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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"I do think he needs help, and I don't think anybody around him on a day-to-day basis wants to get him any help, because they have more power based upon his diminished capacity."

@jbpritzker.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 13h

America Would Be So Much Better
Off Without RepubliKKKans of Any
Age.......

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

Walking away with $20 billion of US taxpayer money so Scott Bessent’s Wall Street cronies don’t lose their investments in Argentina.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

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Mayhem RN @mayhem1994.bsky.social · 17h

Its true bsky.app/profile/layl...

🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 20h

This woman has moxie
Amaxing

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SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! 2900 pages of chats filled with hate and racism. So sad that at such a young age they’ve built up this much animosity. Young Republicans chats were leaked. Not shocked by what I’m seeing but I am saddened.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 12h

“They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23h

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1d

US Soybean farmer: This is caused by this administration, and it’s having a negative major consequence on not only farmers, but also on American factory workers..."

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Trump is not too pleased with the photo they used of him in TIME Magazine

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busmanqc.bsky.social @busmanqc.bsky.social · 1d

Here is a better one from a higher angle.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 1d

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: President Obama comes out in favor of Prop 50 in California.

California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!

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The Vote Is The Antidote @emilyvote.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies & manipulation who “…ensure that information is not manipulated for ends that are contrary to truth... "
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
#TaxBillionaires #EpsteinFiles #ResistDontQuitRestPersist #VoteBlueAndGetOthersToJoinYou

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Hookcity - 🚫“War Plan” DMs Please 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 🫣 @hookcity.bsky.social · 1d

Why aren’t you celebrating??

@krystalball.bsky.social waw

#israel #gaza

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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busmanqc.bsky.social @busmanqc.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe he thinks he’s Moses and can part the Persian golf 🏌️‍♂️

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"I can't remember the quotation exactly, but it's like 'when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and wearing the cross.' Mike Johnson's the real embodiment of that." - @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

"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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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 3d

A new Portland character has entered the chat at the ICE facility….meet The Unipiper!

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d

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Katelyn T Slater 🏳️‍⚧️⚛️⚧️ @katelynslater.com · 2d

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