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Carla Cooper @carlacooper.bsky.social · 11h

I’m ANTIFO

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

It’s such a relief to know this admin is always working so hard to lower prices, create jobs, reduce the cost of healthcare, and make home ownership affordable.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 1d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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

⚡️ NEW: State Rep. Aftyn Behn has won the Democratic Primary in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District Special Election

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 2d

Currently at the ICE facility in portland, OR. Some far right agitators have posted plans online to attack the mutual aid stations and take over the area at 7:00.

Sign says “ANTIFO Anti Federal Occupation”

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Carla Cooper @carlacooper.bsky.social · 1d

Ted Cruz never misses the opportunity to demonstrate what a giant asshole he is.

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Carla Cooper @carlacooper.bsky.social · 2d

Ugh. I hate that I’m on this idiot’s side about this.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2d

It really is staggering to see so many people willing to abandon our 249 year experiment in democracy for an increasingly unstable criminally convicted reality show charlatan.

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Carla Cooper @carlacooper.bsky.social · 3d

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Massachusetts can’t be bought.

YouTube video by Massachusetts Democratic Party

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Ally to Democracy @allyhartwell.bsky.social · 6d

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Are we going to start talking about Vought's Secret Phase 2 for Project 2025 now?

Seems like the right time
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Brian Manning📎 @boxdonkey17.bsky.social · 3d

@maddow.msnbc.com

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 4d

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 4d

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 5d

Our cities are under siege

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 5d

“F—k them kids!” That’s what federal agents said about the half-naked children zip-tied together & dragged into the streets of Chicago in the dead of night Tuesday morning during one of Convicted Felon Trump’s raids.

Americans MUST speak up now to save this country.

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OMG! Trump HITS ROCK BOTTOM After SHOCKING ICE RAID

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

Fired for displaying a pride flag, followed by a citation of the Constitution.

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Carla Cooper @carlacooper.bsky.social · 4d

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Frank Delfin Pupo @frankdelfinpupo.bsky.social · 7d

Government has shut down.
We are now protecting Qatar from all attacks.
We are bailing out Argentina and their crazy Autocratic leader.
Hegseth and the Felon have declared war on Blue Cities and Fat Hairy Soldiers.

Did I miss anything?

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Carla Cooper @carlacooper.bsky.social · 7d

Will you join us to say: No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. Together we’re making it clear that America belongs to us—not wannabe dictators. Join us Oct. 18th for #NoKingsMarthasVineyard #Indivisible

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America Is Divided @petrep.bsky.social · 8d

Jasmine Crockett for Attorney General in 2028.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 8d

The federal government is shut down because Republicans insist on ripping away our healthcare and handing Trump another blank check for his illegal power grab.

Our job is to hold the GOP accountable and encourage Democrats to keep protecting our healthcare: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

Federal government shuts down after Senate fails to pass funding measures

Congressional leaders pointed fingers at one another over the course of the day leading up to the votes.

abcnews.go.com

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Carla Cooper @carlacooper.bsky.social · 8d

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d

The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.

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LisaBeth @brokendemocracy.bsky.social · 10d

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