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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 7h

Checking out my war-ravaged neighborhood here in SE Portland this morning. Everyone stay safe out there.

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Stephen Butchko @stephenbutchko.bsky.social · 1h

Read and share. We need everyone in this fight. #RESIST
#October_18th

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 4h

Part I of this series went viral. Not to have done a Part II would have been iresponsible: 20 More Advanced Laws that turn volatility into leverage....plus POW mental tactics you can deploy today.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Stephen Butchko @stephenbutchko.bsky.social · 1h

Dudes lost his nut.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h

This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 10h

Zaporizhzia region: it is reported that in addition to Mali Shcherbaky, the village of Shcherbaky is also liberated while Stepove is being cleared right now.

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Stephen Butchko @stephenbutchko.bsky.social · 5h

That is a beautiful thing! Pure magic. #Solidarity

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KittyAKAJody @kittywestmeow.bsky.social · 9h

Fun at the #TeslaTakedownDinerEdition #TeslaTakedown last night! Really cool having the bass player join in!
#BoycottTesla
#YesOn50
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

@teslatakedownla.bsky.social @tacomentarian.bsky.social @elonthecon.bsky.social @teslatakedown.com @teslatdcentinela.bsky.social

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Stephen Butchko @stephenbutchko.bsky.social · 5h

Meal Team 6!

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h

A new chapter in the Butt Cracks and Beer Bellies story.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10h

Out of shape goon squad 🤣

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 5h

A clip from LIVE Substack discussion about Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum and what it might mean for No King’s Day. Join me for more: substack.com/@thefrankfig...

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10h

Portland, OR, 2025

Protester in frog costume stands in front of tank (meme of Tiananmen Square “Tank Man”)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 6h

🚨 Russia: Almost all regions including Moscow and Leningrad regions have reported fuel supply disruptions as a result of US-backed Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries over the past 2 months.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8h

Giving up? LOL. We're just getting started.

October 18th, Everywhere

#nokings

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Stephen Butchko @stephenbutchko.bsky.social · 5h

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats-judiciary.house.gov This is what your VOTING constituency is watching for. It's a brave new world & time for a different path. We will protect democracy with or without you. #Solidarity #October_18th

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 9h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

JORDAN: Comey is where weaponization all started. 9 years ago he took the dossier--

BASH: But that's not what he's being prosecuted for

JORDAN: I'm just saying, you want to talk about weaponization, that's where it started

BASH: So this is retribution then

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 23h

O thou dissembling cub! What wilt thou be
When time hath sow’d a grizzle on thy case?

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Stephen Butchko @stephenbutchko.bsky.social · 11h

That AI bot has way more energy than the real #TACO.

#October_18th

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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 1d

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11h

"Look at the picture... One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in a violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 20h

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump No Longer Remembers That He Was President and Controlled the FBI on January 6, 2021, Confirming Americans' Worst Fears About His Advanced Dementia

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