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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

There is no place for partisan political videos from the govt being blasted in airports attacking the opposition party. That is what authoritarian regimes do. This should not be a partisan issue - it is fundamentally un-American.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 12h

I’m old enough to remember when we had a system of checks & balances that involved Congress, when Congress controlled the purse and legislated, and the president respected the Constitution & rule of law. I’m old enough to remember when a U.S. president wouldn’t want to be King George or a dictator.

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U.S. Representative Al Green @algreen.house.gov · 23m

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

The Houston Chronicle article below, titled “Texas troops were sent to Chicago on a lie. Bring them home, Abbott,” speaks for itself.

You can access the article by clicking the link here: www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

“.. shares jumped 8% after the announcement, putting them on course for their biggest single-day percentage increase since 2008.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/nes...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30m

UPDATE: Remember how we told you @GovBillLee was lying about all the arrests in MEMPHIS being “violent crimes”

@fox13memphis checked. We were right. “VAST MAJORITY non-violent”. Bill was lying 👇🏽

(Now do those “45 missing kids” they rescued 🤔)

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 50m

Now Trump is sending $40 BILLION to bailout Argentina.

This would fund at LEAST a year of the ACA tax credits millions rely on to afford health care.

Meanwhile, Argentina has universal health care.

U.S. support for Argentina could hit $40 billion

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said an additional $20 billion in private-sector loans for Argentina could effectively double the value of a U.S. rescue plan.

www.nbcnews.com

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Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social · 12h

A standing ovation for me and @drdebhoury.bsky.social during a celebration of C. Everett Koop’s legacy! His moral courage should inspire all of us in #PublicHealth and #Medicine. Speaking truth to power and sticking to the science can change the world!

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Rep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · 41m

Democrats are showing up to negotiate an end to the shutdown.

We're ready to get started as soon as the Republicans care to join us.

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❌👑 Bernadette🫘🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🟧💙🐈‍⬛ @vintageknits.bsky.social · 1d

OTHER COUNTRIES are having NO KINGS events as well!! NoKings.org

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

Sanders: They have refused to negotiate. And anyone thinks that tomorrow they'll suddenly start negotiating. I think, is smoking what is illegal in many states

AOC: And should be legal in more.

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mariena91.bsky.social @mariena91.bsky.social · 33m

F them. We’ll be out on the bluff exercising our 1A rights.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15h

Americans have gotten more than $21 billion back in their bank accounts after being cheated and scammed by big corporations, thanks to the CFPB.

But Trump and his Administration love grifters and scammers.

So they're trying to kill the agency holding them accountable.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 58m

Imagine lying as easily as @RepTimBurchett does. Nobody is paying the millions of people who will be out there.

Wanting better for your country isn’t hating it, Tim. Quite the opposite. It’s real patriotism. 🇺🇸

Throwing out the constitution to cling to power is the real hating your country.

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mariena91.bsky.social @mariena91.bsky.social · 37m

They were going to do that one day regardless. We’ll not be handing over our 1A rights to assemble peaceably and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 23h

The American people deserve a public health system that puts science before politics.

That's why California and 14 other governors are joining forces to launch the Governors Public Health Alliance to protect communities and guarantee decisions are rooted in data and health.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 9h

Probably the most important thread going right now

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

“Kids”

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🌹Weegie 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 9h

It was only eight days ago that 300 federal agents descended on a Chicago apartment complex at 3:00AM on a Tuesday morning, zip tying its residents (some of them CHILDREN) and denying them the opportunity call a lawyer.

Don't let the never-ending shit-news-cycle get in your way of remembering that.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 11h

⁨The blatantly political videos being forced on airports across the country are not only an abuse of taxpayer dollars, but they violate the law.

I'm joining @SenBlumenthal and @SenJackReed to demand DHS take down these videos immediately.⁩

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h

Mockler: We saw this Nazi group chat which I’m sure you condemn right?

Kolvet: We can talk about it

Mockler: Do you condemn it?

Kolvet: I want to talk about it

Mockler: So, you’re like JD Vance? You won’t condemn this?

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 15h

20 billion dollars from the US Treasury **was not enough**. So now it's 40 billion dollars! And why stop there?

All while the US government is shut down.

"America First," amirite?

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

Bessent says bailout for Argentina will double to boost U.S. influence in region

The Trump administration is working to arrange private sector financing for Argentina that would double the total U.S. financial lifeline for the embattled Latin nation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

CHICAGO: “Feds chased a car through a residential neighborhood… intentionally crashed into the car.. responded to the crowd by hurling smoke grenades, shooting pepper balls and deploying 3 rounds of tear gas with children & seniors in the area…” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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