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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 40m

Johnson: Miss Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the house was out of session,

Gallego: You don't want her to be on the Epstein discharge.

Johnson: You guys are experts at red herrings.

Gallego: This is an excuse

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 36m

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

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Jori M. @jorinyc.bsky.social · 2m

If You’re Thinking of Snagging a Prime Day Deal, Stop and Read This First truthout.org/articles/if-...

If You’re Thinking of Snagging an Amazon Prime Day Deal, Stop and Read This First

Amazon’s emissions are rapidly rising, and its Prime Day deliveries play a significant role in stoking climate change.

truthout.org

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 38m

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Krista Swisher @kswisher.bsky.social · 45m

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🇺🇦💙❤️‍🔥🪶❤️‍🔥💙🇺🇦Quack @twistedtenyce.bsky.social · 1h

youtube.com/watch?v=YtxJ...

Sen. Whitehouse: AG Bondi “Set a New Low in Witness Evasion.”

YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

youtube.com

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 12h

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

“.. I think they are absolutely struggling to figure out how they are going to get out of this.”

@politico.com #Shutdown
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 7h

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Jozef Imrich @jozefimrich.bsky.social · 1h

FUHRER FASCISM — HOW DID VZGLYAD KNOW THAT TRUMP’S MEETING WITH THE GENERALS WAS A LOYALTY TEST? BECAUSE RUSSIANS REMEMBER HITLER’S FUHRERREID OF 1935?
John Helmer.
johnhelmer.net/fuhrer-fasci...

FUHRER FASCISM — HOW DID VZGLYAD KNOW THAT TRUMP’S MEETING WITH THE GENERALS WAS A LOYALTY TEST? BECAUSE RUSSIANS REMEMBER HITLER’S FUHRERREID OF 1935?

By John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with For the first time, the White House has issued a piece of paper (lead image, top), signed by the Pre

johnhelmer.net

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Arron Automata @arrontk.bsky.social · 2h

Anyone who abuses an animal deserves to go straight to jail imo

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murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · 21h

"Speaker Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House may have more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records."

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 9h

I don't understand why I see things so differently. I see a health insurance industry that thinks it's entitled to charge people 1/3rd of their income for healthcare. That industry shouldn't be "fixed." It should be burned to the ground and its ashes pissed on.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 1d

Thank goodness for @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com & the small handful of others who deliver honest analysis.
If you ever needed more evidence of what a self-interested feckless enabler @jaketapper.bsky.social is, look no further than this abomination from @cnn.com.

#DementiaDon #WeekendAtBernie’s

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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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Finley @goodboyfinley.bsky.social · 19h

Rory won money to the pet store! And more impawtently he promised to share the winnings with me 😊

RORY @rorythereddog.bsky.social · 20h

I WAS VOTED “PET OF THE MONTH” AT OUR LOCAL PET STORE!
We have entered the photo contest many times and I have come in second a lot, but it was finally my turn to win! 🏆
I won $100 gift card to the store (I even promise to share & get Finley something for his birthday)
#DogsOfBlueSky #Winner

Rory, a medium size, red and white dog with light blue eyes stands in a field of sunflowers looking at the camera with a contented smile. He is wearing a white bandanna with a wildflower pattern on it. There is a caption at the bottom of the photo that reads: Benson‘s pet Center. September 2025 pet of the month. Rory.

A screenshot of a Instagram caption from the winning announcement: Congrats to Rory for winning our Pet of the Month contest for September!
He won a $100 Benson's Gift Card so that his humans can stock up on his favorite Plato dog treats.
Rory is smart, sweet, and wonderfully easy-going. This angel is up for any adventure and happy to tag along wherever life leads. He is bouncing back from a CCL tear and TPLO surgery last Christmas. Rory is back to doing all his favorite activities — and he's now a certified therapy dog! His calm spirit and loving heart make him truly one of a kind.
With the $100 gift card Rory won, he is going to stock up on his favorite treats from Oma's Pride, and his favorite toys are from Zippy Paws.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 5h

Hey cool the NOAA guy who was found to have violated the agency's code of ethics for his role in Sharpiegate has been confirmed as the head of NOAA.

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA

www.nytimes.com

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 2h

What began as a routine investigation became a propaganda gift...proof that caution without courage is a weapon aimed at yourself. Arctic Frost isn’t the scandal...it’s the mirror.👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

very cool that if you are working on behalf of right-wing culture warriors, you no longer need standing to have your claim adjudicated by the supreme court

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2h

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 7h

Here is why MTG is for extending the enhanced premium tax credits (EPTCs) for ACA marketplace plans.

In her district, GA14

there are 78,000 on ACA plans
74,000 receiving subsidies
the average increase in premiums would be 85%
for a 60-yr-old on a silver plan: 246%
www.kff.org/affordable-c...

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