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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4h

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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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3h

NEW: This year, Texas handed the keys to its congressional map over to Washington. The Republican Party’s top mapmaker testified Wednesday he received directions only from the White House, as well as requests from the Texas GOP congressional delegation.

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

Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4h

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 3h

Our gas expert and Principal Advisor @markogge.bsky.social joins this webinar next week to talk about LNG expansion, tune in if you can!

International Institute for Sustainable Development @iisd.org · 14h

What does #LNG expansion mean for Canadian households & businesses?

Join experts from @americanprogress.bsky.social,
@australiainstitute.org.au, & @pembina.org as they share insights from the U.S. & Australia + how these cases can inform Canadian policy.

Register: www.iisd.org/events/econo...

Webinar. Economic Risks of Canada's LNG Expansion: Case studies from Australia and the U.S. Tuesday, October 14, 2025. 4:00 p.m. Ottawa. 10:00 p.m. Geneva. Speakers: Ian Sanderson, Pembina Institute; Mark Ogge, Australia Institute; and Shannon Baker-Branstetter, Center for American Progress.

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Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 3h

The Australian Public Service Commissioner confirms what many suspected:

Public servants are avoiding putting things in writing to escape public scrutiny.

But what is the Govt doing about it?

Trying to change FOI law to make secrecy even easier.
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/10/aust...

Australia Institute Live — Daily Updates

Stay updated with the latest from The Australia Institute.

live.australiainstitute.org.au

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 1d

The root problem is the Ellisons, and billionaires.

We are going to have to use the FCC in the future to stop billionaire control of our media — as it was designed by its creators to do.

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Beigewash @beigewash.bsky.social · 16h

#FitzPOTW @peterfitz1.bsky.social
Australia's tightly controlled conservative media bubble is a cautionary tale & a model being followed by Trump's America ...

(Fortunately Australia has far stronger institutions than the US)

Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 1d

We are in late-stage authoritarian media takeover.

Fox and CNN are owned/controlled by rightwing billionaires.
Twitter and Truth Social
WSJ and WaPo
CBS and ABC
Newsweek, Sinclair, now Tegna; TikTok getting close.

We are far along in the Putin-mold media takeover plan.

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 1d

The CBS takeover by Larry Ellison and Bari Weiss is the most foreboding move in a while, and I’m not saying that lightly.

It will have an effect on the 2026 elections: CBS will now lie to people and normies will believe it.

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 1d

this is an extremely high priority.

“Murdoch Fox” and “Ellison CBS” should be said by every Democratic politician at least once per day.

Unremarkable Internet User @nostaticatall.bsky.social · 1d

It's incumbent upon the Democratic Party to educate the public on why CBS news is not to be trusted anymore.

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 1d

We are in late-stage authoritarian media takeover.

Fox and CNN are owned/controlled by rightwing billionaires.
Twitter and Truth Social
WSJ and WaPo
CBS and ABC
Newsweek, Sinclair, now Tegna; TikTok getting close.

We are far along in the Putin-mold media takeover plan.

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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 1d

A letter to those who taught me my Jewishness, and who now sit on the other side of a deep chasm.

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz

Not speaking would go against everything I was taught to honour: the righteous among the nations – those who refused to be bystanders to injustice

www.theguardian.com

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t complain & use your voice!

Catherine Connolly TD, leader in the Irish presidential election campaign. Throughout the campaign she has been the only intellectual voice & when challenged* gives thoughtful honest responses.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

The dual state, invented to describe the Nazis, is two-faced twice over: It is characterized by a bifurcation in the law, but also by the facade of normalcy, obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

This term, the Supreme Court could take us right there.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Jonathan Jackson: "If this was genuine, Trump would be more interested in saying, 'How do we effectively deal with gun violence? How do we deal with gun manufacturers?' The city of Chicago does not have one gun shop."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Durbin: "What's happening in Illinois is outrageous. To think they're going to federalize the Texas National Guard and send them into my state is not only necessary, it's almost criminal."

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration plans to mint a $1 coin featuring Trump’s image, yet another illegal move. This violates the 1866 law, which states that only deceased individuals may appear on U.S. currency.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Ohh

www.propublica.org/article/elon...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva won her election two weeks ago. Republicans refuse to seat her in Congress.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

“Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice.”

Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it

"Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."

www.motherjones.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"“If the deputy director wants to do something and needs a legal opinion about whether or not he can do it, he can’t advise himself...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself

www.nytimes.com

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Beigewash @beigewash.bsky.social · 1d

#FitzPOTW @peterfitz1.bsky.social
Insanity & evil personified .....

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

CNN: Isn't that hyperbolic to call them terrorists?

STEPHEN MILLER: No. If anything I'm understating the severity of the situation

Beigewash @beigewash.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't even need to see a photo to know who you were talking about.

Steven Miller is evil personified. He IS a psychopath

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

No corruption here, folks! Totally normal stuff the deputy director of the CIA(Michael Ellis) just demoted the acting general counsel and decided to make himself the top lawyer while still being the No. 2 in charge.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation.

Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.

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