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Selena in TN @selenawrites.bsky.social · 24d

New at We The People: "When entities remove employees or students solely for speech, soon or immediately after the very public and documented request of government, those actions must be deemed as unconstitutional." It's free to subscribe.

The Marketplace of Ideology

Political expression and the Constitution

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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AltReclamation 💦 @altreclamation.altgov.info · 10h

Despite it being a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act, the RIFs (reductions in force) have begun.

Reclamation staff: feel free to DM me to share your story if this is impacting you, and you want to share anonymously via this account.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Vought sounds layoff siren: ‘The RIFs have begun’

At least nine agencies appear to be affected.

www.politico.com

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 9h

Fewer than 1 in 10 of our Congressional races are considered competitive - in a country that's politically more or less 50-50.

This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 10h

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

With weeks to go before Mainers decide on a ballot initiative that could radically restrict voting in the state, the GOP backers of the measure seemed to have received a gift from heaven. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Mail Ballots Were Found in an Amazon Box in Maine. Some Suspect a Political Dirty Trick.

Read more here...

www.democracydocket.com

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Greg Burke @gregoryburke.bsky.social · 3h

Three More GOP Reps Split From Mike Johnson Over Shutdown newrepublic.com/post/201618/... via @newrepublic.com

Three More GOP Reps Split From Mike Johnson Over Shutdown

The House speaker is losing control of his party.

newrepublic.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 8h

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Selena in TN @selenawrites.bsky.social · 3h

A cursory examination of South American military coups would also help.

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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 17h

Federal judge rules against ICE in the warrantless arrests of 11 KC-area workers #moleg #mogov via @thebeacon.bsky.social

Federal judge rules against ICE in the warrantless arrests of 11 KC-area workers • Missouri Independent

The decision has implications affecting the treatment of immigrants suspected of civil immigration violations in six midwestern states

missouriindependent.com

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 8h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 14h

“The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system”

Boom 💥⚡️☀️

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 15h

Laws protecting young people from conversion practices are in place in nearly half of the U.S. because they cause immense harm and tear families apart. These protections must be upheld.

RECAP: Supreme Court to Rule on Protections Against Discredited and Unsafe Conversion “Therapy” Practices on LGBTQ Youth | GLAAD

Tuesday, October 7 marked the first day back for the U.S. Supreme Court's fall term -- and the first case the justices heard could have consequential impacts on the LGBTQ community. Chiles v. Salazar ...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Grab the popcorn.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 7h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Selena in TN @selenawrites.bsky.social · 4h

a man wearing a jacket that says more

ALT: a man wearing a jacket that says more

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11h

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Jennifer Young🎨👩‍🎨✅ @jenniferyoungart.bsky.social · 6h

I found this. Helped explain things but honestly how is blowing up fishing boats of your people “visionary”? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Nobel Peace Prize winner hailed Trump as ‘visionary’ just days before her victory

Maria Corina Machado was given the award for promoting democracy in Venezuela and says that the US president is the country’s best chance for regime change

www.independent.co.uk

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Pintswiththelads @liamogrady2.bsky.social · 4h

She's Rubio's best mate in South America. Even closer to the Trump regime than Bolsinaro. Don't be fooled by Machado you Americans, she is "antichavismo". In English for you that means she's for privatising state owned companies - oh wait isn't that what the Trump regime wants for the US?

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Selena in TN @selenawrites.bsky.social · 5h

Pentagon agrees to host Qatari F-15 fighter jets and pilots at Idaho air base

Pentagon agrees to build Qatari Emiri Air Force facility in Idaho as part of the ongoing U.S.-Qatar partnership, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Friday.