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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 3h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 4h

October 8, 2025

Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 4h

There ya go.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 4h

Jack Ciattarelli tonight at the debate: “I’d certainly give the president an A.”

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 4h

He lives in Canada. You wouldn’t know him.

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 4h

Got tools? Use them.

Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 13h

Virginia State Senate Dems just brought down fire and fury regarding the “Compact,” notifying the President and Rector that UVA would lose ALL STATE APPROPRIATIONS if it signs and cedes the University to “federal political control.” Notably, their letter directly restates points made here by @siva.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 15h

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 4h

a man wearing a helmet and glasses has the words " very interesting " below him

ALT: a man wearing a helmet and glasses has the words " very interesting " below him

media.tenor.com

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 4h

And then next week

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 5h

Quite a headline
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Trump to get a 'routine yearly' medical check-up — his second in 6 months

The White House said Trump would be at Walter Reed Medical Center and undergo a checkup after a planned meeting with service members in the facility.

www.nbcnews.com

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 4h

So I had the exact same reaction as everyone else in the comments.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

Greg Abbott is a lackey of Donald Trump.

He’s going against exactly what he said he would do last year.

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Bill Wolkoff @billwearsties.bsky.social · 11d

Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 5h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 4h

Soooooo much this. We have to lean on each other.

Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 5h

Everybody is struggling.

Be kind. To them. To yourself.

And them be kind some more.

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 4h

Lean into veterans’ organizations. They need to hear from you.

Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 4h

I do too

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 4h

Dee has entered the chat.

Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 4h

Dee Snider

Nicholas Goldberg: Twisted Sister's Dee Snider to MAGA 'fascists': Write your own damn songs

Frontman Dee Snider versus candidate Kari Lake is just the latest battle between recording artists and political candidates.

www.latimes.com

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 4h

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): “This is out of hand. These agents are there to cause trouble and violence, not to keep people safe. These are the scenes that play out in war torn, destitute countries - not America.”

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 7h

We need more leaders, Dems and (come ON!) even Republicans to speak up this way.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14h

For Trump's secret police, the claim that US citizens have no right to monitor them or record what they are doing is a tenacious and firmly held conviction... which lacks any plausible basis in actual law. It's invoke to justify the use of violence against citizens where other pretexts fail.

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

thedispatch.com

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 7h

So they're gonna starve us out?

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

i think it is cool that a government run by fanatical bigots is on track to plunge the economy into a mountain and cause a food crisis

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 17h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 7h

Bring them back. We need someone to catch the tax cheats.

ICIJ @icij.org · 8h

More than 3,500 of the IRS probationary workers dismissed earlier this year were rated as “fully successful” or better, while the remainder had no performance rating or record, a recent report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration notes.

Watchdog report finds overwhelming majority of IRS employees fired by DOGE for performance had no documented issues - ICIJ

A new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration notes that the termination letters were written for the agency by the OPM and its cuts failed to follow internal IRS procedures.

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 7h

We the People.

TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 8h

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the Chicago area accused of assaulting law enforcement, the latest in a shocking string of failures by the Trump Department of Justice.
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 7h

Does he maybe think that's a kind of plastic surgery?

Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 7h

His people were really effective in confusing and demoralizing a lot of people before the election. Now that they're doing what many of us heard them say they would do, a lot of their supporters have buyers' remorse. As their policies take effect, they will only get more unpopular.

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