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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 1d

Greta Thunberg has more courage & moral clarity than any world leader I have ever seen.

Bar none.

Period.

That tiny 22 year old is often accused of being annoying, but what she is, is unyielding to moral ambiguity. If it’s wrong, she says so until someone listens.

She deserves the Nobel Prize

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 10h

"If the Supreme Court officially makes the chief executive a unitary executive, the advancement of the public good may depend on little more than the whims of the president, a state of affairs normally more characteristic of dictatorship than democracy." www.salon.com/2025/10/08/t...

The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power - Salon.com

In a series of cases over the past 15 years, the Supreme Court has moved in a pro-presidential direction.

www.salon.com

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Karen Z @nidanmere.bsky.social · 7h

Pam Bondi Flails as Democrat Grills Her on Tom Homan’s $50K Cash Bribe newrepublic.com/post/201428/... via @newrepublic.com

Pam Bondi Flails as Democrat Grills Her on Tom Homan’s $50K Cash Bribe

The attorney general was asked nearly 10 times what exactly Tom Homan did with his massive cash bribe.

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Wiley Nickel @wileynickel.com · 1d

On this day in 1963, hundreds of Black Americans in Selma lined up to register to vote — facing intimidation and discrimination. Their courage helped pave the way for the Voting Rights Act.

Let’s honor them by redoubling our efforts to protect the right to vote for all Americans.

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 1d

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Gargoylgal @gargoylegal.bsky.social · 1d

I wish the press would cover this more explicitly. It is right before US.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 8h

www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/u...
Approach and departure facilities for Houston, Newark and Las Vegas did not have enough controllers working for at least part of Tuesday evening, along with the facilities that handle planes in the Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Dallas areas.

Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the government shutdown impacts travelers | CNN

There would not be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration warned. In Nashville, so many controllers ha...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

Terrifying!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · 1d

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Arnold Böcklin 💙 @arnoldbocklin36606.bsky.social · 9h

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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 1d

OH SNAP 🚨🚨🚨

Miller's Mitchs moment shows us we must act right NOW
We have no more time to waste
NO MORE TIME

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jokerusso @jokerusso.bsky.social · 7h

Trump’s attorney sycophants from Bondi to Halligan are really just fuck-ups with law degrees from third tier law schools.

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 9h

Prosecution of Comey looks headed to a dead end.

"Federal prosecutors ... determined that a central witness in their probe would ... likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury."

abcnews.go.com/US/central-w...

Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources

Ex-FBI Director James Comey is set to be arraigned Wednesday, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness would prove "problematic," sources say.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 9h

Prosecution of Comey looks headed to a dead end.

"Federal prosecutors ... determined that a central witness in their probe would ... likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury."

abcnews.go.com/US/central-w...

Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources

Ex-FBI Director James Comey is set to be arraigned Wednesday, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness would prove "problematic," sources say.

abcnews.go.com

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 1d

Josh Hawley and Yale Law School, ladies and gentlemen.

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 11h

📌 OH SNAP ‼️ Stank Ice just
brutally shot a Priest with a pepper ball‼️🙈👀

❌️🔴 E N O U G H 🔴❌️ ⬅️🐥

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Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · 1d

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jokerusso @jokerusso.bsky.social · 8h

Slava Ukraini!

sah1109💙🐕🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇦🇬🇱🐾🐾💙 @sah1109.bsky.social · 8h

kyivindependent.com/russia-expan...

Russia expands gasoline sale restrictions amid fuel shortages, refinery strikes

The move comes as Ukraine's continued drone strikes on Russian oil refineries strain domestic fuel supplies.

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Florida Chris @chrislongview.bsky.social · 1d

the only violence anyone has seen evidence of in portland and chicago has come from the federal government.

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Hello my name is: Show Cougar @juvenilesuccess.bsky.social · 9h

Friendly reminder that the Affordable Care Act = affordable health insurance due to tax credits that expire at the end of this year. If Congress lets them expire, insurance costs will soar and millions of people will lose health insurance. More uninsured Americans mean higher prices for all of us.

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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 23h

Turns out they were faking being reasonable

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 13h

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 8h

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Michael Byron #Fella @michaelby.bsky.social · 8h

www.rawstory.com/james-comey-...

Comey about to make 'very aggressive' move to destroy Trump's prosecution: expert

Former FBI Director James Comey is likely to come out of the gates swinging with a scorched-earth strategy to get the charges President Donald Trump's Justice Department brought against him dismissed,...

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 19h

He is the speaker of the House. Johnson can gavel the House in anytime he pleases. That's kind of the point of being speaker.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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