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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 2d

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13h

“The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.”

If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

The propaganda spewing from Trump's departments and agencies blaming Democrats for the government shutdown is blatantly illegal. We have the Hatch Act for a reason. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trump-regime-is-wildly-violating

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 11h

Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

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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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 19h

Nobody Asked Me But™ dept:

How is it possible that Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds produced this incredible song and video several decades *before* Peaky Blinders existed?

(I see that Roy Trakin of Variety examined this very question: variety.com/2018/music/n... )

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrxe...

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand (Official Video)

YouTube video by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

www.youtube.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

Saturday is going to be huge, boisterous and joyful: “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never protested before. This is a place for you if you believe we don’t do kings in this country.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social to @maddow.msnbc.com

Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina.

Elon Musk does too.

Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come.

There is zero oversight. Congress not involved.

One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

One of the things people will be protesting this Saturday at No Kings is Scott Bessent sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina while Trump plays golf and Congress says nothing.

That isn’t “hating America.”

That is America First.

Republicans want bailouts for oligarchs.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 20h

Mike Johnson is upset that millions of people will protest kings on Saturday for the love of America.

NO
KINGS,
For the love of America.

October 18
NoKings.org

Picture of Statue of Liberty.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19h

SEPTEMBER 2025: From bombing Venezuelan boats, to scaring families with misinformation about Tylenol, to getting stuck on an escalator at the UN, to summoning the military to tell them to lose weight and shave, it's all here--plus, (unfortunately) much more. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors

Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: September 2025: Atrocities 417-466

Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

JD Vance said today on the TPUSA podcast that these guys were “just a bunch of kids in a chat room.” bsky.app/profile/blue...

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 21h

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 20h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 19h

Also a reminder these weren’t “Kids”! Some of these “Young Republicans,” which includes ages up to 40, were elected officials or government appointees.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

Remember how under Biden the press said this was the biggest issue ever but how now under Trump it’s barely mentioned? Yeah.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

A grocery store clerk in Chicago says shoppers see prices “and say, ‘What the f—? .. It happens all the time.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19h

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?

Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18

#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Wait one damn minute‼️

I know Lisa Murkowski isn’t up on her high horse talking about the lack of trust between Republicans and Democrats after she cast the deciding “Yes” on the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill and slipped in backroom deals for Alaska.

She’s part of the problem & needs to own it!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

Trump doubling the bailout to Argentina to $40 BILLION (while they steal market from our farmers and Americans lose health care)

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Barb Ristine @renobarb.bsky.social · 22h

“Now Claire sees rainbows everywhere—on bumper stickers, on hats and book bags, in the window of Sam’s Smoothie Shop. In neighbor’s yards.” A gorgeous piece from @kelliborges2.bsky.social

bendinggenres.com/stolen-rainb...

Stolen Rainbows

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Bloomsbury Books US @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #pubday to DEAD ENDS! Flukes, Flops & Failures That Sparked Medical Marvels by @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social, illustrated by @tealcartoons.bsky.social!

A gruesomely engrossing nonfiction book about failures that changed the history of medicine.

drlindseyfitzharris.com/book-dead-en...

Book: Dead Ends • Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris

COMING October 2025 DEAD ENDS From New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris, a riveting middle grade nonfiction book about medicine’s most fascinating failures and dead ends. PRE-ORDER SIG...

drlindseyfitzharris.com

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 4d

It's official:

-2025 is now a more threatening year for the survival of the republic than 1968.

-John Roberts will now go down in history as a worse chief justice than Roger "Dred Scott" Taney.

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

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

The cruelty is the point

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 4d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4d

When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.

Pedal to the floor.

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