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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 23m

You know what shrinks the economy?

Republicans. Every damn time.

Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 1h

GET👏YOUR👏MONEY👏OUT👏OF👏CRYPTO.👏

It was created for criminals to evade the law, and they'll always be six steps ahead of you.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1h

www.cnn.com/interactive/...

Americans are losing millions to scammers at crypto ATMs. Here’s how companies profit

Companies often fail to refund money to victims and aggressively fight police to claw back scam money seized from machines.

www.cnn.com

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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 1h

In one post, this is why Republicans own the shutdown.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3h

4/ Ok, so then the obvious next step is to negotiate a compromise. That's how we've always avoided shutdowns. And Republicans need to convene those talks, bc they're in charge.

But here's the kicker - Trump is telling them to BOYCOTT NEGOTIATING. And they are following orders.

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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 1h

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5h

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 9h

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5h

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 9h

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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 18h

Exactly this.

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That Preppy Black Girl @tmwillia.bsky.social · 1d

For all of you waiting for Black people to “do something”, well here’s your opportunity to join up.

Join us for @blackoutthesystem.bsky.social

That Preppy Black Girl @tmwillia.bsky.social · 1d

#blackoutthesystem is back.
You all saw what an economic boycott did for Jimmy Kimmel; see if you can do the same thing to protect your freedom and your life.

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Chelsea Cristene Bock @chelseacristene.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent news! I didn’t think she’d be freed and I’m glad to be wrong.

But as someone from Hagerstown: the amount of folks cheering “God is good!” without the slightest introspection that they voted for this woman to be taken in the first place is too damn high.

www.thebanner.com/western-mary...

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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 1d

They're all streaming season 1 of "For All Mankind" on Apple TV+.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "If we go to the south pole of the moon, we can set up a base. We want to put up fission power. We think we can have longterm stays on the south pole of the moon."

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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 1d

WTF is this bullshit?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 1d

I have an MBA. At my reunion this summer, I talked to dozens of Wall Street decision-makers from my class. They all saw exactly what is happening, but it's the white octogenarians who absolutely know better who are unwilling to take a stand. They'll call a crash a "correction" & F us all.

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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 1d

"But we're completely fine saying that racial profiling is acceptable."

F*ck you, Amy.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 1d

Wall Street needs to wake up & smell what's happening. Fascism is bad for business.

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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller needs to be much more prominent in the discussion. Don't let him hide in the background.

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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 2d

Remember this when the bell ringers harass you next month outside the grocery store.

kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 2d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 2d

I'm already in a "f*ck you, idiot purist" mindset. By midterms, I'll be even less interested in tolerating your bullsh*t.

Kelly Jelly 🪼 @kellybdevoe.bsky.social · 2d

I knew this would happen on this site though. A bunch of socialists make Pritzker their savior for dumb reasons, then immediately dispose of him when he can’t make the fascism go away immediately

This is what leftists and socialists do

Alexandra 🍸🍸 @nycbubbles.bsky.social · 2d

The same thing will happen to anyone growing in popularity who might threaten their own candidates/agendas. It is a terrible game certain pundits & factions play, regardless of the dangers to oppressed communities. Performative nonsense that can currently put real lives at risk. Selfish & Stupid.🍸

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 2d

Trump and Johnson could be protecting military paychecks. Democrats have a bill to do it. But their top priority is blocking the release of the Epstein files.

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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so glad to see Tom Steyer using his $$$ on a campaign that helps all Americans instead of another vanity campaign that no one wants.

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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 2d

Barron is officially fair game for the media & Democrats.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

“That sounds terrible.”

“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 3d

Where can constituents in red districts find their rep's schedule during this "district work period"?

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 3d

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 3d

To think this guy nuked the filbuster to mass-approve political appointments of completely unqualified individuals.

The two parties are not the same.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦 @equalunderlaw.bsky.social · 3d

Note to the mealy tangerine: plywood burns. If Portland were actually burning down, no one would use plywood as a building material.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 3d

Weird random meme-y shit (laudatory) like this is how it might eventually be called The Great Frog Resistance, where everyone wears a frog pin, & remembrance events in 50 years begin with reverent croaks. Just from some dude's choice of a frog for a costume. Humans are weird.

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 3d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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