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Melissa Ingle @m1ngle.bsky.social · 6h

While Aziz Ansari, Bill Burr, Louis CK, et al showed their asses by performing in Riyadh, two different comedians - Ilana Glaser and Kumail Nanjiani showed how it’s done by walking away from performing at Dreamforce after Marc Benioff praised Trump and called for the National Guard in SF.

Comedians cancel Dreamforce performance after Benioff draws backlash for Trump support

Salesforce Chief Executive Marc Benioff faces criticism after he said Trump should send National Guard troops to San Francisco.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6h

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Jamie 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦 @jamiemarie.bsky.social · 8h

It’s a beautiful day at Tower Grove Park. It is a peaceful respite from the crazy world we live in.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

Compare Trump’s (unusual) level of empathy for Argentina — vs. Ukraine.

@atrupar.com

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Jamie 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦 @jamiemarie.bsky.social · 8h

The pro-death crowd

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 9h

The law is the culmination of a decade of anti-vaccine activism—and it could be the first of many to come.

After success in Idaho, anti-vaccine activists want to export their idiocy nationwide

The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine.

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senador32.bsky.social @senador32.bsky.social · 9h

An stunning and accurate image of the damage done by Trump to American democratic institutions.

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Jamie 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦 @jamiemarie.bsky.social · 10h

That’s brilliant

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NPR @npr.org · 13h

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them

Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

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SpiffySmallSound @doublecollusion.bsky.social · 2d

Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff

Block, move on.

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 1d

22 arrests.
All Maga.
Including this armed terrorist with a gun who assaulted a woman.
I think we know who the violent ones are.
#NoKings

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 1d

Watch how the media reports yesterday’s march.

Outlets that don’t report it, or dramatically downplay it are showing you precisely who they are.

When it matters.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We're in Chicago now ... Beautiful Black woman wearing MAGA caps all over the city. It's the most incredible thing. I love it."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Epstein Survivor Lisa Phillips: Everyone makes it about Trump and Epstein, but it’s about this whole ring of men. That’s what makes me upset, because we know they were there. We saw them. We know there were royalty, princes, very powerful people in academia and tech, and we saw them at parties.

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Jamie 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦 @jamiemarie.bsky.social · 1d

Under threat??????

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 2d

Profiles in Cowardice. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing says “love of country” like hating half the people who live in it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 1d

Some folks were worried that they'd sic thugs on the protestors or declare martial law. Instead they posted AI videos and complained.

These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.

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quick13 @quick13.bsky.social · 2d

Jerry Sandusky is in jail. Jim Jordan should be too www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Second man accuses Rep. Jim Jordan of ignoring OSU abuse

The referee said the response of Jordan and another former coach was, "Yeah, yeah, we know."

www.nbcnews.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d

“There’s no way I’m bending the knee I have left for a king in America.”

Damn. Just … damn.

Dale Denwalt @denwalt.bsky.social · 2d

Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.

He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 2d

[Exit King.]

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 2d

#NoKings Miami!

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 2d

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

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Jamie 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦 @jamiemarie.bsky.social · 2d

The turnout in SoCo was amazing and the rain didn’t stop us!

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