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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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HELLO! Canada @hellocanada.bsky.social · 3h

“I ain’t dead yet!” says Dolly Parton after her sister’s Facebook post asking fans to pray for her health went viral following her hospitalization.

📷: #DollyParton

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 17m

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 36m

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

Democrats should go on TV to say they need to impeach Trump because of the cocaine-fueled pedophilia parties that he holds in the East Room of the White House with his friends in MS-13.

I mean, if he gets to lie shamelessly, why not them?

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2h

"Antifa-led hellfire"

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

www.whitehouse.gov

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smchugh630.bsky.social @smchugh630.bsky.social · 21m

This YA novel taught me a lot about Deaf culture: how ASL is its own language, how most Deaf people reject the idea they are broken/need fixing, how technology has complicated that. It was also an engaging story of 3 teens from different backgrounds seeking confidence, acceptance and love #booksky

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smchugh630.bsky.social @smchugh630.bsky.social · 26m

This YA horror/thriller follows Mars, a gender fluid teen who always felt less than their twin sister, esp since she started spending all her time at an exclusive camp. When their sister dies attacking them - which their parents blame on a brain tumor - Mars is drawn into a sinister mystery #booksky

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 21h

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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smchugh630.bsky.social @smchugh630.bsky.social · 22h

I don’t even ask people how they’re doing when I run into them these days. Like we don’t have to do this in the middle of the produce section. Just let me recommend a book I can’t remember anything about and let’s wrap this all the way up, I’ve got car-crying to do

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22h

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 1d

The picture of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago pastor being pepper sprayed by a masked ICE agent reminded me of civil rights protestors in Birmingham being sprayed with high-pressure water hoses in the 60s.

It was wrong then, it's wrong now. How are we letting this happen?

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Stephen Miller—both Trump Administration capo and de facto head of DHS, ICE, and DOJ, has just declared that peaceful protesters are "street terrorists." Under an executive order signed by Trump just days ago, that means he is saying that all protesters in America can be arrested on sight.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

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October 6, 2025

If White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is at the head of the administration’s deployment of federal agents against undocumented immigrants, it appears that Office of Management and Budget...

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is going to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.

They'll never release the Epstein Files because Trump is all over them.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

It's the first Monday in October which means the Supreme Court is back in session. Here's my preview of all the cruelty and evil they will visit upon us this term.
My *cover story* in @thenation.com :)

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Supreme Court v. Democracy

The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

www.thenation.com

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smchugh630.bsky.social @smchugh630.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like we’re on our way to civil war

Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody wants your Texas Guard’s help. Ok thx bye.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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smchugh630.bsky.social @smchugh630.bsky.social · 3d

Walked 13 miles today to raise money to fight cancer with the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. It was hot, I was sore, but being part of something full of joy, kindness and courage was a good antidote to this crazy world. The event raises millions yearly for treatment and research #JimmyFundWalk

I’m standing at the half-marathon start in Wellesley, MA, this morning

A pretty spot along the route, which is the same one the Boston Marathon uses for its annual April race. A rainbow is caught over a small pond surrounded by trees

Posing near the finish line of the walk in Boston Common

The finish line on Boston Common, the city’s main park, is festooned with a balloon arch and lots of volunteers cheering on the walkers

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d

www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...

The Atlantic Announces Free Digital Subscriptions for All U.S. Public High Schools

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www.theatlantic.com

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smchugh630.bsky.social @smchugh630.bsky.social · 3d

Every now and then it’s nice to pick your head up from your book, have a good look at the world around you, take a hard pass and immediately go right back to reading. Balance is important. Posted by Jonathan Edward Durham

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported

About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

www.pewresearch.org

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smchugh630.bsky.social @smchugh630.bsky.social · 3d

Five Black women navigate friendship, relationships, career & family over 20 years. After a series of relatable stories of different episodes in the women’s lives, the book ends with a gut punch that jars you back to the division & violence of the US today. National Book Award finalist #bluesky

Cover of the book The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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