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Mike @justmemra.bsky.social · 7h

Foreign media is not wrong.

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thewakan.bsky.social @thewakan.bsky.social · 7h

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 21h

Every weekday on Broadway, undocumented immigrants line up to enter 26 Federal Plaza. They enter harshly lit hallways where ICE agents mill around — waiting to take people away. For our cover story, Stephanie Keith captures the anguished scenes of arrest in downtown Manhattan. buff.ly/N6JNPUP.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 15h

Nothing screams patriot like trying to mow down the First Amendment with a white pickup.

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 9h

He hates EVERYTHING of beauty in this nation.

Our freedoms.
Our people.
Our diversity.
Our natural wonders.
Our thriving cities.
Our striving.
Our flawed stumbling to a more perfect union.
Our White House.

He has to go.

It is painful how clear that is.

PLEASE keep saying it:
202-224-3121

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

Watch my supercut of things Mike Johnson doesn’t know. You can see the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...

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Libby Whittemore @libbage55.bsky.social · 14h

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
Holy shit is right..

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14h

“Unequivocally not normal.”

Go inside the aggressive, very online campaign to target critics of Medical Properties Trust, one of the nation’s largest hospital landlords.

The secret campaign to silence critics of a hospital real estate empire

When skeptics called out Medical Properties Trust, they found themselves harassed—and surveilled.

bit.ly

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14h

JUST IN: The White House has begun DEMOLISHING portions of the East Wing of the White House to build Trump’s $250 million ballroom — despite earlier claiming it wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing White House structure. (Washington Post)

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

Moskowitz: We need $30 billion to extend, obviously, these healthcare subsidies, which allow Americans—Americans, not illegal—Americans, citizens, to afford healthcare.

And the president’s like, “We don’t have $30 billion, but I am going to send $40 billion to my dear friend in Argentina.”

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14h

That is very, very bad—and also illegal.

It sure looks like Trump is about to weaponize the IRS

That is very, very bad—and also illegal.

www.motherjones.com

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Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social · 1d

And this:

JEFF TIEDRICH
@itsjefftiedrich
Hey kids. I'm in my 60s. You've never lived in an America where the rich paid their fair share. I have.
Let me tell you what that was like:
• We built new schools
• We built new highways
• We cut the poverty rate
• We lead the world in technology
• WE WENT TO THE FREAKING MOON

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Yes indeed!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

They use govt accounts, employees & resources to make partisan political messages.

They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.

They get pardoned when they commit crimes.

They ignore the laws.

There is zero congressional oversight.

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Shoq @shoq.bsky.social · 1d

How much is the deck stacked against us, friends? This much ⏵

This is the front page of today’s #BrokenNYTimes, the page most people go to (not the /US/ page).

Notice anything missing?

(Hint: On what recent day was the largest one-day protest in US history?)

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

@nicolefoy.bsky.social is the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

She did it because the government isn’t.

This is what she found.

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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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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Myrtle Beach, SC No Kings Protest.
Trump supporter brandishes gun from vehicle at peaceful protestors and is arrested.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Mike Johnson’s not a Speaker; he’s a spokesman. The House doesn’t move until Trump says fetch.

Johnson won’t bring the House back until Trump wants them back.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson doubles down on ‘No Kings’ criticism following demonstrations nationwide

He alleged the protests indicate “a rise of Marxism in the Democratic Party.”

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

Speaker Johnson doubles down on ‘No Kings’ criticism following demonstrations nationwide

He alleged the protests indicate “a rise of Marxism in the Democratic Party.”

www.politico.com

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Mike @justmemra.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson sounds like a frightened little man.

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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.