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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 6m

Help us push for an investigation into Trump's Epstein scandal HERE: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Congress: Fully investigate the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case

Contact Congress today!

actionnetwork.org

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Tony Michaels 🎙 @thetonymichaels.bsky.social · 5h

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 57m

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 23h

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 18m

Everyone should learn about Gisele Pelicot & how her case was a stunning example of why women are done hearing “not all men”.

Everyone failed her.

Her own husband drugged her & arranged for her to be abused.

Her doctors ignored her medical complaints.

Misogyny & patriarchy destroyed her life:

Gisele Pelicot, Medical Misogyny and How Disabled People Face Increased Risk of Abuse

Most of us have heard Gisele's story. It's a reminder that even men you trust can harm you. Did you know that she went to her doctors for help? A look at how medical misogyny contributed to her abuse.

www.disabledginger.com

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Axios @axios.com · 18m

The Department of Defense plans to enforce new policies that "appear designed to stifle a free press," the Pentagon Press Association said today.

New Pentagon policy sends "message of intimidation," press group says

"Access to the Pentagon is a privilege, not a right," a Defense Department spokesperson said.

www.axios.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18m

Crap.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Q: There's compelling proof that antifa did infiltrate on January 6 dressed up like Trump supporters and incited violence. Is that something you'd like the new J6 committee to look at?

TRUMP: Well I've heard that. Yeah. We will be acting on some of that.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 19m

What the hacky sack is he talking about

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22m

Don’t let this go @housedemocrats.bsky.social

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25m

“I dumped Laura Ingraham for Lambchop.” - Dinesh D'Souza

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 36m

Yikes indeed. After multiple quarters of success in bringing down backlogs, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is taking a turn for the worse.

The latest data shows that in the first six months of 2025, total net backlogs rose 26%, up by 1.1 million pending applications (of all kinds).

A bar chart showing Total Net USCIS Immigration Application Backlog by quarter, Fiscal Year 2023 Q4 through Fiscal Year 2025 Q3. The chart shows that total applications pending dropped from a bit over 4 million in FY 2023 Q4 to 3.8 million in FY 2024 Q4. In FY 2025, every quarter there has been an increase, with the sharpest increase from Q1 to Q2 and then a smaller but still significant increase from Q2 to Q3, peaking at 5.4 million pending cases.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 4h

Act in solidarity with Chicago against the Trump Invasion. Boycott everything Texas starting with

American Airlines
AT&T
ExxonMobil
Southwest Airlines
Whole Foods

until the last invader boot is off Illinois ground.

Texas National Guard expected to be deployed in Chicago area tonight

The troops will be deployed Wednesday evening to the Broadview ICE facility in west suburban Chicago, a military source told the Chicago Sun-Times.

chicago.suntimes.com

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C E, a.k.a. Cletus @69cletus.bsky.social · 4h

a cat is laying on the floor in front of a bed .

ALT: a cat is laying on the floor in front of a bed .

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 4h

What happened to all those constitutional conservatives in Congress?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 4h

Resist - peacefully.
Trump wants to incite violence so he can invoke the insurrection act . Dont give it to him. Take videos.
Midterms are coming. Vote OUT the cowards & sycophants in Senate & Congress. Back ppl who have courage & will support our Constitution.
RESIST - while we still can

cowards.vote

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Axios @axios.com · 4h

FBI reassigns nearly one-quarter of its agents to help ICE locate and arrest people

FBI reassigns nearly one-quarter of agents to help ICE locate and arrest people

FBI Director Kash Patel has also had agents shift focus to investigating local violent crime.

www.axios.com

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The DSR Network @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social · 4h

It’s Extreme Make-Over: Military Edition here in the United States. @rosabrooks.bsky.social, David Sanger, and @kschake.bsky.social join @djrothkopf.bsky.social to shine a light on the actions of this administration and why the fallout could be calamitous. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Paulley Ticks @tomadelsbach.bsky.social · 6h

The Texas National Guard's elite Meal Team Six arrives in Chicago, proclaiming to the crowd "Eat, eat, eat!!!"

#TexasNationalGuard #Chicago

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Paulley Ticks @tomadelsbach.bsky.social · 4h

Sen. Whitehouse: Did the FBI find pictures of Donald Trump with half-naked young girls?

Pam Bondi: No, absolutely not!

Sen. Whitehouse: Did the FBI find pictures of Donald Trump with FULLY-naked young girls?

Pam Bondi: I plead the 5th.

#PamBondi #EpsteinFiles