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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

An honor to receive the endorsement of
of nearly a dozen Black clergy leaders in Crown Heights today, including Bishop Orlando Findlayter.

I’m grateful for their support, and this powerful and humbling prayer.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 2h

Meanwhile in Russia: writer Sergery Strokan asserted that no other country understands Trump better than Russia. He warned Trump not to lose Russia's trust by delivering Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, claiming that unspecified consequences would follow.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5me...

Sergey Strokan says no one understands Trump better than Russia

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

www.youtube.com

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 7h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Eliza @eliza2024.bsky.social · 2h

Not remotely surprising. Look at what is being said and done publicly.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

POLITICO: “.. 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 lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, color me shocked.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h

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Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker Is Looking At Prosecuting ICE Agents
www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/jb-pritzke...

JB Pritzker Is Looking At Prosecuting ICE Agents

Gov. JB Pritzker had a message for any ICE agents who are abusing their power in Illinois. Someday, the tables will turn, and they will be prosecuted.

www.thedailypoliticususa.com

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 21h

“Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will.”
- Joseph Goebbels

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 7d

To those who say that capitalism is democratic because consumers "vote with their dollars", this is not true and I explain why here: jasonhickel.substack.com/p/why-capita...

Why capitalism is fundamentally undemocratic

The antidote is economic democracy.

jasonhickel.substack.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

We’re in the second Gilded Age just like the first — when America’s wealth was in the hands of a few, money corrupted politics, and working people were abused and exploited.

It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.

From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich

Robert Reich

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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SMConnors 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇵🇹🇬🇧 🗽 #FBR #BlueCrew #NO_KINGS #50501 @gemini618.bsky.social · 1d

How cool is this? My hometown public library.
❤️📚📖

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 15h

OTD in 1906 Hannah Arendt was born.

"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 1d

The way to tell if if JD Vance is lying is if he's speaking. But the way to tell if he's super duper couchfucker extra eye liner lying is if he can't stop repeating the name of the person questioning him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt

www.theguardian.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

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maegutz.bsky.social @maegutz.bsky.social · 1d

Hmm 🤔 k

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Prize given for showing the importance of investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth. Basically the opposite of what the US is doing. 😭

Nature @nature.com · 1d

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

go.nature.com/4hj9NNV

Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

go.nature.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 1d

A new analysis found major US news rarely links animal farming to emissions. 💨

#climatechange #climatecrisis #greenhousegases #pollution #environment

US Mainstream Media’s Failure to Link Animal Farming to Climate Crisis Confirmed

A new analysis conducted by Sentient Media and published on 26th September 2025 has revealed that, in major US news coverage about the climate crisis, animal-based agriculture is absent despite being…

veganfta.com

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 1d

People think if you support the authoritarian you'll be safe.

Wrong.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

MSN

www.msn.com

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