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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

One of Trump's biggest financial supporters, Timothy Mellon, is obsessed with Earhart .... hence this.

www.nytimes.com/2024/07/28/u...

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ingemarknows.bsky.social @ingemarknows.bsky.social · 1h

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ingemarknows.bsky.social @ingemarknows.bsky.social · 4h

State corporatism via extortion

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FilmSnobbery - Nic LaRue @filmsnobbery.com · 4h

Me looking at pretty much all the news lately.

a man with a beard wearing a blue shirt is sitting at a table in a restaurant .

ALT: a man with a beard wearing a blue shirt is sitting at a table in a restaurant .

media.tenor.com

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ingemarknows.bsky.social @ingemarknows.bsky.social · 4h

Me

a woman is screaming in front of a man while sitting next to him .

Alt: a woman is screaming in front of a man while sitting next to him .

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 4h

this is an incredibly evil thing for fetterman to break party ranks on.

like...maybe worse than manchin or sinema?

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 6h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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Patrice Fairman @patricefairman.bsky.social · 4h

California Vote Yes on 50!

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Julie J @j1j2.bsky.social · 4h

No Kings Protest
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Saturday, October 18

TCarlson @tcw123.bsky.social · 22d

#NoCrowns
#NOKINGS
#Massachusetts
No Kings Protest
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Saturday, October 18
11am – 12:30pm EDT
Great Barrington Town Hall
334 Main St
Great Barrington, MA 01230
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

No Kings Protest Great Barrington, MA · Mobilize

**Take to the streets on Oct 18 to tell Trump: NO KINGS IN AMERICA** In June, millions of us participated in the first No Kings day of protest. It was one of the largest days of protest in U.S. histo...

www.mobilize.us

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Yet another incident that would’ve gotten any other president immediately impeached that is only the 127th worst thing Trump has done in 2025.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 9h

Christian minister attacked by ICE agents. Waiting for the outrage from MAGA. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats

David Black joins journalists and protesters in lawsuit to stop ‘pattern of extreme brutality’ from federal agents

www.independent.co.uk

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h

🚨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.

www.democracydocket.com

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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 8h

Oooh People are so mad about Bad Bunny’s Halftime

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 8h

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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ingemarknows.bsky.social @ingemarknows.bsky.social · 8h

I assume and hope that the state will charge this guy with murder, arson, etc.

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ingemarknows.bsky.social @ingemarknows.bsky.social · 8h

This is another Outrageous thing the trump-GOP regime have done to our fellow Americans!!!: Trump eliminates funding for tribes to transition to clean energy

www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...

A tribe in Arizona planned to connect 600 homes to electricity. Then the funding was cut

The Hopi Tribe received a multimillion-dollar federal grant to install solar panels and battery storage systems for hundreds of homes. But the Trump administration has canceled the funding.

www.npr.org

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 11h

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Wow — Harvard Crimson student newspaper busts Hegseth for having written a long policy brief touting diversity before he joined Trump’s war on DEI.

With receipts. Bravo, Crimson.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Julie J @j1j2.bsky.social · 8h

Carrollton, Georgia
NO KINGS 2
Saturday, October 18

TCarlson @tcw123.bsky.social · 17d

#NOKINGS
#NoDictators
#Georgia
Carrollton Georgia
NO KINGS 2
Saturday, October 18
10am – 2pm EDT
Carroll County Courthouse/
MLK Memorial
311 Newnan St
Carrollton, GA 30117
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

NO KINGS 2 · Mobilize

Join West Ga Indivisible for NO KINGS 2 Oct 18 10-2 MLK Memorial Carroll County Courthouse Carrollton 30117

www.mobilize.us

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The State of Hypocrisy @thebluephotog.bsky.social · 8h

Cartoon #54

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 12h

"At the Vatican Wednesday, Pope Leo urged bishops to 'speak strongly' on behalf of immigrants affected by Trump’s deportation drive.

The pope met privately Tuesday with 100 American Catholics involved in migrant ministry, thanking them for their work..."

www.thedailybeast.com/pope-leo-ram...

Pope Leo Ramps Up His Trump Feud With Order to American Bishops

The Chicago-born pontiff has sharpened his criticism of the Trump administration and reportedly decided to take action.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 12h

"El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, who attended the meeting, said Chicago-born Pope Leo was visibly moved after being handed dozens of letters from immigrants describing their fears of arrest and separation under Trump’s enforcement policies..."

www.thedailybeast.com/pope-leo-ram...

Pope Leo Ramps Up His Trump Feud With Order to American Bishops

The Chicago-born pontiff has sharpened his criticism of the Trump administration and reportedly decided to take action.

www.thedailybeast.com

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ingemarknows.bsky.social @ingemarknows.bsky.social · 12h

a blue checkered background with the words vote blue on it

Alt: a blue checkered background with the words vote blue on it

media.tenor.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

CUOMO: Why would you put yourself in a situation where you get involved with crypto and have the UAE as one of your big customers, and then they get AI clearance for chips from the US government? You know how that's gonna look

ERIC TRUMP: That can't be a serious question

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ingemarknows.bsky.social @ingemarknows.bsky.social · 12h

a sign that says vote blue in blue letters

Alt: a sign that says vote blue in blue letters

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17h

"This is where we’ve been headed since Jan. 6.

The man who fomented an actual insurrection will invent a fantasy insurrection to justify overturning the rule of law & deploying the military against civilians.

The thing about Rubicons is they can’t be uncrossed."

www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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