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A peaceful prolonged general strike will help us save our democracy I stand with Ukraine🇺🇦 and Canada 🇨🇦 Women and men are equals! Indivisible.org generalstrikeus.com #BuildtheResistance FiftyFifty.one chng.it/WBR8LRVmr7 remove chump petition 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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chump is:

Kidnapping us off the street!

Ruining our economy; raising prices on health insurance & fuel for our cars!

Picking fights with our Allies & other countries that he doesn’t like!

chump wants to join the world wide “dictators” club by ruining our country, our health and our democracy!

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 52m

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
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God @thegodpodcast.com · 51m

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

NEW VIDEO: The Supreme Court’s 2025 term will decide critical voting rights cases that could reshape American democracy, the Voting Rights Act, and election law nationwide. I am fighting to protect free and fair elections and defend election integrity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iKo...

Supreme Court's Shocking New Agenda Revealed

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1h

Not sure who needs to hear this but your “physical” isn’t “annual” if you need it twice in six months.

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🏹🐦‍⬛Katniss Everdeen🐦‍⬛🏹 ❌👑 @p-r333.bsky.social · 1h

We THE PEOPLE need to STOP THIS‼️

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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Victor Isbell 🇺🇦 @visbell.bsky.social · 43m

What could possibly go wrong?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

AXIOS: “Dominion Voting Systems — the voting machine behemoth Trump and his allies baselessly attacked after the 2020 election — has been sold to a Missouri-based company run by a former Republican election official…” 🤔 www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31m

Beware Netanyahu: he is a master of self-interest – and that’s why he signed the Hamas ceasefire deal | Ben Reiff

The Israeli PM wants to bolster his position and ward off global pariah status. But he has shifted gears before and may do so again, says Israeli journalist Ben Reiff

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 48m

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 31m

TRUE, if only Republiicans were not equally as corrupt and without regard for our Constitution, Law, Justice. Those Democratic principles mean SQUAT to the Putin/Trump/GOP/Project 2025 anti-truth/post-truth, anti-democratic, anti-American criminal Corporate Fascists who've STOLEN our nation 4 GREED!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

The corruption and self-dealing is staring you in the face. Hello?

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4h

JB Pritzker interviewed at length on this New Republic podcast. JB is very punchy. Says how nobody from the federal government is calling at all: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

Politics Podcast · Updated Daily · Every weekday, The New Republic’s Greg Sargent brings you a fresh way of thinking about the biggest political stories of the moment, offered up in an entertaining, i...

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 46m

This is how you get your employees to train you while still asserting your status as their “boss.”

A good leader would just say I know I have a lot to learn and would love to meet with each team to do just that

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 3h

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Zigzaggreen🇨🇦 @zigzaggreen.bsky.social · 1h

He is an equal opportunity abuser he'll rape children and women he's just a rapist.

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jan-marie chase fights fascism✊🇰🇷🇯🇵&🇮🇹🇫🇷🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇩🇪🇧🇪🇳🇱🇩🇰🇳🇴🇪🇸🇮🇱🇬🇷🇹🇳🇪🇬🇹🇷🇨🇾=“wut r u?” @jmcresists.bsky.social · 1h

If a MAGAt tries to say those are just Ivanka’s friends… then where is Ivanka?!

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Carolinka K @chernakrime.bsky.social · 41m

He has four illegitimate daughters who all look like Ivanka?

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randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 3h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

Gothamist spoke to residents in East New York, Coney Island, Rochdale Village, Wakefield and East Harlem — and found widespread support for our plan to address public safety and the mental health crisis.

Mamdani mental health plan resonates in former Adams strongholds as NYC election nears

Interviews in five neighborhoods that were strongholds for the current mayor in 2021 suggest residents want the next mayor to focus on mental health issues.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h

Yes, so embarrassing.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."