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topperalexandra.bsky.social @topperalexandra.bsky.social · 9h

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

The U.S. tariff shock and a weaker rupee extract toll, shrinking wealth by $100 billion.

India’s 100 Richest 2025: Indian Tycoons Face Reality Check As Wealth Drops By $100 Billion

The U.S. tariff shock and a weaker rupee extract toll, shrinking wealth by $100 billion.

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Susan Morgan @susanemorgan.bsky.social · 11h

Lots of honks and waves today!
Californians - Please vote YES on 50.
Everyone: Show up for a No Kings protest on 10/18. Visit www.nokings.org to find a protest near you. @leahgreenberg.bsky.social #NoKings #Yeson50

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 10h

As the shutdown wears on, Transportation secretary threatens to fire ‘problem children’ air traffic controllers ‘lashing out’ | CNN share.google/EikLK1kL56qW...

Sure
Threaten them
There job is so stressful
They are not getting paid
There are delays
Air travel is hectic enough
#TrumpShutdown

As the shutdown wears on, Transportation secretary threatens to fire ‘problem children’ air traffic controllers ‘lashing out’ | CNN

As the ninth day of the government shutdown wears on, the focus is on how many air traffic controllers show up to work tonight.

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Bob Meier @bmeier79.bsky.social · 11h

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topperalexandra.bsky.social @topperalexandra.bsky.social · 9h

Doesn’t look to terrifying to me

Portland 2025

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 13h

“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

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topperalexandra.bsky.social @topperalexandra.bsky.social · 9h

I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings: Freedom To Speak” - sign up now to join me!

No Kings: Freedom To Speak · No Kings

No Kings: Freedom to Speak is an online rally bringing together artists, experts, and movement leaders to call out President Trump’s authoritarian power grab and build momentum for the No Kings protes...

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topperalexandra.bsky.social @topperalexandra.bsky.social · 13h

The judge said she saw "no credible evidence that there is a danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois," and allowing troops into Chicago "will only add fuel to the fire that the defendants themselves have started."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Mabel Logan @mabellogan.bsky.social · 3d

Agreed!

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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topperalexandra.bsky.social @topperalexandra.bsky.social · 3d

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Uncle Joe @stalinjoey.bsky.social · 4d

No one plays the victim better than the one causing the damage.

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Bad Choices Make Good Stories @badchoices.us · 3d

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topperalexandra.bsky.social @topperalexandra.bsky.social · 3d

Sending you love

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 3d

🗣️GOTV TN ‼️
❓Are you in District 7?
❓Is Your Answer Is Yes?
🗳️Then you have a date with a local polling location
🔎 Find your location & all you need to know at engageyall.com/tn-7

Tennessee
Congressional District 7
SPECIAL ELECTION PRIMARIES
Tuesday, October 7th
Voter Hotline: 866-687-8683
or visit EngageYall.com/TN-7

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Jen🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ @jen.sheshed.rocks · 3d

CONGRESS is out of session until mid Oct

During:

*A Govt SD
*Govt Violence

W/O voting on:

*Apprs
*ACA Tax Creds
*2017 Tax Creds
*Farm Bill
*Debt Ceiling

And not swearing in Rep. Grijalva of Az

All to protect human garbage that don’t give a shit about you or I.🖕🏻
#SheShed

Release the Epstein Files
@jen.sheshed.rock
Signed, Epstein's Mom

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Mr.Eddie8976 @mreddie8976.bsky.social · 4d

No taxpayer funded bailouts

That would be Socialism

“Let the farmers eat their soybeans“

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John Coulter @vegasjohnny.bsky.social · 4d

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itisso.bsky.social @itisso.bsky.social · 3d

Yep.Especially when these farmers,who almost went bankrupt during $Trump's first term, VOTED for the same agenda, again!!
Who would have guessed that voting for the MASS DEPORTATION of your own labor force,and a tariff war with countries that buy your products would cause you such harm?

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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 4d

This is astounding… ❤️

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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topperalexandra.bsky.social @topperalexandra.bsky.social · 3d

“The president and his party control Washington.”

Read that again - they control Washington!

“The most basic job is to keep the government running for you - and they’ve failed.

Thank you @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 3d

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topperalexandra.bsky.social @topperalexandra.bsky.social · 3d

Release the Epstein files!!

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

topperalexandra.bsky.social @topperalexandra.bsky.social · 3d

Seriously @kamalaharris.com at this point who cares? Why are you not fighting to save our democracy today?

I campaigned for you and contributed financially- yes, you would have been the better choice. But right now we need all Dems together to save our democracy.

Kamala Harris tells San Francisco audience how she would have changed her campaign

Harris lamented the paucity of protests against Trump’s administration, the “capitulation” of law firms, universities and corporations to “bend a knee at the foot of a tyrant,” and the …

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topperalexandra.bsky.social @topperalexandra.bsky.social · 3d

Facts

House republican budget extreme giveaway to the wealthy at the expense of everyone else, check list gif | INTO ACT!ON Content Library

INTO ACT!ON Content Library is a project of TaskForce, an independent agency working at the intersection of arts, culture, and social change.

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