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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 4m

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 14m

They shut down the government with a partisan plan that has us barreling toward a national health care crisis — and they won't even come to the table.

Oh, and House Republicans have been on a paid vacation for weeks. They just don't give a damn about anyone other than their billionaire buddies.

White House declines to engage Democrats as shutdown drags into second week

The White House has yet to engage Democrats on ending the government shutdown, despite the potential political ramifications of the closure.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1h

Japan’s flu season hits 5 weeks early amid fears of an evolving virus.

Japan’s Health Ministry declared an influenza epidemic after 4,030 cases were reported in the week starting Sept 22, up 957 from the previous week.

135 schools closed amid outbreaks, three times higher than last year.

Japan’s flu season hits 5 weeks early amid fears of an evolving virus

The government has declared a nationwide flu epidemic, prompting calls for vaccinations and heightened vigilance

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Julian Ryall
Published: 8:00am, 8 Oct 2025 Updated: 11:50am, 8 Oct 2025

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Susan 🟧 💙💛 @susanhoward.bsky.social · 15m

3.5 years is a start, preferably for life.

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Susan 🟧 💙💛 @susanhoward.bsky.social · 20m

These “ICE” creeps are the same trumpers who stormed the capitol Jan 6th. Violent bullies and losers.

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Jennifer Shin @jennifershin.bsky.social · 25m

There is no way this is ending peacefully. They are going to keep escalating this until it becomes a civil war.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 44m

*decades

Melania Has Been Secretly Working With Putin for Months

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Susan 🟧 💙💛 @susanhoward.bsky.social · 25m

And he needs to be in a locked ward of that mental institution for our protection.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 45m

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 1h

To all the Americans losing their jobs and farmers losing their farms, take comfort in the fact that the people in Argentina are doing great.

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Cat Alyst 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @catalystmeow.bsky.social · 6h

#USDemocracy
László Krasznahorkai, suffering under Viktor Orbán's fascist regime in Hungary, won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature:

“The bitterness. I am very sad if I think of the status of the world now. This is my deepest inspiration [...] Inspiration to give something for the next generation”

A great pessimist and unapologetic traditionalist: László Krasznahorkai wins the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

Krasznahorkai’s language is the mad scream of a godless universe at our inexcusable squandering of every good thing given to us by chance.

theconversation.com

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Susan 🟧 💙💛 @susanhoward.bsky.social · 37m

His self awareness is something else 🙄🤣

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 2h

Just an idea, but how about voting for the party that will NOT give terror financing Muslims from Qatar a MILITARY BASE on US soil?

And even better: How about stopping this and calling your representatives to tell them that YOU will replace them if they don't replace him?

You brought this to USA.

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Grandma Mendiola @grandmamendiola.bsky.social · 46m

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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 1d

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1h

Someone gonna get fired …. @kenwhite.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 1d

I applaud @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social for standing up to fight for health care and it's embarrassing how the other side of the aisle behaves sometimes.

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Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem.bsky.social · 5h

These do not look like police videos. They look like campaign ones." I spoke about DHS's glossy, military like videos. The deportations are for the camera. @cnn.com @zbyronwolf.bsky.social

www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Analysis: DHS leans into propaganda with militaristic action videos | CNN Politics

When helicopters descended on a Chicago apartment building last week with federal agents kitted out in military gear, locals saw a terrifying escalation in the federal government’s incursion into Chic...

www.cnn.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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CherieAnne @cherieanne.bsky.social · 1h

Absolutely. If they see others with it maybe they’ll get children vaccinated. I certainly remember how they felt.

WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 2h

There’s is no reason SC should have an outbreak of measles if everyone would get the vaccine! People my age suffered but our grandchildren should not!

McMaster says SC will make right choices amid measles outbreak if given all info
www.thestate.com/news/politic...

McMaster says SC will make right choices amid measles outbreak if given all info

The Department of Public Health says 11 cases of measles have been reported in the state this year. None of the people infected had been vaccinated for the disease.

www.thestate.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5h

Re-upping this piece I wrote a month ago, which becomes ever more relevant as Trump's tyranny worsens, as masked thugs keep terrorizing immigrants, and as the "Justice" Department keeps inventing charges against political opponents.
I ask: WHY WON'T THE MEDIA SAY TRUMP IS BECOMING A DICTATOR?

Why won’t the media say Trump is becoming a dictator?

Journalism is the wrong profession for people who won’t face the facts

www.stopthepresses.news

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Lili Von Shtupp @lili-vonshtupp.bsky.social · 1h

Dear Protesters, Facial Recognition works based on the upper half of your face. Masking only the lower half does very little. Wear sun glasses.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h

With Larry Ellison in control of TikTok, we now have right-wingers or looney far-right wingers in control of most of the major social media platforms.

Right-Wing Moguls Dominate Social Media. One Legal Fix Can Help Stem the Tide.

Revising Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act would make outlets more accountable for the content they platform.

www.thenation.com

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 10h

He has backup

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 7h

If you haven’t seen this you’re going to be surprised at just how much Israel takes from your own pocket.

#Pinks #ProudBlue #Israel

www.notmytaxdollars.org

Not My Tax Dollars

Find out how much of your city's federal tax dollars went to Israel, and what your community could look like if we stopped exporting our taxes to Israel.

www.notmytaxdollars.org

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