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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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students-watch.bsky.social @students-watch.bsky.social · 10h

Russia 2.0

He hangs banners of his face from buildings.

He has masked agents in the streets.

He has the government taking stake in businesses.

He's attacking the first amendment.

He's leveraging the military.

Controlling the media.

It's the definition of communism.

Trump's America.

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eddietg51-42.bsky.social @eddietg51-42.bsky.social · 20h

Moody Blues' bassist and singer John Lodge has died at the age of 82.

Lodge was a key member of the band and played on some of their most iconic songs, including Nights in White Satin, Question, and Isn’t Life Strange.

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Reverend Barkeep @86ad6.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Mr. Mamdani. At a time when even most Democrat leaders stay silent and complicit on this matter, you are a beacon in the darkness. 🩵🤍🩷

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

NYT piece calls these MAGA types "provocateurs." It describes "dueling versions of reality." Both are common MSM tropes.

But these are not provocateurs. They're propagandists. Only one side is employing deliberate deceptions on a vast scale for instrumental ends. 3/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 1d

People like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk aren’t tech creators — they’re tech colonizers.
Rich white men who used privilege and capital to seize an industry built by real innovators, exploiting the minds and labor of creators while branding themselves as “visionaries.” #Pinks

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

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 1d

If you were loud for Jimmy Kimmel, crank it up for Letitia James.
Authoritarian bullies count on silence to get away with it; make some noise and have her back!

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 1d

“America First”

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 1d

It all boils down to: Trump wants to harm as many Americans as possible, while plundering as much cash as possible, because that’s what his Kremlin whoremasters want.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

They continue to eviscerate the public health machinery that has quietly kept Americans, and others around the world, safe and healthy for decades.

The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off. The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.

Roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — the so-called “disease detectives” who respond to outbreaks around the globe — received layoff notices, according to a person familiar with them. The service was spared during an earlier round of layoffs in February.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 1d

chuck schumer, mark warner, and other democrats with big national security boners interfered right before trump took office to ensure federal agents could install wiretaps at data centers without a court order or any form of review.

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Navin Pokala 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @navinpokala.bsky.social · 1d

Nine months in, and we’re already in the Anne Frank stage of Trump’s reich chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before t...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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J @wineaintsweeter.bsky.social · 1d

Trump wants them to go bankrupt. They want to buy the land for pennies on the dollar and sell it to Saudi’s and Qatar and whoever pays off trump.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Also, this will further screw American Soy Farmers who are desperate and going bankrupt b/c China has retaliated and now buys their soy from Argentina.

This means Ameriacns will be forced to bailout these farmers to the tune of billions.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Trump just threatened to impose severe, unprecedented tariffs on Chinese imports. He won’t negotiate with Xi at the upcoming APEC summit, choosing to sink the global economy. The Dow is already down 300 points. This will devastate American small businesses and cause your expenses to skyrocket.

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J @wineaintsweeter.bsky.social · 2d

Is MTG going woke

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J @wineaintsweeter.bsky.social · 2d

Politicians in America allowed this to happen. Including Democrats. They voted to subsidize billionaires.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 2d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”