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Chris Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social · 16h

My German grandmother, a war refugee, emigrated to Chicago. She learned how to speak English watching WGN.

When I visited we’d watch WGN every night. Never thought I’d see one of its producers brutalized & arrested by masked US govt thugs.

My mom & grandparents fled Germany bc of this same shit.

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Senate Majority PAC @majoritypac.bsky.social · 23h

The people of Ohio should know that Jon Husted has now voted 7 times to close the government and raise your health care costs.

He’s making it clear he puts politics ahead of lowering prices.

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What in the Sam Hill @whatinthesamhill.bsky.social · 12h

I'm so glad the Nobel Committee sees him for what he really is and wasn't bending to his pressure campaign.

Tracy @tracydeepbluesea44.bsky.social · 12h

The award cautioned that democratic backsliding is accelerating globally—a trend to which Trump has made no small contribution. trib.al/M9lkXc5

"Rule of law abused by those in control, free media silenced, critics imprisoned, and societies pushed towards authoritarian rule and militarisation.”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It was never about “free health care for illegals.” This is always what it was about. They have no intention of “fixing” the ACA, they intend to defund it.

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𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social · 13h

Ready to take a stand?

Find a #NoKings event near you on Oct 18 and join millions rising up against Trump's authoritarian power grab! social.demcast.com/s/hssX9LDB

Find An Event Near You

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What in the Sam Hill @whatinthesamhill.bsky.social · 12h

Grinder Mike's stalling strategy to keep hiding the EPSTEIN FILES!

Congressman Jared Moskowitz @repmoskowitz.bsky.social · 21h

Week two of the shutdown and the House still hasn’t shown up for work. Federal workers and service members are working without pay, yet Congress gets paid for inaction.

So I’m proposing a House Rules change: stay in session until the shutdown ends. No paid vacation.

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energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · 1d

Hateful POS’s.

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What in the Sam Hill @whatinthesamhill.bsky.social · 12h

Today he lied, what's new, and said she called him and said he deserved it. He gets more pathetic each day.

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Robin Kirby @robinmk.bsky.social · 1d

swear in the representative from Arizona and release the Epstein files!!!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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Kafka @kafkablue.bsky.social · 12h

My parents grew up under Nazi occupation. I grew up on family stories of that. When Trump in 2015 launched his campaign with “Mexicans are rapists” I knew fascism had arrived in USA.

My granddad was active in resistance. ~5 years his efforts did not yield results. Until it did.

Eyes on the prize!

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What in the Sam Hill @whatinthesamhill.bsky.social · 12h

Yes, Trump is doing more for Argentina and Israel and helping fund their National Healthcare.

What in the Sam Hill @whatinthesamhill.bsky.social · 12h

We are also funding Argentina and they also have nationalized medicine. Here we must cut Healthcare to make the ultra-rich even richer.

OMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 @amsickofpollies.bsky.social · 17h

Geez. If I was American, I’d be sorely pissed off that MY taxes were subsidising free health care for Israel, when my own country doesn’t have it 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

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What in the Sam Hill @whatinthesamhill.bsky.social · 12h

1930's Germany is here.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12h

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 1d

10 October 1939 | A Polish Jew, Shlomo Arie Hordiner, was born in Rzeszów.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from ghetto in Sosnowiec in July 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

Vintage black-and-white photo of a young boy with short hair, wearing a dark overall dress with a white shirt, seated on a patterned sofa.

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What in the Sam Hill @whatinthesamhill.bsky.social · 12h

It seems the three branches of government have now morphed into one.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

“Largely ceremonial” does feel like the most honest way to talk about the U.S. Congress in 2025

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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🍂k a r e n @andthenisleep.bsky.social · 12h

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What in the Sam Hill @whatinthesamhill.bsky.social · 12h

A workforce that is shorthanded, working a lot of overtime, and now unpaid is threatened with being fired. How nice for the flying public. As a former controller in 1981, I see time hasn't fixed the myriad of problems that continue inside the FAA.

Tia @tiamariaslife.bsky.social · 12h

But what if they’re sick, Duffy?

Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

The Transportation Secretary’s threat is not going over well with aviation safety experts.

What in the Sam Hill @whatinthesamhill.bsky.social · 12h

Another of his lies from his demented brain.

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 14h

It's really sad how people struggling to free or defend their countries, like Zelensky and this woman, have to repeatedly debase themselves in front of this man because there is no longer any responsible leader of the Free World.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 13h

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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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 20h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Meta Resistance @metaresistance.bsky.social · 1d

SMASH THE 💙 IF YOU AGREE… RELEASE THE DAMN FILES!

“BREAKING NEWS” graphic with side-by-side portraits of two suited men (left: gray-bearded; right: glasses). Big caption claims Rep. Thomas Massie has 218 votes to force a vote to release the Epstein files; criticizes Speaker Mike Johnson; CTA reads “SMASH THE 💙 IF YOU AGREE… RELEASE THE DAMN FILES!” and “CALL TO ACTIVISM.”

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What in the Sam Hill @whatinthesamhill.bsky.social · 12h

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What in the Sam Hill @whatinthesamhill.bsky.social · 12h

He got a covid booster today, RFK,JR will be so disappointed.

Hayden Black @haydenb.bsky.social · 13h

"Do not inject in thee, what I inject in me."

'What a disgrace': Trump roasted for getting COVID jab while admin fans anti-vax flames

President Donald Trump's physical results were released on Friday night, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt boasting that he is in excellent health and his heart is functionally 14 year...

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