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Tia @tiabia.bsky.social · 12m

All of these sound like excellent things to have.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 10h

This one featuring @karenattiah.bsky.social discusses how the broader center-to-left has failed to understand power, at both personal and organizational levels.

We have to seek power and use it in order to protect our beliefs.

To stop Trump’s authoritarianism, his opponents must understand and wield power

Karen Attiah, a victim of Trumpist purge at the Washington Post, discusses how liberals and progressives can get their groove back

plus.flux.community

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

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 · 11h

"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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Tinka BMore @tinka-bmore.bsky.social · 3h

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 3h

Great job all around everyone.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2h

Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

(Published April)

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

www.propublica.org

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

These guys have gotten incredibly rich by fleecing the government with subpar tech that was designed for rentseeking rather than performance. A smart Dem agenda item would be to build internal tech capacity. The fact that it would punish these guys is just a silver lining.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 5h

Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Just Mica @msmicaluv.bsky.social · 3h

Also NO MATTER what they try to tell you…A’ja Wilson is the FACE OF THE LEAGUE!!

She is ALSO the BEST Women’s Hooper on the planet.

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 4h

Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.

Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 4h

“America First” means:
•$20B to Argentina to screw American farmers
•$38B to Israel for genocide
•$??B to Qatar for new Air Force base in Idaho

Meanwhile—US Service members stand in food lines because Trump’s government shutdown has them furloughed without pay. So much winning!
Are we great yet?🤔

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Las Vegas Aces @lvaces.bsky.social · 3h

𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐃 🏆🏆🏆

The Las Vegas Aces are the 2025 WNBA Champions!

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pbsimpulse9.bsky.social @pbsimpulse9.bsky.social · 3h

Also… that’s 4 WNBA MVPs, 3 DPOYs, 3 titles and (likely) 2 Finals MVPs for Aja Wilson.

She’s not even 30 yet.

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Tia @tiabia.bsky.social · 3h

Mark Davis and these nanometer bangs…

Tia @tiabia.bsky.social · 3h

Good for he, but not for we.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Tia @tiabia.bsky.social · 3h

ABJECT EVIL!

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 6h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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EktaShahMD @ektashahmd.bsky.social · 16h

Credit to @domainunlimited.bsky.social for showing me this on fb

But I love love love love love this

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SinnamonS @sinnamonscouture.bsky.social · 6h

Tyler Lepley Covers 26 Magazine

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 16h

A paycheck or a lofty title is good. But moral integrity is much, much better

I talked to Penn's climate wizard Michael Mann about his great new book and his decision to drop his high-level university post to keep speaking out against science denial

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/scie...

Science is under siege. How Penn’s top climate scientist is fighting back. | Will Bunch

Michael E. Mann's new book, and the sacrifice this Penn scientist made to fight the war against climate disinformation.

www.inquirer.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 8h

The MSM does not interview community organizers. It's part of why they miss so much of what happens at the local level.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h

I don't think there's any better example of leopards eating faces than the Lebanese immigrant who opened a Trump-themed burger restaurant and then got arrested by ICE.

Chron.com @chron.com · 8h

🍔 Houston’s Trump Burger appears to have shut its doors after a brief run on Chimney Rock: bit.ly/46LpQAx

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Tia @tiabia.bsky.social · 8h

Yes you can. He opened them doors.

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bastylefilegirl @bastylefilegirl.bsky.social · 8h

Being disabled does not bar you from being a ABSOLUTE HORRIBLE HUMAN BEING☝🏾

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Greg Abbott tells Pritzker to "stop complaining and do some pushups"

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 11h

GOP likes:
Jesus (the white one)
Men (the white ones)
Hurting anyone who does not fall into an above category
Money (untaxed)
Lying

GOP dislikes:
Everything else

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 10h

Billionaire Peter Thiel believes Greta Thunberg works for the Antichrist.

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