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madoccassia @madoccassia.bsky.social · 6h

He apparently thinks this will help him get into heaven. I can think of a number of past recipients who almost certainly were not granted admission.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7h

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Animal research has saved countless lives, but a concerted federal push to reduce its use and support reasonable alternatives is long overdue,” Deborah Blum writes in a guest essay.

Opinion | Trump Is Doing a Good Thing for Lab Animals

Under Trump, the N.I.H. is encouraging alternatives that use human cells rather than dogs, cats and monkeys.

nyti.ms

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 7h

she goes to a different school though you guys don’t know her

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 16h

Bondi claiming they arrested [checks notes] "the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" has me in stitches

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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Sheriff of Portland @sheriffofportland.bsky.social · 6h

I got 3 tickets to join the Third Bench in 317 available for fridays preseason game come take em.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Artemesia Gentileschi,
Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1620 #womensart

Painting featuring two white women in the act of beheading a white man with a sword as he lies in his bed

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VOTING > PROTESTING @reesetheone.bsky.social · 11h

She said it best.

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 7h

There is no single way to resist; only the courage to invent one. 👍

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Sean Highkin @highkin.bsky.social · 7h

Preseason action baby!!

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madoccassia @madoccassia.bsky.social · 7h

LA: We will fight you.

Chicago: We will fight you.

PDX: We will make you endure weeks of improv theater.

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madoccassia @madoccassia.bsky.social · 7h

I cannot resist a t-rex under any circumstances.

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Steve Huntsman @stevehuntsman.bsky.social · 19h

Arriving tomorrow

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 16h

"The Church cannot be silent."

"Pope Leo XIV’s eyes grew misty Wednesday as an El Paso delegation led by Bishop Mark Seitz presented him letters and a video that captured the fears and anxieties of people facing mass deportation in the United States..."

In Vatican meeting with El Pasoans, Pope Leo XIV offers support to migrants facing deportation - El Paso Matters

During a Vatican meeting, Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with migrants after hearing firsthand accounts gathered by El Paso’s Hope Border Institute and La Mujer Obrera about the human toll of U.S. ...

elpasomatters.org

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madoccassia @madoccassia.bsky.social · 7h

Watching my NBA team’s first preseason game.

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Crook County Democrats @crookcountydems.bsky.social · 9h

Oregon National Guard general says his troops would be protecting protesters and Oregonians at the ICE facility if they were to be deployed.

#PortlandStrong @ordems.bsky.social @deschutesdemocrats.org @democratrolodex.org @multdems.bsky.social @washcodems.bsky.social @demsabroad.bsky.social

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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madoccassia @madoccassia.bsky.social · 7h

I’m fortunate to be represented by smart Democrats. I do my best to amplify the good stuff they do but BlueSky is my only platform these days. I suspect I’d get mixed reviews from Friends and Family Who Get Copious Texts.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 8h

DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 256

It’s nice watching people amplifying more and more Dems fighting back, but I still get comments asking why they aren’t talking about this thing or that thing, and I just sight and say “they are, it’s just not being amplified.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 8h

this is an incredibly evil thing for fetterman to break party ranks on.

like...maybe worse than manchin or sinema?

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 10h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 11h

🚨There goes the last of Governor Pritzker’s fucks. 🪦
He took that threat of being arrested to heart… and the people of Chicago are marching in the streets because the Chicago mayor and their governor have their backs. ✊🏼
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 8h

"Among the estimated total population of Gaza, this is equivalent to more than 54,600 children up to six years old who need emergency nutrition and medical care, including 12,800 severely wasted children, the researchers said."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Almost 55,000 children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates

Study shows clear link between Israeli restrictions on aid entering Gaza and levels of malnutrition among children

www.theguardian.com

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Tyrone @thetyrone.bsky.social · 19h

This is one of the rare times in Illinois politics when you could call for the governor to be jailed and be incorrect.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 22h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8h

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 8h

It's so important to nip the framing of this reporting in the bud right now.

Don't accept the narrative that Trump and his team only just started discussing invoking the Insurrection Act. January 6 happened because his White House was in conversation with radicals about what it'd take to invoke it.

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision isn't expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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Erik García Gundersen @erikg503.bsky.social · 8h

Preseason caveats aside it really looks like the game has slowed down for Shaedon. He was good offensively last year but some of these moves are at a way higher level.

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