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50+ Music @fiftymusic.bsky.social · 9h

#OnThisDay in 1986, Stage musical "The Phantom of the Opera," written by #AndrewLloydWebber and starring Michael Crawford and #SarahBrightman, premieres in London and runs for 13,629 performances.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 10h

“Put them all on that spaceship and send them off.”

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Jeanine @velvetdevil.bsky.social · 10h

Operative words: targeted killings. Any? All? Anywhere? W T A F

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 13h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Jennie Breeden @jenniebreeden.thedevilspanties.com · 11h

Liberals-“Laws apply to everyone.”
Conservatives-“Laws apply to people I don’t like.”
The American People-“Why can’t I afford the dentist?”

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Nancy Basi 🇨🇦💙 @nancy-basi.bsky.social · 14h

Wonder if this is common knowledge…

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Ronnie H 🇺🇸 @ronicats.bsky.social · 12h

Release the Epstein files!

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 12h

how many kids did Trump kill today? Here is a tracker: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter

Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.

www.impactcounter.com

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bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 12h

Always been a fan of John Leguizamo.

He explains how to remove Trump from power "One coward at a time."

WATCH:

#Resist

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Carl Doss @unixdoss.bsky.social · 11h

missingpeople.ca/missing-pers...

MISSING PERSON IN TORONTO, ONTARIO – FAITH, 35 – LAST SEEN OCTOBER 8, 2025 - MissingPeople.ca

Toronto Police seek the public’s help to locate 35-year-old Faith, last seen October 8, 2025, near Renwick Crescent and Pape Avenue. Faith has short orange curly hair and was wearing a long grey dress...

missingpeople.ca

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Jeanine @velvetdevil.bsky.social · 11h

We have no government. We should pay no taxes

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 12h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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LillianDCA @lillianorlando.bsky.social · 12h

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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 12h

Last year, all 50 governors signed a letter opposing Biden's transfer of Air National Guard troops to Space Force, saying it "disregards gubernatorial authorities."

Now, when it matters most, they are ceding authority and leaving Pritzker, Newsom, and Kotek to fend for themselves.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

Wow — Harvard Crimson student newspaper busts Hegseth for having written a long policy brief touting diversity before he joined Trump’s war on DEI.

With receipts. Bravo, Crimson.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 15h

Gavin Newsom: “What more evidence of authoritarianism do you need? These guys aren’t screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It’s all at stake. People need to wake up. We can’t continue to play by the old set of rules.“

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 13h

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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 12h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

The counterterrorism experts have arrived at the White House..

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 21h

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 13h

Pay attention.

"Plenary authority is legal power that is full, complete, and unrestricted in a specific area. When used in reference to government officials, the term "plenary power" is more common."

My Magic 8 Ball says, "All signs point to buckle the f*%k up."

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

"On Wednesday, Mr. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, rode the full route of the M57, a crosstown bus that traverses Midtown Manhattan and is one of the city’s slowest, to remind New Yorkers that he wanted to speed up their commutes."

Mamdani Rides Slow Bus to ‘Fast and Free’ Buses Event

www.nytimes.com

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Jeanine @velvetdevil.bsky.social · 12h

This is laughable. If only I could