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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 4h

MAGA wants you to believe kids and 79 year old white shop owners in Chicago are Antifa and helping Mexican drug cartels and deserve to be assaulted and zip tied.

Thankfully a majority of Americans aren't psychopaths.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 4h

Some of the brightest former CIA, FBI, and NSA minds are about to deliver a blunt assessment of the threat we face. I’ve had Steven Cash (He was awarded the CIA’s Medal of Merit for his work on a sensitive project) @steadystatevets.bsky.social on my podcast...he’s the real deal. Stay tuned.

The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 5h

Tomorrow, we release the Steady State’s assessment of American democracy—written by former national security officials using the same tools once used to evaluate authoritarian regimes abroad. The conclusion is clear: We are facing an existential threat of growing autocracy here in the US.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4h

"The revelation comes a day after POLITICO reported on an explosive Telegram group chat in which Young Republican group leaders traded racial epithets, joked about the Holocaust and praised Adolf Hitler." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

Michael de Adder

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

Vought has blocked CFPB staff from doing their work, and is also charging CFPB $5 million for his bodyguards. So technically, they are protecting one consumer.
www.govexec.com/management/2...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

But for Trump you can never be white enough

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h

The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the U.S. refugee system that would slash the program and give preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration. nyti.ms/4qjRk8b

Donald Trump wears a blue jacket and red tie. A headline reads: "Trump Considers Overhaul Of Refugee System That Would Favor White People." Photo credit: Doug Mills/ The New York Times.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 3h

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 4h

I don't think it counts as "covert" after you blab about it to the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

Preparing to invade Venezuela. bsky.app/profile/wesl...

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 4h

Besides the Marine Expeditionary Unit afloat in the Caribbean with its helicopters, the SOF “floating base” vessel MV Ocean Trader, which has a helipad and trains for SOF helo operations, has been spotted off St. Kitts and St. Croix in recent weeks taskandpurpose.com/news/mv-ocea...

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3h

The Supreme Court is going to gut the Voting Rights Act and help GOP gerrymander and win the 2026 election.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 3h

"It is hard to overstate the magnitude of this crisis, because it touches every part of our healthcare system.

Hospitals are closing, nursing homes are threatened. " - @whipkclark.bsky.social

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3h

New video: how the conspiracy machine generates new stuff:

youtu.be/0FfuEJFKlVQ?...

John Solomon’s ‘Bombshell’ Just Blew Up In His Face 😬 | Adam Kinzinger Responds

YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger

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prettylight10.bsky.social @prettylight10.bsky.social · 11m

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 3h

Russian propagandist Solovyev continues to entertain us. He went on X,saw my post and Polish FM Sikorski's comment,then started crying and screaming.He is still very upset about the villa in Italy that was taken away from him

By the way,Solovyev's 'media presence' is by now an artificial phenomenon

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 3h

A couple making $88,000 in my district is going to see their [ACA] premiums double.

In Mike Johnson's district, that same couple will see their premiums triple.

The choices Republicans are making will hurt their own constituents. - @whipkclark.bsky.social

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3h

Huh.

You know what I don't see in this report?

Literally any mention by administration officials of the government taking in refugees fleeing religious persecution — a subgroup some conservatives have long championed.

Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the U.S. refugee system that would slash the program to its bare bones while giving preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration, according to documents.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

Trump and Republicans made devastating cuts to Medicaid and plan to let vital ACA subsidies expire.

Millions on Medicaid will lose coverage. Millions on ACA plans could see premiums rise by 114% per latest estimates.

Every lie told about the shutdown is meant to cover this up.

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Dr Emma L Briant 🐸🎃 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 3h

Th Peacemaker strikes again...
Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3h

Hoods off!

Economic anxiety, right, corporate and establishment hacks?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3h

Have you noticed Republicans are so confident and comfortable, almost as if they realize they're not giving up power no matter what?

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 3h

There are 600,000 other Iowans just like me, who can't live without Medicaid.

That's 1 in 5 Iowans. - Jonna Higgins-Freese

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ACLU @aclu.org · 3h

NEW: We, along with our partners at @ccrjustice.org, are demanding more information on President Trump's illegal drone strikes on civilian boats in the Caribbean.

Under international and domestic law, the President does not have the power to arbitrarily carry out assassinations.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

The Peacemaker alternative universe where Nazis took over America is the goal for a lot of these people

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3h

finance.yahoo.com/news/argenti...

Argentina First? Trump Treasury Sec Reveals Bailout Amount Has Doubled

Scott Bessent announced Argentina is getting even more money from Donald Trump.

finance.yahoo.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3h

Trump is DOUBLING the amount of the Argentina bailout, to $40 billion. Nothing's been done to lower your cost of living right here, in America. America last.

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