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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 3h

HAHAHAHAHHAA Zohran giggling about buying weed. I love him.

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JFA @jabbott28.bsky.social · 16h

Glad the clarinet player is out....listen to her. We should all be as committed to social justice! See you Saturday #NoKings

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.”

Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 14h

Negatively polarized into supporting free buses, an idea I disagree with on defensible policy grounds, because the idiots running the country have all come out against it.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans are going to cheat & gerrymander with the rubber stamp of the Supreme Court.

It will be very hard for Democrats to take back the House and Senate.

Meanwhile, Trump will send the military to crush protests, and when he gets desperate, he'll implement martial law.

Eyes wide open, folks.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans: “Stop calling us Nazis just because you disagree with us.”

*Elon Musk Nazi salutes*

Young Republican group: “I love Hitler.”

This Congressman’s office:

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

As of today, more than 50% of all US federal government shut down days in history have happened during Trump presidencies

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 23h

God what if she ran. What if she ran and won.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”

@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”

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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 1d

The ways that Texas NIMBYs are finding to make apartments more expensive to build are are funnier than what coastal NIMBYs come up with reason.com/2025/10/14/t...

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Matthew Simon Ryan Cavalletto @mcavalletto.bsky.social · 20h

Can confirm.

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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 22h

He did the tweet

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

The entire Republican Party strategy for achieving what are comprehensively & wildly unpopular policy objectives now consists entirely of bypassing Article I of the Constitution through wildly illegal abuses of both Article II and Article III.

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

Whatever you think about CFPB, it was created by Congress (as part of the Dodd-Frank Act) and can only be abolished by Congress, not by the President acting as a dictator.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 29d

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 1d

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 1d

“I know I make people feel uncomfortable! That’s my entire brand.”

Climate Defiance interrupting a Cuomo presser in the best possible way.

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 1d

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 1d

We’ve known for forever that they don’t think gendered violence is a really serious thing but it’s still wild to hear them say it so plainly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 1d

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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Matthew Simon Ryan Cavalletto @mcavalletto.bsky.social · 23h

It’s not too late for Columbia to change course.

Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 1d

Former Columbia Provost Jonathan Cole asks the university to bravely admit where it was wrong:

www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...

Columbia must now show courage and empathy

Dear Columbia leaders,

www.columbiaspectator.com

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 3d

the shots & editing on the video that intro’d mamdani were top tier cinematic. i do video and i was just in awe of how footage was shot, how it was cut together, the audio mix. masterful.

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Piglet @piglet.bsky.social · 1d

many hands make march go! can you help?

Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 4d

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 1d

1 not convinced that what got leaked in those chats is evidence of new radicalization. These are just the grandkids of the ppl who thought of lynchings as a family picnic day

2 annoyed that by pretending it's new, we now have ppl waxing nostalgic for the old gop as if they weren't also bigoted af

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

When all of this is finally over, I hope the people who ordered and carried out these extrajudicial assassinations are given the due process they don't believe in before they're punished for murder.

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Donald Trump's Venezuela Military Strikes Hit a Colombian Ship: Report

At least one Colombian ship has been struck by US Military amid escalations in the Caribbean.

www.newsweek.com

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