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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3h

Breaking: Capitol Police have been called after a Republican congressional office was just caught displaying a swastika.

This comes one day after group chat messages were leaked of young GOP officials saying “I love Hitler” and calling to put Democrats in “gas chambers.”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

Something else that has never happened before in American history, as the Trump admin continues to piss on the Bill of Rights while Republicans in Congress continue to remain silent. Another thing to protest on Saturday.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1h

And not a single mention in the Times about Michael Ellis installing himself as CIA general counsel. Fascinating.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2h

🧵 This reporting confirms my suspicion on why, based on reporting last week, the CIA's Deputy Director, Michael Ellis, installed himself as the agency's general counsel. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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Maryanne Chisholm 🌊 💙 @maryannechisholm.bsky.social · 4h

He needs to be removed.

Article 2, section 4 in the US Constitution. He’s committing treasonous acts. He’s actually killing Americans. This isn’t a metaphor. It is literal. By the way, This is NOT a loop. He is certifiably insane. Article 25 would remove him, but not the other complicit traitors.

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Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 2h

Know these people for what they are.

Their info in the alt-text of each photo.

#TheAlliedForces

Alex Dwyer — The chair of the Kansas Young Republicans, Dwyer thought that it was funny to reply to a question about his hotel room number with “1488,” a number beloved by White supremacists because “14” symbolizes the 14 words in a neo-Nazi slogan: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children." With “H” being the 8th letter of the alphabet, proto-fascists consider it as shorthand for “Heil Hitler.”

William Hendrix — Dwyer’s vice chair in the Kansas organization, Hendrix has no problem dropping the N-word and homophobic slurs throughout his texts. A former communications director for Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, Hendrix also likes to engage in blatant racist stereotyping, as when he wrote: “Bro is at a chicken restaurant ordering his food. Would he like some watermelon and Kool-Aid with that?”

Samuel and Brianna Douglass — Samuel is a Vermont State Senator. His wife Brianna is a committee member for the Vermont Young Republicans. They both have no problem expressing their antisemitism freely. When Samuel informed the group that a procedural mistake over the number of delegates from Maryland allowed to attend the organization's national convention was possibly made by someone who was Jewish, his wife Brianna replied: “I was about to say that you’re giving nationals to [sic] much credit and expecting the Jew to be honest.”

Luke Mosiman — How much worse can it get than having Mosiman, the chair of the Arizona Young Republicans, call for the rape of the chair of the Young Republican National Federation, Hayden Padgett? In all caps, Mosiman texted “RAPE HAYDEN.” He also suggested trying to link white supremacist groups to an opponent before realizing that this plan could actually backfire and give more support to the other candidate.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 3h

"It's important that none of us grow numb to it.... or accept this as normal"

A sobering warning from Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA)

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PA Gov. Josh Shapiro warns: "It's important none of us grow numb to it, or accept this as normal"

YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 4h

Pam Bondi has basically said anyone visiting the US is subject to arrest and incarceration at any point, if law officials deem the individual a “threat”.

Bang goes the rest of the international tourism trade.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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gregorypower.bsky.social @gregorypower.bsky.social · 3h

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 6h

Americans, you deserve so much better than this.

Let’s make sure Saturday is just the beginning.

We will overwhelm this regime with dignity and a fierce, non-violent “NO!”

#NoKings ✋🏼

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 5h

Pentagon beat reporters have been handing in their press passes all day long today. It is one of the most striking examples of news media solidarity we've seen this year.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 23h

This is a badge of honor in modern Republican politics.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Cory Mills, boy I dunno

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/14/j...

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 5h

Well-known internet personality Robby Roadsteamer makes fun of ICE and calls them Nazis. They prove his point & come out to arrest him for trespassing after shoving him over the property line.

Just like Russia, if you protest the regime, men with guns come to take you away.
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👻Temperamental🎃Hellhound💀 @tylerhower.bsky.social · 5h

I don't think there's all that much chance that Milei's list wins in the midterms or that he is reelected in two years, but I'm pretty sure that $20/$40bn will disappear before he's left the Casa Rosada.

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gregorypower.bsky.social @gregorypower.bsky.social · 5h

two men in trench coats are reading newspapers one of which has a headline which starts with the word ' berg '

ALT: two men in trench coats are reading newspapers one of which has a headline which starts with the word ' berg '

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Fact Point @factpoint.bsky.social · 5h

Singapore has a unique approach to solving its organ donation shortage. Under the Human Organ Transplant Act, all citizens and permanent residents over 21 are automatically registered as organ donors unless they choose to opt out.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 6h

John Roberts to fulfill lifelong dream of fully nullifying the Voting Rights Act www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/john...

John Roberts to fulfill lifelong dream of fully nullifying the Voting Rights Act - Lawyers, Guns & Money

This is one of those cases where the question the Court granted cert to answer tells you what the answer will be, and in this case the answer will be “the Reconstruction Amendments have passed their s...

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 9h

these people have the self-reflection of a vampire

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Totally unhinged lunatics. Completely divorced from reality. These people lie about everything. bsky.app/profile/meid...

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

Supercut of comments from Republicans today alone about the No Kings rallies taking place this weekend. This has to be some of the worst, and most anti-American, coordinated messaging of all time.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h

"Marc Benioff doesn't actually care if San Francisco is getting better or not. He doesn't care about actual policies. He just wants Daddy Trump to like him, so now he's gonna be fully in on fascism as long as he can keep his f*cking compound and his private jet."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

Topics Mike Johnson thinks are serious:

- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders

Topics he thinks are not serious:

- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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gregorypower.bsky.social @gregorypower.bsky.social · 6h

Not worrying at all.
No Kings rallies could be their excuse.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

JD Vance: "Because we have such a big problem with left-wing political violence, we have to train the investigatory and law enforcement powers of the govt to focus on that particular problem ... we really have to retrain the entire govt to focus on this left-wing violence problem. We are doing it."