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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10h

As a show of sincere commitment to Trump’s so called “Gaza Peace Deal,” Israel is continuing to bomb civilians through out the night.

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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 5h

Elon Musk’s brain-implant startup Neuralink has leased a vacant building in South San Francisco, marking a fresh sign of the billionaire’s renewed interest in the Bay Area tech scene.

Elon Musk is quietly expanding in the Bay Area again, starting with Neuralink

Elon Musk’s brain-implant startup Neuralink has leased a vacant building in South San Francisco, marking a fresh sign of the billionaire’s renewed interest in the Bay Area tech scene.

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Dave Eater @dreater.bsky.social · 10h

It’s easy. Single payer. Medicare For All. Eliminate Medicaid (huge benefit for state budgets), eliminate Medicare Advntage, eliminate employer-provided health insurance. Increase business taxes to offset corp windfall from ending employer healthcare. Just do it.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10h

Republicans have had 15 years to come up with an Obamacare replacement plan. They still haven’t

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

Last night I had the honor of attending a special screening of "The Last Class" at UC Berkeley. I want to thank everyone who attended — and especially thank my friend @wkamaubell.bsky.social for hosting a great conversation afterwards.

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One Liberal Citizen @onelibcitizen.bsky.social · 12h

Correct

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 16h

Michael Wolff explains the art of “stonewalling” using Trump’s reaction to any questions related to Epstein

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 14h

It’s all going to come out very soon.

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 13h

Valid question 💯🔥

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 6h

I wrote a day or two ago about how working on Hounds has made me realize how little high-profile protest music is out there.

Well, that makes it incumbent upon me to talk about the good work that is being done beyond Hounds, Jesse Welles, and a few others I have highlighted.

So, here's a good one:

Mon Rovîa - Heavy Foot (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Mon Rovîa

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h

Reuters: U.S. JUDGE SAYS SHE WILL BLOCK THE DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN ILLINOIS, FOR NOW

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6h

Samantha, a self-identified Republican, begged Mike Johnson to call the House back into session, saying to him on C-SPAN she was "very disappointed in my party, and I'm very disappointed in you."

"I am begging you to pass this legislation," she said. "My kids could die."

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 7h

NEW STUDY

Since I was born, 500 Black neighborhoods have vanished

And 500,000 Black people have been lost

All due to urban revitalization projects

Like the one for LA’s new coliseum — for the Clippers and ‘26 Olympics — that’s destroying Inglewood

@adamlmahoney.bsky.social @capitalb.bsky.social

From Watts to D.C.: How 500 Black Neighborhoods Vanished in 45 Years

America’s gentrified neighborhoods have lost 500,000 Black people, while gaining residents of every other race, a study finds.

capitalbnews.org

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 18h

“One of my previous studies found that for every additional 10 micrograms of particulates per cubic meter of air there was a corresponding 10% increase in infertility risk”

Now her grant’s cancelled.🧪

Gift link: She Found a Link Between Air Pollution and Infertility www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

She Found a Link Between Air Pollution and Infertility

www.nytimes.com

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Annette Yancey Allgood @ayallgood.bsky.social · 6h

And gave him Presidential IMMUNITY!

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 14h

The Supreme Corpse.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 16h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 19h

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

6a E Mark.mp4 - 6a E Mark - Frame.io

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 6h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Annette Yancey Allgood @ayallgood.bsky.social · 6h

This is FANTASTIC.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 20h

Jimmy Kimmel returns with unfinished business over Trump’s birthday letter to Epstein

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 16h

We are doing politics with version of America in our heads that doesn’t really exist—or, at lest, not fully.

Trump’s portrayal of American cities as war zones is, of course, not based in reality. But neither is the persistent belief among many we have not already hurtled into authoritarianism.

Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 18h

I wrote about how hard it is to do politics in reality right now, both because of the fictions beings imposed on us and because of the fictions we maintain in our own minds. Read at @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/all-in-our-h...

All In Our Heads: On Losing Our Democracy and Life Beyond Our Imaginations

Our language has to meet the moment, and we have to be relentless about dispelling the fiction MAGA is selling.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 13h

NEW: The developers whose ICE-related apps were removed from the Apple App Store say they're preparing to fight back. @thiccreese.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/apple-...

Apple Took Down ICE-Tracking Apps. Their Developers Aren't Giving Up

“We are going to do everything in our power to fight this,” says ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron after Apple removed his app from the App Store.

www.wired.com

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 14h

I was a columnist at Harper's during #metoo, which was apparently the bridge too far for the publisher; the magazine swung right, starting with attacks on feminism and defenses of abusers. Needless to say, I departed.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17h

The Atlantic, the NYT, the Post, the Free Press, Persuasion ... god, so many others ... they did it. They participated in the destruction of norms against bigotry & now bigotry is running rampant, out in the open, at the highest levels.

Great work everyone.

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