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auntmeme @auntmeme.bsky.social · 4h

Our Congress and Senate need to get back to the table and negotiate for We The People. Enough finger pointing, our country's health is at stake. Get back to work. You're being paid, our soldiers are not. #wtpBLUE #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #VoteBlueforOurFuture

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 19h

This is truly brilliant. Such a way to communicate,
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 6h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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pammageddon.bsky.social @pammageddon.bsky.social · 5h

I love reading news from MIT & not just because I’m a student
“new research is revealing patterns in the ways our bodies respond to stress and disease…. weak and robust immunomes—portraits that someday, could offer new insights into patient care and perhaps detect illnesses before symptoms appear.”

How healthy am I? My immunome knows the score.

Groundbreaking new tests reveal patterns in our immune systems that can signal underlying disease and tell us how well we might recover from our next cold. I got my results in a text message.

www.technologyreview.com

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 8h

“ICE goes masked for a single reason — to terrorize Americans into quiescence,” wrote federal judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, in a ruling last week. “In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police,” he continued.

Opinion | ‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’

www.nytimes.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8h

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

www.mediaite.com

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tonyjoyce.bsky.social @tonyjoyce.bsky.social · 2h

¿Habla es Cuerpos?

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 6h

Voting isn’t the solution unto itself, but it’s critically important at the local level.

There will be 52,000 elections held next month alone, and many will be determined purely by turnout.

You know what to do.

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 5h

Voters in California who live more than 50 miles from a USPS regional mail center must mail their VBM ballots AT LEAST ONE DAY BEFORE ELECTION DAY to ensure they're postmarked on time and counted. Ballots mailed on ED will be postmarked the following day, making them ineligible.

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California Election Day ballots may miss deadline under new USPS rules

A ballot mailed on Election Day more than 50 miles from a USPS regional hub could be postmarked late due to new rules.

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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 5h

Democrats should demand the firing of Stephen Miller as a condition for reopening the government.

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tonyjoyce.bsky.social @tonyjoyce.bsky.social · 5h

Once upon a time sanity prevailed. 😢

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tonyjoyce.bsky.social @tonyjoyce.bsky.social · 5h

Is it because “emolument” is too big a word for the media?

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 9h

Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, voted down an attempt to block the Trump administration’s missile strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. interc.pt/4o9CBur

A photo of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., sits on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, overlaid with the headline, "Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks," and the DEK, "It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean."

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Canada vs. America

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 21h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 22h

This term, the Supreme Court could pave the way for states to oust 19 Black and Brown members of Congressmen by demolishing the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais

Which would cripple minority representation at the federal level

And gerrymander up to 27 districts for Republicans in total

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 1d

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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tonyjoyce.bsky.social @tonyjoyce.bsky.social · 22h

Nah, she hasn’t upchucked that much Kool Aid.

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tonyjoyce.bsky.social @tonyjoyce.bsky.social · 23h

Now that’s a Nobel Peace Prize. 🏆

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

This morning, Trump declared that the mayor of Chicago, Democrat Brandon Johnson, “should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!”

“Governor Pritzker also!” Trump added.

If you think these threats are just bluster, consider that Comey was arraigned today—a longtime dream of Trump’s.

As troops invade Chicago, Trump threatens to jail the mayor and governor

"What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?"

www.motherjones.com

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Benjy Sarlin @benjysarlin.bsky.social · 1d

In related news, let me know if you or someone you know has any interesting work opportunities!

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 1d

The Contrarian: "No other president would permit an underling to flaunt his racist rhetoric, display blatant animus toward a cross-section of Americans, and peddle his xenophobic, violent schemes."
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Stephen Miller is the Poster Boy for the Rabid MAGA Movement

The more voters see of him, the more repulsed they’ll be

open.substack.com

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tonyjoyce.bsky.social @tonyjoyce.bsky.social · 1d

Picture perfect crisis actor.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

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SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

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