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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 19h

The GOP is trying to con Americans into accepting a deal that will make their health care more expensive by fearmongering about health care for undocumented immigrants. Undocumented people aren’t eligible to enroll in Medicare and Medicaid. Don’t fall for their scam.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 12h

this shit is blatantly unconstitutional and really, really, REALLY bad

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Screenshot from Washington Post: ICE also reported a $2 million contract for Penlink’s Tangles and Weblocs data systems on Sept. 25, which combine social media and dark web data to build detailed portraits of individuals. Weblocs allows clients to track the mobile phone location data of targeted individuals, information that government officials would otherwise need a warrant to obtain. Penlink did not respond to a request for comment.
In another project, ICE has disclosed in recent days its potential plans to set up a social media monitoring team of 16 analysts who would sift through information from social media platforms and other databases to generate leads to locate targeted individuals. An Oct. 2 “request for information,” which comes before soliciting bids for a project that could change, listed Facebook, X, TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, WhatsApp, YouTube, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, Flickr, Myspace and Google+ as some of the platforms that the team would scour to find clues about the possible location of the target individual. The target’s family, friends and co-workers could also be probed.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 5h

Consciousness of guilt

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6h

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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Tammy C @tollymuttle.bsky.social · 5h

No. I would not!

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Aut. Stuart Miller 📖✍️🤓 @authorstuartmiller.bsky.social · 7h

It's infuriating that the felon dictator can decimate a symbol of America, the people's home, to build a disgusting ego-boosting gold ballroom, which is a huge waste of money🤬

No president owns the white house🤬

The president temporarily lives in the home of the people; you don't get to mistreat it

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13h

JUST IN: The White House has begun DEMOLISHING portions of the East Wing of the White House to build Trump’s $250 million ballroom — despite earlier claiming it wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing White House structure. (Washington Post)

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DocBuglove @docbuglove.smokefleet.net · 7h

I'm just pissed people are focusing on the shit, and not that the plane was labelled "King Trump", or that he was wearing a crown.

That orange fucker has declared himself "King" and nobody's reacting to that.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

Ben Meiselas calls on those with standing to act: seek an injunction to halt Trump’s White House ballroom. Argue fraud—Trump claimed he’d pay and not alter the structure—and use the damage to the East Wing as the emergency basis. Demand discovery now.

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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 10h

“This is not about drugs, it’s not about Venezuela, it’s not about anything else but this new assertion by the president that the U.S. military will kill anyone he points at, for any reason he deems sufficient.”

Very true and very scary comment by Tom Nichols.

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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 13h

Democracies are under pressure — and the stakes could not be higher.

In 90 seconds, I explain why I wrote Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder.

Out October 28 from HarperCollins / Mariner Books.

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Sally Deal - 📞 Call your legislators @ (202)224-3121 ⏰24/7! @sallydeal4.bsky.social · 1d

TODAY! Trump has once again tweeted a video of a magazine cover mocked-up to show him being elected president again & again into the distant future.

THIS was his response to NO KINGS? Is he TRYING to make our point for us? Not only does he think he's KING, he's a mad king.
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MariaevaJ (Formal Tribel) @mariaevaj.bsky.social · 8h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

George Santos isn't going to grow, he isn't going to change, and if he walks a new path it will be in designer shoes he stole from a friend.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 6h

Along with the $20 billion U.S. taxpayer bailout to Argentina, the Trump admin announced another $20 billion for Argentina from private banks. But the banks won’t lend the money without a guarantee from the federal government. So it’s a $40B taxpayer bailout.

www.wsj.com/finance/arge...

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Tammy C @tollymuttle.bsky.social · 6h

Yes. It. Is!

❀𝕀𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕪𝕞𝕒𝕞𝕒❀ @irmaspikeymama.bsky.social · 11h

Trump having the White House East Wing demolished to make room for his Ballroom, is the biggest fucking Disgrace EVER🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 9h

A US President who shares a video of himself as a KING literally shitting on his own citizens isn't fit for office.

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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 7h

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 If only something like this could have been prevented by not doing something overtly stupid. 1/2

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🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 1d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

Translation: if Dems don’t cave this week, Donald Trump and Republicans are going to turn up the pain level on the American people.

📌 “The Schumer shutdown is likely to end sometime this week… if it doesn’t… the White House…will have to look at stronger measures…to bring them to the table.”

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 8h

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 8h

Thou shalt accept that the Republican party is filled to the brim with self-avowed and proud Nazis (according to their own text messages).

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 19h

You’re amazing! 💪
You post every day because you know democracy’s at risk—but do you want to do something even more powerful?

Volunteer to make calls for Yes on Prop 50! It’s easy, there's a script, you don't have to dial & it's empowering. We need you!

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Michael ❌👑 Indivisible CO3 @michaelindivisible.bsky.social · 18h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h

Media outlets who refuse to describe in plain terms what the president did because they find it objectionable are lying to their audiences and running cover for the president. It's as simple as that.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 20h

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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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

WAKE UP PEOPLE !!!

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