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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

Open enrollment for ACA plans began yesterday in Idaho.

One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.

25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.

This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.

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Bridget @saludar1.bsky.social · 5h

Here's your marching orders folks, let's flood the phone lines!

TiggsCupcake @tiggsisacupcake.bsky.social · 5h

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Bridget @saludar1.bsky.social · 5h

..and there's our ultra "Christian" Speaker of the House, 3rd inline to the presidency, grinning like a Halloween gargoyle standing right beside him

A.I. Plata Martinez 🇨🇦🇨🇴⚖️ @iglesiasplata.bsky.social · 1d

#RepubliKKKans are a bunch of Deplorable assh*les

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Bridget @saludar1.bsky.social · 8h

This people. They are going to try and force us into committing illegal acts--DO NOT fall into this trap and let them win!

Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 9h

Protesting 101, let's do this!

Starting with arguably the most important tip: shut the fuck up.

Protesting 101: No Kings 2025. Shut. the. fuck. up. If you’re approached by cops, ICE or other strangers, you have the right to remain silent, and you should be. Don’t tell them who you are, where you’re coming from or where you’re going, but DO tell a friend before you go.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 9h

BIRTH CONTROL OFFICE DECIMATED: “Trump and RFK Jr. laid off nearly the entire HHS Office of Population Affairs, which oversees programs that help millions of American women prevent unwanted pregnancies, which in turn prevents abortion.”

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

Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs

www.nytimes.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h

We can’t pay air traffic controllers during the shutdown, making us less safe, but we can send $40 billion to bail out Argentina.

Make it make sense.

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 11h

Adelita Grijalva STILL not sworn in‼️

#Epstein

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Bridget @saludar1.bsky.social · 8h

👇👇this 100%

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Trump's DOJ to ask a grand jury to indict former Trump national security adviser John Bolton.

Another example of Trump’s ongoing lawfare strategy to weaponize justice against political opponents.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

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Bridget @saludar1.bsky.social · 10h

Looks pretty damn war ravaged to me. I spent 20 years in Portland--Keep Portland Weird!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

Portland has fallen!

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Bridget @saludar1.bsky.social · 10h

This administration is a talking death trap for our intel and defense services!

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23h

Apropos of nothing, once the President of the United States confirms covert CIA operations in a country… say, Venezuela, those operations are no longer covert.

And it puts CIA officers at significantly more risk.

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 13h

Name and ages of the "kids" in the young republican group chat
- Peter Giunta, 31
- Joe Maligno, 35
- Annie Kaykaty, 28
- Alex Dwyer, 29
- William Hendrix, 24
- Luke Mosiman, 24
- Samuel Douglass, 27
- Rachel Hope, 27
www.rawstory.com/vance-young-...

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Bridget @saludar1.bsky.social · 11h

...and the "kids" he's referring to range from 18 to 40 in age. I'm old but even to me that no damn "kid"!

BOYCOTT TARGET & WALMART @destroyalec.bsky.social · 11h

and then they grow up
to be like vance and tRUMP
saying/posting shit that isn't even remotely funny
and then say
can't you take a joke?

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."

Bridget @saludar1.bsky.social · 11h

😂and who would've seen that one coming😂🤣

Reiht Aug 🍁❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈⚧️ @reiht-aug.bsky.social · 12h

Nothing new here

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

I give them 1-star reviews on their taste, judgment, and critical thinking skills.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

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

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Malcolm Wozright @geoff61.bsky.social · 1d

Watch what they do, not what they say.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

A law was passed a long time ago to place a plaque on the wall to honor the officers who defended the Capitol on J6. The plaque is done and has been ready to hang up for a long time. MAGA Mike refuses to comply with that law, which is a slap in the face to every officer. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Bridget @saludar1.bsky.social · 22h

My granddaughter's will be going with me! Bring your loved ones, friends and neighbors.

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 1d

BRING YOUR KIDS to #NoKings on Saturday. This will be my 11-year-old’s third protest of the year.

Kids can’t vote and lack $$ to donate.

But they can stand and march and shout and sing. And they’ll remember — after we’re gone — how we taught them what we value. 🇺🇸🚫👑

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social