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StuckInFL @fl-stuck.bsky.social · 2d

Nov 4 is getting closer. You can help protect democracy by writing #PostcardsToVoters 🇺🇸📭

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Nancy Vogt @mrpeabody323.bsky.social · 1h

Ron Johnson would have turned in Anne Frank.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 2h

Existing laws give the president great latitude in combating threats to national security — but Trump’s orders purporting to designate antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization” are an obvious abuse of this authority. bit.ly/4330Su2

Trump’s Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition

Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.

www.brennancenter.org

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19h

1. In a major capitulation to Trump, Fenway Health, a center ostensibly dedicated to LGBTQ+ healthcare, has ended its trans care program under 19.

It could have fought for its patients. It chose instead to roll over.

Community members are devastated.

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Fenway Health Restricts Treatment for Patients Under 19 In Capitulation To Trump

“This is a fundamental betrayal to the core mission of Fenway and the patients they serve.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Nancy Vogt @mrpeabody323.bsky.social · 21h

And their dogs 🐶 🐶 🐶 woohoo!! #BarkPower ❤️

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23h

California voters, are you paying attention?

North Carolina Republicans are redrawing the map to hand Trump another seat. They’re bragging about locking down Congress for him.

Prop 50 isn’t optional, it’s how we fight back. #YesOnProp50

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

🐔🔬Detections of H5N1 virus (bird flu) in US poultry increased in the last 30 days, presumably related to exposure to infected wild birds during fall migration. USDA recommends flock owners follow strict biosecurity: www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

Defend the Flock | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

USDA’s Defend the Flock program offers free tools and resources to help everyone who works with or handles poultry follow proper biosecurity practices.

www.aphis.usda.gov

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Melissa @nitenitemelissa.bsky.social · 1d

Also around the world

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Young Republicans joke about rape and gas chambers, use slurs, and talk about how much they love Hitler.

This isn't an exaggeration. These are the current and future leaders of the Republican Party, all who have 10x the funding of Dem youth orgs.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Nancy Vogt @mrpeabody323.bsky.social · 1d

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

They are terrified of the No Kings rallies and doing everything they can to discredit them.

If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

Four decades wrongfully incarcerated isn’t punishment enough for these sadistic fucks.

Tricia McLaughlin
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Burglary, carrying a firearm without a license, drug trafficking—break the law, you will face the consequences.

Having a single conviction vacated when you have a laundry list of criminal charges will not stop ICE’s enforcement of the federal immigration laws.

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans worked around the clock to cut taxes for billionaires.

But they won’t even show up to work to stop your health insurance premiums from doubling.

Unacceptable.

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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 1d

ATTN: NJ Voters!
Make sure your voters registration is still good! The deadline to register is TOMORROW!

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Nancy Vogt @mrpeabody323.bsky.social · 2d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 5d

New from me on @autonomynews.co: The popular abortion pill resource Plan C relaunched this week with a new design that better displays the many, many options for medication abortion in all 50 states

Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 5d

The online abortion pill guide @plancpills.bsky.social has been redesigned to make it even easier to learn where to get pills, including at no cost. The redesign comes as state officials have threatened investigations and potential lawsuits against the organization.

An Autonomy News exclusive:

Exclusive: Plan C Doubles Down on Abortion Pill Info Amid Political Attacks

The online abortion pill guide has been redesigned to make it even easier to learn where to get pills, including at no cost.

www.autonomynews.co

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 5d

The horrific South Carolina abortion ban that lawmakers held a hearing on last week would also consider it “aiding and abetting” an abortion to host or maintain a website that informs women and pregnant people how to obtain an abortion. First Amendment attacks on abortion are coming

Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 5d

Plan C will keep publishing information in the face of free speech threats, cofounder Amy Merrill said. “I don't believe that people in those states want to be uniquely blocked from accessing all dimensions of the internet...We still get to talk about abortion, and we're going to keep doing that.”

Exclusive: Plan C Doubles Down on Abortion Pill Info Amid Political Attacks

The online abortion pill guide has been redesigned to make it even easier to learn where to get pills, including at no cost.

www.autonomynews.co

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Pema Levy @pemalevy.bsky.social · 4d

Story we discussed is here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 4d

📻On this week’s show: @gregsargent.bsky.social on Stephen Miller’s plan to “sleepwalk” America into authoritarianism; @pemalevy.bsky.social on the highest court citing the "dual state;" & @jakelahut.writes.news on the rise of the Ellisons' tech-media dynasty. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

worth reading vought's 2022 essay where he lays this out, focusing on his complaint that congress can shape policy against the wishes of the president americanmind.org/salvo/renewi...

Renewing American Purpose

Statesmanship in a post-Constitutional moment

americanmind.org

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 3d

'But as uncertainty continues, several military-focused banks and relief societies say they have already extended millions of dollars in emergency relief cash and loans that many began heavily promoting last week.'

Good reporting here from @dflawrence.bsky.social

Drew F. Lawrence @dflawrence.bsky.social · 3d

Troops stung by ‘hard’ credit checks and unexpected denials in USAA’s relief loans — latest from me @taskandpurpose.com

One soldier messaged USAA’s chatbot about his denied loan. It pushed a credit card, then said to consider opening an account with Navy Fed.
taskandpurpose.com/military-lif...

Troops stung by ‘hard’ credit checks and unexpected denials in USAA’s relief loans

Some troops were surpised by hard credit checks and unexpected denials for relief loans by military-friendly lender USAA.

taskandpurpose.com

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Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 4d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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