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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 3h

A surprise? NO.

"Grifter-in-Chief" Trump pardoned wealthy tax cheat Paul Walczak after Walczak's mother paid $1 million for dinner at Mar-a-Largo.

Term-limited Trump hosted a $1.5 million-per-plate fundraiser. For a 2028 campaign war chest?

#NoKings

Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremists

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The same p2173 ♿️ @p2173.bsky.social · 6h

Here they come, #nonprofits. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups

The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.

www.wsj.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 18h

Everyone please call your local TV and radio stations and ask them to send a crew to the protests and report on them. Much of the media would prefer to ignore them like they did last time, even claiming they didn't know it was happening. Make sure they know this time and that we want to see it.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18h

Didn't have a chance to do this today???? Not to worry, please join us NEXT Wednesday.

NYC Public Library Action Network @nycplan.org · 1d

Wednesdays are for libraries!

We’re calling our city council members every Wednesday now through January to demand at least half a percent of the city budget be dedicated for the NYC library systems.

Call with us!

Here’s a script including how to find your city council member :
bit.ly/3KM9Eq9

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18h

Solidarity is the only way

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

AOC: Trump should be having congressional leaders in the WH. Do you see that every day? No, you don't because they're playing golf and they're going to mar-a-lago and the Republicans in the house have been on vacation for weeks now

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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 18h

It’s really hard to tell what’s AI and whats real when a bunch of ICE goons kidnapping a giraffe in a thong for singing is just America in 2025

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

it wasn't enough that our cities and states already paid far more than they receive from the federal government. the people who elected trump want to steal more from us, to give to Argentina, to give to ICE, to give to billionaires. Intolerable

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 1d

Trump admin has frozen or cancelled $28 b for projects, almost all in Dem districts. Small amount of frozen funds in GOP districts are in predominately Dem states (CA, OR, WA, CO, MN, IL, NY, MD), or in predominately Dem cities (St Louis, Atlanta, Greenville) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump admin is freezing or cancelling billions of dollars in funding for projects in Democratic areas.

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Mark Ebenhoch aka INGLORIOUS BASTARD @realmarkebenhoch.bsky.social · 2d

She is exactly correct.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

How To Remove Trump The Entire Cabinet &
Federal Judges

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "I don't have any strategy"

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 3d

“Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors ***
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat [alleged] antisemitism” 1/7/25 … 1/ forward.com/news/686797/...

Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors

The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.

forward.com

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 3d

Trump was president on January 6th, 2020. So, is he now in late-stage dementia – or does he think his followers are exactly this stupid?

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 3d

Imho he let Vance go on too long and should have interrupted him when he tried to pivot but this was probably the way to keep drama down and maintain the moral upper hand. So ?

🦋 Frankie 🦋 @frankiemillie10.bsky.social · 4d

More of this. Cut the mic, cut the bs

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

Under a new California law, families who lose everything in future wildfires in the state will be able to collect the bulk of their insurance payout without cataloging every item burned.

California Orders Insurers to Pay More for Wildfire Victims’ Lost Items

After years of fires that left families tallying every burned toothbrush, a new law is requiring insurers to ease a grueling burden.

nyti.ms

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 4d

It's the discontent being 2 octaves lower than a riot, for me.

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 5d

Mike Flood, (R-NE), wasn’t received as expected by his Constituents on 10/4. Met with Boos & chants of “Tax the Rich” & “Vote Him Out”they’re not happy about Medicaid & SNAP cuts

JUST Wait ‘till they 👀 their ACA INCREASES!

Vote for ACA subsidies Mike & end the GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

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The same p2173 ♿️ @p2173.bsky.social · 4d

@cat-fay.bsky.social i don’t know those folks but seemed like an easy ask that could really matter to someone. Hope you’re well

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 4d

After Trump's tariff post, trillions vanished in hours. The S&P collapsed. Nasdaq crashed. Tech giants bled red. But a different kind of storm was already brewing — not on Wall Street, but deep inside the blockchain.

While everyone else was watching Trump’s post, someone was already cashing in.

Before that announcement even hit the airwaves, an anonymous crypto wallet suddenly transferred over $1 billion into stablecoins — digital dollars that hold value even when everything else collapses. Then, within seconds of Trump’s post, that same wallet started placing $100 million buy orders across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and multiple altcoins just as the market imploded.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 4d

@repstansbury.bsky.social: "This is gangster activity. The president is trying to shield pedophiles by calling and threatening members of Congress. We need more members of Congress, whether it's the Epstein files, the shutdown, health care, democracy, the rule of law, to just fucking do their jobs."

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The same p2173 ♿️ @p2173.bsky.social · 4d

Vile People. Just vile.

Keith D Johnson❌👑#TerraformEarth1st @keithdjohnson.bsky.social · 4d

MAGA/ICE extracurricular activities?

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4d

Extinguishing MLK's Eternal Flame is both outrageous and a hell of a metaphor for right now www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

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EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social · 4d

And why isn't the house in session? Bc Mike Johnson doesn't want to seat Rep Grijalva because she'd be the final vote to release the Epstein files.

Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 4d

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Old Tehanu, Dragons to Bees @oldtehanu.bsky.social · 4d

This and much worse, if we do not aggressively anticipate and prevent it.

We must regulate ai like no tech before it.

And we must NOT entrust it to a handful of unhinged billionaires.

Wayne Besen @waynebesen.bsky.social · 4d

Under no circumstances shall we allow the Trump regime to follow China and Russia’s lead with an Orwellian domestic spy app. Such totalitarianism must be fiercely opposed and defeated. It is a tool of oppression and would signify the end of America. 🇺🇸

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Putin Has a New Tool to Monitor Russians

Russia is pushing a “super app” for citizens. What could possibly go wrong?

www.theatlantic.com

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 4d

The stupidest fucking people are running the country. They're cruel and heartless, but they're also just really stupid.

Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 4d

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 4d

hmm ok

Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 4d

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 4d

JFC

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d

One feature or authoritarian movements: They get more extreme.

"The highly unusual request appears to have originated from a letter sent from 25 Republican members of Congress asking [the EPA] to investigate how mifepristone might be contaminating the water supply."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills

www.nytimes.com

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