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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 45m

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 42m

Yesterday: Trump bragged, "We took the freedom of speech away."

Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.

In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.

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USA Today: 'We took the freedom of speech away:' Trump on flag burning protection, First Amendment

Reuters: Trump's war on the left: inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

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Isaac The Rebel @isaactherebel.bsky.social · 41m

a blurry picture of a man driving a car with the words live footage written on the bottom

ALT: a blurry picture of a man driving a car with the words live footage written on the bottom

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 48m

ICYMI: Speaker Mike Johnson is second in line to the presidency, but he wants you to know he has no opinion on anything and takes responsibility for nothing. His go-to line is “not in my lane.”

Jen Psaki last night…

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Isaac The Rebel @isaactherebel.bsky.social · 59m

So sorry for your loss 😿💔.

Thank you for the checkup reminder 🙌.

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stevethdemocrat @stevethdemocrat.bsky.social · 2h

October is #BreastCancerAwareness month!
Here's a pic from the way back machine! Sadly only one of us is still here. 😔
#BreastCancer took Stephanie at age 43 with two babies. Her case was difficult, early detection may have saved her life. #GETCHECKED
🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
3D ultrasound is available! Request it!

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1h

"If these first nine months of his administration are any indication, Trump won’t rest so long as there is a single MAGA voter left employed." prospect.org/politics/don...

Donald Trump to Trump Country: Drop Dead

The president told MAGA voters exactly what he was going to do in 2024. Now he is doing it.

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 1h

The Texas National Guard is now confirmed to be in Chicago and assisting ICE.

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Isaac The Rebel @isaactherebel.bsky.social · 1h

AGREE. Horrible plan!

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1h

They’re getting exactly what they voted for in 2024.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 1h

www.wsj.com/health/healt...

The MAJORITY of RED STATES gets the most subsidies from the Affordable Care Act

What a nightmare they're in for
People will lose their Healthcare
Premiums will skyrocket

And only DEMOCRATS ARE FIGHTING FOR US
24 Million people
#TrumpShutUsDown

Who Gets Healthcare Subsidies Under the Affordable Care Act

The ACA marketplace health plans now cover more than 24 million people, many of them reliant on enhanced subsidies to keep costs down.

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 2h

Good morning everyone
Got my ANTIFA reading list

Now where are those #EpsteinFiles?

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PolitiFact @politifact.bsky.social · 1h

President Donald Trump said he will be designating antifa as a “major terrorist organization,” but national security experts say he lacks authority to do so. There is no legal process to label domestic groups as terrorist organizations.

Can Trump label antifa a ‘major terrorist organization?’

President Donald Trump said he will be designating antifa as a “major terrorist organization,” but national security experts say he lacks authority to do so. There is no legal process to label…

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Isaac The Rebel @isaactherebel.bsky.social · 1h

FIND YOUR LOCAL EVENT HERE!! ✊✊✊✊

www.nokings.org#map

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Michael ❌👑 Indivisible CO3 @michaelindivisible.bsky.social · 1h

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 1h

Caller corners Johnson on C-SPAN as a Republican military mom pleads her kids could die. Punitive governance: manufactured shutdown, withheld pay, medicine imperiled, and he deflects, refusing to reconvene the House to secure troop pay.

'I’m begging you — my kids could die': GOP C-SPAN caller corners Johnson live on-air

A Republican voter — a military spouse and mother of two children with medical needs whose husband suffers from PTSD — called into C-SPAN to blast House Speaker Mike Johnson for refusing to allow votes to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government.Apologizing to the Speaker for her voice sou...

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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 1h

Bloomberg: Hundreds of US national security specialists including cybersecurity experts have been reassigned to support Trump's deportation push #GiftLink www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2h

How's that plan coming?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 3h

A woman who was shot multiple times by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents did not ram them with her car and had her weapon stored in her purse at the time of the incident, according to her lawyer, contradicting accounts by the Department of Homeland Security.

www.reuters.com/world/us/bod...

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Isaac The Rebel @isaactherebel.bsky.social · 1h

Their ideas and concepts are stored in the closet along with their thoughts and prayers...😼😼😼😼

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1h

Ideas on the table! Concepts of plans! Silly Marjorie.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

CNN: Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republicans have no healthcare solutions. What do you say to her?

REP. PETE SESSIONS: She needs a couple more years in office and she would learn that we do have ideas on the table

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Isaac The Rebel @isaactherebel.bsky.social · 1h

Good!!

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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