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Lori McG. 🇨🇦 @lorimcg.bsky.social · 2h

Why are they wearing clerical collars?

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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 4h

New: “I resigned from the military because of Trump” - “I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution.”

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | I resigned from the military because of Trump

I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mariah 🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋 @mariahbrown.bsky.social · 7h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

I didn’t think this was true at first. Then I remembered Trump seriously floated the idea of stopping hurricanes by nuking them. The man’s unhinged.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3h

WIN: New York’s highest court unanimously upholds the state’s Even Year Election Law, which requires local governments in New York to hold some local elections during even-numbered election years to boost turnout.

🚨 Onondaga County v. New York

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

APC = Antifa Prop Carrier. Who knew?

Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 1d

An antifa commander strategically positions his tank to do battle with Trump's Nazi ICE Gestapo in war ravaged Portland. 😂🤣👇

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

Dismantling the VRA is their plan. An all out attack on black/brown representation that would give Republicans a hammer-lock on power.

A potentially 20-plus house seat shift. Pay attention.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 3h

We have money for a $20b bailout of Argentina, but the acting director of SNAP has just announced that SNAP benefits will be cut off on November 1.

Just as a heads up, the ANNUAL budget allocation for SNAP is $100b.

abcnews.go.com/GMA/Food/pro...

What to know about SNAP benefits amid government shutdown

Federal officials warn that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could be at risk for funding amid the government shutdown.

abcnews.go.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h

“Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. Epstein…took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care.”

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Neguse: "What Trump is attempting to do is create a perception that he has all the power & create a sense of hopelessness or helplessness in the public. We've gotta resist the temptation. He's electorally unpopular. In fact, the most unpopular POTUS at this juncture than any modern POTUS in history"

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 12h

Who knew that the public would end up supporting striking teachers? Not Danielle Smith and the UCP! albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/who-... #ableg #abpoli #TeachersStrike

Who knew that the public would end up supporting striking teachers? Not Danielle Smith and the UCP! - Alberta Politics

Who knew the public would end up supporting 51,000 striking Alberta schoolteachers in spite of the United Conservative Party Government’s blithe gaslighting about the reasons for the labour dispute no...

albertapolitics.ca

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Ty Ross @cooltxchick.bsky.social · 3h

We have to fight as hard and as long as we can. We are Sparta right now. We have to stay strong. When I was a kid and being bullied, my grandaddy would lock me out, and tell me to use whatever I could to defend myself. He said, “You may still lose, but you went down fighting…” We’re here…

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 4h

🚨The new escalation of “normal” violence includes breaking into homes, ransacking/destroying property and THEN disappearing families. 🚨🚨We. Are. Occupied. 🚨🚨
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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 3h

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Dr Lisa 🇰🇳🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈❤️🥳🧘🏽‍♀️🎸🏝💃🏽🛸 @xitter-refugee.bsky.social · 3h

Murderers.

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

Giving Trump the @nobelprize.bsky.social would render all Nobel Prizes utterly meaningless

Thank you for coming to our TED Talk

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3h

The Trump regime has run out of excuses for the government shutdown, so they’re now blaming the vast majority of Americans who simply wish to preserve democracy.

See you on Saturday at a NoKings.org protest—the tides are turning.

GOP's latest government shutdown scapegoat: No Kings protests

Republicans try to shift blame from themselves to protesters.

www.axios.com

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 3h

THIS JUST IN!!! Thanks to a VERY GENEROUS donation from our GREAT partners at #GasonicGroup the stakes just went up for our bike-friendly #Halloween costume contest! First prize winner gets TWO TICKETS to #SleepyHollow at Martha Cohen Theatre!!!

Let's HAUNT CALGARY!!! #yyc #yycbike

Poster for Alberta Theatre Projects’ production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. A headless horseman in black rides a galloping black horse across the bottom of the image. Large text reads: “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” “Oct 22 – Nov 9, 2025,” and “Martha Cohen Theatre.” Additional text credits Washington Irving, Craig Hall, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, and the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 6h

Ottawa threatens Stellantis with legal action over Brampton plant reversal #Canada #Stellantis

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly warned automaker's chief executive in letter--Stellantis entered into a $15 B agreement in 2023 with Canada

www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Ottawa threatens legal action against Stellantis | CBC News

The federal government is threatening automaker Stellantis with legal action if the company doesn't "respect its obligations" to Canadians, according to a letter obtained by CBC News, years after the ...

www.cbc.ca

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 4h

Trump is working on creating a “Ukraine Victory Fund,” which would be financed through new tariffs on China, per The Telegraph. Trump has instructed Bessent to discuss the plan with European counterparts ahead of Zelensky’s visit to Washington on Friday.

How much for this “fund” will go to Ukraine?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

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𝔸𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝔻𝕒𝕨𝕟 @amberdawn1116.bsky.social · 3h

The Trump regime approved a 211 mile private industrial mining road for a foreign mining company—backed by millions in our taxpayer dollars—cutting through one of Alaska’s wildest and most pristine landscapes.

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Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social · 3h

The Declaration of Independence is a masterclass in breaking up with a king.

Thread by Matthew Dowd👇

Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 4h

From the Declaration of Independence:
"The history of the present King...is a history of repeated injuries/usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws..

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DianaResists @dianaresists.bsky.social · 3h

Trump Names More Foes He Wants Prosecuted as Bondi and Patel Look On.

Top officials, unwilling to fight for the independence of their institutions, watched on Wednesday as President Trump continued his pursuit of controlling law enforcement.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Names More Foes He Wants Prosecuted as Bondi and Patel Look On

www.nytimes.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

Holding our commentary on whether Border Patrol is actually going to wear body cams, lol. We'll see evidence of it soon enough if they are.

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Lori McG. 🇨🇦 @lorimcg.bsky.social · 3h

A young Pete Hegseth

Paul Scarpelli @paulscarpelli.bsky.social · 4h

This is A.J. Elia,
Legislative Correspondent in the Office of Rep. Dave Taylor (R-OH-2.) This is the little prick who displayed a swastika in his cubicle. Didn't you expect him to look like this?

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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 3h

John Cole’s Tennessee: President Donald Trump wants Vanderbilt University to sign a compact requiring the school to adhere to a number of ideological goals.

John Cole’s Tennessee: Trump's Vanderbilt proposal • Tennessee Lookout

tennesseelookout.com

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