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Pokin @pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social · 2h

Such as “do you prefer this episode of Monty Python or the new Rainmaker?”

Or …

“Do you think dogs should have opposable thumbs too?”
(then of course my husband provides the dog’s answer, in an excellent Evil Nun voice or something) 😆 or worse …

Dog half asleep on a pillow. One paw extended … second paw appears to be a human hand.
Caption is “This just in - dog grows human hand. Said she’s tired of asking for bacon. Thumb wasn’t enough.”

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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InfoSec @infosec.skyfleet.blue · 3h

Crimson Collective Leverages AWS Services to Exfiltrate Sensitive Data

cybersecuritynews.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 4h

White House policy is increasingly driven by (and aimed at) an increasingly small echo chamber of terminally online right wingers, which includes far too many of the administration’s own top officials. No one else can make sense of what they’re talking about much of the time.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 4h

Notable about today’s WH roundtable on Antifa, IMO: not just one outside law enforcement/public safety official brought in for it. Bondi, Patel for administration, but no police chief, state Public Safety Secy, sheriff, etc. Just a dozen right-wing “journalists”. …

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AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 8h

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h

This powerful JB Pritzker response to Trump's lawless threats is another reminder of what I tried to argue this morning: Pritzker understands Stephen Miller's theory of this moment, and he's responding accordingly:

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 6h

Oh this is not great

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6h

it’s all just a grift

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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 5h

#FEMA folks are organizing a rally. It’s a ways off but let’s save the date. Share this shamelessly & let everyone know whether it’s your fellow FEMA employees or allies in the DMV area.
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Pokin @pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social · 4h

She had to go find a bathroom.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 6h

In this alt universe where bad news flips upside down, some more good news!

FakeCIP postponed their October vaccine meeting indefinitely.

Meaning - no fresh chaos from peeps who still confuse causation and correlation.

www.reuters.com

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The Cipher Brief @thecipherbrief.bsky.social · 6h

As the U.S. government shut down, the Red Hat breach hit at the perfect moment. Coincidence—or statecraft? Adversaries are weaponizing America’s divisions and timing strikes for maximum impact. Read more @thecipherbrief 👇
#Cybersecurity #RedHat #ransomware #NatSec

A Deniable Attack with Strategic Precision: Why the Red Hat Breach Looks More Like Statecraft Than Mere Crime

www.thecipherbrief.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · 9h

ICE has bought access to an “all-in-one” surveillance tool that gives it updated location data from hundreds of millions of phones, putting us all at risk of being tracked.

The government can’t be allowed to surveil us simply for having a cell phone.

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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Pokin @pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social · 6h

@altusepa.org
New acronym.

Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 15h

This administration is totally fine with more Americans getting cancer from water contaminants if it means corporations and their wealthy friends might keep a penny or two more. Insane.

The #EPA is now the Exploitation & Profiteering Agency.

www.newsweek.com/epa-drinking...

EPA moves to roll back drinking water standards

The Environmental Protection Agency is looking to roll back regulatory standards for three types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water systems.

www.newsweek.com

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AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 7h

Hey, Christians!! This is what it looks like to be oppressed for your beliefs!! Rev. David Black, hit in the face with pepper balls while praying. Where’s your righteous anger for his suffering???

Psalms 105:15 “Saying touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.”

Don’t worry, I’ll wait.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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Androo Downie @adownie.bsky.social · 9h

So, the government is shut down, but there are funds for Saucy Pete to fly around on a little bird and cosplay as an operator?

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Pokin @pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social · 9h

🙄🙄
America First, STFU.

Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 9h

New filing: "Illinois v. Trump (national guard deployment)"
Doc #51: MOTION by Movant AMERICA FIRST LEGAL FOUNDATION for leave to file Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Defendants

Download PDF | View Full Case

#CL71559895

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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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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 11h

Don't miss this one ⬇️

@fedworkersunited.bsky.social is hosting a whistleblower rights session on Thursday, 10/9 at 8 ET:

How To Be a Union (No Matter What the Boss Says)

Join us!

actionnetwork.org

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Randy Bryce @ironstache.bsky.social · 10h

The KKK wore hoods in order to keep them from being held accountable.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

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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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 10h

Dangerous, scandalous "useful idiot" @annwilliams.bsky.social spreads lies assuming no-one checks

We know the IAEA has never apportioned blame for any strike. But it criticised Russia for pressuring Ukraine staff at ZNPP. Here's the full report
FYI @obitwa.bsky.social
www.iaea.org/sites/defaul...

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AltAirForce @altairforce.altgov.info · 10h

Don’t quote me on the numbers but it looks DFAS (Defense Finance Accounting Service) fucked up the pay and leave of somewhere around ~180K Air Force employees. If you are an “exempt” employee, you probably didn’t get paid for Oct 1-3, nor did you accrue any leave for the entire pay period.

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Alt Library of Congress @altlofc.altgov.info · 11h

Was reading through my notes from my college Nazi Germany class c. 2010.
My Weimar notes read like the news.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15h

😂

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 13h

… during hurricane season

Dave nλ=2dsinθ @xtaldave.xtaldave.net.ap.brid.gy · 18h

Senate Confirms Neil Jacobs, ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist, to Lead NOAA - The New York Times

Holy shit America 😳

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/us/politics/senate-neil-jacobs-noaa.html

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