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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 4h

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 1h

Okay, I know twenty breaking stories have happened since Saturday.

But my writing partner wrote this about the shrapnel incident over the 5 + I edited, and you should read it:

When Shrapnel Falls on the Public, Someone Should Answer for It

Americans expect their leaders to keep their promises.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 4h

The destruction of democracy, brought to you by *squints, checks notes* Roblox

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 6h

UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 14h

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 6h

34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.

adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean
Total reported killed: 34 people
Notification Date Number Reported Killed Approximate Location Notification URL
September 2, 2025 11 “in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility” (later revealed as between Sucre, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago) View
September 15, 2025 3
“in International Waters… in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility”; Colombian president claimed it was a fishing boat in Colombian waters View
September 19, 2025 3 “in international waters… in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” near the Dominican Republic View
October 3, 2025 4 “in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela” View
October 14, 2025 6 “in International Waters… just off the Coast of Venezuela” View
October 16, 2025 2; 2 reported survivors “in the Caribbean” View
October 17, 2025 3 “in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” View
October 21, 2025 2 “in the Eastern Pacific” View

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Nailed it

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

> @newyorker.com

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Daphne Odell @artistdo.bsky.social · 1d

All he knows how to do…

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 1d

You are the co-owner of 45 million acres.

For the past 25 years, they have been protected under the #RoadlessRule (a conservation policy over 1.6 million Americans submitted comments supporting).

Now, you're about to lose them all.

Get the rest in our Southeast Director's op-ed ➡️ bit.ly/47gWB7B

The Verde River, below Camp Verde, in the Coconino National Forest, Arizona. The camera is positioned close to a section of the river containing rocks. White water swirls around the rocks. Mountains and evergreen trees are in the background.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump Doctrine: If a supposed “narco terrorist” survives our attempt to kill him, we send him home and let him go free.

Kind of makes it look like they didn’t have sufficient proof to present in court.

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Angels In Velvet @angelsinvelvet.bsky.social · 3d

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

No other U.S. president has used the military as their own personal police force against the American people.

We implore the courts to reject Donald Trump's ongoing, illegal actions and definitively affirm states' sovereign right to handle public safety matters.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 2d

Two days ago, he took a shit on the American people. Today, he began demolishing the People’s House. That’s all he does. He shits on people, and he destroys things. Bcuz he’s a horrible person. I blame him a lot for the death & destruction he’s caused. I blame his enablers & his appeasers even more.

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Michael Byron #Fella @michaelby.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s ICE Jacks Up Weapons Spending by 700%—Including ‘Guided Missile Warheads’ www.commondreams.org/news/ice-wea...

Trump’s ICE Jacks Up Weapons Spending by 700%—Including ‘Guided Missile Warheads’ | Common Dreams

The Trump administration's massive increase in funding for ICE weapons is alarming. ICE is now armed to the teeth, treating its officers as a private military to deploy against Americans. Why does ICE...

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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 2d

“This is not about drugs, it’s not about Venezuela, it’s not about anything else but this new assertion by the president that the U.S. military will kill anyone he points at, for any reason he deems sufficient.”

Very true and very scary comment by Tom Nichols.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 2d

Someone went there:

"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"

via @futurism.com

futurism.com/future-socie...

It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It

He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.

futurism.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump regime is going to continue to abuse its power by sending National Guard troops into our streets.

Although the Frog Army of Portland is undoubtedly well-prepared, we highly recommend reading up on how to interact with the Guard as it is different than engaging with ICE.

Learn more here:

Responding to Federal Occupying Forces

Click here for another version of this document optimized for readability and accessibility. Table of Contents (click to jump ahead) We the People are PISSED: statement/intro Situation Report: current...

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 2d

Whatever you think of the White House as a building or a symbol, the fact is that the image of it being torn apart on a whim two days after 7 million people hit the streets against autocracy is going to make a HUGE amount of people really, really angry, and that's an energy that should be harnessed.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

Subtle metaphor for America.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom.

Full Story: wapo.st/42RiU2q

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

One more reason why Democrats need to take back Congress. We need hearings, subpoenas, and daylight on every back-channel to Moscow.

We have no ‘friends’ at the Kremlin‼️

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 2d

i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

The WH steals people’s property constantly and never asks permission. Another example of Trump acting like a king.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 2d

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