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Democrats In Array Thanks Joe Biden @demsinarray.bsky.social · 20m

So you want Democrats to message… but you don’t want them to have the money to campaign or broadcast that message.

You do know that ads and mail and canvassing and offices and staff ALL COST MONEY, right?!?!!

Amy and a Cat @amyandacat.bsky.social · 23m

What?!?! No, I want the democrats to stay on message right now. We're in a crisis - it's not the time for traditional fundraising social posts.

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The Ghost of Joe Liebling's Dog @joesdog.bsky.social · 20m

Never again let it be said that the NYT has no investigative reporters! They hired one & ALREADY found out that the Republicans contrnl the Senate!

Coming soon: Which party has control of the House! They're working on it & if they're spared, someday they'll find out!

Professional Journalism™ FTW!

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 1h

Actually naming the relevant party rather than just saying “the Senate”? Is our Sulzbergers learning?

Trump's War Powers
Republican senators blocked an effort to bar President Trump from using military force against boats in the Caribbean Sea.

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Rude Tay @stardusttay.bsky.social · 21m

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 8h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 12h

The Dems orchestrating the most successful political messaging campaign of this administration and it's all bad from the people who asked them to do this the loudest.

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‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 🐱 Dr Pokemon, UMD 💿 @turnerjoy.bsky.social · 1h

From the people who brought you “Schumer/Democrats has no spine and AIPAC won’t let him shutdown the government”

Several days into the shutdown

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 12h

You people wouldn't know good politics if it bit you in the ass

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Rude Tay @stardusttay.bsky.social · 2h

I'm assuming it isn't AI - it's from Politico. According to the article, it's from an unedited version of a webinar she did with Jennifer Granholm.

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Rude Tay @stardusttay.bsky.social · 2h

A note: this should be grounds for subpoenas & public records requests for PMs from Truth Social (not that they will comply, but w/e)

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 3h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Rude Tay @stardusttay.bsky.social · 3h

lmaoooooo

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 3h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

Rude Tay @stardusttay.bsky.social · 3h

How much are you being paid by the GOP and/or some Russian troll factory to crap on Democrats online?

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11h

Dems are holding hearings in the Capitol with media instead of sitting in an empty room where video and photography are not allowed

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Rude Tay @stardusttay.bsky.social · 3h

Also, there clearly is a former staffer who (rightfully) has it out for her, lmao - all of this dropping at the same time

Rude Tay @stardusttay.bsky.social · 3h

Jesus christ, I thought the other interview was bad, this is ... unhinged

Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 3h

Girl, you have a refrigerator in your background and you’re screaming at a staffer to “get out of your fvcking shot” 😬

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/08/katie-porter-tears-into-staffer-new-video-00598942

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 5h

That’s not having a bad day that’s showing her true colors.

And I know this because I saw her do the exact same thing at a Democratic potluck I was at.

For the record, @tonythurmond.bsky.social spoke after her and he has an answer for everything.
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 5h

For those of you defending Katie Porter…

You know who she reminded me of? Trump.

She stopped herself from saying this, but she almost said I shouldn’t have to answer this question because I’m better than everyone else. Instead, she said “because I’m me” How do you defend that?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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politiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 4h

"two party system bad" is a brainworm that, if left untreated, will eventually metastasize into making you think a 37 party system, where 33 of them are some flavor of fascist, is still better because it's More Representation.

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Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 5h

All of these new parties in Italy are some flavor of rw populism lmao

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Democrats @democrats.org · 4h

Senate Republicans blocked Democrats' bill that would have reopened the government and saved health care for millions of Americans.

This is the SIXTH time they've done this.

Republicans are responsible for this shutdown.

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🎃ℝ𝕆ℂ𝕂𝕐 𝕄𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕀ℕ 𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎𝕊🎃 @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 5h

They are blaming Biden for the 2020 Census.

Trump had been president for over 3 years at that time and was the president overseeing the census.

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 8h

Jeffries: “Republicans acted with great urgency to swear in two right-wing members of congress to do in the American people… What is the delay with respect to Representative-elect. Grijalva? Anything to do with Republicans continuing effort to hide the Epstein files? Inquiring minds want to know.”

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 8h

Eric Swallwell (D-CA) says it’s coming to an end and House Republicans are privately breaking, that a “jailbreak” is brewing the moment the Epstein files hit the floor, and that Trump’s aura of fear is finally cracking.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

SWALWELL’S BOMBSHELL EPSTEIN TWEET: "The Epstein Files Are Coming And The GOP Are Getting Ready To Abandon Trump"

218 or chaos: Inside the House moment that could shatter Trump’s grip

open.substack.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

DHS claimed they had arrested 11 people at a "shitshow" Greg Bovino staged on September 27. Only 5 were ever publicly charged (another was a journalist who is suing). Of those 3 cases have been dismissed. [2 got no-billed.]

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/g...

Greg Bovino's September 27 "Shitshow:" Batting 18% - emptywheel

Of the eleven people the government charged in conjunction with a "shitshow" Chief Custom and Border Patrol Greg Bovino staged at Chicago's ICE facility on September 27, the publicly filed charges aga...

www.emptywheel.net

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Democrats @democrats.org · 6h

Earlier this year, two Republicans were sworn in less than 24 hours after their elections.

It’s been 16 days since @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social won her race.

Mike Johnson, swear her in.

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 13h

CNN: The judge presiding over the prosecution of Jim Comey has agreed to Comey’s request to schedule a near term trial. Comey asked for a Jan 12 trial date. The judge went with Jan 5. Comey is counting on the gov’t not being ready for trial. A good bet.

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