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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4m

Trump Erupts at ABC Over Vance On-Air Fiasco as Presser Goes Off Rails

As Trump’s exchanges with reporters appear more power-crazed than usual, a sharp observer of our slide into authoritarianism explains why the Resistance must find a new kind of response before it’s too late.

Trump Erupts at ABC Over Vance On-Air Fiasco as Presser Goes Off Rails

As Trump’s exchanges with reporters appear more power-crazed than usual, a sharp observer of our slide into authoritarianism explains why the Resistance must find a new kind of response before it’s to...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2h

We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

Georgia Voter: I’m glad the Democrats are holding out for some of us—for the 20 million people who still need it and will only get insurance this way.

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gail7.bsky.social @gail7.bsky.social · 5h

Go get him!

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11h

“Dozens of prominent artists and cultural organizations will participate in a series of artistic demonstrations to protest what authoritarian overreach by the Trump administration.

The protests, known as Fall of Freedom, will take place on the weekend of Nov. 21...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 10h

Here is the Vice President defending adults who said they love Hitler, want to rape their enemies, put their political opponents in gas chambers, and that Black people are monkeys. Just to name a few.

Are these those Christian values JD Vance talks about?

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 9h

I laughed way too hard at this 🤣🤣🤣

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RickyBobby @chuckslefthanded.bsky.social · 5h

There are 3,143 counties in the USA. In 2024 88 flipped from blue to red....ZERO COUNTIES IN THE WHOLE USA....ZERO!!!!
Flipped the other way. That has never happened. Nobody thought to ask a question or two????? Basic fvcking math, people.

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Dan Rather @thedanrather.bsky.social · 6h

Government workers are just pawns for the president who is playing a game of chicken with people's lives.

Good Work If You Can Keep It

Before Trump dismantled the bureaucracy, working for the government was an honorable job

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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 5h

Jack Smith Speaks
open.substack.com/pub/weissman...

Jack Smith Speaks

And Mary and I dissect this week's news on the Main Justice podcast

open.substack.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

"I do think he needs help, and I don't think anybody around him on a day-to-day basis wants to get him any help, because they have more power based upon his diminished capacity."

@jbpritzker.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h

Trump’s administration laid off thousands of federal workers, gutting critical departments: Treasury, HHS, and Education.

What we’re seeing now isn’t new. The shutdown is the new excuse. Create chaos, starve the government, and leave folks struggling while Trump’s billionaire buddies get richer.

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

Cartoon by @johnbuss.bsky.social.

The TIME Magazine cover Trump hates.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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FrodoLove @frodolove.bsky.social · 16h

www.facebook.com/reel/1122583...

140K views · 8K reactions | “I’m gonna get push back on that, but it’s, I’m just living in reality from here on out.” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene split with Trump over immigration policy in a recent ...

“I’m gonna get push back on that, but it’s, I’m just living in reality from here on out.” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene split with Trump over immigration policy in a recent podcast appearance. MSNBC’s....

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Mike Pafford @mepafford.org · 16h

Can't Blame #Biden!

#Trump is Imposing TARIFF TAXES - On All #Americans!

Americans Already Pay Taxes!

Now, MORE Money From Everyone's Take-Home Pay!

Everyone Pays More - For EVERYTHING Importers Pay Tariffs On!

Food Off Every Family's Table!

#VOTE - EARLY or ABSENTEE - U.S. BACK!
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US Consumers Paying the Most for Tariffs: Wall Street Giant’s Report Exposes Trump Lies | Common Dreams

New research from Goldman Sachs reveals US consumers bear 55% of Trump's trade war costs, despite claims tariffs are paid by foreigners.

www.commondreams.org

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17h

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

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Queen of Simpletry @queenofsimpletry.bsky.social · 2d

I am antifa!

CHOPPER - Woke Boomer @unclechopperrip.bsky.social · 2d

BE ANTIFA!

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 21h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

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gail7.bsky.social @gail7.bsky.social · 20h

Doubtful

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🐶🥶 @janosch.bsky.social · 20h

He is

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