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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 10h

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11h

Russia took less than 1% of Ukraine since Nov 2023. Only cost them at least half a million soldiers.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 15h

Republicans claim this isn’t their shutdown. Yet, they don’t even show up for work.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

One should assume, if one had not already, that every single thing the GOP has to say about pretty much anything is a lie or fabrication.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 1d

People are hiding in attics, like Anne Frank, thanks to Donald Trump, Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem.

Using their own personal Gestapo Goon Squad to commit crimes against humanity.

One day, they will answer for this.

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Sammie1863_ @sammie1863.bsky.social · 15h

They are deploying untrained, cosplay boobs and handing them equipment they shouldn’t be anywhere near to address a problem that doesn’t exist

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Sammie1863_ @sammie1863.bsky.social · 15h

BS, by December 31 you are locked in for the year. This is the time for the House to decide

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

Trump is running the government and the economy just like he ran his businesses — straight into the ground. https://youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?si=AXCJAp8jz78ySvJi

How Trump Killed Every Business He Touched | Robert Reich

Robert Reich

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 16h

🧵 Trump is criminally invading states under false pretenses. His supporters are trying to instigate violence by dressing as antifa and committing crimes.

In this clip from Portland, Joey Gibson of "Patriot Prayer" and his fiancée, Lindsey Nichols, tried to cause trouble before being forced away.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 16h

The very first riot after a George Floyd protest was started by a white supremacist nicknamed "Umbrella Man."

He spraypainted "free shit" on an AutoZone, broke the windows, and encouraged others to come in. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/man-h...

Man who helped ignite George Floyd riots identified as white supremacist: Police

A masked umbrella-wielding man helped incite riots and looting in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd's death, police said.

abcnews.go.com

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 16h

Another riot in Minneapolis was instigated by a right-wing agitator who was convicted of shooting into a police station and setting it on fire, in the hopes of starting a civil war.

A self-described "boogaloo boi," he drove up from Texas to create a false flag.

Texas man in 'boogaloo' movement pleads guilty to firing at police station during Floyd protest

Ivan Harrison Hunter, a self-proclaimed member of the “boogaloo bois,” is accused of firing 13 rounds from a semi-automatic assault-style rifle at a Minneapolis station.

www.nbcnews.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

Sickening.

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 1d

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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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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans used to say they believed in free markets & free trade. Now they believe in Trump.

Republicans used to say they believed in the rule of law. Now they believe in Trump.

Republicans used to say they believed in states’ rights. Now they believe in Trump.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 21h

NEW: Comey is going to file selective and vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss AND he will challenge the legality of Halligan’s appointment! There’s more, too… so glad @annabower.bsky.social is there to bring us the whole story! Thread below with details:

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22h

The judge also set an initial schedule for pre-trial motions.

The first set is expected by Oct. 12. Per Comey’s defense counsel, that batch will include motions to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution, as well as a motion challenging the legality of Halligan’s appointment as US attorney

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker: “Whenever the president talks about somebody critically, it’s often projection about what he himself is insecure about. Each of the things he said about me, they’re all true about him. I can take it. I am not afraid of this president.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

Imagine that.

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Radio Free America @radiofreeameri.ca · 21h

Children around the world have died because Trump and Musk needlessly destroyed USAID. These are some of their stories.

https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-usaid-thailand-trump-rubio-aid-7f6919a1863ceea2ddf6708e47bb88f0#.

Hillary Rodham Clinton (@hillaryclinton.bsky.social)

Children around the world have died because Trump and Musk needlessly destroyed USAID. These are some of their stories. https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-usaid-thailand-trump-rubio-aid-7f6919a1863ceea2ddf6708e47bb88f0#

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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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

If you’re not alarmed yet you’re not paying attention. 🇺🇸

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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 1d

Release the Epstein Files. Release the Epstein Files. Release the Epstein Files. Release the Epstein Files. Release the Epstein Files. Release the Epstein Files. Release the Epstein Files. Release the Epstein Files. Release the Epstein Files. Release the Epstein Files.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

Fox News: where every woman’s opinion is reinterpreted as a crush.

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