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God @thegodpodcast.com · 7h

No one signs up for the National Guard thinking, “One day, I’ll invade Oregon.”

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 8h

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 33m

“Senior military leaders should have stepped in to prevent Trump from turning addresses at Fort Bragg and Norfolk into political rallies; the silence of the Army and Navy secretaries, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and some top generals and admirals is appalling…”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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José Orta @orta69.bsky.social · 4h

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 27m

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 3h

“They can trash the rule of law and the Constitution in their depraved commitment to create a dictatorship led by Trump. But we, the people should be neither afraid nor doubtful that their hostility to America will ultimately win.”
open.substack.com/pub/america/...

Snapshot: Trump's Threats, Bondi's Disgrace, Miller's Madness

Got a Minute or Two? Mad Hattery and Other Outrages

open.substack.com

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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 23m

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 21m

It absolutely baffles me that we don't allow others just to live their lives however they want to.

And we can't believe whatever we choose to without some dick in the White House turning it into a federal fucking case.

It's unreal how people think we have freedom in the United States. We don't.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

The home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein was set on fire and burned to the ground after she received death threats, following criticism by the Trump administration.

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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Gandalf the Curmudgeon @420gandalf.bsky.social · 18h

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 3h

Hi. I’d like to report a deranged and delusional man in the White House who’s inciting violence and represents a danger to public safety. Can law enforcement please handle this matter?

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Masshole57✌🏼 @masshole55.bsky.social · 1d

If this was a family member , they be in a home, medicated and supervised

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7h

it’s all just a grift

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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IndivisibleLasVegas ❌👑 @indivisiblelasvegas.org · 8h

#NoKings
#LasVegas

Join us on Oct. 18.

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🌹Weegie 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 1h

Chicago ain't gonna take y'all sitting down.
Neither is Seattle if they come here (try us).
Same for Portland.
This shit stops when enough of us say no.

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live protest right now in Chicago @creator search insights @TikTok @Karoline Leavitt @President Donald J Trump #Trump #fypシ゚viral #trending #protest #chicago

TikTok video by I AM LIVEWIRE🔍

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 5h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 5h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · 22h

News Corp Australia chairman says social media platforms are monsters and torment kids but I guess hacking the phone of a murdered schoolgirl is ok though.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 4h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Food Lady @foodlady.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you Mark Hamill. May the force be with us.

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