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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 3h

House Republicans have been on vacation for 20 days.

The government is shut down and health care costs are exploding.

Cancel the vacation, and let’s get back to Washington. We have work to do.

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

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 22h

What will it take for regular people to understand that if they refuse to stand up against fascism they will not be spared? Fascism is a serial killer with no restrictions on who it targets.

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

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 3h

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 3h

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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NPR @npr.org · 3h

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

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Julia @juliac.bsky.social · 2h

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

October 8, 2025

Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Julia @juliac.bsky.social · 12h

He probably thinks he was being asked about a dead guy and wants no part of it 🥴

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 19h

"We took freedom of speech away" is probably the most honest thing Trump has said or done in a long time

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

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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Julia @juliac.bsky.social · 18h

a woman is playing a violin with a ring on her finger

ALT: a woman is playing a violin with a ring on her finger

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

www.rollingstone.com

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swissoulian.bsky.social @swissoulian.bsky.social · 23h

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) on Oct. 3 commended the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) for approving the advancement of the Libby Exploration Project, a copper and silver deposit in Lincoln County, Mont. #mtpol

Daines applauds USFS decision to allow mining project to move forward in Montana - Ripon Advance

riponadvance.com

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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 1d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

boltsmag.org

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 22h

And another....

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23h

Today on Volts: hey listen up! The most important election of the year is happening in Georgia next month. Two seats on the (currently all-GOP) Public Service Commission are up & rising electricity prices are on everyone's mind. This is a bellwether for next year's governor & midterm elections!

Pay attention to the most important political race of 2025

With energy affordability set to dominate national politics, Peter Hubbard and Brionté McCorkle explain why a down-ballot Georgia race is ground zero for the fight.

www.volts.wtf

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Julia @juliac.bsky.social · 22h

If ever you want to see the face of a spoiled, petulant child - here you go

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23h

FBI agents assigned to Musk concluded he was systematically avoiding conduct standards imposed on those holding high-level clearances. FBI management concluded it could do nothing about this because of Musk's ties to Trump and the GOP.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 23h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 1d

This entire administration is a bunch of performative cosplay clowns.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d

Pete Hegseth put on his military fatigues for a new photo op a week after yelling at top brass about grooming and DEI.

Pentagon Pete Cosplays After Bizarre General Pep Talk

The Defense Secretary suited up for a new photo op with the troops.

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murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · 1d

"Speaker Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House may have more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records."

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Mike Johnson is holding Congress out of session for two reasons: number one, so that way there are no negotiations; and number two, to cover for all the pedophiles on Epstein's list...They're covering for pedophiles and dropping your healthcare coverage."

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Julia @juliac.bsky.social · 1d

For those national guard who treat their fellow human beings with respect and compassion, then being deployed is what they signed up for. Those who choose to be aggressive, rude and dangerous - shame on them and suffer the disdain, dislike and embarrassment that will come their way.

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Julia @juliac.bsky.social · 1d

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

October 7, 2025

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.

open.substack.com

Julia @juliac.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t, and never have understood, why mics aren’t turned off until a question or statement has been made? Pretty basic time control 🤷‍♀️

Julia @juliac.bsky.social · 1d

YOU HAVE NO BASIS FOR YOUR CRACKPOT IDEAS!! EXPERTISE?? YOU’RE A MORON. Damn you made me type in all caps 🥴

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