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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"Most Americans probably don’t have a detailed grasp of what’s happening with ACA subsidies right now, but once people start getting letters notifying them of how much their premiums are going up, it will become a much bigger issue."

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

www.publicnotice.co

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

> @denverpost.com #NoKings 👑

www.denverpost.com/2025/10/14/c...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12h

Your daily reminder that Republicans in Congress have gone on vacation while they force thousands of Americans to go without a paycheck this week.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

( ht: @tizzywoman.bsky.social )

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Al-G @ayoosilver.bsky.social · 14h

www.goodnewsnetwork.org/biodegradabl...

Biodegradable Plastic Made from Bamboo Is Stronger and Easy to Recycle

The rigid yet biodegradable plastic outperforms not only alternative biodegradable options, but plastic itself for mechanical strength.

www.goodnewsnetwork.org

Al-G @ayoosilver.bsky.social · 14h

.."Researchers have found that ‘exercise snacks’ — short bursts of physical activity — may be an effective way for less active people to enhance their cardiorespiratory fitness."

www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/exe...

Daily 'exercise snacks' linked to better heart and lung function

Short bursts of exercise of around 5 minutes twice a day could help improve heart and lung function, new research suggests.

www.medicalnewstoday.com

Al-G @ayoosilver.bsky.social · 15h

www.youtube.com/shorts/P902F...

Did #Trump write the infamous Epstein birthday letter? You decide.

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Al-G @ayoosilver.bsky.social · 15h

"Progressives also won every contested seat for the Fairbanks City Council and the Borough Assembly."
Let's do this!
thealaskacurrent.com/2025/10/09/f...

Fairbanks progressives win near-sweep in local elections - The Alaska Current

Progressive candidate Mindy O’Neall’s victory over Fairbanks Mayor David Pruhs headlined a nearly clean sweep of the area’s local elections Tuesday night.

thealaskacurrent.com

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Al-G @ayoosilver.bsky.social · 15h

RESIST, PERSEVERE, ENGAGE, AND VOTE

There will be JUSTICE!
www.theframelab.org/good-news-jd...

Good News: JD Vance‘s Favorite Blogger Plans Escape from USA

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

www.theframelab.org

Al-G @ayoosilver.bsky.social · 15h

There has to be a reckoning.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Growing number of US veterans face arrest over Ice raid protests

Veterans are facing federal charges after protesting Ice sweeps and Trump’s national guard deployments. The justice department claims the veterans were violent

www.theguardian.com

Al-G @ayoosilver.bsky.social · 15h

Insightful.
p.dw.com/p/51uh0

Questions remain on Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan – DW – 10/13/2025

The details of the peace plan that has brought about a Gaza ceasefire are vague — deliberately so, negotiators say. Many questions still remain and the answers have the potential to bring peace, or a ...

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Al-G @ayoosilver.bsky.social · 15h

@tonolatino.bsky.social , @thelatinonewsletter.org
Arguing to the Supreme Court to racially profile brown individuals and individuals who speak with an accent, and countless other biases and prejudices, will redeem the #GOPedo. To some?

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Right-wing jerks realize pissing off Latinos is bad politics

Latino support for President Donald Trump and his policies is cratering, which is no surprise given that he has turned the entire federal government into a brutal nativist deportation regime aimed lar...

www.dailykos.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Let's be clear: If North Carolina Republicans gerrymander their already illegal map further, they will be sued and they will lose.

I never bluff and I usually win.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina Is Latest Gop-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 1d

I am so GRATEFUL for Democratic Independent Media. So amazing. Thank you ALL! I depend on you to get me through this HELLSCAPE that used to be known as, The United States of America!

Which one is your favorite? Please reply & recommend one.

Let's support them ALL!

(Other than Meidas WE LOVE YOU).

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Al-G @ayoosilver.bsky.social · 16h

This

Adrian Egli @adrian7745.bsky.social · 1d

I've got so many I created my own feed months ago.
bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

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Al-G @ayoosilver.bsky.social · 1d

Just because.

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MAGA is LOSING IT over you…wants us ARRESTED?!? 🤣

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is thug trash.

Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 1d

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d

Chump Is The Record Holder For
Everything Bad That Happens to
America ! His last shutdown lasted
34 Days.......

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

Portland, OR, 2025

Protester in frog costume stands in front of tank (meme of Tiananmen Square “Tank Man”)

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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