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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 6h

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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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 23h

I’m compelled to point out that the food assistance we gave to feed children and families on the brink of starvation also helped America’s farmers make ends meet

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.

apnews.com

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 17h

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

www.nobelprize.org

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Axios @axios.com · 6h

“The war is over. The live hostages will be released Monday,” a U.S. official told Axios.

GAZA PEACE DEAL REACHED: TRUMP

The announcement comes two years after Oct. 7, with 67,000 Palestinians killed.

www.axios.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 14h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 1d

let's all bear witness to this incident, including the particulars:

a Presbyterian minister stood on the ground, preached his faith, and posed no harm to anyone

yet he was shot in the head by taxpayer-funded lowlifes no private employer would consider

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

“We’ll schedule it as soon as she wants”?

She’s been demanding it for weeks but Republicans keep blocking her.

They really really really don’t want the files to come out

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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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

THIS is the energy we’ve been waiting for. Credit where credit is due.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

NEW: Comey is going to challenge the legality of Lindsay Halligan's authority. Here's an explanation from my show this past Sunday. You can watch the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/PkEOK7J...

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 7h

Fat Satan: “In Portland, the dinosaurs and furries are eating the dogs — they’re eating the cats.”

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

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

podcasts.apple.com

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 9h

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

“.. GOP congressional leaders are resisting standalone military pay legislation, fearing it will take pressure off Democrats.”

@politico.com #Shutdown
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the Bronx and Harlem at our paper shredding events — we cleared out old junk mail, built community, danced, took family portraits and enjoyed frozen treats (it still felt a lot like summer). Thanks to everyone who joined.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 7h

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.

I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.

This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

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mongeliliana.bsky.social @mongeliliana.bsky.social · 7h

Voting Yes on Prop 50 is so convenient with our mail in ballots 💙 @cademocrats.bsky.social @avancela.bsky.social

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Hahrie Han @hahrie.bsky.social · 12h

Totally, completely flabbergasted. #MacFellow

hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/08/h...

Johns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han receives MacArthur genius grant

Han, who studies political organizing and collective action and who has led the university's SNF Agora Institute since 2019, among 22 individuals to receive coveted MacArthur Foundation recognition

hub.jhu.edu

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 16h

DEVELOPING: Convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and financial fraudster calls for the imprisonment of Chicago’s mayor and Illinois’ governor because they will not help him turn their home into a war zone.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h

So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running don’t.

And Speaker Mike Johnson won’t let the House come back to work. So basically they’re on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.

Did I get that right?

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9h

“If you have biased data going in, you will in all likelihood replicate the bias. And we see this again and again.”

The internet is skewing the reality of women (and men) in the workforce, a large new study confirms.

It's true: The internet skews the reality of women (and men) in the workforce

Age and gender biases are baked into what we see online, a large new study confirms.

www.motherjones.com

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

The city of Hialeah, a Cuban-American neighborhood in FL, enrolled more people under the ACA than anywhere else in the country.

That coverage is now at risk.

Democrats passed it, Democrats protect it, and Democrats will keep fighting for affordable care for all.

www.politico.com/story/2015/0...

Obamacare's unlikely No. 1 city

The health care law's top spot is a solidly Republican working-class town just 10 miles outside of Miami.

www.politico.com

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