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Arianeh Sajadi, Esq. @arianehsajadi.bsky.social · 5h

Has Ted Cruz corrected his alleged “gaffe,” brazenly stating we all should “Stop attacking pedophiles?”

Asking for millions of anti-pedophile Americans waiting for Speaker Johnson to reopen the government, swear in Grijalva, and let her cast her tie breaking vote to release the Epstein files.

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on extending ACA credits: It is hurting so many people... let's take off our Democrat jerseys, let's take off our Republican jerseys, and we should do something responsible for the American people and fix this.

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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 40m

www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

COVID Vaccines Still Effective Against Severe Outcomes, VA Study Suggests

Even as COVID's severity wanes, vaccines reduced emergency visits, hospital stays, and death

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2h

While the Trump administration hides the Epstein files, another cover-up is unfolding—this time around Trump border czar Tom Homan. Todd Beeton examines the scandal. Plus, Amelia Mavis-Christnot traces the legacy of Wounded Knee, and Jay Kuo explores how fear still shapes American politics.

This Week In The Big Picture

While the Trump administration continues its cover-up of the Epstein files, Trump world is currently engaged in yet another cover-up, which has gotten less attention.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1h

This was never about deporting criminals. It’s about Stephen Miller’s campaign of ethnic cleansing.

Tweet from Alex Tabarrok reads:
“Sergio Garcia, celebrated Chef who came to the US before ICE even existed. Deported after 36 years.
The picture tells you a lot about the decline of the Republican party.”
Attached photo shows Sergio Garcia standing with Laura and George W. Bush outdoors. The photo is signed: “To Sergio Garcia, With best wishes – George & Laura Bush.”

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Stace RN Resists 📎💙 Portland Strong @stacernresists.bsky.social · 23h

Where’s the Kevlar?

If she really believed that Portland was a war ravaged city she wouldn’t be wearing a T-shirt, wedges standing on coiled electrical wires on a roof in plain sight of our peaceful protesters!

Call her out on this BS!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Rubicon1313 💕Safe 4 LGTBQ💕Vets @rubicon1313.bsky.social · 8h

“Hard on crime”- as long as it’s not his crime. Bold move pardoning criminals so we can keep arresting them, continue to see them cosplaying ICE, and employing them to advise Bondi.
Point of Focus:” How Can We Weaponize Everything?”

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 36m

Always bring it back to the Epstein Files.

Release the Epstein Files—seat Rep. Grijalda.

That's Trump's weakness and Achilles cankle.

He can't run or hobble away from it.

Republicans know it.

They know they radicalized their base for the past decade.

They know Trump is all up in those files.

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Adam Mockler @adammockler.com · 31m

New video: "Trump Supporter DEFENDS Authoritarianism"

click below to WATCH👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK1MJSQKx58

Trump Supporter DEFENDS Authoritarianism

Adam Mockler

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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 35m

These people vote too,

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 35m

This is who they are.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

Good lord.

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 1h

Tommy Tuberville sounds like the name of an evil mayor who gets defeated by a bunch of teenage root vegetables

GOP senators increasingly anxious about Trump’s aggressive use of National Guard

Republican senators are increasingly uneasy about President Trump’s standoff with Democratic governors over deploying National Guard troops from other states to Portland, Ore., and Chicago. The con…

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Jacob Grier @jacobgrier.bsky.social · 1h

Reading this post from a recently opened coffeeshop enclosed by surprisingly transparent plywood.

View from a coffeeshop with wall-length windows

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27m

🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges

Read more here.

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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 8h

Sharing again for Ohio folks as we will be printing these Husted "thank you" cards early next week for Columbus delivery. I know many folks here have thoughts about his votes re PH & healthcare. Please take 60 seconds to write so we can share them with his staffers, and please share w/ Ohio friends!

Elizabeth Lanphier @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social · 3d

Tell Jon Husted what you think about his track record on health and healthcare in #Ohio. Letters will be printed on note cards and hand delivered to his office on October 15th.

Write a Letter to Senator Jon Husted to Defend Public Health in Ohio

On October 15th the Ohio chapter of Defend Public Health will convene in Columbus to deliver as many cards from constituents as possible to Senator Jon Husted to "thank" him for threatening the health...

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 25m

Stephen Miller accidentally blurted out that Trump had "plenary authority" on TV today.

They're going for full-scale dictatorship.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...

Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracies Started Flying.

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Healing Nation @healingnation.bsky.social · 9h

Excellent read.
-Trump’s own DOJ headed by Bondi told us in a July memo “that Epstein harmed over one thousand victims.” Yes, more than one thousand people were victims—presumably many when Bondi was Florida’s top law enforcement officer, yet she did nothing.-

Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi just reminded us that she's part of the Epstein cover up. Bondi's defensiveness/evasive at Tuesday's Senate hearing when asked about Epstein is what prosecutors call consciousness of guilt. Bondi is guilty of being part of cover up. My article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/pam-bondi-...

Pam Bondi just reminded us that she's part of the Jeffrey Epstein cover up

Tuesday's Senate hearing gave us even more proof

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 7h

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.

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Heather McEwen @hmcewen.bsky.social · 7h

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First Asian longhorned ticks confirmed in Butler County, a reminder tick season is year-round

The USDA has confirmed an Asian longhorned tick was pulled off a dog in Butler County. The tick is now confirmed in 24 Ohio counties, and is most likely present in even more.

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Heather McEwen @hmcewen.bsky.social · 9h

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New report finds domestic violence deaths reach 10-year high in Ohio

The Ohio Domestic Violence Network reports 157 domestic violence-related deaths this year, the highest in a decade.

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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 1d

At Mary Rutan Hospital in Logan County, mass medical debt collection lawsuits totaling more than 2,700 in two years have turned injury and illness into debt, 8% interest rates, unsparing payment plans, or garnishment of wages ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/07/t...