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Nerdy Pursuit @nerdypursuit.bsky.social · 1d

I'm jealous of people who can go to this:

Pete Buttigieg will be speaking with Jeffrey Goldberg at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on November 14th at 9am CT:
festival.texastribune.org/event/c17d2d...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

ProPublica is a proud media partner for this year's Texas Tribune Festival.

Join us Nov. 13-15 in Austin, Texas for a close look at the future of the state.

🎟️ Get tickets now via @texastribune.org: https://trib.it/tribfest2025-media-propublica #TribFest25

Graphic that reads: The Texas Tribune Festival. The Future of Texas Today. Get tickets. Nov. 13-15, downtown Austin. Background image shows the Texas Capitol.

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Democracy Labs @demlabs.bsky.social · 3h

How did the Epstein files coverup lead to the Republican Government shutdown? Follow this interactive timeline!
thedemlabs.org/2025/10/08/e...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi refuses to answer questions about the Homan bribery scandal but deflects with personal attacks on Padilla

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PhillipUSA @phillipusa.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks Pam Bondi for clarification.

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Dorothy Canzano Beach @dorothy4climate.bsky.social · 3h

Bondi can’t say NO.
Interesting that Bondi claims Whitehouse takes dark money which can easily be debunked.
But brings this up to deflect from answering the Q about photos Epstein took of Trump with half naked girls and kept in his safe.
Release the Epstein files to clear the air.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

has anybody ever been more obviously full of shit than Pam Bondi is at the end of this 20 second clip?

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 7h

Most of Dem Senators did not attack Bondi yesterday as they should have. Among other things they should have said, "You're lying again, Ms. Bondi" and "That's a bald-faced lie, Ms. Bondi."

The rapid rise of authoritarianism is no place for etiquette.

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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 3h

Breaking: Thousands of protesters floods the streets of chicago tonight protesting against ICE and deployment of the National Guard to Chicago

BREAKING: Thousands of protestors surround Trump Tower in Chicago right now 😳

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Dorothy Canzano Beach @dorothy4climate.bsky.social · 3h

“The claim that exceptions to the rule of law reveal where true power rests in a society is central to the philosophy of Carl Schmitt, a German political scientist who joined the Nazis.”
From Letters of @hcrichardson.bsky.social

NEVER TRUMPER @jennyfmtheblock.bsky.social · 10h

Regarding Stephen Miller~

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 15h

🚨🚨🚨 Trump has called for the ARREST of Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson. Listen for his “reasoning.” And share because this is weaponization of authority to control political dissidents. 1/2

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 4h

Here it goes. Air raid alert in Kharkiv. 4:43 in the morning.
Good freaking morning, I guess, and fuck russia!

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15h

Despite strong objections from Governor Pritzker, Mayor Johnson, and the people of Chicago, the Trump regime is preparing to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago today.

If you are in Chicago and need guidance on how to interact with the Guard, here’s a helpful guide:
bit.ly/resistancetoolkit

Responding to Federal Occupying Forces

Click here for another version of this document optimized for readability and accessibility. Table of Contents (click to jump ahead) We the People are PISSED: statement/intro Situation Report: current...

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 4h

This is yet another manifestation of their Sadism. They film their cruelty. They get off on it.

And Sadism *never* exists in isolation. It's always accompanied by sociopathy-psychopathy (ASPD).

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 7h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 14h

Hey "MAGA" federal employees:

Many of you are furloughed because of the shutdown.

You just spent your last paycheck.

Now he's floating the idea that you won't get backpay.

You voted for this.

*sip* 🔥☕️

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

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Trump Says Some People 'Don't Deserve to Be Taken Care Of' During Shutdown

President Donald Trump signaled that the White House is open to denying back pay to furloughed employees once the government shutdown ends.

time.com

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

Jessica Tarlov: I'm stunned that Republicans want to draw attention to this because... the senators who were part of this investigation are not just random names that he picked off a list, but people who were named in Jack Smith's charging documents for trying to turn over a free and fair election.

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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, he's been complaining the FBI "targeted 92 Republican organizations and individuals as part of its sweeping Arctic Frost investigation against President Donald Trump," including Turning Point USA.

www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-re...

That's because TP USA bused people to Stop the Steal.

ICYMI: Grassley Exposes Biden FBI for Targeting Nearly 100 Republican Groups and Individuals | U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this week released...

www.grassley.senate.gov

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 13h

What began as a routine investigation became a propaganda gift...proof that caution without courage is a weapon aimed at yourself. Arctic Frost isn’t the scandal...it’s the mirror.👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 19h

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 11h

“We all swore an oath to the Constitution, and I am honestly scared… he’s going through with these authoritarian actions.”
Sen. Brian Schatz

It’s political terrorism on Americans.
And too many Republicans are enabling it.

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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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Dorothy Canzano Beach @dorothy4climate.bsky.social · 4h

What about betting Comey sues F47 for personal assault?

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h

I feel like we should have a betting pool not on WHEN the Comey case blows up in spectacular fashion, but the specific means by which it does so.

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Prosecutors further expressed concerns about the department's ability to take the case to trial quickly due to problems identifying all the relevant materials that would need to be handed over to Comey's lawyers, sources said. They also raised alarms over the potential for Comey's defense to cite the statute of limitations for the case, which derives from testimony in 2017 and was only reinforced by Comey during his 2020 testimony in response to a question from Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.

Dorothy Canzano Beach @dorothy4climate.bsky.social · 4h

I’d like to see Comey, after he’s exonerated, to sue F47 for his personal attack.
Think he’ll do it?

Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: Comey case meets rocket docket. He pleads not guilty. Trial date Jan. 5. Comey to move to dismiss arguing Halligan wasn't validly appointed. Massive discovery could slow case. Prosecutors made clear they don't know what they have. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

James Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges following Trump pressure to prosecute

The judge set a trial date of Jan. 5.

www.politico.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

New on MSNBC: Trump's new acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has recruited prosecutors from outside her office to take James Comey to trial, after being unable to find any federal prosecutors in her own office willing to pursue the charges, according to two people familiar with the selections.

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