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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 18h

Hey "MAGA" federal employees:

Many of you are furloughed because of the shutdown.

You just spent your last paycheck.

Now he's floating the idea that you won't get backpay.

You voted for this.

*sip* 🔥☕️

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

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Trump Says Some People 'Don't Deserve to Be Taken Care Of' During Shutdown

President Donald Trump signaled that the White House is open to denying back pay to furloughed employees once the government shutdown ends.

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Bella @kristinajensen.bsky.social · 3h

ANTIFA AND PROUD!

Muddy Waters @muddywater1.bsky.social · 3h

If there are any founders of antifa left, they are pretty fucking old, right? God bless 'em!

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Granny Josie She/Her @topcat1995.bsky.social · 3h

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Eight More Abortion Arrests in Texas

10.8.25

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

The @washingtonpost.com is now no more than a tabloid. Absolute tripe from the editorial board here.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

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joelunchpail.bsky.social @joelunchpail.bsky.social · 3h

It's a beautiful thing..

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Ukraine successfully strikes a major Russian oil refinery and military targets using drones

YouTube video by Daily Mail World

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okeefe34.bsky.social @okeefe34.bsky.social · 3h

TOOK TRUMP 8 months to get them to AGREE to STOP the geocide? AGREE TO STOP????

Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 8h

Many more would’ve come home had it not been for Netanyahu sabotaging ceasefires and actually killing them with bombs. apnews.com/article/egyp...

Israel and Hamas agree to 'first phase' of plan to end fighting and release hostages, Trump says

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

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Granny Josie She/Her @topcat1995.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, please. Erase his name from everything. Destroy the damn ballroom (or turn it into a pro-DEI museum), strip all the tacky gold crap off of everything, dig up his wife's coffin, open it and find out what he was hiding in it...

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Kathy (@kathy622729)

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Granny Josie She/Her @topcat1995.bsky.social · 7h

As someone who loves Assassin's Creed, this pisses me off. 🤬

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 14h

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

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Granny Josie She/Her @topcat1995.bsky.social · 7h

Okay, I love playing the Assassin's Creed Games - this pisses me off,, friggin cowards. 🤬

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 8h

Cowards

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 14h

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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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 11h

Don't be fooled

Republicans wanted the CUTS to hit after the midterms so you vote for them again in 2026

Well
Don't

Vote for Democrats to STOP any more CUTS

Congress has the power of the purse, put that in the Democrats' hands
Republicans have shown you they can't be trusted

voteinthemidterms.bsky.social @voteinthemidterms.bsky.social · 11h

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luannasheridan.bsky.social @luannasheridan.bsky.social · 7h

Republicans posted pictures of violent protests in South America claiming the pictures were taken in Portland. Anyone shocked? I have friends vacationing in Chicago who've been sharing pictures of the places they've been. They said that they haven't seen or heard anything violent.
#OneV1

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Granny Josie She/Her @topcat1995.bsky.social · 7h

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Ariana Jasmine (@jasminesjusticejournal)

An ICE agent shot an American citizen. He filed a false report that contradicted his body cam footage. The agent allegedly said, "Do something, b*tch" before shooting her, leaving her with seven gun...

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Granny Josie She/Her @topcat1995.bsky.social · 16h

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Pam Bondi just reminded us that she's part of the Jeffrey Epstein cover up

Tuesday's Senate hearing gave us even more proof

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TrailGirl @octrailgirl.bsky.social · 2d

They're certainly laying the groundwork, trying it out little by little bsky.app/profile/gbro...

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 1d

They've been dying for the chance for years. The coup never ended. bsky.app/profile/chri...

Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · May 27

💥 Dec 2020: #OathKeepers leader Stewart Rhodes said Trump should use the Insurrection Act and threatened "Bloody War" if coup unsuccessful

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Amy Oddo✌🏻💙☀️ @amyoddo.bsky.social · 1d

@lastweektonight.com
Every person with a platform should be offering guidance & tips to Americans protesting Trump. We need LEADERS for the people👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#FDT

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

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

October 7, 2025

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 1d

Why didn't Democratic Senators ask Pam Bondi why she didn't prosecute Jeffrey Epstein when she was Florida's Attorney General from 2011 to 2019 at the very time he was running his child sex ring in Florida?!!

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 3d

🔴 who needs a laugh ? 🤭🤣
#Dogsky #Catsky #Funny 🐥

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Woman shot by ICE has been released from custody, body cam footage revealed an agent saying
"do something bitch" while holding his rifle at her

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...

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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 1d

No words can ease the pain of innocent Israelis whose leaders failed to protect them on October 7 and innocent Palestinians whose leaders failed to protect them from its consequences.

So I’ll just leave this video of a Jew and a Muslim singing “Hallelujah” together in Jerusalem.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 6d

Jim Jordan appears to be wholly without socially redeeming value. What an awful person, in every imaginable way.

Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 6d

I Will NEVER FORGET Jim Jordan mocked me as a patient with chronic illness when I testified before Congress. I RISKED my health to travel & testify for the oversight committee for MILLIONS of Americans who struggle like me every day w/illness. America should be RELIEVED he was NOT elected Speaker! 🤬

Peter Morley, patient and patient advocate mocked by congressman Jim Jordan on July 10, 2019 when Peter was testifying for congressman Elijah Cummings, who was the head of the oversight committee in Congress at the time.

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