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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 4h

Earlier on Canal Street, as agents attempted to disperse, one who I recognize from the courts pulled out a taser and threatened protester with it. @thecity.nyc

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3h

Once again, trigger discipline of a guy playing a video game in an arcade. These rejects are playing Call of Duty on our streets.

Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 4h

Earlier on Canal Street, as agents attempted to disperse, one who I recognize from the courts pulled out a taser and threatened protester with it. @thecity.nyc

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2h

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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🌹 Rose 🌹 @rosespets.bsky.social · 2h

And the Nassau County District Attorney is a Republican

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

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🌹 Rose 🌹 @rosespets.bsky.social · 6h

Hahaha yea 👌 Nassau county LI NY Prosecutors are looking to bring charges against him

abc7ny.com/post/long-is...

Long Island prosecutors may bring local charges against ex-Rep. George Santos

Prosecutors on Long Island are not ruling out the possibility of bringing local charges against ex-Congressman George Santos, whose federal prison sentence was commuted last week by President Trump.

abc7ny.com

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🌹 Rose 🌹 @rosespets.bsky.social · 7h

Blue states need to stop funding red states! Enough of this BS! I am so tired of my hard earned $ going to support red states and this is the BS we deal with!

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🌹 Rose 🌹 @rosespets.bsky.social · 7h

Why we keep losing.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 9h

Dems, I bet of you, STOP VOTING FOR TRUMP JUDGES JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 9h

By a vote of 66-32, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Harold D. Mooty III to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.

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🌹 Rose 🌹 @rosespets.bsky.social · 7h

@schumer.senate.gov needs to go!

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🌹 Rose 🌹 @rosespets.bsky.social · 7h

Need to have another one soon!

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 1d

Lecturing active soldiers about being too fat while dropping standards so low for the ICE deportation force that a third of their recruits can't handle the easiest PT test I've ever heard of www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

More than a third have failed so far, four officials told me, impeding the agency’s plan to hire, train, and deploy 10,000 deportation officers by January. To pass, recruits must do 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
“It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told me, adding that before now, a typical class of 40 recruits had only a couple of candidates fail, because the screening process was more rigorous.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 15h

FLASH: Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to murder Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week

www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...

Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to murder Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week

A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.

www.cbsnews.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

The Epstein files contain the name of a prominent former PM who brutally beat & sexually assaulted an 18 year old.

Trump, Bondi, Patel & Johnson don’t want the world to know his name.

That’s why Johnson will have the House adjourned today for the 78th day out of the last 90.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

They love him even when he abuses them.

Why is he doing it? Because his billionaire friends don’t want to lose their investments.

Please don’t ask taxpayers to bail you out.

As you like to remind us, this is what you voted for.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Real talk…

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 1d

The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

one category of show prep material for TRMS staff is something we've always called "subway reading".

it's something that's not exactly current events or new reporting... but nevertheless relevant food for thought given the news we're in.

today's subway reading:

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world

Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.

www.bbc.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Wait so we’re also in an armed conflict against a completely different group? Sure yeah why not

Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · 2d

Pentagon discloses the latest strike on suspect boats in the Caribbean -- No. 7 in its current campaign -- with another video, but no evidence. In a first, this one is alleged to have ties to the Colombian insurgency group the ELN.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

U.S. Kills 3 on Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs for Colombian Rebels

www.nytimes.com

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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 2d

"Person impeached for insurrection sends billions to Argentina during US gov't shutdown" and "Felon convicted of fraud pardons felon convicted of fraud" and "Long-time Epstein associate posts video depicting himself as a king dumping diarrhea on Americans from a fighter jet" are factual statements

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

Fairhope, representing Alabama and doing us all proud! And ma'am, if you need a lawyer, I can probably find a few.

thekoolaidmom.bsky.social @thekoolaidmom.bsky.social · 3d

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

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thekoolaidmom.bsky.social @thekoolaidmom.bsky.social · 3d

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Seems like a reasonable request

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

He was so butthurt by millions protesting his authoritarian regime, he posted an AI clip of him in a fighter jet dumping crap on people exercising their constitutional rights.

It’s the kind of reaction you would expect from a mentally unhinged lunatic or a petulant child.

Not a President.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants

Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

www.gelliottmorris.com

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