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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11h

Trump’s tariffs and cutbacks are bankrupting farmers. He thinks they’ll keep supporting him no matter what, but his approval numbers say otherwise.

Tweet from Amy Klobuchar that reads:
“27 million pounds of chicken
2 million gallons of milk
67 million eggs
That’s how much food grown by American farmers never made it to hungry families because of the administration’s decision to cancel deliveries to food banks.”
Below the text is an image showing trucks on a highway with a banner labeled “CANCELED” and a caption: “Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid.” The source line reads: “From projects.propublica.org.”

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One Liberal Citizen @onelibcitizen.bsky.social · 11h

Blue states produce most of the countries economic output. Fuck those red states that are net losers and takers!

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Sessha Batto @sesshabatto.bsky.social · 11h

Yes!!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13h

Hoping these federal agents are held accountable, breaking the law should have real consequences. A federal judge has ruled that federal immigration agents illegally arrested more than two dozen people.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14h

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 11h

Look, I'm not gonna claim he's the worst president ever – we've had some bad ones – but he's certainly the one who lied the most outrageously

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Janet Webb @janetwebb.bsky.social · 11h

Guess they bribed Tim Cook with enough money.

404 Media @404media.co · 13h

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 15h

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Takaani~Pommawolf🐺🪶🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📚🇺🇦 @takaanieyes.bsky.social · 1d

ABSOLUTELY THIS
When you grow up poor, work poor you learn to make the best of life
Yes, America is obsessed with consumerism
Terribly so.
Stop being the biggest part of the destruction of our nation 7 world
Change you values to live in this world or there will be no world when the rich take all

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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❤️OccupyOneLove❤️ @occupyonelove.bsky.social · 12h

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It is time for ANY republicans in the house or Senate to switch parties...

ANY
ANYTIME

It is one way to get our of this.

#resist #protest #vote #nokings #elections #epstein

Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 13h

I think Trump would rather Congress never vote to reopen the government than let Adelrita Grijalva trigger the Epstein Files discharge. And I bet he doesn’t have a plan other than the Insurrection Act.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it 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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

"I'd love to do something about that" -- Trump floats the idea of stopping a planned protest in Austin

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CNN @cnn.com · 12h

Military officials are pushing forward with new restrictions on the Pentagon press corps despite objections from news organizations and watchdog groups.

Pentagon charges ahead with press restrictions ‘designed to stifle a free press,’ media orgs say | CNN Business

Military officials are pushing forward with new restrictions on the Pentagon press corps despite objections from news organizations and watchdog groups.

www.cnn.com

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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 12h

Staffing shortages cause more US flight delays as government shutdown reaches 8th day trib.al/WLJyPNt

Staffing shortages cause more US flight delays as government shutdown reaches 8th day

The risk of wider impacts to the U.S. aviation system “is growing by the day.”

trib.al

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 22h

New from me at The Dispatch: DHS says it's illegal to videotape ICE agents. That's not what the courts say. @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

thedispatch.com

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

Dude, just use a blocking app

Lizard @lizardky.bsky.social · 21h

Right up there with "anti-gun politician jailed for gun-running" we have:
www.metrotimes.com/news/michiga...

Michigan Republican pushing pornography ban linked to porn site, records show - Detroit Metro Times

A Republican state lawmaker leading a campaign to ban pornography in Michigan appears to have had an account on a pornographic hook-up website that promised users they could “find sex” and “get laid t...

www.metrotimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Pelosi: "Democrats who created Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, all of that, are now being asked to reject that so we can give a tax cut to the rich. We're not doing it. It isn't a question of, 'let's come back together so we can discuss it.' That isn't going to happen."

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 14h

Let's GOOOOOOOOO!!

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 16h

This is NOT making Chicago safer. And this must NOT be what America is.👇

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 14h

This right here is Trump's ultimate goal: staying in power

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 14h

Samuel Alito basically argued that hating yourself is the natural state of a queer kid. And he pretended kids are the ones seeking conversion.

In reality, it's parents and religious leaders forcing this on kids — and it's abuse.

www.salon.com/2025/10/08/s...

How SCOTUS covers for the abuse of LGBTQ kids

In conversion therapy case, conservative justices imply queer kids are born hating themselves

www.salon.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

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 · 18h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social · 14h

Again, we should stand by trans people even if doing so did cost us politically, but it doesn’t really even do that, so like, let’s learn that lesson and apply it please.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. A new poll shows that Virginia voters prefer Democratic Governor candidate Abigail Spanberger's approach to trans issues over Republican Earle-Sears by a wide margin.

She's ahead 10 points in the race now, and voters prefer her 50-37 on trans issues.

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New Poll: Voters Prefer Spanberger For Virginia Governor On Transgender Issues By Wide Margin, Despite Anti-Trans Ads

The issue also ranked lowest among issues polled. The CNU poll is the second poll showing Spanberger pulling ahead.

www.erininthemorning.com

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