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Matthew Blanchette @mattpb.bsky.social · 3h

WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 3h

To me the calculus is simple. People should nominate whoever has the best chance of beating Collins rn. Age or anything else be damned. The house is currently on fire, we can worry about four years from now. If it's Mills, all she has to do is show up and vote.

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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 3h

Once again I apologize on behalf of New York that Lee Zeldin has to be inflicted on the rest of the country.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 3h

And don't listen to people who say October 18th isn't "enough" for some theoretical reason. It's a start, midterms or no midterms this administration is going to be around for three more years. It's a process.

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 3h

And don't listen to people who say October 18th isn't "enough" for some theoretical reason. It's a start, midterms or no midterms this administration is going to be around for three more years. It's a process.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 6h

Given the DHS talk of "remigration" and private chats revealing the overtly Nazi stances of the NY Young Republicans, it would be really good for those opposed to show up October 18 then continue to collaborate in their communities, because all this will get worse and worse until we act to stop it.

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 3h

🚨BREAKING
Florida Rep. Cory Mills (a key Trump ally and sitting member of Congress) has been hit with a restraining order. More ⬇️ 🧵

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I display @dynamitefuzz.bsky.social · 7h

Just buy a handcuff key for less than $10.

www.galls.com/asp-blue-lin...

ASP Blue Line Clip Key | Handcuff Keys

The ASP Blue Line Clip Key will withstand long-term rigorous use & has a Backset release flag for rapid location of handcuff keyways. Shop duty keys here.

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 3h

A solid reminder that a set of bolt cutters in your car is just good highway safety practice while traveling.

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 3h

In 2025 being certified normal is no small feat.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 13h

The whining about Janet Mills jumping into the Maine Senate race is pretty hard to take. It's fine and healthy for our candidates to run in contested primaries. It's dangerous to simply nominate people by acclamation based on internet vibes. Mills isn't even bad, she's just extremely old.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 10h

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 5h

If he got any further up Trump's ass he'd disappear.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 5h

Dress up in costumes. Draw attention. Make it absurd for them to crack down on you, and then be ready to refuse to cooperate if they do crackdown on you.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 5h

It also serves other purposes, like building internal solidarity and identity but a core point of protest is to draw attention. Though there is always a question of what is understood from that attention

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Renée in L.A. @reneepatrice.bsky.social · 7h

Also, given that Harris was pro-ceasefire, why would they have refused to vote for her if that's all they wanted?

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 16h

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 5h

Two Chicago police officers, a city firefighter and a former Water Department employee have been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging they lied about their employment and income for years to qualify for subsidized housing assistance.

Two Chicago cops, firefighter and ex-city employee charged with lying about income to get housing subsidies

Two Chicago police officers, a city firefighter and a former Water Department employee have been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging they lied about their employment and income for years to …

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 9h

“Massachusetts lawmakers proposed holding back more than $100 million for county sheriff’s offices in a spending bill released Tuesday, citing ‘questionable spending practices’ after months of negative headlines and increased scrutiny over the elected office.”

#Massachusetts #mapoli

Samantha Gross @samanthajgross.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/m...

Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs - The Boston Globe

Massachusetts lawmakers propose holding back $162 million for county sheriff’s offices in a spending bill, citing “questionable spending practices."

www.bostonglobe.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 6h

I wonder if Mike Johnson is going to try to dissolve Congress to keep it from voting on the Epstein files.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 5h

And it's all people you really don't want to hear from again

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 5h

The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again

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Kelly ❌ 👑 @kelofchgo.bsky.social · 13h

If the GOP thinks they are so "just" in all of their actions what are they afraid of that they want to gerrymander everything?

Blue states can do the same and offset any of their BS.

#Pinks
www.alternet.org/voting-right...

'Burn it all down': Critics fear 'head-spinning reversal' of key Supreme Court decision

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear new arguments Wednesday over Louisiana’s congressional maps. State Republican leaders now want to get rid of a majority-Black district they created, and the Supreme Co...

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Alaska House District 20 Democrats @alaskahd20dems.bsky.social · 5h

Circled is a teargas canister thrown by Donald Trump’s thugs flying towards a family as they flee with their baby from ICE’s violent escalation in Chicago.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

I’m a subscriber to The Onion print edition and trust me, the ads alone are worth it

Fake Apple ad

Remember when those
Chinese factory workers were all committing suicide?
Neither do we!

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