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Longtime CA/originally PGH/now NV Leader @SwingLeftReno Politics/fashion/art Fights for American democracy NO DMs unless I know you IRL -- others will be deleted #Resist #Steelers #VoteBlue

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 29d

I did a thing. Hope others find it useful...because we sure AF can't trust the legacy media to deliver the news about what's going on:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Substacks & Podcasts Worth Following

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 7h

Please excuse me while I LFMAO, and thanks to @simonwdc.bsky.social for the image:

AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 7h

"After months of Trump and the Republicans being on offense and driving the daily discourse the Republican thing has started looking weak and wobbly, and Democrats are starting to look like the opposition party the country has needed them to become:"
open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...

The Reckoning For Trump's Terrible Presidency Has Begun, And It Is Going To Very Painful For Him And The Republican Party

Dems have the upper hand now my friends and we need to keep working as hard as we can. For Republicans are struggling to defend the indefensible....

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 7h

(insert “boy bye” gif here):
sfstandard.com/2025/10/07/c...

Citing fear of Democratic ‘vengeance,’ Curtis Yarvin says he may flee the U.S.

The far-right blogger doesn’t think the Trump administration has done enough to dismantle democratic institutions.

sfstandard.com

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 7h

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Despite campaign promises, White House eyes new changes to Social Security and Medicare

“I will never do anything that will jeopardize or hurt Social Security or Medicare,” Trump vowed in 2024. I have bad news for voters who believed him.

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 7h

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed
"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!"
archive.is/3QoRM

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 7h

"Social Security Administration is facing other Trump-imposed challenges, too. The department has struggled throughout the year with the administration’s agenda...problems are intensifying as frontline SSA workers 'are asked on a daily basis to do more with less’:"
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Despite campaign promises, White House eyes new changes to Social Security and Medicare

“I will never do anything that will jeopardize or hurt Social Security or Medicare,” Trump vowed in 2024. I have bad news for voters who believed him.

www.msnbc.com

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 7h

Loving Chicago = hating President Trump:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 1d

Let me be clear: backpay for these workers is required under a federal law I wrote with former Senator Cardin — which Trump signed — during the last Trump shutdown.

This is just more fear mongering from a president who wants a blank check for lawlessness. It won't work.

Federal workers not entitled to back pay after shutdown, budget office claims

Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

www.washingtonpost.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 8h

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 9h

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 18h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 8h

🎵 That's how you defend the world 🎵
👏👏👏👏👏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vii...

Fight Like a Girl – Satirical Rock Protest Against Hegseth’s “Male Standard”

YouTube video by John D. Cundle

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 8h

Good morning!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vii...

Fight Like a Girl – Satirical Rock Protest Against Hegseth’s “Male Standard”

YouTube video by John D. Cundle

www.youtube.com

AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 17h

"They claim their onerous clinic regulations—which have made care nearly impossible to access—are somehow necessary to “
'protect women'”
Um... no:
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...

Republicans Are Coming for Abortion Records

10.7.25

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 17h

This one from @anntelnaes.bsky.social is frightenglinly real:

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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · 18h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 1d

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🌮 Chef Bruce 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 @chef-bruce.bsky.social · 1d

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19h

Wow 👇

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 23h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h

Now is a good time to sign up for the best daily political news bulletin in the universe 👉 www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...

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Jennifer @princessjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

OMG RIGHT?

Sigh.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 18h

Perhaps you’ve noticed; the more immigrants they detain and deport…the more violent the United States is becoming. I see a clear connection.

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leajacobsen.bsky.social @leajacobsen.bsky.social · 19h

Remembering Matthew Shepard

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h

The condescension of two-bit Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi today underscores that the only thing this administration excels at is a complete lack of self-awareness.

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