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D Brenum ❌👑 @dbrenum.bsky.social · 3h

That was part of the People's house, not your personal property.

D Brenum ❌👑 @dbrenum.bsky.social · 3h

Destruction <> Renovation, 🤴💩

NPR @npr.org · 7h

President Trump is demolishing the East Wing to make room for a ballroom. His administration says he's continuing a presidential legacy of White House renovations, but this is the biggest in decades. n.pr/4qqpQh6

How presidents have changed the White House — and how Trump's ballroom is different

President Trump is demolishing the East Wing to make room for a ballroom. His administration says he's continuing a presidential legacy of White House renovations, but this is the biggest in decades.

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D Brenum ❌👑 @dbrenum.bsky.social · 3h

The devil is in the details.

Reuters @reuters.com · 6h

While mediators try to bolster a fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, intensified Israeli settler violence targeting the Palestinian olive harvest in the occupied West Bank has continued unabated, according to Palestinian and UN officials reut.rs/4o6HDZf

D Brenum ❌👑 @dbrenum.bsky.social · 3h

#WeAreAmerica and due process is what we demand for all. 🤴💩: Not in our name or with the People's money.

NPR @npr.org · 5h

President Trump says he has authority to carry out the strikes, but international experts are asking if the attacks are truly about countering narcotics or instead toppling Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro. n.pr/4nhlVQL

As strikes on alleged drug boats grow, so do questions about their legality and goal

President Trump says he has authority to carry out the strikes, but international experts are asking if the attacks are truly about countering narcotics or instead toppling Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro.

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D Brenum ❌👑 @dbrenum.bsky.social · 3h

Interesting choice of words, adversary. That seems like the administration's perspective, demonizing someone doing their job to hold a felon accountable.

Reuters @reuters.com · 5h

NY Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump adversary, to plead not guilty to mortgage charge reut.rs/42QzHCQ

NY Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump adversary, to plead not guilty to mortgage charge

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime critic of President Donald Trump, is expected to plead not guilty in federal court on Friday to charges related to allegedly lying on mortgage documents.

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D Brenum ❌👑 @dbrenum.bsky.social · 3h

Currently stands? Have you used the correct tense?

NPR @npr.org · 4h

President Trump is plowing ahead with plans to build a grand ballroom where the East Wing of the White House currently stands. The plans have not gone through the committee tasked with overseeing such projects. n.pr/48FiK1R

Trump plows ahead with East Wing demolition despite calls for caution

President Trump is plowing ahead with plans to build a grand ballroom where the East Wing of the White House currently stands. The plans have not gone through the committee tasked with overseeing such projects.

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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 14h

“It’s almost absurd that this would be acceptable. And for what? There’s no military benefit. There’s no community benefit. It’s posturing with militaristic bluster at the expense of the safety and well-being of the community.”

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What went wrong when Marines fired over Interstate 5? California leaders demand answers

California lawmakers are demanding answers after a live fire event over Camp Pendleton Saturday led to a misfire that rained shrapnel on I-5.

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

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 10h

October 23, 2025

Julia Ainsley and Didi Martinez of NBC News reported today that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s rush to get new recruits onto the street has meant they have pushed into their training program mo...

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D Brenum ❌👑 @dbrenum.bsky.social · 9h

Who's complaining about "fake" propaganda? Take a look in the mirror, 👑💩.

NPR @npr.org · 9h

The abrupt announcement comes after Trump accused Canada of using a "fake" Ronald Reagan ad to sway U.S. courts, raising the stakes in an already tense trade dispute. n.pr/4qoCzRt

Trump says he's ending trade talks with Canada over TV ads

The abrupt announcement comes after Trump accused Canada of using a "fake" Ronald Reagan ad to sway U.S. courts, raising the stakes in an already tense trade dispute.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 9h

Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 11h

What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes

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D Brenum ❌👑 @dbrenum.bsky.social · 13h

@replsimon.bsky.social @barbaraleeformayor.bsky.social In Oakland this morning, FYI.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14h

It’s been a full month since Adelita Grijalva was elected to the House, but Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in — because Grijalva would be the decisive 218th signature to force a vote on releasing the Epstein Files. Take action with our social toolkit: app.sosha.ai/toolkit/adel...

(next to images of Adelita Grijalva and House Democrats demanding that Grijalva is sworn in) SWEAR IN GRIJALVA NOW!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14h

The East Wing was built in 1902 & rebuilt in 1942, long after asbestos was used as a fire retardant. So, I’m sure the White House took steps to prevent a known carcinogen from entering the air during the current willy-nilly demolition.

Kidding! These irresponsible assholes don’t care who they kill.

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D Brenum ❌👑 @dbrenum.bsky.social · 13h

Good for them!

Reuters @reuters.com · 14h

Writers Guild plans to oppose Paramount-Warner Bros merger, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/47ArjKh

Writers Guild plans to oppose Paramount-Warner Bros merger, Bloomberg News reports

The Writers Guild of America, which represents screenwriters and newsroom staffers, said it will oppose a deal combining Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery , Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

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D Brenum ❌👑 @dbrenum.bsky.social · 13h

After helping a minister shot at close range by a pepper ball this morning, I'm asking you to consider signing this petition: act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/usccb-l...

#WeAreAmerica and the gov't should not shoot our People.

Tell Catholic bishops: Speak out against Trump's anti-immigrant cruelty

Pope Leo XIV has urged U.S. Catholic bishops to be "more united and more forceful" in defending immigrant rights, but the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has not spoken out with the clarit...

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 19h

Love this 🙌

Bolts Nuts @boltsnuts.bsky.social · 19h

I did this yesterday. They even ask you to state why you are leaving. Cool thing is I'm going to save about a dollar a month.

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D Brenum ❌👑 @dbrenum.bsky.social · 18h

If you're represented by a Republican, tell them it's time for Mike Johnson to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. No more excuses or delays. app.sosha.ai/s/QeJvTTl4

#WeAreAmerica and our citizens deserve to be represented, not stonewalled. 🗽🕊️⚖️
#indivisible #1millionrising #nokings

Contact your GOP representative

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 19h

I honestly can’t express the depth of my rage.

I’ll try on my podcast tomorrow morning.

“History Matters”
Friday 10:00 EST
NCHEteach.org/conversations

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 20h

Honestly, you can’t make this shit up.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.

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D Brenum ❌👑 @dbrenum.bsky.social · 20h

Glad I brought extra water to offer him as he waited for his ride. He was doing okay but really needed to get in the shower, even after his jacket had been bagged. 😢

#WeAreAmerica and we care for our neighbors. Shooting people in the face is not what a gov't should do to the People.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 23h

They are firing pepper balls into the faces of clergy, again
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Jorge Bautista, a clergyman with the United Church of Christ, reacts after he was hit in the face by a pepper round from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent as protesters blocked the entrance to Coast Guard Island Alameda, where they are sent to as a staging area for a planned immigration crackdown, in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21h

We applaud Virginia Democrats for doing everything they can to help level the playing field and unrig the midterm maps. As Trump and his GOP allies try to grab permanent control of the House, blue states must continue to fight back — we urge Democrats in Illinois and Maryland to take similar action.

Virginia Democrats Plan to Redraw House Maps in Redistricting Push

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

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

In Opinion

“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.

Opinion | Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires

As children die for want of cheap medicines, the U.S. spends billions on Argentina — thus rescuing rich investors who made bad bets.

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Joan ❌👑 @still4dems.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is rigging maps to build a Congress that serves only him, not the people. @AOC knows the power to stop him is in California’s hands—Prop 50 is how we fight back and win. #YesOnProp50

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