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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1h

We fall down... but we get up!

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🌹Weegie 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 14h

It was only eight days ago that 300 federal agents descended on a Chicago apartment complex at 3:00AM on a Tuesday morning, zip tying its residents (some of them CHILDREN) and denying them the opportunity call a lawyer.

Don't let the never-ending shit-news-cycle get in your way of remembering that.

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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.social · 7h

Good morning.
I'm in love with Vic Mensa lol

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Vic Mensa, an American rapper born and raised in Chicago, breaks down ICE raids and the politics of division.

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Rich Fann II @richfann.bsky.social · 7h

The way (waves arms) is going, I totally forgot about the Beane rant until Tim mentioned it here in comparison to how said wide receivers are doing.

TOUGH.

Tim Graham @bytimgraham.bsky.social · 8h

The Buffalo Bills thought they had it figured out, but Josh Allen still can’t do it all.

The Buffalo Bills thought they had it figured out, but Josh Allen still can’t do it all

Depth issues are piling up and the receiver group hasn't developed as hoped.

www.nytimes.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

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Rich Fann II @richfann.bsky.social · 7h

Dickie is my guy. (Except for the spiders)

This sucks, and I hope we can get to a future where someone this talented can sell their wares at quality without despots ruining the world

Chopped Tees Apparel @chopped-tees.com · 19h

After nearly a year of assessing the future of Chopped Tees, I’ve made the difficult decision to officially close the brand.

The business became harder to operate as global trade policy turned into a moving target—tariffs announced, delayed, walked back, then threatened again.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 8h

The Republican text scandal reveals this is their motivation

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Jeremy Stanley @jeremydstanley.com · 8h

And are you married?
I was married, but I'm not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 19h

Whatever you think about CFPB, it was created by Congress (as part of the Dodd-Frank Act) and can only be abolished by Congress, not by the President acting as a dictator.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

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Ineffable Benthic Pulchritude (braveiowan on bird app) @anineffablegrump.bsky.social · 21h

Wildly, this happened on Oct 15th, today, then

calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...

@jamellebouie.net

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21h

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 22h

Your fight is flimsy because you don’t have values

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 22h

That’s what TNC was trying to explain to ezra… it’s a question of values

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 22h

Values… get you some

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22h

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 22h

According to Republicans, you can’t say that Charlie Kirk was a bigot, but you can cheer for Hitler and attack gay people without top leadership blinking an eye.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 1d

The unfettered right to vote is as American as motherhood, baseball and apple pie.

It's the cornerstone of our democracy.

The Supreme Court must uphold the Voting Rights Act and the Constitutional protection against racial gerrymandering.

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

Opinion | The Shadow of Jim Crow Looms Over the Supreme Court

www.nytimes.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · 1d

You think them being repulsive has anything to do with their hideousness?

Being racist, sexist and bigoted is not an "opinion" it just means you're an awful POS.

Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 1d

JD Vance - it was a "college group chat."

Peter Giunta – Chief of Staff in NY Assembly

Joe Maligno – Staffer in New York state court system

William Hendrix – Vice Chair, Kansas Young Republicans

Bobby Walker – Vice Chair, NY State Young Republicans

Samuel Douglass – Vermont State Senator

Republicans embroiled in leaked chat controversy:
Top left – Samuel Douglass
Top right – William Hendrix
Bottom left – Peter Giunta
Bottom right – Bobby Walker

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steve harrington’s hair swoop @uxalchemist.blacksky.app · 1d

This is my favorite thing on the internet rn. Follow the instructions!!

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1d

Not only is it invented, it is ASININE.

We've had the Voting Rights Act for 60 years.

On top of 88 years of Jim Crow and 250 years of slavery.

If there is a time limit, it should 250 + 88.

I have such loathing for these justices.

Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 1d

Justice Kavanaugh in the Callais oral argument keeps alluding to some longstanding requirement of strict scrutiny that use of race have a time limit. This is invented.

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Rich Fann II @richfann.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for listening as always!

Wonga @wonga5.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to some UDPod with @dpalm66.bsky.social & his guest, @richfann.bsky.social #UDPod

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Dan @golazodan.bsky.social · 1d

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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