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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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icebjorn.bsky.social @icebjorn.bsky.social · 9h

And on the Necks of most Americans!

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 1d

Keep going!

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

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Around 80% of the psychiatric hospitals in the U.S. that have violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in the past 15 years are owned by for-profit corporations.

Only a few have faced any repercussions from regulators.

By @emcahan.bsky.social

For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.

Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica ...

www.propublica.org

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 2d

The GOP appears addicted to moving the Overton Window. There’s no coherent politics and where one should exist is instead a playbook of tactics for accomplishing money and power grabs.

It is this playbook to which the party swears fealty; its usage which binds them.

A dangerous, escalatory game.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 1d

On this day in 1834, authorities in Wheeling, a city in present-day West Virginia, charged four people with unlawful assembly for convening a literacy class for Black residents.

Oct. 14, 1834 | Four People Charged for Teaching Black People to Read in Wheeling, West Virginia

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 2d

The Faroe Islands locker room was quite rightly hyped after the territory of just 55,000 people stunned the Czech Republic 2-1 🥳

It’s their third straight World Cup win, arguably the biggest in their history, and leaves the Faroes one point off a World Cup play-off spot. Truly remarkable 🇫🇴

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 2d

A couple of parking signs for anyone who wants to print them out for this coming Saturday.

Parking Signs

If you want to print out a poster for October 18th, here are two; fully-guaranteed countrywide but maybe especially suitable for in and around New York. No King Anytime sign ...

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 2d

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina Is Latest Gop-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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

Big roar for AG Letitia James at the ZOHRAN rally👇🏽

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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icebjorn.bsky.social @icebjorn.bsky.social · 2d

Leader leading.

Leader standing up for His city.

Words matter.
Deeds matter, more!

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 2d

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Morning Ceasefire Updates:
— All 20 living Israeli hostages have been released. Hamas no longer holds any living hostages in its captivity.
— 1,968 Palestinians have been released from Israeli prisons.
— Trump’s address to the Knesset resembled one of his campaign rallies… 1/

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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 3d

THIS IS HOW YOU SLAP THAT SMUG ATTITUDE.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 3d

The level of kleptocratic corruption in this regime is breathtaking, e.g.:

—Selling off Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae to big banks

—Bribes from ABC & CBS

—TikTok sale to Ellison

—Everything Qatar: the plane gift, the Idaho military base

—Whoever has bribed him by buying his scam meme coins

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing to see here

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 3d

Oregon will not allow the president to normalize the use of the U.S. military in our cities. We all care about public safety – and the U.S. military cannot be used as a tool in political theater.

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Elseagee 🟧 🌊 🌊 🌊🎨 🎸 @elseagee.bsky.social · 3d

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