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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 9h

“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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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 11h

so crazy to just be living every day through the slow motion car crash of escalating fascism and it’s still like. aw man i have to go to the dentist

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7h

NEW: In federal court Thursday, some information about Texas’ secretive redistricting process started to come into focus as Republican leadership took the stand.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

New Details Emerge in Federal Court About Texas’ Secretive Redistricting Map

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Dragonrider Sue #fbpe #ktto 🐠🐟 she/her 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @topsyscatmum.bsky.social · 22h

Afternoon Thingummies

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Democracy USA @oilgaschemicals.bsky.social · 12h

I've not seen one protester with guns against ice.

Krist noem is dangerous with her rhetoric

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

TIER ONE: Americans who Donald Trump pedophiled with: They get shielded from prosecution for the crimes they did commit.

TIER TWO: Americans who brought Donald to justice for the crimes he did commit, they get prosecuted as revenge even if they committed no crimes whatsoever.

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David Bealer @bealer.net · 7h

The pedofuhrer ain't my king! Fuck that POS! 🇺🇸🗽

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 17h

Chicago and Portland showing us how it’s DONE!!

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 7h

Inside Portland’s War Zone (Spoiler: It’s a Farmers Market

Inside Portland’s War Zone (Spoiler: It’s a Farmers Market)

YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko

youtube.com

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 12h

Books are still being banned, but most remain on shelves thanks to heroes who refuse to bow to censorship.

Librarians, teachers, students, and readers everywhere are keeping the flame of free expression alive.
Stand with them.
Speak out.
#BannedBooksWeek
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Saphira12 @worstnitemare.bsky.social · 15h

The level of lying and stupidity from the maggot clown administration is staggering. So pathetic & sad.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Noem claims Portland hid their war zone from her.

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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 22h

tRump's approval rating drops to 40% and 58% disapprove of his deployment of the military to US cities.
www.reuters.com/world/us/mos...

www.reuters.com

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 15d

David Barton, the widely ridiculed and perpetually corrected "amateur historian" who has mainstreamed the idea that church-state separation is a myth, will be advising the Texas State Board of Education on social studies curriculum.

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday on CNN Stephen Miller said Trump has plenary authority. If you watch the video, you can tell it was a slip of the tongue — he instantly froze up after realizing he’d said the quiet part out loud.

Just to be clear, Trump does not have plenary power — yet.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Trump aide freezes on live TV after controversial claim about president

A Trump administration official faces criticism after allegedly claiming US President Donald Trump has "plenary authority" while on a live interview with CNN.

www.abc.net.au

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 22h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Republican C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party,and I'm very disappointed in you, because you have the power to call the House back. You refuse to do that just for a show."

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 14d

if you dont stop calling us nazis we will have the secret police disappear you to a slave labor camp

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16h

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 15h

House Oversight Committee Republican staff have reached out to Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys about scheduling Maxwell's deposition with Congressional investigators

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Benjamin O. Anderson @kemek.bsky.social · 15h

Ask her about these:

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Saphira12 @worstnitemare.bsky.social · 15h

He does not care about anyone but himself & his family. And the ones in the closet

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Charlotte @wolfgangcharlotte.bsky.social · 15h

ALL MEME MAKERS,
I want to see her wearing an orange jumpsuit❗️
WE HAVE NO GOOD MEMES ON HER.
We need her to know we don’t support her deliberate silence or attacking on the Oversight Committee❗️

gettysburg2024.bsky.social @gettysburg2024.bsky.social · 1d

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Saphira12 @worstnitemare.bsky.social · 15h

Charlotte @wolfgangcharlotte.bsky.social · 15h

ALL MEME MAKERS,
I want to see her wearing an orange jumpsuit❗️
WE HAVE NO GOOD MEMES ON HER.
We need her to know we don’t support her deliberate silence or attacking on the Oversight Committee❗️

gettysburg2024.bsky.social @gettysburg2024.bsky.social · 1d

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