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Dr K @dockim.bsky.social · 1h

Did he buy $40 Billion in Argentinian beef?

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 1h

Inflatable frogs everywhere beware.

Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 1h

In response to the No Kings protest in Austin, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is sending in the National Guard, the Texas Rangers, state troopers & Public Safety personnel “supported by aircraft and other tactical assets.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Abbott to send National Guard to Austin for No Kings rally

Abbott’s deployments come as Republicans, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson, vilify the planned nationwide protests as a “hate America” gathering.

www.politico.com

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 1h

The oldest person in the ‘Young Republicans’ racist text chain that MAGA is defending as a ‘college chat’ is 40 years old.

The VA Attorney General candidate that MAGA is demanding to drop out over violent texts is 36 years old.

It doesn’t take much perspective to reveal utter GOP hypocrisy.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 1h

Accurate.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

“Grossly illegal. Immoral. Delusional. Trump appears unhinged… listless… in decline —cognitively & physically. The rantings of someone who needs an intervention. Needs help. Needs to be stabilized.”

- Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social on Trump threatening to invade SF next

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Dr K @dockim.bsky.social · 4h

They’ve gone from “a concept of a plan” to “pages and pages and pages of ideas” in just a mere 15 years. 🤪

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

KERNEN: It's like Republicans are in the wilderness about what to do to fix our healthcare

MIKE JOHNSON: Actually, we're not. We're not. We've got pages and pages and pages of ideas of how to reform healthcare. You can't rip Obamacare out at the roots. It's too deeply ingrained now."

Dr K @dockim.bsky.social · 4h

Agreed 😒

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 17h

According to Morning Consult, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is the most unpopular Governor in America.

Yet another reason to keep a close eye on that state where Democrats could flip, #IAGov, #IASen, #IA01, #IA02, and #IA03 in 2026 after they flipped 2 State Senate seats in 2025.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10h

When euphemisms enable the transition to authoritarianism. (As they always do.)

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 11h

"Diorama of power dynamics." Beyond euphemism, that is glib glorification of dictatorship. The #BrokenTimes would rather show off its turn of phrase than call fascism what it is.
Oval Office Becomes a Diorama of Power Dynamics as Trump Goes After Rivals www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Oval Office Becomes a Diorama of Power Dynamics as Trump Goes After Rivals

www.nytimes.com

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Dr K @dockim.bsky.social · 6h

I’m a Pennsylvania Democratic Party voter. It most certainly will not tear us apart. Fetterman has been a huge disappointment (to put it mildly) and Dem voters I know will join me in crawling over broken glass to oust him and elect an actual Democrat.

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Dr K @dockim.bsky.social · 6h

I’m a Pennsylvania Democratic Party voter. It most certainly will not tear us apart. Fetterman has been a huge disappointment (to put it mildly) and Dem voters I know will join me in crawling over broken glass to oust him and elect an actual Democrat.

Axios @axios.com · 11h

SCOOP: Top Democrats in Pennsylvania are maneuvering to run against Sen. John Fetterman in a 2028 primary, threatening to tear the party apart in the biggest battleground state in the nation.

Scoop: Dems plot Fetterman ouster

www.axios.com

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10h

Primaries don’t “tear parties apart.” They strengthen them, produce new leaders, stimulate essential debates on direction. The “tear parties apart” language is a tool of establishment pols to discourage much needed challenges. What will hurt Dems most is another Fetterman term.

Axios @axios.com · 11h

SCOOP: Top Democrats in Pennsylvania are maneuvering to run against Sen. John Fetterman in a 2028 primary, threatening to tear the party apart in the biggest battleground state in the nation.

Scoop: Dems plot Fetterman ouster

www.axios.com

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Tom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · 9h

Mike Johnson thinks the No Kings rallies are threat but he’s cool with January 6 felons being pardoned so they can commit more crimes—just like their Orange diva god-king.

This is the GOP now: selective legality, selective framing, selective constitutionality.

And *they* do the selecting.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

New in PN: Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection

"I’ve been taking images that are nowhere near this one conflict driveway — ones of puppies & kids playing, & families having picnics — b/c the idea that Portland is burned down & a war zone is just preposterous" — @timdickinson.bsky.social

Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection

"It would be funny if it wasn’t so f**king serious," Tim Dickinson says.

www.publicnotice.co

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Thune: "If I were a woman I'd be talking to my doctor and not taking advice from RFK"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

VITALI: What I'm hearing from you is it might be be enough that Thune is now saying I could do a vote on ACA subsidies

JEFFRIES: Republicans have tried to repeal the ACA more than 70 different times. They can't be trusted on a wing and a prayer. We need a real path forward.

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Dr K @dockim.bsky.social · 6h

But somehow these guys no one knows got tickets to the inauguration.

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NPR @npr.org · 7h

Washington, D.C.'s vending machine LitBox distributes books, with a serving of hope as local writers struggle with arts funding cuts. n.pr/4nYSLHq

A book vending machine provides an outlet for D.C.-area authors after funding cuts

Washington, D.C.'s vending machine LitBox distributes books, with a serving of hope as local writers struggle with arts funding cuts.

n.pr

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Dr K @dockim.bsky.social · 6h

Good to know.

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 7h

Been listening to more political podcasts lately, and hands-down the worst one is the daily Politico Playbook Podcast. The hosts regularly cover Trump’s authoritarian moves like they are covering a sporting event, and often gush over him in the process. Shameful garbage.

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Dr K @dockim.bsky.social · 6h

When the 👞 fits…

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Dr K @dockim.bsky.social · 6h

🤦🏼‍♀️ Self awareness is never going to be the GOP’s strong suit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

UN Ambassador Mike Waltz claims Maduro is an "illegitimate leader," citing the fact he was "convicted in the Southern District of New York."

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 6h

On today's episode of 'The Young and the Racist'...

Two more Republicans have been fired from their jobs after the leaked chat fallout.

Luke Mosimon - FIRED
Anne Kaykaty - FIRED

Luke Mosiman, who at the time of the chat was chair of the Arizona Young Republicans, is no longer employed by the Center for Arizona Policy, effective Tuesday, a center spokesperson said. Annie Kaykaty, national committeewoman for the New York State Young Republicans, is no longer employed at Xaverian Private Day School in Brooklyn, where she was a counselor, a school spokesperson said.

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 9h

Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

🚨BREAKING: New York Court of Appeals UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS state law moving most county and town elections to even-numbered years. By aligning them with state and federal elections, it will boost voter turnout.

Another victory for voters and defeat for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

🚨 Onondaga County v. New York

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

"Why doesn't Chicago want us to zip-tie more naked children in the middle of the night and shove them, screaming, into vans? So ungrateful for refusing our kind, helpful offer to help!"

Pamela Jo Bondi

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