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Susan @lablady1.bsky.social · 10h

October 15, 2025
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October 15, 2025

Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Louisiana v.

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Susan @lablady1.bsky.social · 11h

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Susan @lablady1.bsky.social · 11h

A PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIAN'S RESPONSE TO CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM
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BRIAN RECKER

Watch now | BRIAN RECKER BIO

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12h

Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”

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Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Susan @lablady1.bsky.social · 11h

TO: Springfield Parks & Recreation Department
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TO: Springfield Parks & Recreation Department

SUBJECT: ANTIFA Sign-Making Picnic

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Susan @lablady1.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Bessent’s Smear Tells Us Everything: The White House Is Terrified of No Kings Day
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BREAKING: Bessent’s Smear Tells Us Everything: The White House Is Terrified of No Kings Day

Today, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unleashed a thinly veiled smear campaign against the looming No Kings Day protests, and his tone reveals precisely what the White House is scared of: mass mobil...

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Susan @lablady1.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Even Mike Johnson Can’t Defend Donald Trump’s Argentina First Agenda
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BREAKING: Even Mike Johnson Can’t Defend Donald Trump’s Argentina First Agenda

Mike Johnson just was interviewed on television by Manu Raju and tied himself in rhetorical knots trying to defend Donald Trump’s latest disaster — a $20 billion bailout for Argentina.

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Susan @lablady1.bsky.social · 1d

I have that same anxiety dream, but with horses.

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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Susan @lablady1.bsky.social · 1d

Qataris Reject Trump’s Idaho Offer and Demand Airbase at Mar-a-Lago
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Qataris Reject Trump’s Idaho Offer and Demand Airbase at Mar-a-Lago

“We gave you a 400-million-dollar 747. You’re not sticking us in some Idaho shithole.”

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

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JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

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Pop-Pop @dcdiversity1.bsky.social · 1d

“They don’t really follow this holy book they wave around like a prop,” @johnfugelsang.bsky.social tells @velshi.com. Fugelsang argues that the rhetoric of Christianity “has been hijacked” by right-wingers and Christian nationalists whose ideology actually runs counter to the teachings of Jesus.”

John Fugelsang: Right-wing Christians use the Bible ‘as a prop’ & ignore Jesus’ message

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Susan @lablady1.bsky.social · 1d

What’s that old saying: “in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king”?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.