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Dean Booth 🦆🐇 @deanbooth.bsky.social · 11h

Remember that WaPo endorsed Bondi as qualified and serious. Unfortunately, WaPo is neither.

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Pam Bondi [thumbs up]
Florida's former attorney general is qualified; lawyers who have worked with her report that she is serious.

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nonplussed12.bsky.social @nonplussed12.bsky.social · 11h

As I always suspected......

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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nonplussed12.bsky.social @nonplussed12.bsky.social · 11h

Follow the Bucks County Beacon for the very best in resistance journalism. You have my word on it.

Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 20h

Moms for Liberty CEO & Co-Founder Tina Descovich verbally attacked the @buckscountybeacon.com at Harrisburg-area event last week while introducing Bucks Chapter Chair Jamie Tromba. Our crime? Journalism. Read more here: bit.ly/46XkOQh (And don't forget to support progressive, independent media!)

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nonplussed12.bsky.social @nonplussed12.bsky.social · 12h

Another shit.

Maine Public @mainepublic.org · 12h

At his campaign launch in Belfast, Bush referred to himself as “a disrupter” and promised to bring economic development to the state by reducing taxes and clearing regulations for more housing development:

Jonathan Bush, cousin of former president, launches campaign for Maine governor

At his campaign launch in Belfast, Bush referred to himself as “a disrupter” and promised to bring economic development to the state by reducing taxes and clearing regulations for more housing develop...

www.mainepublic.org

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Charles Johnson Antifa ID Confirmed @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 12h

“We took the freedom of speech away.”

No, you didn’t.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 22h

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

rewirenewsgroup.com

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nonplussed12.bsky.social @nonplussed12.bsky.social · 21h

It's dumb goober time!

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 22h

The Constitutional crisis you've been waiting for is here.

The right moment to speak up—that moment of clarity you've been waiting for—that's here too.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 23h

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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nonplussed12.bsky.social @nonplussed12.bsky.social · 22h

😊

hotelalhamra.bsky.social @hotelalhamra.bsky.social · 1d

As a Floridian it cost me $100 to fill up my F-250 every three days but I save money by not sending my children to college nor having healthcare.

nonplussed12.bsky.social @nonplussed12.bsky.social · 23h

Tom Nichols sounds the alarm. At last.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 23h

The U.S. armed forces may soon face the choice of whether to refuse illegal and unconstitutional orders, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. What will they do? https://theatln.tc/MnJ75n1c

nonplussed12.bsky.social @nonplussed12.bsky.social · 23h

I've been buying those for years. Nothing new.

nonplussed12.bsky.social @nonplussed12.bsky.social · 23h

And our problem is.......

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nonplussed12.bsky.social @nonplussed12.bsky.social · 1d

Gee. They seem to have ONE THING in common.

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nonplussed12.bsky.social @nonplussed12.bsky.social · 1d

Just gotta buy a plane now.

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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social · 1d

every single aspect of this sh*tty timeline is him either exacting revenge or grifting more and more money

neither of these things is normal or allowed, if laws and responsibility mattered

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. the latest example of the Trump administration’s policy priorities overlapping with the business dealings of the president and his family.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 1d

I remind you all: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT NOT A HACK LAWYER FOR THE PRESIDENT

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

AG Pam Bondi had pre-prepared attack lines to use to deflect from answering questions posed by Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov at today’s hearing, including a note to respond to questions about Epstein by saying Whitehouse took money from Reid Hoffman.

www.rawstory.com/pam-bondi-sh...

Photo of Bondi holding a folder with her notes about attack lines to use against Senator Whitehouse

Details of the notes are in the linked story.

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

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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nonplussed12.bsky.social @nonplussed12.bsky.social · 1d

Stack 'em up.

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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TheDesk.net @thedesk.net · 1d

The Bob Ross Estate has agreed to sell 30 of his paintings at auction, with all proceeds going to local public television stations. [AP]

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction is to begin Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

apnews.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Schiff: This is supposed to be an oversight hearing when dozens of prosecutors have been fired simply because they worked on cases investigating the former president.

Bondi: What about the fires in California? Are the riots in LA serious?

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

Miles was chief of staff at DHS in Trump’s first term 👇🏽

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2d

The NY Times continues to be the biggest sucker in the world for bad faith bullshit, just so the publisher can claim they're not too liberal and to pretend they'll somehow convince MAGA they're being fair to them.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d

Despite appearances, this is not a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social joke, it's an actual @nytimes.com column by some Claremont hack who praises Hegseth for his "nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society."

Opinion
Guest Essay

That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
Oct. 7, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET

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nonplussed12.bsky.social @nonplussed12.bsky.social · 2d

Jake. Who cares at this moment?

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