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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 1h

Every military service member who goes along with this should have a bounty placed on them. This is insanity. "Just following orders" isn't it

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 9m

Anyone keeping a list of impeachable offenses?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12m

WSJ: “.. the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said ..”

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

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13h

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7m

a big aspect of rightwing politics is being an adult who intentionally bullys children

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 2h

A group of far right assholes have showed up to protest at David Douglas high school after students allegedly pushed back at a formation of a turning point chapter. School is out & they are outnumbered by predominantly Black & Brown students roasting the fuck out of them.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 2h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Genderflux Superfluid @rewhan.bsky.social · 3h

He's giving his country's money away and admitting to it in public.

Governments of the past were toppled over such things.

Popular Information @popular.info · 3h

Trump hosted Argentinian President Javier Milei at the White House on Tuesday. The meeting came on the heels of the Trump administration’s rescue package for Argentina.

During a Q&A session following the meeting, Trump admitted the bailout for Argentina would be of little benefit to America.

UPDATE: Trump admits Argentina bailout will not benefit the U.S.

A remarkable statement about the $20 billion plan that will greatly benefit a well-connected hedge fund manager.

popular.info

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2h

4 months apart

Official ICE government account
June 6, 2025:
"To call us 'Nazis' - to compare us to one of the worst groups in history - is disgusting and just outright wrong.
"What the men and women of ICE are doing in Massachusetts and all over this country is making communities safer."
—ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons

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No kings @amydentata.bsky.social · 3h

By the end of the month

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3h

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 4h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

He still had this up *after* the story about the Young Republicans group chat with the Hitler praise was released.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 5h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 5h

I've contacted my senators today about KOSA! Have you?

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

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#SaveSpeech

If you're like me and you are struggling to contact your senators re: KOSA via their phone lines this week, I recommend attempting to send physical letters or emails in the meantime.

Here is a script you can use to contact your reps!

www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [LOCATION]
I'm messaging to demand [SENATOR] oppose S. 1748, the Kids Online Safety Act, also known as KOSA. This broad legislation does not protect anyone and instead will be used to block any speech that the Trump administration’s partisan FTC disagrees with. It pushes the “duty of care” onto websites and social media platforms to remove content that is “harmful to children”. It would lead to overcompliance, mass censorship, and remove access to crucial information re: everything from mental health, LGBT topics, substance abuse, eating disorders and more.
Additionally, while large, corporate platforms like X can shoulder the weight of “duty of care”, smaller websites cannot, leading to greater and greater concentrations of power online into giant corporate platforms rather than small and medium sized businesses.
KOSA will not make kids safer. It will make the internet more dangerous for anyone who relies on it to learn, connect, or speak freely. Lawmakers should reject it, and fast.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
IF SENATOR COSPONSORED KOSA: Additionally, I want to remark on [SENATOR]’s cosponsorship of this bill. I think it is shameful that [SENATOR] has backed a bill as transparently bad as KOSA. This will not keep kids safe, it is an excuse to censor the free and open internet. I will not be voting for nor donating to [SENATOR] in any future campaigns if they do not drop their co-sponsorship of this bill, and I will encourage everyone in my life to do the same.
Do the right thing.

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No kings @amydentata.bsky.social · 3h

Sure but I'm talking actual biological agents here. Internet madness is just a supercharger

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 12h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

Look I've been holding off from months asking this on Bluesky because of my pride but I need help.

My car needs brakes, my rent is past due and my step kid needs shoes.

I hate having to ask this

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That Gaudy Fox @dusklightdemon.bsky.social · 6h

Desperation bump, since rent's officially a day overdue and I'm still about $500 short of making this work for the month.

I'm really, really sorry for bumping this again, but with rent now officially being past due, I really need to push this as hard as I can before late fees kick in...

That Gaudy Fox @dusklightdemon.bsky.social · 8d

With the government shutdown being in effect, being unaware as to how that's going to slow down the process on my disability stuff and my next doctor's appointment a couple weeks out, I really need help making rent work for this month...

Paypal.me/DusklightFox

Pay Corey Haley using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/DusklightFox and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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No kings @amydentata.bsky.social · 3h

Sometimes I wonder how much of humanity is the equivalent of a fungus mind-controlled bug

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 4h

many of the people posting "this is weird white nationalists never seemed that racist or hostile towards me"

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 21d

Cartoon: Two humanoid eagles sat in comfortable armchairs. One is reading the newspaper, the other sipping tea.

"Do you think the owl is a predator?", asks one.

"of course not. He's never bothered me"

"exactly"

They both pause for a moment over their paper and tea.

"No idea what Mister Mouse was going on about", concludes the first, making a smug expression.

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No kings @amydentata.bsky.social · 3h

"When you build things you then have those things" is a radical idea but it seems to be working for them

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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 3h

Gavin Newsom called for a congressional antisemitism investigation into the Young Republicans organization after its leaders called for their political opponents to be killed in a leaked group chat.

Newsom asks Congress to investigate Young Republicans’ racist messages after Vance downplays them

Gavin Newsom called for a congressional antisemitism investigation into the Young Republicans organization after its leaders called for their political opponents to be killed in a leaked group chat.

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Nire Bryce @nirebryce.breadthcharge.net · 3h

China is winning the "economic arms race" because their government believes in paying for things and we don't and it's so funny

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No kings @amydentata.bsky.social · 3h

Just keep attacking

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truthseeker19.bsky.social @truthseeker19.bsky.social · 5h

Call Rep. Taylor at 202-225-3164 and tell him what you think of his NAZI legislative correspondent, Angelo Elia.

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al - he/him - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @kingbadger.bsky.social · 4h

My grandfather used to say "the only good nazi is a dead one". He didn't do irony.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 5h

But sure, we can pretend it's just a "college group chat" that's using Nazi language. We can pretend that the staffer-class of the GOP isn't proudly supporting Nazism.

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 4h

US District Judge Karin Immergut ruled Wednesday that a restraining order blocking deployment of any National Guard troops to Oregon will be extended by two weeks. The original restraining order was set to expire this weekend.

UPDATE: Judge Extends Restraining Order Blocking National Guard Deployment in Oregon

Updated 1:03 pm October 15 A temporary restraining order prohibiting the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon has been extended. On Wednesday, October 15, US District Judge Karin Immergut ext...

www.portlandmercury.com

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