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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1h

Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...

Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 20h

Everything about John Roberts's approach to the Voting Rights Act makes sense when you remember that John Roberts has has always been hostile to the Voting Rights Act, never believed it was appropriate, and has spent most of his 45-year legal career working to hollow it out.

One of the Biggest Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term Is John Roberts’ Decadeslong Pet Project

If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 12h

MAGA thought they elected Trump to save America, but instead he’s saving Argentina. $40 billion now going to Trump’s buddy Javier Milei, while Americans can’t afford groceries, gas, or basic healthcare.

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Owenzowen @owenzowen.bsky.social · 2d

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Jayme Ruimveld @jaymeruimveld.bsky.social · 11h

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Ghostbusters (1984) | Are You a God?

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 12h

$40 billion could modernize water systems in every lead-poisoned town in the US and bring high-speed internet to rural America, but instead it's going towards bailing out Argentina

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 12h

Border Patrol agents intentionally rammed their vehicle into a car they were pursuing in Chicago’s Southeast Side on Tuesday, causing the car to spin and crash.
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What to know about PIT, the driving maneuver feds used in Southeast Side car chase

After Border Patrol agents rammed a car they were pursuing, causing it to spin and crash, on Tuesday, the Chicago community raised questions and concerns about the controversial tactic.

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Jayme Ruimveld @jaymeruimveld.bsky.social · 11h

And the monster Russ Voght-when asked if he felt responsible for children starving to death-arrogantly shirked any responsibility.

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Senator Blasts Russell Vought Over USAID Cuts: 'Children Dying'

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Jayme Ruimveld @jaymeruimveld.bsky.social · 12h

Um, Will, I think I know who is the threat to Western civilization & it’s not him. It’s Grampa Golf & his cabinet of sex offenders & grifty political performers, his other criminal associates & sycophants & the Project 2025 gang who are basically gutting our 250 year old democracy for profit. 😐

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 13h

The Daily Show’s Statement Regarding New Pentagon Press Restrictions

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 12h

Remember, brown 13-year-olds are hardened menaces to society, but 30-something Republican Hitler afficionados in positions of power are just li’l guys.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 13h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

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jokerusso @jokerusso.bsky.social · 17h

Don’t know who else needs to hear this but it would be good to have a strong showing of American Flags at the rallies on Saturday to combat the GOP talking points that it’s a “hate America” rally!!

Please repost and pass this on to as many as possible!!

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 14h

Pentagon Press Association: "Make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom"

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 13h

If anyone would like some signs for Saturday, I've made a few. Feel free to use and share. Should size to an 11x17 or 8-1/2x11 printer.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 13h

20 billion dollars from the US Treasury **was not enough**. So now it's 40 billion dollars! And why stop there?

All while the US government is shut down.

"America First," amirite?

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Bessent says bailout for Argentina will double to boost U.S. influence in region

The Trump administration is working to arrange private sector financing for Argentina that would double the total U.S. financial lifeline for the embattled Latin nation.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 18h

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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

On the Charlie Kirk show, Vought said federal firings could hit “north of 10,000” during the shutdown.

Companies lay people off to survive. This is different. He sounded like he’s enjoying the chance to fast-track his agenda. This isn’t about saving money, it’s about sabotaging the government.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 14h

🦠Measles continues to spread and we will lose elimination status by the end of the year.

💉Talk to your pediatrician about early vaccination (6-12 months) especially if you live in an outbreak area or are traveling to one.

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Over 150 unvaccinated students in South Carolina quarantining after measles exposure

The outbreak has grown to at least eight measles cases, officials said.

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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 17h

The cost of holding down ACA premiums for a year is less than this…

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16h

Hoods off!

Economic anxiety, right, corporate and establishment hacks?

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Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 16h

Just locker-room talk, right?

And these were not kids. They were adults, some working iwthin the Trump administration.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."

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Jayme Ruimveld @jaymeruimveld.bsky.social · 17h

Oh boy. Whiskey Pete wants to play war on his phone again, and tottering Grampa Golf is probably going to let him.
Is there a Nobel War Crimes award?

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NPR @npr.org · 17h

They're framing it as a way to share data and messages about threats, emergency preparedness and public health policy at a time when the federal government isn't doing its job in public health. n.pr/48PdMQj

Democratic governors form a public health alliance in a rebuke of Trump

They're framing it as a way to share data and messages about threats, emergency preparedness and public health policy at a time when the federal government isn't doing its job in public health.

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Jayme Ruimveld @jaymeruimveld.bsky.social · 17h

Wait. Is this the same goofball who thinks “able bodied” Medicaid recipients who just happen to live within 15 minutes of farm fields-that have been recently, and possibly violently, cleared of migrant workers-will be eager to have a great new job down the street-in agriculture?
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Jayme Ruimveld @jaymeruimveld.bsky.social · 17h

Wondering what God will do if other good and decent Christians are praying to give Abigail Spanberger “favor.”
“We want to pray, God, for your favor to be upon our former representative, that we selfishly would love to see her as the next governor .”
What’s God to do? 🙏

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