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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19h

The Trump bailout package for Millei: $40 billion and counting. This is what America First means.

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 22h

Love this!

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 22h

A coalition of 15 U.S. state governors representing more than a third of the country's population has launched a new bipartisan alliance on Wednesday, aimed at improving public health coordination, emergency preparedness and best practices.
www.reuters.com/world/us/col...

US governors launch alliance to bolster coordination on public health

A coalition of 15 U.S. governors representing more than a third of the country's population has launched a new bipartisan alliance on Wednesday, aimed at improving public health coordination and emergency preparedness.

www.reuters.com

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WBZ News @wbztv.bsky.social · 1d

Boston Mayor Wu says President Trump has "no ability" to take away World Cup matches: "There's no real threat"

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says President Trump can't take away 2026 World Cup matches from Massachusetts.

www.cbsnews.com

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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 1d

Bette Midler on Colbert tonight ♥️♥️ fabulous (and totally agree- he helped me through the first 4yr "winter"too)

Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 1d

Bette Midler sings to Stephen Colbert: You never kissed the orange ass.

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Rumpole of the Bayou @rumpolebayou.bsky.social · 2d

Neither Trump nor FIFA can just move World Cup locations. Cities signed enforceable Host City Agreements with FIFA. The cities could bring arbitration against FIFA if it tries that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 2d

Who were the 6 people the Administration just killed without due process?

Were they children?

Were they victims of human trafficking?

WE DON’T KNOW—they refuse to show proof.

No one made Trump judge, jury & executioner. This is a gross violation of international human rights.

Trump Administration Strikes Another Boat It Says Was Trafficking Drugs

The president said that six were killed in the latest military action off the coast of Venezuela.

www.wsj.com

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 3d

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH — @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social : “Here’s a partial list of things Trump is choosing to no longer study — food insecurity, gun violence, toxic exposures etc… Just because you don't measure it doesn't mean the problem went away. Censoring science & data collection is scary in a democracy.”

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 5d

#medsky

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Julie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social · 5d

RIP public health and the CDC - MAHA indeed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 5d

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 5d

Apparently SHE is not who I thought she was😑🙄
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump for ‘decisive support’

“I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause,” she wrote in a post on X.

www.politico.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

🤷🏽‍♂️ 🇺🇸 💰

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 6d

"Catholic values" saying alot right here and nothing Christian about it.
"parents also told WJAR that the new principal, Denise Alcala, should be held responsible, and noted that the teachers were given an ultimatum: sign a document reaffirming their Catholic values or resign."

NBC10 Boston @nbcboston.com · 6d

Six teachers reportedly abruptly resigned from a Catholic school in Warwick, Rhode Island, this week, leading to concern from parents who are demanding answers. on.nbcboston.com/s50JYOJ

Parents want answers after several teachers resign from Catholic school in Warwick, RI

Six teachers reportedly abruptly resigned from a Catholic school in Warwick, Rhode Island, this week, leading to concern from parents who are demanding answers.

on.nbcboston.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6d

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 7d

Wtf - talk about saying the quiet part out loud

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 7d

New event on Rachel's calendar!

Rachel Maddow will host a discussion with Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador and author of the soon-to-be published "Autocrats vs. Democrats," in Cambridge, MA. @mcfaulmike.bsky.social

Details here: www.harvard.com/event/michae...

Thursday, October 30th at 7pm

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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 7d

Or you could just say "Gerrymandering" - redistricting makes it sound normal

WCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston @wcvb5.bsky.social · 7d

Vice President JD Vance to visit Indiana again as White House presses for redistricting | Click on the image to read the full story

Vice President JD Vance to visit Indiana again as White House presses for redistricting

Vice President JD Vance is expected to visit Indiana on Friday for a second time in recent months as the White House continues to push for redistricting.

www.wcvb.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 8d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 8d

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 8d

Ugh 😑- SO important to keep it nonviolent in these crazy times

NBC10 Boston @nbcboston.com · 8d

UPDATE: Boston police say 13 people were arrested and four officers were injured as a pro-Palestinian rally moved from Boston Common onto streets. on.nbcboston.com/8TcdCXk

13 arrested at pro-Palestinian rally, Boston police say

Four officers were injured after a scuffle during a rally that moved from the Boston Common onto Tremont Street and Winter Street, according to the Boston Police Department.

on.nbcboston.com