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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 1h

Defend your rights 🇺🇸!!!

the statue of liberty is holding a torch in front of a cloudy blue sky

ALT: the statue of liberty is holding a torch in front of a cloudy blue sky

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 1h

@himself.bsky.social says it clearly. It is not rocket science. It is solidarity. Time for alums, students, faculty and staff at universities to stand together against Trump's wannabe-authoritarianism. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1h

More Democrats need to follow JB Pritzker's lead and directly confront MAGA's ongoing campaign to crush our democracy. It's not a time for any Democratic politician to hide in their office making fundraising calls. Get your ass out there. Denounce the fascists. Be loud.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 1h

Trump Flounders While Kimmel Surges, Kennedy Slammed By Surgeons General, Bondi Implodes In Senate, and Loomer Loses Like It’s Her Full-Time Job

While Trump’s shutdown backfires, our movement accelerates

www.dworkinsubstack.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

Donald Trump wants an attorney general who embraces the joint roles of presidential personal lawyer and histrionic TV-ready pundit. And hoo boy has he got one.

Today's Morning Shots, featuring @eggerdc.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/bondi-host...

Bondi to Congress: 🖕

The attorney general came to the Hill to deliver a message to Democrats: Your ‘oversight’ couldn't matter to us less.

www.thebulwark.com

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 2h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 16h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 3h

Please read or listen to Robert Hubbell’s newsletter!
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

More signs of desperation from the Trump administration

October 8, 2025

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Joseph Wang @lenticulus.bsky.social · 1h

Stephen Miller is following Stalin’s playbook.

snyder.substack.com/p/stalinism-...

Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

snyder.substack.com

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1h

Unless Amelia Earhart crashed on Epstein Island, we don't give a damn.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!

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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 8h

Everything u do comes back to u!
Karma Has No Deadline!

'Pam Bondi is BLATANTLY Covering Up Trump's Ties to Jeffrey Epstein' 🤬🌋😤 #TrumpCult #BondiShitShow #EpsteinCase #Felon

Follow Raging Moderates @RagingModeratesPod.
@jessicatarlov.bsky.social
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#scottgalloway #jessicatarlov 🔝

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1h

www.editorialboard.com/hegseth-and-...

It should be no surprise that men like the secretary of state, or the president, who believe they have the right to rule by race and blood, not by law, not by merit, not by anything other than the accident of their birth, are also some of the most childish people. They inhabit a world in which they never had to grow up. They can be boys forever.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 3h

“Let Republicans have the literal blood of American citizens on their hands—and make that the central issue of the shutdown. Otherwise, enjoy having your health care subsidy debate in the gulags these people would happily send us all to. I hear that poll-tests great.”

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

newrepublic.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 2h

Truth-tellers don’t get silenced because they lie. They get silenced because they remind others, they’re not crazy.
This whole system was lost long before the military stormed our streets. But we will still resist. Unbought. Unbowed. Loud. And that matters, especially at the end. #Resist

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Cathy 💀 🎃 👻 @coco.sheshed.rocks · 2h

Good Wednesday Morning ✌🏽

Our news cycle is full of depressing realities from the #Trump regime.

I hope you have a friend or two to lean on in these scary times 🖤🖤

Now ~ #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

#SheShed

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Jen🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ @jen.sheshed.rocks · 2h

Good Wednesday Morning 🧙‍♀️
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 3h

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announces an executive order establishing "ICE-free zones" in Chicago.

"That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as staging grounds for these raids."

This man is an American Hero!

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Wes Smith Ω 🧢 @wessmith123.bsky.social · 3h

Bondi: “Trump is the most transparent president in our nation’s history”.

👉 By transparent, she means the lifelong criminal commits a lot of his crimes right out in the open. The rest are being covered up by her.

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Kat 🕊️💙🦋🇺🇦🌻🌊🟧🟦🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎭💖 @smith83k.bsky.social · 4h

“This is your legacy, Attorney General Bondi. In eight short months, you fundamentally transformed the Justice Department and left an enormous stain in American history. It will take decades to recover.” ~ Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois
#Pinks
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Bondi dodges questions as she clashes with Democrats over claims she's weaponized Justice Department

Attorney General Pam Bondi has repeatedly deflected questions while seeking to defend herself during a combative congressional hearing in the face of growing criticism that she's turning the law enfor...

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Allyship @allyship.bsky.social · 15h

I’m sending every bit of love and goodness in the world through the ethers to Dolly. I hope you’ll join me.

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Leslie 🦋🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈🪷🫘 @mudlady64.bsky.social · 2h

“The Case for the forever shutdown.”
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 3h

“Let Republicans have the literal blood of American citizens on their hands—and make that the central issue of the shutdown. Otherwise, enjoy having your health care subsidy debate in the gulags these people would happily send us all to. I hear that poll-tests great.”

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

newrepublic.com

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 3h

Russia Says Trump and Putin’s Drive for Ukraine Peace ‘Exhausted’ | Newsweek www.newsweek.com/russia-trump...

Russia says Trump and Putin's drive for Ukraine peace "exhausted"

Donald Trump must decide how to apply greater pressure on Moscow, by tougher sanctions or providing Ukraine with better weaponry.

www.newsweek.com

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Leslie 🦋🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈🪷🫘 @mudlady64.bsky.social · 12h

Posting this again because I wanted you to know this made me cry. Joyfully. There is hope for this one mule town I live in. I have like minded friends here. I said one mule town because there is literally a celebrated mule day once a year. #BlueDotRedState

Leslie 🦋🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈🪷🫘 @mudlady64.bsky.social · 16h

Some good news: Thanks to our Mayor Chaz Molder (D) this happened. The city built another round about near the town square here in Columbia TN. A bronze statue of Justice Thurgood Marshal! It gives me so much hope in this predominantly red city. ❤️

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