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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1h

It's hard to overstate how fully engaged Chicago and the surrounding suburbs are in this ICE madness. There are neighborhood watch alerts, spontaneous crowds gathering outside schools at pick up & drop off plus madly blowing whistles and honking car horns, this city is fighting back and hard.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.

The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute learned that the Government of Ontario, Canada, created an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan delivering his "Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade," dated April 25, 1987. The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address, and the Government of Ontario did not seek nor receive permission to use and
edit the remarks. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter. We encourage you to watch President Reagan's unedited video on our
YouTube channel.

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 2h

“I will not be deterred.”
“I will not be distracted.”

Tish James continues to deliver a fearless #CupOfJoe full of fire.

We stand with AG James as she stands for the Rule of Law.

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 10h

If That’s a donation, it goes to the treasury and only congress can decide how to spend it. No such (lawful) thing as private payment of government obligation.

Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

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SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 3h

I follow @nessasays.bsky.social here on Bluesky and on TikTok. This is important to consider. Definitely something doesn’t add up with the numbers being discussed for the cost of the gaudy tasteless and illegal ballroom. (No permits no plans made public for our house)

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 2h

Farmers are destroying crops they can't sell due to trump's policies & tariffs while federal workers line up at food banks & SNAP gets cut. We have food rotting in fields & people going hungry, not because of scarcity, but because of trump's policies. He is trying to starve us into submission.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

“.. perhaps the most cruel and unlawful offense the Trump administration has perpetrated yet — freezing funding already enacted into law to feed hungry Americans while he shovels tens of billions of dollars .. to Argentina and into his ballroom.”

@politico.com #SNAP
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 18h

GOP: burning a flag disrespects the people who fought and died for that symbol

Also GOP: hahaha the White House is ours and we'll bulldoze it if we like, just be glad we left you the other half for now

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18h

Dear republican congressman:

You just got another week off, you have absolutely no plans since you were going to be in dc.

How about some town halls? If you do three, that’s a total of 6 hours of work the whole week. Easy peasy!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

Trump is summarily executing people suspected of being drug dealers, without providing any proof.

How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 20h

Trump was not "wrong." He lied.

Just because the media feels like sugar coating what he is doing. We don't have too.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 22h

President Donald Trump has spent the past several weeks patting himself on the back for saving the American economy, but CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale said that the new economic numbers fly in the face of those Trump claims.

'Trump was wrong': Fact-checker flattens Trump's economy claims as grocery prices soar

President Donald Trump has spent the past several weeks patting himself on the back for saving the American economy, but CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale said that the new economic numbers fly in the face of those Trump claims. "Trump last week: 'We fixed inflation, prices are way down,'" Dale quoted th...

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 19h

A federal judge ORDERS senior Border Patrol officer Greg Bovino—the face of Chicago's Operation Midway Blitz — to attend in person at a hearing she just set on Tuesday. He's accused of violating her order by lobbing tear gas into a crowd.

More on Bovino www.allrisenews.com/p/general-sc...

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 19h

using illegal and unconstitutional accounting gimmicks to keep paying the military so that you can deploy them to launch illegal and undeclared wars in colombia and venezuela while the rest of the government remains shut down is getting pretty close to the Very Bad scenarios

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 20h

this is why i keep asking about the federal government's books, because everything they're doing is the kind of thing that creates massive accounting disruptions, and it's like no one in political media has even given a single thought to it

Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 20h

Something that's just occurred to me is how are they going to account for these payments when the shutdown ends? Like, if they act as if these were part of regular paid salaries, you're going to see some soldiers bring claims of "No, that was a private gift, pay my full wages on top of that please".

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Sylvi Baldwin @sylvansylvi.bsky.social · 19h

Got back from a 3.5 week camping trip just in time to tread water in an atmospheric river. PNW life.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20h

Hey, Fox: Sales of Hamburger Helper on the rise is a flashing recession indicator.

A tweet from Rep. Jason Crow reads: “Billionaires get tax breaks. Kristi Noem gets luxury jets. Trump gets a golden ballroom. You get Hamburger Helper.” It quotes a FactPost tweet summarizing a Fox News segment about the rising popularity of Hamburger Helper as consumers tighten their budgets. The image shows boxes of Hamburger Helper products and a Fox News anchor reporting on the trend.

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Unmasking Terror @unmaskingterror.bsky.social · 20h

The only satisfying end to this story would be the next administration seizing mar a lago through eminent domain, flattening it, and building a women's shelter.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 20h

Trump Called a Canadian Ad Fake. It Faithfully Reproduces Reagan’s Words.

www.nytimes.com

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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 1d

From the George W. Bush Foundation on tariffs: “U.S. tariffs have never been about promoting growth but picking which industries to favor.” www.bushcenter.org/publications...

U.S. tariffs have never been about promoting growth but picking which industries to favor | George W. Bush Presidential Center

www.bushcenter.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"Tearing down the White House and replacing it with a facsimile of Mar-a-Lago isn’t any less appalling because Trump cajoled companies into paying for it. Indeed, it might be worse. Funding a pet project via the coercion of private donors creates a closed loop and complete lack of accountability."

King Trump turns US Treasury into his personal piggy bank

He thinks our money is his.

www.publicnotice.co

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

After trying to bribe Kilmer Abrego Garcia into pleading guilty by telling him they’d send him to Costa Rica if he did and to Africa if he didn’t, the Trump admin is now refusing to acknowledge that he agreed to be deported to Costa Rica — but won’t plead guilty.

Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 1d

Update on Kilmar Abrego Garcia: While the judge deliberates on whether to release him, DOJ says the US identified a country that will take him: Liberia. Abrego Garcia's lawyers prev had said he was willing to go to Costa Rica and that officials there were amenable; no mention of that buff.ly/sAR7n1Y

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Lori 🇺🇦💩🐸👑 @coalsmom.bsky.social · 1d

You know the new Texas redistricting map is relying on Republicans maintaining their support among Hispanic voters. I don't think they should count on that! That might end up blowing up in their faces.

How Trump Blew It With Latinos | Opinion - Newsweek share.google/MWtBmg8ixEVx...

How Trump Blew It With Latinos | Opinion

They wanted lower egg prices, not fewer protections under the Fourth Amendment.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 1d

On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

The committee that handles our nation's health is ignoring a HUGE elephant in the room—they haven't even held a hearing to discuss the expiring ACA tax credits.

So today I made sure to bring attention to the millions of families that are getting priced out of their health care.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Why are Trump-supporting oligarchs spending a fortune to defeat @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social?

Because they fear Mamdani's people-powered movement will end their plunder and finally make NYC affordable for the working class.

Zohran is charting a path forward where billionaires have less power.

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Jasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social · 1d

Democracy requires decency.

Our democracy is devolving because we neglected to demand common decency of the most powerful individual in our country; the President.

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