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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."

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Indivisible West Metro❌👑🇺🇸 @indivisiblewmetro.bsky.social · 23h

Local Constituents Demand Apology After Rep. Emmer (MN06) Labels Peaceful Oct 18 No Kings Rally Organizers “Terrorist Wing."

indivisiblewestmetro.substack.com/p/are-you-a-...

Are YOU a terrorist? Tom Emmer says you are.

Are you going to take this from him? I don't think so.

indivisiblewestmetro.substack.com

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 2h

GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli is incorporating DOGE architect Vivek Ramaswamy into his campaign for New Jersey governor.

Estimates suggest over a thousand jobs in New Jersey have been lost because of DOGE.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 4h

Hey Mike Johnson – the more you facilitate a cover-up and do everything in your power to prevent the release of the Epstein files – the more your constituents, the American public, and the whole world are going to believe you are guilty of the exact same types of crimes as Jeffrey Epstein.

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Emma @emmamurphy1965.bsky.social · 1h

Of course they did. They have no morals, no ethics, no human decency anymore. Netanyahu and his far right friends have turned them into brutal imposters
Of suffering and pain.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 5h

Greta Thunberg accused Israeli soldiers of physically assaulting her after she was detained on a boat approaching Gaza earlier this month.

Greta Thunberg accuses Israeli troops of abusing her in captivity

The Swedish activist says soldiers “hit and kicked me,” in first major interview after the Gaza aid flotilla was intercepted.

www.politico.eu

Emma @emmamurphy1965.bsky.social · 3h

IDF soldiers bought as much shame on Israel as ever HAMAS did on Gaza. More because they had a choice at every stage of their lives. Gazans under the age of 58 were ALL born in a prison, their food, water and fuel limited by Israel deliberately to prevent any real development. They have no excuse

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NBB @nbb76.bsky.social · 1d

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UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 6h

You’d think Farage believes Brexit is the best thing to happen to Britain. But the Kremlin r🐀t’s Freudian slip showed his real preferences - the first country that came to his mind as benefiting from Brexit was Russia.

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 1d

About the Politico article just posted. #arrestrepublicans #notohate

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 4h

So has the Charlie Kirk Show now become state-run media?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 1d

DHS crossed the line drawn by the Hatch Act when it directed airports to air a political attack video blaming Democrats for TSA workers’ lost paychecks. What occurred was not communication; it was coercion.

open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...

They Ordered Propaganda. Airports Said No.

American airports are holding the line for Democracy against the Trump propaganda machine. 🔥 Let's help by sharing these awesome videos! 🔥

open.substack.com

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 18h

Mike Johnson fears 218.

Swear-in Rep. Adelita Grijalva. Now. Release the Epstein files!

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 1d

We’re suing the Social Security Administration for refusing to release records on widespread disruptions to essential benefits.

The gov't must be held accountable for degrading access to resources that 74 million Americans, especially seniors and people with disabilities, are entitled to.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 19h

Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?

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Emma @emmamurphy1965.bsky.social · 7h

Can anyone name these ICE thugs and tell us where they live?

butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 1d

Illegal snatch n traffic by ICE Gestapo! They r committing crimes like they will never be held accountable, but Taco’s reign of terror is already crumbling. These dumb fvcks aren’t even paying attention 2 what is happening on The Hill! #arrestice

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 9h

The real blockers are the water profiteers – and Labour won’t touch them because it’s in bed with the lobbyists.

Ex-MPs like Angela Smith went from defending water firms to working for them. Current ministers have backgrounds in water lobbying.

Who do you think you’re fooling?

Keir Starmer tweet:

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National renewal means more homes, more jobs, and more money back in working people's pockets.
But to get there, we need to take on the blockers…

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Halbeerz @halz.bsky.social · 1d

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 21h

Two dozen masked ICE Federal Secret Police, who are kitted out like they are going to war, kidnap a local and brutalize the community.

Toward the end of the video, they throw a gas cannister that almost hits a baby. 😟

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

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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Kathy Griffin @kathygriffin.bsky.social · 1d

Elections aren’t every 4 years or every 2 years, they’re every year. In California we have a special election for prop 50 and it’s a YES. If Texas can gerrymander then we should be able to. I know my comments will be filled with bots, but I won’t be intimidated. Our democracy is vanishing❤️

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Steve The Enraged Apostate 🌊🇺🇸 🇹🇷 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @enragedapostate.bsky.social · 1d

Puppy Killer Noem violating federal law (the Hatch Act) by playing political messages as part of their federal duties

There will be a reckoning when the American Nuremberg tribunal is held

Life without parole (or worse) for the lot of them

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Jeffries: "I remind all of these corrupt individuals, these sycophants -- the statute of limitations is five years. The American people want accountability, deserve accountability, and will get accountability."

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Emma @emmamurphy1965.bsky.social · 16h

REFORM and the Tories don’t want UK citizens to have the rights our parents fought for in WW2. They want Trumpist authoritarianism and idiots out there are ready to give it to them

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

“The European Convention on Human Rights protects us all. The rights within it are the reason why families devastated by disasters like Hillsborough could demand justice, why victims of abuse can seek safety, & why disabled people are treated with dignity in care

youtu.be/ceukUFLBrFo?...

🚨UK will leave the ECHR if Tories win next election Kemi Badenoch has announced

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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