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idgee.bsky.social @idgee.bsky.social · 5d

“Annual physical” at Walter Reed seems to happen every few months. (Just say it’s a checkup, regular people do go to the doctor more than once a year.)

Anyway, crossing my fingers for a glorious outcome! I’m sure Shady Vance has his bags packed and ready.

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🚨Trump’s Health DETERIORATES FAST as he VISITS HOSPITAL

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 9h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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Legal Weed 4 SC 🌱 @legalweed4sc.bsky.social · 7h

Trump keeps on complaining about 97% of articles written about him are negative.

Here's a thought. Try not being an asshole 97% of the time.

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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 7h

Can somebody please explain to me how Donald Trump can give $20 billion of taxpayers money to a cause we don't even support?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Jeffries: "If Donald Trump can find $20b to bail out his right-wing dictator friend in Argentina, it's extraordinary to me that Republicans are unwilling to even have a discussion about how we address the healthcare crisis that they've created."

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 10h

Pretty sure one of the reporters who broke the Nazi chat story was an Animal House character.

JASON BEEFERMAN
New York State Politics Reporter
Follow @JasonBeeferman Jason Beeferman covers New York state politics from Albany with a focus on Governor Kathy Hochul and the state's Senate and Assembly. He was previously an intern for
POLITICO based in New York City. Prior to joining POLITICO, he reported on local government for The Dallas Morning News and Texas state government for The Texas Tribune. He grew up on Long Island and holds bachelor's and master's degrees in
journalism from Northwestern University.

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rhonnie-72.bsky.social @rhonnie-72.bsky.social · 7h

You are right. What good to win seats in the House if the current Speaker will not swear them in? What if Dems win 30 seats in the House--when will Mike Johnson NOT be Speaker? After the January 3, 2027 opening of Congress? When?

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 7h

So what do you say, J.D. Vance? You once feared Trump could be the American Adolf Hitler. But that seems to be the hope of the new generation of Republicans you’ve raised. Will you denounce this outbreak of antisemitism, racism and fascism in your party?

Politico @politico.com · 16h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 14h

Frankly, it'd be more surprising if these freaks *didn't* talk like this privately.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Bruce Coffman @brucecoffman.bsky.social · 7h

If Antifa is so organized and violent why in the FUCK are we sitting here watching ICE, cops, our own military BRUTALIZE American citizens and DOING NOTHING?

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10h

ICE's escalating violence and use of excessive force are wreaking havoc and making cities less safe.

Armed, masked federal agents shouldn't be menacing our communities.

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

www.npr.org

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 7h

You can say amazing things if you know that the follow-up question will be "wow."

(Smith didn't plant anything at Mar-a-Lago because he was hired months after it was searched.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 1d

Witkoff is also a real estate guy. It's not rocket science.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 11h

This Saturday, October 18, we’re exercising our right to dissent and taking to the streets.

Prepare for No Kings protests with our virtual Know Your Rights training this Wednesday, October 15 at aclu.org/october15_training

Black graphic with text "Know Your Rights Before You Hit the Streets

We’ll cover your rights when protesting, protest safety, and de-escalation training

Virtual training
Wednesday, October 15
7pm ET"

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10h

Have Trump, JD Vance, Mike Johnson, and the entirety of the GOP and right-wing media own and embrace these vile and bigoted Telegram messages written by Young Republicans.

They will because they see apology as "weakness."

Tie it around them.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 12h

BREAKING: A court temporarily blocked the installation of two statues of Catholic saints on the public safety building in Quincy, Massachusetts while our case proceeds.

This is a win for the separation of church and state under the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights.

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 7h

This is the first generation of ‘Trump Youth.’

They’ve spent their whole lives in the Upside Down world that is Fox News & MAGA influencers making money driving other people crazy.

This is also part of Charlie Kirk’s legacy.

No firewall👇

open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 14h

News outlets are right to not play along with the Defense Department directive that tries to force reporters to only publish information officially authorized by the department.

This is government censorship, plain and simple.

Media outlets, including Fox News and CNN, refuse to sign Pentagon's press access rules | CNN Business

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will not sign.

www.cnn.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 7h

The more GOP officials and right-wing hacks try to spin and pivot from their Young Republican leaders praising Hitler and racism and gas chambers for their enemies, the more it puts the story in the spotlight.

Keep at it!

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ACLU @aclu.org · 17h

President Trump is trying to deploy the military and federal law enforcement in U.S. cities to stoke fear, suppress free speech, and expand his power by any means necessary.

People across the country must keep pushing back and advocating for their communities and their rights.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h

They’re freaking out!!!

Trump’s cabinet secretaries falsely claim Dems are keeping the government closed because of the “No Kings” mass protests, and Mike Johnson calls it the “hate America rally.”

The truth is: we love America, but we hate tyrants. That’s why we’re doing this.

See you Saturday.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Jeffries: "I remind all of these corrupt individuals, these sycophants -- the statute of limitations is five years. The American people want accountability, deserve accountability, and will get accountability."

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iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social @iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social · 16h

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Hedy Lamarr @chudonew.bsky.social · 16h

CALL MIKE LAWLER - TELL HIM TO SAVE OUR HEALTH CARE

202-225-6506
845-201-2060

Republican lawmakers shut down the government so they can continue cutting Medicaid to the bone, hike costs, and gut health care tax credits for over 20 million hardworking Americans. youtu.be/kTfZGgv_TiA?...

Mike Lawler

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ACLU @aclu.org · 19h

We’ll be at the Supreme Court tomorrow to defend a fair voting map in Louisiana. Diluting Black voting power is textbook discrimination — we're fighting for fair representation.

Graphic with a protester holding a sign reading "Federal voting rights protections, now!" The graphic reads "Black voters deserve to elect candidates of our choice."

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