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liannewildlife.bsky.social @liannewildlife.bsky.social · 58m

🤣. The FOX PLAYERS. Poor man's bad theatre
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PS. I'm Queen of England!

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2h

You have got to be joking hahaha

liannewildlife.bsky.social @liannewildlife.bsky.social · 2h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

75% of Labor Department workers are furloughed during Trump’s shutdown.

That means millions of workers will have fewer watchdogs on the beat to ensure job safety, crack down on wage theft, and enforce labor protections.

And the so-called “pro-worker president” is to blame.

liannewildlife.bsky.social @liannewildlife.bsky.social · 2h

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3h

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

Someone needs to tell MAGA the pedophilia calls are coming from inside the White House.

JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 3d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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liannewildlife.bsky.social @liannewildlife.bsky.social · 4h

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 4h

The ability to create ongoing, transferable wealth has historically been denied to members of the Black community.

On the Natchez, Mississippi, leg of the Truth, Poverty and Democracy Tour, advocates discussed how Black residents could harness generational wealth: https://bit.ly/4nEnXeJ

liannewildlife.bsky.social @liannewildlife.bsky.social · 4h

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4h

I'm late to this -- came out a couple weeks ago -- sorry -- but this podcast episode is really worth listening to (despite the episode title, it's only incidentally about the Kimmel fiasco).

Highly recommended.

You can listen here for free, or on any podcast app:

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Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure | The Political Scene | The New Yorker | WNYC

The Washington Roundtable discusses how, in the wake of the reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel’s show, public resistance has a chance to turn the tide against autocratic impulses in today’...

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4h

To be clear: this is not financial advice, just a commentary on how billionaires may use a possible future event to further consolidate power.

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liannewildlife.bsky.social @liannewildlife.bsky.social · 4h

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Where are the Republican Senators?

Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 7h

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

liannewildlife.bsky.social @liannewildlife.bsky.social · 4h

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23h

Several pro-voting groups asked a court Monday to block Utah Republican’s audacious new GOP law designed to make it harder to strike down the state’s new gerrymander, arguing it violates the state constitution. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Utah Map ‘Unduly Favors Republicans,’ Claims New Filing Challenging GOP’s Two-Pronged Gerrymander Scheme

Read more here.

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liannewildlife.bsky.social @liannewildlife.bsky.social · 4h

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

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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liannewildlife.bsky.social @liannewildlife.bsky.social · 4h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸

liannewildlife.bsky.social @liannewildlife.bsky.social · 4h

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 5h

Speaking at a church, Jack Ciattarelli suggested he be called “big daddy” instead of governor if he wins:

“…his grandchildren do not call him grandpa. …They call him big daddy, and I was thinking when we win this race I kind of like that better than governor. Big daddy.”

liannewildlife.bsky.social @liannewildlife.bsky.social · 5h

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 5h

Bannon claimed John Bolton, Andrew McCabe, John Brennan, James Comey, and Jim Clapper were “going to spend many, many, many years in a federal prison”

Steve Bannon claims Trump administration is working on "massive indictments" of several former top government officials

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

NEW: Are we one step closer to war without consent of Congress with the installation of Michael Ellis at the CIA? We discuss today on the @dailybeanspod.com. Free to listen and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Kimmel Rankles Cankles (feat. Alder Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford)

Podcast Episode · The Daily Beans · 10/08/2025 · 1h 3m

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5h

Republicans are fighting to ensure that Americans in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and a raft of other red states pay DOUBLE what they paid before for healthcare.

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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 6h

“Losing him has turned our lives upside-down,” said the man’s wife.

Dad with leukemia in ICE custody is separated from his doctors in MI, suit says

“Losing him has turned our lives upside-down,” said the man’s wife.

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liannewildlife.bsky.social @liannewildlife.bsky.social · 5h

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

As the Trump administration dramatically reshapes the U.S. public education system, ProPublica’s reporters are investigating how these changes affect people across the country.

Help us track developments at schools and colleges in your area 👇

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 5h

According to federal contracting records, which were first reported by the technology magazine Wired, ICE plans to hire at least a dozen contracted workers for the effort at its National Criminal Analysis & Targeting Center in Williston, Vermont, in addition to contractors in Santa Ana, California.

ICE Plans to Boost Social Media Surveillance Using Contractors

ICE plans to use a hub in Vermont to bolster its digital surveillance capabilities as the agency ramps up operations across the country.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 5h

Wondering who’s at fault for the shutdown dragging on?

Take a look at who’s in DC and who’s not.

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liannewildlife.bsky.social @liannewildlife.bsky.social · 20h

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People think it will only happen to OTHERS

God @thegodpodcast.com · 23h

Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.

liannewildlife.bsky.social @liannewildlife.bsky.social · 20h

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23h

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
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I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?