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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5h

"The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote"

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.

Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6h

Seriously, is this a trick? It’s everyday now.

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Maureen Noonan @moenoonan.bsky.social · 4h

'Endurance and Transformation in the Landscape'
Our collective healing.
Remnants of a Forest Fire, Montana

#landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #FujiFilm #naturephotography #photography #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #conceptualart

2 monochrome photographs of a mountain range in Montana, its slopes streaked with snow and covered in the ghostly remains of burned trees. The hills appear scarred and textured, their bare trunks standing like thin lines drawn across weathered skin. The sky is filled with soft, layered clouds that seem to echo the contours below. The image feels both haunting and serene—a portrait of endurance and quiet transformation after loss. It speaks to the memory held in the land, and the intimate connection between human and natural resilience.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 5h

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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VivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · 6h

Dont take the bait.
Keep it peaceful.
Do not let the provoke you.
Film everything.
bsky.app/profile/vivi...

VivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · 6h

Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary authority"—would give Trump absolute power to deploy the National
Guard where he wants.
This is why they’re lying about the situation in our cities and provoking violence.

Miller spilled their
fascist takeover intentions aloud.

Don’t take the bait.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 5h

i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Franka Slothouber @frankaslothouber.bsky.social · Mar 23

Ginkgo biloba in autumn dress

#ginkgobiloba
#autumncolors
#landscapephotography
#trees
#photoshopart

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

We need to ALWAYS highlight the ways the White House is a crime scene.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rten...

The White House crime scene

YouTube video by emptywheel

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

One thing @govpritzker.illinois.gov does here, which WE ALL need to do more often, is lead with Trump's crimes.

A sex assaulted fraudster serial felon who freed HUNDREDS of cop assailants--and some terrorists--on his first day is trying to claim Democrats are criminals.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 8h

Well, darn. Couldn’t say it better ourselves.

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Tramonte's TrailPhotos @tramontes-t-photos.bsky.social · 9h

Looking through a window-like gap in the trees for #WindowsOnWednesday, from a trail in Gibbs Canyon east of Yosemite National Park towards Mono Lake in the distance.

#landscapephotography #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #hiking #California

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 4h

Live from the frontline in the Battle of Portland.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

WSJ reports that DOJ is going to charge John Bolton.

In case you needed anyone less sympathetic to rally behind than Jim Comey.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Prosecutors in Maryland are expected in coming days to charge one of Trump’s first-term national security advisers, John Bolton, now a top Trump critic, with mishandling classified information, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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Paul DeCampo @pauldecampo.bsky.social · 4h

Do these proto-fascists have even one original idea ?

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As concern about immigration grows, Conservative MP calls for an end to birthright citizenship

A Conservative MP's unsuccessful push this week to end birthright citizenship is among a suite of stricter measures the party is proposing as concern about immigration grows for Canadians.

www.thestar.com

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Shadowmac Photography 📸 @shadowmacphotos.bsky.social · 25d

Clear Reflections - Alouette Lake - Golden Ears Provincial Park, British Columbia 🇨🇦

#lake #nature #reflection #mountains #bc #travel #stumps #water #camping #hiking #mapleridge #fog #sunrise #bluesky #stunday #pano #panorama #calm #mist #landscapephotography #britishcolumbia #explorebc #canada

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10h

So far, Republicans would rather shut down the government. So Americans face flight delays, reduced services, and mounting economic damage.

It's time for Trump and Republicans to change course on health care and reopen the government.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 8h

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14h

Making people feel they need to carry citizenship papers.

Invading our state with military troops.

Sending in war helicopters in the middle of the night.

Arresting elected officials asking questions.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Graziella Mélis🔻🇵🇸 @graziellamelis.bsky.social · 3d

Argelès

#ChallengePhotoADay
#myphoto

Golden hour

5 octobre

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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🇨🇦Rose🇨🇦Part owner of Canada.❤️🇨🇦❤️ @scotfreeme.bsky.social · 10h

Mr. @govpritzker.illinois.gov...
You didn't mention how you believe America will make it that far, before he has a civil war fully engaged?

Because when one state declares war on another, TX on Illinois, backed and supported by the President who calls Dems "vermin," it's a civil war, sir.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 11h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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