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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

Just a deep, dark cesspool of corruption like we’ve never seen before in US history at every single agency and level of government. Republicans in Congress continue to ignore all of it and if people still care about having a Republic they will vote them out as soon as they can.

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@Crowebarre @davidcrowe.bsky.social · 1h

Nothing says support for Capitol Police more than refusing to mount a plaque honoring their service during the MAGA insurrection

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1h

🧵 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

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Hudsonette @hudsonette.bsky.social · 3h

Had lunch at the Marcus Samuelsson restaurant in the Performing Arts Center at the WTC. Within walking distance but I hadn’t been. My friend just got a cool new job and treated me. Amazing food, so nice to catch up with an old friend. #NYC

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

#4 👍

Zohran sitting in the corner seat on a subway.

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 8h

This is a jaw-dropping, terrifying number. The CDC's workforce has decreased by 3,000 people since January.

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

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Hudsonette @hudsonette.bsky.social · 8h

Resign

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 12h

Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

What could be worse than screaming at a Capitol police officer?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

They're the ones making our neighborhoods unsafe. They're the danger to our children. They're the threat to law and order.

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 10h

Agent lobs a gas canister into a residential neighborhood in Illinois for no discernible reason, gassing dozens of neighbors including a baby. The comfort with which they deploy weapons of war is unreal.

Source: www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 10h

time to dump a few container loads in boston harbor?

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10h

Coffee in the US is now 40% more expensive than before Trump.

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight — The Atlantic

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10h

It may be hard to believe, but for the better part of 40 years, Republican presidents frequently signed legislation promoting special education. Nixon signed the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. George H.W. Bush signed the Individuals with Disabilities Educastion Act
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Opinion | Trump's mass firings strike a hammer blow against Americans with disabilities

The GOP once supported special education programs. Recent dismissals at the Education Department put an end to that support.

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James Wagner @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 19h

uptown

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Hudsonette @hudsonette.bsky.social · 20h

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Spooky Sasquatch @nerdysasquatch.bsky.social · 23h

At a time when billionaires would be all too happy to replace artists with AI slop, I think it's important to celebrate artists like Drew Struzan.

If you've seen a movie poster in the past 30+ years, you've seen something he did. A true master of the craft.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade poster

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Hudsonette @hudsonette.bsky.social · 22h

Gift link. More good prosecutors forced out of DOJ. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 23h

it's getting rapidly memory-holed that in 2012 kennedy claimed to a divorce judge that the brainworm affected his brain function and therefore future earning potential
www.politico.com/news/2024/05...

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump-Vance Administration getting rid of biodefense personnel is, to state the blindingly obvious, a very bad choice.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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🇨🇦 Janet Somerville @janetsomerville.bsky.social · 1d

TL cleanse with Martha, enjoying her final retrieve of the season in Lake #Muskoka. (No swimming for Puck, no water access at all until his stitches come out in another week. 😭) #dogs

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 23h

Things will continue to be chaotic for the foreseeable future, but I have a feeling that when we're finally past this nightmare and can accurately assess it all, we'll see that the right's insane reaction to Charlie Kirk's death was the beginning of the end for them. bsky.app/profile/chri...

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 1d

I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

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A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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