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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 6h

I prefer governments that don’t try to “take the freedom of speech away.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5h

Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."

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We the Seniors @wetheseniors.bsky.social · 13h

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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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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 11h

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BREAKING NEWS: Klobuchar Asks Pam Bondi Point Blank About Trump's Shock Truth Post Addressed To Her

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

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Lois Cusick @bellalfc.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Pam Bondi be questioned by the Senate is the stuff of nightmares. That woman should lose her law license and she should be sent to prison for corruption. She is not running the DOJ as an independent agency. She is running it as the felon's personal attorneys. #BondiforPrison #Trumptreason

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
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Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 12h

Truth Social rants from Felon President Trump are a deflection. Everything Trump's rogue, unelected Cabinet does is an attempt to deflect and protect this man and the Project 2025 corruption inflicted on the American people. The divisive MAGA movement is destroying America. Trump belongs in jail!

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 12h

#Hope

Mr Gone @mrgone66.bsky.social · 13h

The vast majority of the younger generation is for democratic socialism

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 13h

The younger generations who are falling for the anti-vax movement and the racist anti-democracy Project 2025 should maybe think about why so many older Americans are protesting the Trump/Vought/Miller/Project 2025 regime. #HistoryMatters #boomertifa #WakeUpAmerica #Resist

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 13h

All the polls on the government shutdown so far | Weekly roundup for October 5, 2025
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All the polls on the government shutdown so far | Weekly roundup for October 5, 2025

Also this week: Dems lead in Virginia election polling; economic sentiment is down; people are turning against sports betting; + more!

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 13h

Stephen?

Fighting Against Fascism @fightinginjustice.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said.

The fact that he knows he's not supposed to be just saying it out loud like that because it's not true and he didn't mean to telegraph their intentions that clearly

Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 13h

Americans have the right to peaceful protest. Americans should not be attacked by the government and provoked to defend themselves, thus appearing to escalate violence. The provokers, the aggressors, are not We the People. #DemocracyinCrisis #WethePeople #PeacefulProtest

Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 5d

Portland is not "war ravaged."

Trump cannot authorize murder.

Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 13h

This is just photo-op drama. Set-ups to make the ICE violence seem warranted.

Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 13h

"Polls show that most Americans blame Republicans for the shutdown and that 78% of Americans want to see the premium tax credits...the president does not seem especially interested in governance...power appears to have flowed to unelected officials..." October 7 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

October 7, 2025

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.

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Jeffrey AKA The Hairless Hippie @mojochefjeff.bsky.social · 14h

Flying to the end of the shutdown
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The fact of the matter is that the American economy needs air travel to be running at peak efficiency (such as it is), delays that are happening now are already damaging corporate America's bottom line and it will only get worse

Flying to the end of the shutdown

Friends,

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15h

Good morning from the line outside the courthouse in the Eastern District of Virginia, where former FBI director James Comey is set to be arraigned on federal charges.

I’m here for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along for updates ⬇️

Federal courthouse in EDVA, with line of people out front and a guy holding a “show trial” sign

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 21h

October 7, 2025

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

I’m shocked.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

IN HONOR OF FRIENDSHIP MONTH:

djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."

Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it."

djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret."

And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children.

#PedoPrez

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 14h

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MAGA Pastor in Texas Faces Up to 20 Years in Prison Over Child Sexual Abuse Material

A well-known Texas pastor and worship leader has been arrested and charged in connection with a long-running child pornography case. Jon Paul Sheptock, 49, was taken into custody by Texas Department o...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 1d

"...it appears that Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Russell Vought is running the administration’s approach to the government shutdown." Project 2025 is definitely here. Cut through the hype and read this! October 6, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

October 6, 2025

If White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is at the head of the administration’s deployment of federal agents against undocumented immigrants, it appears that Office of Management and Budget...

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 1d

Attorney General Bondi Melts Down Under Senate Scrutiny
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Attorney General Bondi Melts Down Under Senate Scrutiny

Attorney General Pam Bondi stonewalls questions on Trump, Epstein, and the $50,000 cash scandal.

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s Lies Cost Citizens Everything
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Trump’s Lies Cost Citizens Everything

A president rewriting reality, a government frozen in chaos, and leaders lost in illusion; when truth becomes optional, Americans pay the heavy price and democracy itself teeters on collapse.

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Wolfeboro-Tuftonboro Democrats @wolfe-tufton4dems.bsky.social · 1d

Our two political parties are not the same. The question is will Americans wake up to the destruction of our democracy before it's too late?
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How power is won and held, in New Hampshire and the nation • New Hampshire Bulletin

Several decades ago, Republican campaign consultant Lee Atwater described how, as The Nation put it, “Republicans can win the vote of racists without sounding racist themselves.” Atwater outlined the ...

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