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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 13h

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3h

it’s all just a grift

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 4m

First Republicans shut down the government instead of lowering health care costs, and now they blocked our bill to end Trump's sham "energy emergency" — which is just a gift to Big Oil that is gutting clean energy and RAISING energy prices.

Another betrayal of American families.

thehill.com

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Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 1h

I grew up waiting for a mobile library that came once a week. For 3 hours every Wednesday, I could travel anywhere through a book, when you ban books, you ban possibility. #Pinks

Read “When You Ban Books, You Ban Possibility“ by Gramirez on Medium: medium.com/@gramirez230...

When You Ban Books, You Ban Possibility

Stories are not the enemy – ignorance is.

medium.com

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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 5d

Texas Gateway Church pastor, Trump / MAGA spiritual advisor, and sponsor, Robert Morris, has plead guilty for raping a 12 year old girl. Morris sponsored one of Trump’s Inaugural Balls in 2017 and partook in other MAGA & GOP events. #OpDeathEaters #EndImpunity

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reesespeaces.bsky.social @reesespeaces.bsky.social · 2m

Shame on #MSM

Ann Muir @decoy007.bsky.social · 22h

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2h

Seriously, is this a trick? It’s everyday now.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 3m

how many kids did Trump kill today? Here is a tracker: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter

Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.

www.impactcounter.com

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DemCatsGT 💙✌️🍩⚾️🇺🇸🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦 @demcatsgt.bsky.social · 3m

🤮

triblive.com/news/world/t...

Treasury defends proposal to put Trump on $1 coin

The Treasury Department is defending a proposal to mint a $1 coin with images of President Trump to help celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday, citing a bill signed into law by Trump during the ...

triblive.com

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ML Porter @mlporter.bsky.social · 3m

A Week of Reckoning for the Republican Party
open.substack.com/pub/oliviaju...

A Week of Reckoning for the Republican Party

From shutdown fallout to digital flops, the GOP’s grip on the narrative is slipping.

open.substack.com

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 18h

“Two weeks after Taher’s little boy died, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress & declared: ‘No one has died’ because of his govt’s decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: ‘No children are dying on my watch.’

That, Taher says, ‘is a lie.’” tinyurl.com/zfxe4v2v

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family’s food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.

On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher’s little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: “No one has died” because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: “No children are dying on my watch.”

That, Taher says, “is a lie.”

“I lost my son because of the funding cuts,” he says. “And it is not only me — many more children in other camps have also died helplessly from hunger, malnutrition and no medical treatment.”

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ML Porter @mlporter.bsky.social · 4m

The shadow on the wall...

a man wearing a fedora is standing in front of a river with the words @excaliburnefr below him

ALT: a man wearing a fedora is standing in front of a river with the words @excaliburnefr below him

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Grant @gdubbstl.bsky.social · 1h

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srmicksims 🦮🐾🐈 @srmicksims.bsky.social · 54m

The NFL must act NOW to stop ICE from targeting the Super Bowl LX where Bad Bunny will be performing at the halftime show before it’s too late. #SBLX #AppleMusicHalftime sign.moveon.org/petitions/su...

NFL: No ICE at the 2026 Super Bowl!

The @NFL must act NOW to stop Trump's ICE from targeting the Super Bowl LX where Bad Bunny will be performing at the halftime show before it’s too late. #SBLX #AppleMusicHalftime

sign.moveon.org

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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 9h

KKKrumpf's whole life has been built on total lies, bullshit, and snake-oil-salesmanship. He should have been a used car salesman. Instead he passes off his women like they were old dishrags.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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semireflection @semireflection.bsky.social · 33m

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@altnps.bsky.social @altnoaa.bsky.social @altnatsecagency.bsky.social @50501veterans.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @freedcproject.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @grandmasheila.bsky.social @michiganresistance.bsky.social

coalitionagainsttrump on Instagram: "Nazek Sankari of @uspcn leads protesters in a call-and-response training on how to film ICE/police activity at our mass protest dem…"

Nazek Sankari of @uspcn leads protesters in a call-and-response training on how to film ICE/police activity at our mass protest demanding ICE OUT OF CHICAGO! Know your rights!Six points to remember: 1. Stay at least an arms length away from the officer(s)2. If they tell you to back up, film yourself doing so3. Film horizontally4. Narrate what you’re seeing in as much detail as possible5. Focus your filming on the officer’s actions6. Do not share footage publicly without permission of the person being detained or their family This segment is part of our mass protest targeting @saeileenburke, demanding she stand up to ICE! We also demand that Burke:- Investigate and close the Broadview ICE staging facility- Charge the ICE agents who murdered Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez- Free all survivors of wrongful conviction and police tortureALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!View all 1,537 comments

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💙Mabs A'Mabbin💙 @mabsamabbin.bsky.social · 33m

It's been killing me all day. I haven't seen enough anger. 🤷‍♀️

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1h

Stephen Miller accidentally blurted out that Trump had "plenary authority" on TV today.

They're going for full-scale dictatorship.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...

Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracies Started Flying.

www.nytimes.com

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leftaz.bsky.social @leftaz.bsky.social · 1h

BULLSHIT!
AL Jezeera:
BREAKING: "Israeli forces have killed 126 Palestinians in 271 raids across the Gaza Strip over the past five days, including at least 75 in Gaza City, according to the besieged enclave’s Government Media Office."

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 14h

🔥 Novosibirsk. A fire has been reported on the territory of "Zavod Pripoev" plant, which specializes in:

▪️production of electronics and microcircuits;
▪️repair and assembly of electrical devices;
▪️the defense-industrial complex.

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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 1h

I'm so glad to be back on #Bluesky after 24 hours locked in my room!

"I have returned to finish what I started."

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 6h

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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Mary21 @mheltru21.bsky.social · 33m

Love it!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

“Marathon Man” premieres 49 years ago today.

Dustin Hoffman had tried various techniques “to appear out-of-it during the dental scenes,” director John Schlesinger recalled. “I had to completely reshoot all the close-ups. That’s when [Lawrence] Olivier said to me ‘Why doesn’t he just try ACTING?’”

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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 1h

A bunch of folks have told me about this over the past few days. Patrick has good details here.

"It seems like it’s in an effort to get them to quit instead of firing them," a US official told me.

I'm off for the rest of the week (timing!) but I'll have a story on this shortly after I get back.

Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 1h

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Charles Cali17.bsky.social @charlescali17.bsky.social · 33m

That's where she got her law degree/Trump U.

oaklandsocialist.bsky.social @oaklandsocialist.bsky.social · 23h

In 2013, Fla. Att. Gnl. Bondi announced that she was considering joining a lawsuit of several states against corrupt Trump University. A few days later, Trump donated $25 G to Bondi's reelection campaign. She dropped out of the lawsuit.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Pam Bondi’s Comeback

In 2017, Pam Bondi was passed over as too scandal-tainted. This time, she’s the safe, acceptable fallback choice.

www.theatlantic.com

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