesky are aware of the best place to report ICE activity. This map is run by a nonprofit & has moderators verifying reports 24/7

People Over Papers

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 11d

How about a press conference made up of Democratic leadership near the White House with the demolished East Wing in the background, talking about the government shutdown and Trump's warped priorities and demolition of public goods, including not just the East Wing but health care and so much else?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12d

In Opinion

“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.

Opinion | Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires

As children die for want of cheap medicines, the U.S. spends billions on Argentina — thus rescuing rich investors who made bad bets.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11d

Trump’s most loyal voting block, farmers, are not onboard with his latest betrayal, and they’re starting to speak out about his plan to artificially lower beef prices by importing beef from Argentina.

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billboard @billboard.com · 11d

Chappell Roan Unveils Midwest Princess Fund for Trans Youth — and She’s Already Raised $400K

Chappell Roan has announced her Midwest Princess Project for trans and LGBTQ+ youth, and the fund has already raised $400K.

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Ryan Conrad @rlconrad7.bsky.social · 11d

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Hey Conservative Christians — Have You Read the Words of Jesus?

Your Christianity is Antichrist

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Ryan Conrad @rlconrad7.bsky.social · 11d

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The GOP’s Long Dance With Racism

The leaked Young Republican chat shows a party culture decades in the making

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Ryan Conrad @rlconrad7.bsky.social · 13d

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📌 45 Acts of Non-Compliance for Ordinary People

Welcome to How to Resist, a blueprint for resistance based on nonviolence, mutual aid, and community building for ordinary people who want to save democracy.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13d

Cancel Spotify

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Spotify says ICE ads about "dangerous illegals" don't violate advertising policy

Spotify have said that recruitments ads for ICE that refer to “dangerous illegals” do not violate their advertising policy.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13d

We need to remove the cancer in the Oval Office to restore funding to children’s cancer research.

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Defend The Vote @dtvpac.bsky.social · 14d

This isn’t going to drive down prices.

Republicans should end the shut down and get to work.

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Democracy North Carolina @democracync.bsky.social · 13d

“It is racism, it is blatant racism.” #ncpol

Listen to Senator Robinson speak about proposed maps that would completely erode Black voting power in congressional district 1 where Don Davis currently sits. He is only 1 of 3 Black representatives in Congress for NC

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Ryan Conrad @rlconrad7.bsky.social · 13d

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No Kings to Remove Regime Nov 22: DC Action Plan

After Oct 18 No Kings Day, what's next? Join Oct 21 mass call, mark Nov 22 Remove the Regime in DC. Turn protest momentum into sustained organizing that changes history.

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Ryan Conrad @rlconrad7.bsky.social · 14d

No Kings Rally - Kansas City
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#NoKings #KansasCity #democracy

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Ryan Conrad @rlconrad7.bsky.social · 18d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS KANSAS CITY” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS KANSAS CITY · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** MORE DETAILS TO COME SOON!!!! Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundatio...

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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 18d

No Thrones. No Crowns. #NoKings.

This Saturday October 18, we rise. Not to protect a broken system, but to protect each other.

We do not bow to power.

We build people power.
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Ryan Conrad @rlconrad7.bsky.social · 18d

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The GOP’s Young ‘Leaders’ Aren’t Kids — They’re Adults Praising Hitler

There’s a world of difference between gallows humor and glorifying genocide — one saves your sanity, the other kills your soul.

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