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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1h

If you wanna know why Miller and Vought and Vance are speedrunning the playbook it's because they know when he goes they no longer have the juice to finish the plan. No one is gonna listen to them and there will be a power vacuum.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 29m

It’s here! My new podcast 2 Bitches From Texas is now live. Join me and my sister Cathryn Hartt as we sit around bitching with our friends about how to save the world. And please subscribe so you don't miss an episode. youtu.be/sIHCLfSKzT4

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lolita shatter @shatterlo.bsky.social · 44m

It looks like she's checking her notes to see which "oppo research" matches the Senator who is questioning her. She had her attacks lined up and ready to go. One hopes there are consequences for her uncooperative and combative behavior.

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Omney (They/Them) @omneynb.bsky.social · 5h

So i'm in europe. And here we see all of this unfold on social media, everything that's happening in the usa. Independent media which we can see (meidas touch) and we just have to wonder.. how the fuck are people not seeing what's going on.

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libertytree.bsky.social @libertytree.bsky.social · 2h

Shot that pastor right in the head at point-blank range. Definitely got the feeling, watching that, that he would have shot the pastor same way with a .45.

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lolita shatter @shatterlo.bsky.social · 1h

I can almost taste it!

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3h

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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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 1h

'We took the freedom of speech away': Trump makes eye-popping remark during roundtable

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'We took the freedom of speech away': Trump makes eye-popping remark during roundtable

President Donald Trump gave off-the-cuff remarks at a round-table meeting on Wednesday that included Attorney General Pam Bondi, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, FBI Director Kash Patel, and o...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3h

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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lolita shatter @shatterlo.bsky.social · 3h

A masterpiece.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 5h

MAGA is freaking out & splintering over a leaked text chain—which TPUSA’s Andrew Kolvet says is real—where Kirk wrote “Just lost another Jewish donor…Jewish donors play into all the stereotypes. I cannot & will not be bullied like this. Leaving me no choice but to leave the pro Israel cause.” 1/

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 22h

Tomorrow the Epstein survivors will storm Capitol Hill to demand release of the files. I hope new Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is sworn in at their press conference by another judge or official who is authorized to do so (doesn’t have to be the Speaker).

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 19h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

I'm on the record saying that Russ Vought will do things during the shutdown that will make his illegal rescissions visible in the way they otherwise weren't. And boy howdy, threatening to ignore the law on backpay is a great example. [corrected]

Shaheen, a retiring Dem Rs are looking to flip on shutdown, says of OMB threats on back pay:

“It would be a lot easier to resolve the situation if Russ Vought would stop talking.”

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Thugs

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1d

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

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lolita shatter @shatterlo.bsky.social · 1d

Resting smug bitch face.

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lolita shatter @shatterlo.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting... www.beltway.news/p/scoop-john...

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.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

wtf is wrong with these people

NYT: A Campaign to 'Bring Back Bullying'

On social media, some are arguing that bullying deserves a second look. Trolling or not, the push seems to reflect a general turn away from sensitivity.

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lolita shatter @shatterlo.bsky.social · 1d

Gob Bluth's yacht, the C-Word, from the comedy series "Arrested Development."

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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lolita shatter @shatterlo.bsky.social · 1d

Barr came pretty close when he released his woefully misleading interpretation of the Mueller Report. Whoever it is, whatever it is, we can always count on the corrupt criminal Republican Party to obfuscate. The more damaging the truth is, the bigger the Republicans' lies are.

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 2d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

David Ellison's first major hires at CBS News have been right-wing ombudsman Kenneth Weinstein and right-wing editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. But his true political views remain a mystery.

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