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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14h

This is straight up white nationalist talking points posted by the DHS.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

American fascists are, obviously, very scared about how big a protest "No Kings" will be this weekend, as seen by their hysterical, dishonest rhetoric about it.

Let's make their fears come true by showing up on October 18

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h

“This stuff doesn't just permeate the culture of conservatism at this moment. It is the culture, by and large. These are ‘JD Vance Republicans,’” says Chris Hayes on the leaked GOP text messages praising Hitler—and the vice president downplaying it. youtu.be/b2UsgH761bg?...

'Kids telling edgy jokes’? Hayes SHREDS Vance’s defense of racist GOP group chat

YouTube video by MSNBC

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

Dismantling the VRA is their plan. An all out attack on black/brown representation that would give Republicans a hammer-lock on power.

A potentially 20-plus house seat shift. Pay attention.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 5h

Whatever you think about CFPB, it was created by Congress (as part of the Dodd-Frank Act) and can only be abolished by Congress, not by the President acting as a dictator.

Reuters @reuters.com · 11h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 4h

Sorry to harp on this, but another almost-unbelievably terrible unsigned editorial from WaPo. This one has a crucial "tell" that Murdoch's Fleet Street team is in full control.

The tell: Would any US writer refer to Trump as "the American," the way the WaPo does in passage below?

A Washington Post editorial which refers to Trump as "the American."

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

An investigation has been launched after a swastika flag was seen inside a GOP congressman’s office. Rep. Dave Taylor (R-OH), a Trump-ally since 2016, said he launched a full investigation www.thedailybeast.com/swastika-fla...

Swastika Flag Spotted in MAGA Congressman’s Office

The hateful symbol was spotted during a virtual meeting inside Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.thedailybeast.com

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

😡😡😡😡

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 5h

$40 Billion to Argentina. Don’t tell me we can’t have healthcare.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

AOC: When one party wants the votes of another party. You negotiate, you come to a compromise and you pass a bill. That is schoolhouse rock. And that is how things should be

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10h

Listen to how casually Justice Gorsuch presents as fact the idea that remedying racial gerrymandering requires racial discrimination.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

WSJ: “.. the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said ..”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 10h

Roberts just calls "balls and strikes," if by "strikes" you mean deciding that a principle he discovered in the Constitution as amended in 1791 invalidates the black-letter text of amendments added nearly a century later.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 11h

America has no kings. That’s kind of the whole point.

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World Peace Cookies @worldpeacecookies.bsky.social · 8h

This is incredibly helpful information for anyone who's applying to college in the next year or two.

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Dan Alley 🌹🦋 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🍉🇬🇪🇺🇸🇺🇳🌍🕊️ @lamprod.bsky.social · 8h

No need to request donations from this not-so-proud alumnus.

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Hoppy Croaklightly @hoppycroaklightly.bsky.social · 5h

"The new whatever."

Fuck mediocrity always and forever.

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milkweed.bsky.social @milkweed.bsky.social · 9h

Well on the the plus side we’re getting a pretty good list of universities never to attend

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 11h

Core to playing this down is pretending that "Young Republicans" aren't 40 years old with top positions in both the party and government. One's a state senator.

Nathan Bernard @nathantbernard.bsky.social · 11h

the "kids" were mostly 30+ years old and said they love hitler

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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 17h

Is it typical that multiple Governors and Senators openly say that the President has dementia?

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 9h

tl;dr this is, as I've been screaming into the wind about for a week now, not just illegal as shit but fundamentally means the Constitution as written is no longer in effect

That said if you want an even deeper dive on the subject than I've done, this is a very good thread

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 10h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19h

When I said we weren't here to be disappointed with Labour but to replace them. I meant it.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Hoppy Croaklightly @hoppycroaklightly.bsky.social · 6h

Him yelling it so casually from the popemobile reminded me of this.

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ACLU of Florida @aclufl.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: We filed a lawsuit challenging the map recently adopted by the Daytona Beach City Commission for unlawfully ignoring communities and neighborhoods in favor of racial gerrymandering.

See you in court.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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