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Gerry Joyce-Magladene @deaconbluesky.bsky.social · 5h

SCOTUS: Racism is over because we had a Black President.
President Obama did not end Racism. He brought it into the open.

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Tests from Consumer Reports found more than two-thirds of 23 popular protein products contained unsafe levels of lead.

Lead Is Becoming More Common Among Protein Powders And Shakes, Report Says

Tests from Consumer Reports found more than two-thirds of 23 popular protein products contained unsafe levels of lead.

www.forbes.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 9h

Apropos of nothing, once the President of the United States confirms covert CIA operations in a country… say, Venezuela, those operations are no longer covert.

And it puts CIA officers at significantly more risk.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 9h

Today is the 15th day of the government shutdown.

Neera Tanden reminds us that the central issue of the shutdown is Republicans refusing to provide healthcare for millions of Americans. She unpacks this & more during interview
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/it-doesnt-have-to-be-this-way-neera

It doesn't have to be this way: Neera Tanden on the harms caused by the lasting shutdown

"The way we fight autocracy is demonstrating to the country that we are the majority"

contrarian.substack.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 9h

Downtown Portland has some new art at 5th and Washington🐸 👀

Click the link to read more about Portland's Protest Frog: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 9h

GOOD! - Alex Jones attorneys insisted the total is an “amount that can never be paid,” calling it a “financial death penalty by fiat imposed on a media defendant whose broadcasts reach millions.” But the highest court in the nation wasn’t moved.

SCOTUS Says Alex Jones Still Must Pay $1.4 Billion for Saying Sandy Hook Massacre Was a ‘Hoax’

A lawyer who represents Sandy Hook families said the Supreme Court had properly rejected Jones’ “latest desperate attempt to avoid accountability for the harm he has caused.”

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9h

A state senator's racist text. A thirty-something GOP flack saying "I love Hitler." To JD Vance, they're all just "a kid telling a stupid joke."

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

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12h

Fun Fact: Stephen Miller, before he was a top commander in Trump’s MAGA army, once asked @davidcorn.bsky.social out to coffee and tried to recruit him to an anti-immigration crusade.

Corn writes about the decade-old encounter in his latest:

My coffee with Stephen Miller

He tried to recruit me for an anti-immigration crusade. Little did I know what he would become.

www.motherjones.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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OPB @opb.org · 15h

Portland author Daniel H. Wilson’s new book, “Hole in the Sky,” is a thriller that combines indigenous knowledge with science fiction. The book draws on Wilson’s own background as a threat forecaster for the US Air Force and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

Portland author Daniel H. Wilson’s new thriller combines Indigenous knowledge with science fiction

OPB’s Paul Marshall II spoke with author Daniel H. Wilson about the book “Hole in the Sky.” Wilson will be speaking at Powell’s Bookstore on October 15th with OPB’s Aaron Scott.

www.opb.org

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Lynda @lynda1225.bsky.social · 14h

Next to hypocrit in the dictionary.

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Lynda @lynda1225.bsky.social · 16h

Free speech, not allowed.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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Barracks Life 🇺🇸🪖🌈 🎃 @barrackslife.com · 1d

Just now

NEW: Rep Adelita Grijalva and a HUGE crowd just MARCHED to Mike Johnson's office, demanding she be sworn in. A security guard tried to stop her, but an aide yelled, "She's a member of Congress!" and he sheepishly let her in. 💪 Do NOT give in!

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Lynda @lynda1225.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 1d

Facebook is collaborating with the regime... It's safest to assume everything you do on any social media (including DMs) is available to Trump’s goons.

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Lynda @lynda1225.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣🤣 does he know this is an annual event? This is the first time it's been at all political.

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Lynda @lynda1225.bsky.social · 1d

Grateful for karma, this charlatan deserves to fail. Let Oz be next.

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Lynda @lynda1225.bsky.social · 1d

Ass kissing.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Steve Scalise just called the upcoming No Kings rally, where millions of Americans will protest peacefully against the corrupt and authoritarian Trump regime, a “hate America rally.”

They’re scared

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mjk4mj.bsky.social @mjk4mj.bsky.social · 1d

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
2024: "'This is Evidence 101': Alina Habba hit with 10 sustained objections in a row" www.rawstory.com/alina-habba-...

Alina Habba was Illegally Employed as Federal Prosecutor, Court Rules