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Not giving up on the Great Experiment of Democracy! Proud liberal, LGBTQ+ Ally, & believer in human rights. Let's move the needle back from the far right . Love the National Parks, the Packers, and wine. Not yet closing my xitter account.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 4h

This Saturday, October 18, we’re exercising our right to dissent and taking to the streets.

Prepare for No Kings protests with our virtual Know Your Rights training this Wednesday, October 15 at aclu.org/october15_training

Black graphic with text "Know Your Rights Before You Hit the Streets

We’ll cover your rights when protesting, protest safety, and de-escalation training

Virtual training
Wednesday, October 15
7pm ET"

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 5h

Sad to see a proud newspaper neuter itself.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The Situation: Democracy Dies in Both Sides-ism

The Washington Post editorial on the Comey indictment was a failure of moral reasoning.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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The Jolene @thejolene.bsky.social · 10h

Dems need to keep adding things to the demands. Not just healthcare, now it's healthcare and mail in voting. Then healthcare, mail in voting, and show IDs and no masks on DHS, then keep adding things every day the govt is shutdown.

It's the Democrats' shutdown? Well SHOW you a fucking shutdown.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 16h

4/ Ok, so then the obvious next step is to negotiate a compromise. That's how we've always avoided shutdowns. And Republicans need to convene those talks, bc they're in charge.

But here's the kicker - Trump is telling them to BOYCOTT NEGOTIATING. And they are following orders.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 6h

Confirmed, the "Gaza peace deal" was the same deal offered to Netanyahu and the US repeatdly, but it was turned down by Israel because they wanted to gift Trump (Israeli asset) a perceived victory at the expense of the Israeli hostages and Gaza population.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 6h

Why aren’t the Republicans working?

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 8h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 6h

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

I remember when Joe Biden traveled to 8 cities for 14 appearances in 9 days after the June debate and then did a 90 minute UN brief but the media still relentlessly hounded him. Where's that media? At a Jake Tapper book talk?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump had a lot of travel the last two days and he looked it today (Getty)

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 8h

Remember when Alex Pareene predicted this after Charlottesville in 2017 www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

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Lisa Fung @lisafung.bsky.social · 7h

‘Did I as a reporter solicit information? Of course. It's called journalism: finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.’

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 8h

This is the right kind of energy.

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Kevin Salazar @nomoretyranny.bsky.social · 7h

Arrest them.
Citizens arrest is legal!!!

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h

Combat vet defends worker being detained without warrant by men in plain clothes with no ID

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 8h

Trump says a lot of weird and concerning stuff that people just kind of shrug at but right now I’m stuck on how he keeps insisting he’s going to hell

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 10h

LFG ~ NO MF KINGS IN AMERICA‼️

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 10h

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 10h

MAYBE "WINE-SOAKED" PETE KEGSTAND (BURP!) SHOULD WORRY MORE ABOUT BEING A CLOWNFUCKINGLY INCOMPETENT EMBARRASSMENT AND LESS ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN CHICAGO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO MY VERY STRONG AND VERY POWERFUL POST. READ IT HERE: bit.ly/3KNMQGu

as military transport vehicles rolled onto the streets of Chicago, the worst people in the world all stood up and cheered — because fascists gonna fascist.

but there was one guy who was horrified by what he saw.

that one guy was Secretary of Defense Plastered Pete Kegstand, the five-time International Flip A Skateboard Into Your Own Nuts Champion.

was Piss-Drunk Pete horrified by Dear Leader’s fascist display of brutality? fuck no. he’s totally down with that shit. Pete loves hypermacho posturing almost as much as he loves guzzling champagne straight from the bottle.

Petey McFlipNuts was horrified because the troops who stepped off those transports in Chicago were not the lean, mean fighting machines of his dreams.

they were Meal Team Six.

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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 🌊 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 9h

They're Running scared. This is their kryptonite.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 10h

Let’s be clear: the Republican shutdown continues because the Republican Speaker dares not bring back the House to face an Epstein vote they would lose and a divided caucus with vulnerables who want to extend Affordable Care credits and MAGAloons who won’t.

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K On The Beach @konthebeach.bsky.social · 14h

Best part of this is that I probably, like many others, wouldn’t have seen or if we did, wouldn’t have paid one iota of attention to the cover and would have never looked twice. Now? Gonna look and see just how terrible it is. Love it 🤣

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h

Trump is not too pleased with the photo they used of him in TIME Magazine

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

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 13h

Today on the pod:

Lindsey Halligan finds out why they call it the Rocket Docket
National Guard deployed in cities
And we'll tell you how we really feel about Justice AC Barrett's "Trust Us" Tour

Plus Alex Jones eats it at SCOTUS

with @andrewtorrez.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Ep 173 — Justice Barrett Isn’t Mad, She’s Just Disappointed That You Keep Saying SCOTUS Is Broken

Podcast Episode · Law and Chaos · 10/14/2025 · 1h 3m

podcasts.apple.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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😈 I’m Ur Huckleberry 😈 @harpers-da.bsky.social · 13h

It’s ok though. American’s are broke, unemployed, hungry, and one paycheck away from being homeless. But let’s keep giving money to other countries. Where’s the MAGA outrage? If this was Biden or Obama they’d be coming unglued.

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13h

Our money to bail out Argentina!

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13h

Our money to bail out Argentina!

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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