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Alice I McCombs 🐈‍⬛ @earthwins.bsky.social · 14d

#RESIST✊

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Shannon 🦇💩🤪 GOOD TROUBLE 💙💙💙 @shannonmaebreen.bsky.social · 4h

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 4h

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: I talked to scholars who study political contagion about how America’s freefall could affect the rest of the world. They are… concerned. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is America contagious?

Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.

www.motherjones.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

“.. I think they are absolutely struggling to figure out how they are going to get out of this.”

@politico.com #Shutdown
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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NPR @npr.org · 3h

A dozen facilities saw air traffic control shortages on Monday, delaying flights at several airports. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed "a slight tick-up in sick calls" due to the shutdown.

The government shutdown keeps snarling air travel. Officials say it could get worse

A dozen facilities saw air traffic control shortages on Monday, delaying flights at several airports. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed "a slight tick-up in sick calls" due to the shutdown.

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Colleen D Swain 💙 @colleen4content.bsky.social · 2h

"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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LiberalPatriot @bsky.social @liberalpatriot.bsky.social · 11h

She’s gone. Let her speak to you now, as she just did to me.

www.netflix.com/us/title/820...

Watch Famous Last Words: Dr. Jane Goodall | Netflix Official Site

Dr. Jane Goodall connected humanity and nature in unprecedented ways. In this deeply personal interview, she shares her final message with the world.

www.netflix.com

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 16h

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h

Schiff: "You were asked whether you were firing career prosecutors just because they worked on January 6 investigations. You refused to answer that question."

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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 3h

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 4h

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 3h

We ❤️ Love Our Women,We Only Wish They Were In Charge Of
THE WORLD.......

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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 3h

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d

This is rampant lawlessness

The law says what it says, and Russ Vought doesn't get to unilaterally change that

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

www.govexec.com

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Dr. Who @kalgatron.bsky.social · 2h

www.foxnews.com/media/pritzk...

Our president is creating a stage for a civil war. People aren't going to stand for much more.

Pritzker claims you 'can't believe anything ICE is doing,' suggests it's committing 'felonies'

Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker suggested U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was being dishonest about a recent report and committed crimes.

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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 3h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and I start with this clip of me from 2024 on Jimmy Kimmel Live and we talk about how Trump told us for years what he was going to do to the country now.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"Part of what frustrates me is how much people just didn't listen to the things that he said he was going to do."

"He was telling us he would do these things....he's a sick man."

ICYMI, @gtconway.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social in the latest episode of George Conway Explains It All:

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Jodi @jodotcom.bsky.social · 2h

Chicago O'Hare shutting down? m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/11533...

AI6YR Ben (@[email protected])

CNN: "There will not be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration is warning. In Nashville, so many contr...

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Rod,Tia & Lola's dad @roddsdad.bsky.social · 2h

'This presidency is failing us': Military families hitting up food pantries amid shutdown

www.rawstory.com/trump-milita...

'This presidency is failing us': Military families hitting up food pantries amid shutdown

Military families are hitting up food pantries as they brace for missed paychecks after President Donald Trump floated the possibility that some federal workers might not get paid during the governmen...

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 12h

It’s sad that some folks only ‘see the light’ when it hits home. We were sent here to represent hundreds of thousands of people, not just our households.

It’s time for Republicans to remember their oath and do right by the people they serve.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 4h

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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 18h

Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty to sound the alarm'

Scores of officials who have resigned or been forced out of the Justice Department this year are speaking out against its "destruction."

~ open letter signed by 282 former officials, obtained by MSNBC ..

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...

Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty to sound the alarm'

Scores of officials who have resigned or been forced out of the Justice Department this year are speaking out against its "destruction."

www.msnbc.com

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DemCastDonGA @donshantajr.bsky.social · 10h

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murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · 18h

"Speaker Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House may have more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records."

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 2h

What Trump is really trying to distract us from

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What Trump is really trying to distract us from

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