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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h

JUST IN: A federal judge in San Francisco has HALTED Trump’s plan to lay off thousands of federal workers during his shutdown, calling it “unlawful” and “politically motivated.” Judge Illston said Trump acted as if “the laws don’t apply to them anymore.”

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 1h

The mere fact that “big moneyed interests” seem to be in control should be a huge red flag in flashing neon. 🤨

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h

Reminder that it's long past time to reform the Supreme Court. Here's how. https://youtu.be/RwxNnqy8YRA?si=U6gGIo8RF1KNYhYR

How to Fix a Broken Supreme Court | Robert Reich

Robert Reich

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 1h

Tomorrow it’ll be different. 🫢

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.

The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.

The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.

Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 2h

Driving through the Highway 99 tunnel in Seattle could be pricier during next summer’s FIFA World Cup.

Washington ponders increasing tolls on a major Seattle route during the World Cup-

Driving through the Highway 99 tunnel in Seattle could be pricier during next summer’s FIFA World Cup.

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 1h

Shouldn’t the actual event attendees be paying these costs? This sounds like regular drivers and commuters would be subsidizing costs for an event, even if they’re not attending it. Or am I missing something here? 🤔

Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 1h

“However, Bertuca said Wednesday, as he headed to the building to hand in his badge, “the defense beat is all about following the money. With a $1 trillion budget? They can’t hide. And I’m not going to stop doing my job.””

VoteVets @votevets.org · 2h

We salute the journalists who persist in their work and refuse to yield to Pete Hegseth. A dedicated press is essential for informing the American people about their government; this importance is reflected in the First Amendment, which we are sworn to protect.

MORE: www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/m...

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 2h

We salute the journalists who persist in their work and refuse to yield to Pete Hegseth. A dedicated press is essential for informing the American people about their government; this importance is reflected in the First Amendment, which we are sworn to protect.

MORE: www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/m...

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 2h

Is this also your work, guys?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment rage at a system that’s rigged against most people.

Democrats should ignore the carping of corporate-backed Wall Street Democrats and embrace Zohran Mamdani and other young progressives as the future of the party.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h

Supercut of comments from Republicans today alone about the No Kings rallies taking place this weekend. This has to be some of the worst, and most anti-American, coordinated messaging of all time.

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 3h

“Republicans failed to pass a budget for this fiscal year. That’s why the government shut down. In place of a budget, they want Democrats to bail them out by supporting a continuing resolution.

…Under Donald Trump, Washington has become the dead end of the American experiment.”

Canuckstan @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 3h

Americans Are Fed Up with the Corrupt and Feckless Trump Administration #USpol
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Americans Are Fed Up with the Corrupt and Feckless Trump Administration

Millions will again join 'No Kings' protests against this out-of-control president who is more concerned with building a gilded ballroom in the White House than with the lives of Americans.

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Canuckstan @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 3h

Americans Are Fed Up with the Corrupt and Feckless Trump Administration #USpol
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/americans-...

Americans Are Fed Up with the Corrupt and Feckless Trump Administration

Millions will again join 'No Kings' protests against this out-of-control president who is more concerned with building a gilded ballroom in the White House than with the lives of Americans.

www.lincolnsquare.media

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 3h

"Just becoming partisan is not a long-term strategy. Personally, as a journalist, I also find it an uninteresting strategy."

So much to say about this, but first let me tell you what it is. Thomas Evans, NPR's editor in chief, interviewed by Carolina Abbott Galvão in @columjournreview.bsky.social

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Marc McDonald @marcmcd.bsky.social · 3h

He talks about basing their journalism in fact, and in the same breath advocates for false balance. Putting an anti-vaxxer and a scientist on the same level is what got us to where we are now. When you platform ridiculousness & place it coequal with seriousness you are giving the ridiculous a gift.

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Glory Glory @gloryhallelujah.bsky.social · 3h

Why can't these organizations ever stop at "established in fact"? Isn't that what true journalism is? It's the multiple viewpoints and multiple opinions and implying they have equal weight against fact that has gotten us to the current media mess.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.

Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.

Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.

Authoritarianism hurts all of us.

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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 3h

Washington’s Democratic attorney general is looking at a new way to shield the state’s immigrant workers amid the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation agenda.

Washington AG pushing new law to protect workers from immigration raids

Washington’s Democratic attorney general is looking at a new way to shield the state’s immigrant workers amid the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation agenda.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3h

How fascism messages
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 3h

The Republican Party’s future?

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Dave Wenning @rxdavid.bsky.social · 3h

What is that “Altered or synthetic” thing about? Is Youtube doing that? 🤔

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h

worth 4 mins of your time to watch this:

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

Now is the Time to Speak up for Justice

YouTube video by Justice Connection

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Seattle Indivisible @seattleindivisible.bsky.social · 4h

Be like Alex!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

Trump’s power depends on maintaining the illusion that he’s all-powerful, and that Americans adore him.

But that illusion is harder to maintain if millions of people are in the streets protesting.

This is why Republicans are trying to discredit No Kings Day rallies before they've even happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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