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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 8h

"It is funny to watch Trump be a Fox News producer... We look at the news and you see Trump is holding an antifa roundtable at the White House, and you just say thank you”

Jesse Watters thanks Donald Trump for using the government to give Fox News content

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Blue Wave 🌊 2028🗽 @jmzmuda.bsky.social · 8h

Never give up. #Resist #StrongerTogether

#usgov #whitehouse #midterms #polhub #politics #impeach47 #bluesky #megaboost

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This Bitch Resists @liberalantitheist.bsky.social · 13h

Agreed.
The time has come for the fall of the Trump fascist regime, and it's up to US to make it happen.
Join us!
Refusefascism.org

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 11h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 2d

My constituents want me to get to work but House Republicans are more concerned about protecting the Epstein files.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Elected but Not Seated, Grijalva Waits to Sign Epstein Petition

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Blue Wave 🌊 2028🗽 @jmzmuda.bsky.social · 11h

Breaking: Kristi Noem & Trump hot on the trail of “antifa” “founder”. 🤦🏼

#antifa #noem #trump #dhs #usgov #fascism #politics #uspol #bluesky #bluewave #bluecrew #draintheswamp #impeach47

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 15h

Some right-wing figures have urged stronger responses against protesters, suggesting the use of “lethal force” or “actual ammo”

As Trump sends the National Guard into US cities, right-wing media celebrate and call protests “an insurrection”

Right-wing media and right-leaning online show hosts have rallied behind President Donald Trump’s attempts to deploy the National Guard to Chicago and Portland, suggesting the Democrat-run cities are ...

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 14h

Trump is taking money from universities that enroll large numbers of Latino students and funneling it to high-profile HBCUs. It’s a cynical ploy designed to divide marginalized communities. From Naomi Bethune: trib.al/YjYbSmg

Competing for Crumbs

While adding funding for historically Black colleges and universities, Trump’s Education Department is simultaneously cutting funding to colleges that primarily serve minorities.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

A new draft White House memo suggests a 2019 law signed by President Trump that guarantees federal employees get paid after a shutdown ends would not apply to furloughed workers.

White House floats no back pay for some furloughed federal workers despite 2019 law

A new draft White House memo suggests a 2019 law signed by President Trump that guarantees federal employees get paid after a shutdown ends would not apply to furloughed workers.

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 1d

Anyone anywhere can quietly bankroll Trump via his “memecoin,” writes @cjcmichel.bsky.social. We’ve never seen a White House so saturated in foreign lobbying and foreign money.

Trump Opens the White House Doors to Foreign Regimes and Their Dirty Money

Lobbyists for foreign countries have long helped other governments influence US policy, but nothing compares to the brazen corruption of the second administration of Trump.

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 1d

Largely ignored by a media overwhelmed by daily outrages from the Oval Office, Trump’s destructive foreign policy strategy has some truly serious implications for America’s role in the world.

Trump Is Effortlessly Destroying Washington’s International Influence

With Congress compliant, the Supreme Court complicit, and media corporations compromised, Trump has forged a clear path to international irrelevance.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d

An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.

The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act

An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

The federal government has long surveyed high schoolers to help track how their academic choices may have influenced the course of their lives. The Trump administration put an end to that effort.

The government has long researched high school experiences. Then DOGE cut the effort

The federal government has long surveyed high schoolers to help track how their academic choices may have influenced the course of their lives. The Trump administration put an end to that effort.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking: Trump Heads to Golf Course Amid Government Shutdown

President shuns shutdown talks for golf trip meidasnews.com/news/trump-h...

Trump Heads to Golf Course Amid Government Shutdown

President shuns shutdown talks for golf trip

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

Staring down the barrel of that #TrumpSlump

The Everything Recession — The Atlantic

First Washington, then the nation?

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Federal law says only the deceased can appear on U.S. currency. But on Monday, the Trump administration defended its plan to mint a $1 coin bearing the image of President Trump.

Treasury Defends Minting a $1 Trump Coin Despite 1866 Law

The Treasury Department said that a 2020 collectible coinage law allows a living person to appear on U.S. currency.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

The shuttered DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties “was one of the very few tools we had to check ICE, to hold ICE accountable,” immigration lawyer Sophia Genovese said. “Now you see them speeding to complete authoritarianism.”

(Published April 2025)

“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights

The closure of the 150-person office, which protected the civil rights of both immigrants and U.S. citizens, strips Homeland Security of its internal guardrails as the Trump administration turns DHS i...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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Blue Wave 🌊 2028🗽 @jmzmuda.bsky.social · 2d

This Noem post aged well….

#kristiNoem #biden #nationalguard #freespeech #freedom #constitution #uspol #bluesky #politics #polhub #usgov #trump #midterms

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Blue Wave 🌊 2028🗽 @jmzmuda.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s Failing #Economy: Financial pressures are bearing down on #homeowners struggling with rising costs of #housing, #groceries, #energy bills, #insurance coverage, & more.

#trump #mortgage #foreclosures #inflation #stagflation #gasoline #fuel #bluesky #impeach47 #midterms #bluewave #megaboost

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Blue Wave 🌊 2028🗽 @jmzmuda.bsky.social · 2d

Republican Legislators Fail to Pass Spending Bill for Fifth Time Despite Holding a Majority Vote.

#senate #house #GOP #republicans #congress #maga #trump #mikejohnson #politics #usgov #uspol #polhub #spendingbill #legislation #bluesky #bluecrew #bluestorm #midterms #impeach47 #whitehouse

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Blue Wave 🌊 2028🗽 @jmzmuda.bsky.social · 3d

Trump Considering $10 Billion Bailout for Farmers Crushed by His Tariffs.

#trump #bailout #agriculture #maga #farmers #GOP #republicans #whitehouse #bluesky #impeach47 #bluestorm #bluecrew #megaboost #socialism #usgov #uspol #polhub #politics

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Blue Wave 🌊 2028🗽 @jmzmuda.bsky.social · 4d

Presidential Golf Trips would be a Great Place to Cut Spending. Trump's golf trips cost taxpayers ~ $152 million during his first term & $71 million already during his second term.

#trump #impeach47 #usgov #politics #Govspending #uspol #polhub #bluecrew #bluesky #leavitt #bluestorm #midterms

Karoline Leavitt says White House must cut spending due to shutdown

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the Trump administration has to look at ways to "save money in a responsible way that respects the American taxpayer's money" during shutdown.

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