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jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social @jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social · 12h

I knew Diddy would hit up the Orange Monkey for a pardon.

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Trump talks Diddy, Ghislaine Maxwell pardon requests. See other celebrities he's pardoned

President Donald Trump was asked Oct. 6 about the possibility to pardon Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and music mogul Sean Diddy Combs.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

"Making the rigged election claim to the military now, retroactively, is a half-step. By stating it as fact and forcing the general staff to accept it, he is laying the predicate to make such a claim directly to the military in the future." www.thebulwark.com/p/legal-orde...

“Legal Orders” and Trump’s Military

Authoritarians don’t take power by openly flouting the law. They look for pretexts and legal theories.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

I'm not a conservative commentator. No Billionaire is offering me $150 million. No TV network will make me its editor in chief.

I am just a lawyer who fights hard for democracy. I built Democracy Docket to keep you informed. For $10 a month, you can help it do its vital work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 15h

Never never never give up

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jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social @jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social · 12h

SCOTUS wades back into the war on trans kids—and considers greenlighting conversion therapy www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

SCOTUS wades back into the war on trans kids—and considers greenlighting conversion therapy

The science is in: The anti-LGBTQ "treatments" are ineffective and dangerous.

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jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social @jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social · 12h

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Why MAGA's Falling Apart in Front of Trump: Michael Wolff | Inside Trump's Head

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jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social @jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social · 12h

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BLACK FOLKS EXPOSE WHITE RAGE COMES FROM JELOUSY OF BLACK EXCELLENCE

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jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social @jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social · 12h

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Have You Considered Not Falling For The Chaos?

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jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social @jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social · 12h

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Hog Island: The shipyard that promised freedom, and paid in exploitation. #americanhistory

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jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social @jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social · 12h

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The SCMW Reactor first trial run - Thank you Humanity! Through this invention, we will change earth

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jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social @jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social · 12h

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The Story of Assata Shakur | The Joy Reid Show

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jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social @jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social · 13h

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Danica Patrick Has A Problem With Bad Bunny Performing At The Super Bowl.

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jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social @jackdanielsonice66.bsky.social · 13h

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Black History: Remember Who You Are? #blackhistory #america #shorts #blackamerica #americanhistory

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h

Carney: This is the most important—

Trump: The merger of Canada and the US

Carney: That wasn’t where I was going

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

500 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics are at risk of closing because of the Trump-Republican big, ugly bill. Many are in rural areas.

Meanwhile, Republican-held US House districts and states Trump won in 2024 rely more on ACA coverage.

They're selling out their own voters.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23h

After passing $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, Mike Johnson now has the gall to say Medicaid is underfunded.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 21h

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 22h

Epstein Files are Trump’s kryptonite. He is terrified of releasing them. Should be in the news every single day.

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Snopes @snopes.com · 15h

A rumor that the U.S. military bugle call "Taps" originated when a Union father found the melody in the pocket of his deceased Confederate son is false. Here's the real story: www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15h

The sheriff in Mobile, Alabama reportedly has a Halloween “display” featuring skeletons dressed like ICE agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros and serapes. www.al.com/news/2025/10...

Alabama sheriff under fire for Halloween display with ‘ICE’ agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros

The controversial display shows ICE agent skeletons chasing figures in sombreros, which the sheriff's wife defends as "tongue-in-cheek" while citing her own Cuban heritage.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 15h

Children killed in Texas’ July floods are still missing. A community mourns. Yet, Abbott yields to Trump and sends the Texas National Guard to harass Chicago communities instead of keeping them in state to help.

Trump's regime cannot continue to weaponize our military and terrorize our cities.

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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 16h

Top Federal Prosecutor REFUSES To Indict Trump Enemy Letitia James
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Top Federal Prosecutor REFUSES To Indict Trump Enemy Letitia James

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21h

This framing is a perfect example of the constant “it only ratchets up” criminal justice coverage from mainstream media.

No focus on the fact that Trump’s premise is a lie, but a “gotcha” that Trump’s inane “there’s no crime” comments are not factually correct.

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 21h

Trump tells Canada’s prime minister that DC was a “raging hellhole” but claims that his crackdown fixed it.

TRUMP: “There is no crime in DC… no one’s being shot.”

There’s evidence that Trump’s crackdown helped curb crime — but it’s not true that it’s gone.

Example: this headline today.

Local Crime & Public Safety
Three people found fatally shot in D.C. in three days
Three youths, one with a gun, took a moped in broad daylight on Capitol Hill.
Today at 2:01 a.m. ET

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h

Don’t believe Trump’s lies about undocumented immigrants.

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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 14h

Donald Trump: "untethered to the facts."

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