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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 10h

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 15h

Schools are among the most conventional & cautious institutions on the planet, subject to pressures & opinions frm a wide range of (often clueless) critics. And likely headed by someone who adamantly does not want to get phone calls from honked-off parents. teacherinastrangeland.blog/2025/10/13/p...

“Progressive” Schools

I’m old enough to remember Ronald Reagan hosting General Electric Theater, on Sunday nights, when he would look sincerely into the camera and say “General Electric, where progress is our most impor…

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 15h

Schools are among the most conventional & cautious institutions on the planet, subject to pressures & opinions frm a wide range of (often clueless) critics. And likely headed by someone who adamantly does not want to get phone calls from honked-off parents. teacherinastrangeland.blog/2025/10/13/p...

“Progressive” Schools

I’m old enough to remember Ronald Reagan hosting General Electric Theater, on Sunday nights, when he would look sincerely into the camera and say “General Electric, where progress is our most impor…

teacherinastrangeland.blog

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan?

MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.

(So, no plan)

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TheSnarkTank @thesnarktank.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! I haven’t seen measles live since the 1950’s!

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 19h

Christian nationalism driving MAGA, Perry summarizes: “has been linked w/ prioritizing obedience to authority, deprioritizing independent thought, endorsing corrective use of violence, not only just for civil society but those most vulnerable to coercion.” nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/the-assault-...

The Assault on Children

MAGA's use of kids to consolidate authoritarianism

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 19h

“I’m the only president in modern history who left office w/ a smaller national debt than when I came into office.”

That’s a whopper. Fact ✔️: “During Trump’s presidency, national debt actually increased by $7.8 trillion, nearly 40%, more than any POTUS in history” hartmannreport.com/p/the-last-a...

The LAST American President

Got democracy? A book review by Greg Palast

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 19h

If you think Democrats--including registered Democratic voters--aren’t next, you’re not paying attention. They’re already trying to make sure our votes aren’t counted; when that fails they’ll proceed to Miller’s step 2 & start dealing w/ us as “domestic extremists” hartmannreport.com/p/the-brutal...

The Brutality Is the Message: Why America’s Violence Against Immigrants Isn’t About Immigration

Every raid, every body slammed to the pavement, is a public ritual meant to teach us obedience. The goal isn’t enforcement — it’s submission...

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 19h

You know Trump Repubs are worried when they slam a planned protest — more than a week before it occurs. Speaker Mike Johnson described this coming Saturday’s No Kings rally as “hate-America” rally that would draw “the pro-Hamas wing” & “the antifa people.” robertreich.substack.com/p/theyre-cal...

They're calling it a "Hate America" Rally

Rubbish. We’re rallying on Saturday because we LOVE America

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 21h

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare.
And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.
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Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

www.publicnotice.co

Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 21h

'The toll of the war: Gaza health officials estimate 67,000 Palestinians were killed in the past 2 yrs, a figure Israelis have not disputed. Virtually all of Gaza’s two million residents have been displaced, many multiple times, and are living in tents. Many have faced starvation.' (New York Times)

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 22h

MAGA: We can’t believe that people from the intolerant left refuse to date us

Also MAGA: We will create a dating app that screens out everybody who refuses to conform to our vision of the world.

Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 23h

Billed as “America-First Dating,” the site provides suggestions for “non-negotiables” (“secure borders, secure families”) as well as dating tips for women (“let him drive the date; you drive the conversation”) and men (“exclusivity before intimacy”). 😝 #TradYuck www.wired.com/story/the-wo...

The ‘Womanosphere’ Is Reshaping the Conservative Dating Landscape

From a religious OnlyFans creator to influencers quibbling over the appropriation of trad wife culture, right-wing personalities are jockeying for a larger stake in the dating zeitgeist.

www.wired.com

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: More fuel to the Epstein fire

Questions about how responders handled the scene .. when Jeffrey Epstein died

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THE DAY AHEAD: Mounting questions about how responders handled the scene when Jeffrey Epstein died

YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 22h

Perfect example of how ed policies reward the wrong stuff: Students can earn the $200 gift cards for every two-week period they have perfect attendance through March, with the potential to earn as much as $1,000. bridgemi.com/talent-educa...

Detroit lures kids to school with $200 gift cards. Perfect attendance is up - Bridge Michigan

The Detroit school district is hoping its new incentive program will motivate students to attend school daily and improve its 66% chronic absenteeism rate.

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 22h

Actually-- at least in my corner of the world-- it's both.

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 22h

Trump–Vance WH treats truth as negotiable, public trust as expendable. Every false statement chips away at credibility of institutions, from the DOJ to the courts to the press. When public cannot trust official data, democracy itself weakens.
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Urgent: Debunking the Trump Administration's Lies

The Trump Administration is lying to you. As a reporter, I need to debunk it.

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 22h

'As the country careens into succession of crises brought about by the hand of Trump, it’s semi-shocking to see Democrats resort to humor as a primary form of pushback.

But here we are. They’re mocking the president and his aides as insecure, wannabe despots.' www.thebulwark.com/p/can-democr...

Can Democrats Mock Trump Into Defeat?

As the president embraces strongman politics, Democrats are increasingly trying to make him seem little.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 22h

The number of local news deserts expanded in the U.S. this year with 127 newspapers shuttering, leaving nearly 55 million Americans with limited to no access to local news.

#Problem
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Medill report shows local news deserts expanding - Medill - Northwestern University

The number of local news deserts expanded in the U.S. this year with 127 newspapers shuttering, leaving nearly 55 million Americans with limited to no access to local news, according to the Medill Sta...

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 1d

📌 Yes • More of this please ‼️

Brava George • You rock ‼️🐥

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 1d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 23h

Billed as “America-First Dating,” the site provides suggestions for “non-negotiables” (“secure borders, secure families”) as well as dating tips for women (“let him drive the date; you drive the conversation”) and men (“exclusivity before intimacy”). 😝 #TradYuck www.wired.com/story/the-wo...

The ‘Womanosphere’ Is Reshaping the Conservative Dating Landscape

From a religious OnlyFans creator to influencers quibbling over the appropriation of trad wife culture, right-wing personalities are jockeying for a larger stake in the dating zeitgeist.

www.wired.com

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