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THE BOOK GIRL @the-book-girl.bsky.social · 9h

Alas Babylon, not quickly enough.

digby @digby56.bsky.social · 10h

He's fading quickly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 11h

The Emperor's new war. A complete fantasy presented in a room full of nodding sycophants who don't question a thing he says.

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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THE BOOK GIRL @the-book-girl.bsky.social · 9h

@dsanorthalabama.bsky.social It's come to my attention that as of October 1st the Community Health Centers in Huntsville and surrounding areas are being defunded. The closures of these will devastate our community. They are the only healthcare seniors, low-income have.

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THE BOOK GIRL @the-book-girl.bsky.social · 10h

So, why is it still happening, ffs?

Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 10h

We are fighting back in the Congress, in the street and in the courts!

Simply put: the courts have ruled that ICE and Trump's Administration have been acting illegally by arresting people without warrants.

ICE Violated Consent Decree With Warrantless Arrests, Federal Judge In Chicago Says

Attorneys argued that the recent arrest of an Albany Park family at Millennium Park violated a consent decree that limits the conditions under which federal agents can make warrantless arrests.

blockclubchicago.org

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 10h

Honest to god the biggest scam in America right now is whatever Dem consultants are being paid

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 12h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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Philip Bite Marks @philipmarks87.bsky.social · 6d

#Chalktober Black Wolf #art

Charcoal and white chalk drawing on grey toned pastelmat of a black wolf's head with open mouth

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 10h

If the regime does go after DSA, the appropriate response will be for as many people as possible to become dues-paying members.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Jonathan Choe to Trump: "Another group right now that is behind antifa and working with antifa very closely based on the research that we have right now that we're gonna give to you and your team are the Democratic Socialists of America."

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THE BOOK GIRL @the-book-girl.bsky.social · 17h

I guess the farmers are going to have to learn to code?

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 17h

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 17h

Radical leftists are not people who pocket 8-figure donations AIPAC & yammer nonsensically about "good" billionaires.

Radical leftists are the ones organizing fundraisers to provide housing, food, & healthcare to neighbors who are sick or out of work.

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THE BOOK GIRL @the-book-girl.bsky.social · 17h

!!!! THIS !!!!

Joe G @eastendjoe.bsky.social · 21h

Best 3 minutes you will spend on the internet today.

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 18h

Last day of free shipping!!! And only about 35 books left 👀 would be amazing if we could clear out this wishlist for incarcerated folks! bookshop.org/wishlists/7a...

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 19h

if you're rich beyond the dreams of avarice then you can marinate in horseshit conservative ideology re healthcare consequence-free. but even if you're just upper middle class, you probably know people who are going to get BONED by this ACA subsidy repeal

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 19h

grimly fucking funny that Marjorie Taylor Greene is turning out to be one of the most reality-based Republicans. getting a little chuckle out of that www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Marjorie Taylor Greene doubles down on her unexpected break with Republicans over health care in shutdown fight

The MAGA firebrand sparked criticism from GOP leadership after giving voice to a key Democratic demand — extending expiring Obamacare funding to avoid premium hikes.

www.nbcnews.com

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THE BOOK GIRL @the-book-girl.bsky.social · 1d

So true

David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 1d

None of this was inevitable. If just 1 of these changes had happened, we may have avoided this authoritarianism:
1) LePore doesn’t use the butterfly ballot
2) Elian Gonzalez stays in Cuba
3) Gore picks Graham instead of Lieberman
4) SNL focuses on Bush’s incompetence instead of Gore’s sighing
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A Big Ail @kissabix.bsky.social · 2d

Lion King is my favourite film about what your friends can help you overcome if you don't eat them.

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Keith Haley 🏴‍☠️ @keithrenonv.bsky.social · 1d

Epstein didn’t act alone.

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THE BOOK GIRL @the-book-girl.bsky.social · 1d

Highly underrated tweet otd.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

very cool that if you are working on behalf of right-wing culture warriors, you no longer need standing to have your claim adjudicated by the supreme court

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 1d

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot being licked by the New York Times—forever

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 8d

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. How corrosive it is that public figures are--more and more shamelessly--ripping the copper wiring out of the walls. Integrity is for suckers. Abusing power is fun. Caring about anything bigger than yourself is lame. An elite class of evil toddlers

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 8d

I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.

Charles PM @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 8d

Fuckin yikes, man

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 7d

The more you learn about how things work in the world the more you feel like you must be missing something because it can't possibly be that stupid. Oh so all we need to avoid an economic crash is for the stock market to go up forever? And a third of the market is magic beans? I see,

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 2d

I'm a human being with a soul, I shouldn't have to know or care about the "job market"

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'dro🐰 @clowndro.bsky.social · 7d

[letter to vitamin company]

So your ad said that this supplement "helps with memory loss" but I'm still remembering stuff

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THE BOOK GIRL @the-book-girl.bsky.social · 1d

Is that a new-agey song lyric

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