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Derek Seidman @derekseidman.bsky.social · 9h

Larry Ellison, the megabillionaire tech oligarch taking over CBS and TikTok, owns $2 billion in properties, including an entire island in Hawai'i, and a megayacht with another boat trailing to catch basketballs that bounce into the water.

From my @truthout.org profile: truthout.org/articles/fro...

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Blue Axeman @blueaxeman.bsky.social · 3h

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Christina🌊🌊 @sassycc.bsky.social · 1h

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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 2h

Trump's Hapless DOJ Lawyers ALREADY LOSE
First Court Battle In Comey Case
youtu.be/DKbv9DsmglY?...

Trump's Hapless DOJ Lawyers ALREADY LOSE First Court Battle In Comey Case

YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 4h

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/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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The Welsh Daffodil @thewelshtaffy24.bsky.social · 1h

So much for the oath they took.
Thier oath is to tRump and tRump only.
Not the people of America 🇺🇸
Traitors.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 6h

Hey Mike Johnson – the more you facilitate a cover-up and do everything in your power to prevent the release of the Epstein files – the more your constituents, the American public, and the whole world are going to believe you are guilty of the exact same types of crimes as Jeffrey Epstein.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1h

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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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 10h

Los Angeles has just declared a state of emergency.

Not because of wildfires. Not because of riots. But because of an invasion by federal government troops.

We can see where this is going.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 13-year-old boy and took him 500 miles from his parents. The local police in Everett, MA, helped ICE.

Everett City Council: 617-394-2237.
Email: [email protected]

ICE kidnapped a 12-year-old and didn't tell his parents.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

A press conference with the Mayor Everett, Mass. about the ICE abduction of a 13-year-old boy is about to begin. You can watch here: www.facebook.com/cityofeveret...

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

This is the response I received from ICE when I inquired about the 13-year-old they abducted from Everett, Mass. on Friday:

Good afternoon, Marisa.
Please see the below from DHS on the 13-year-old alien.
Please feel free to direct any questions to them.
Respectfully,
James

Tricia McLaughlin
@TriciaOhio • 6h
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Here are the facts: he posed a public safety threat with an extensive rap sheet including violent assault with a dangerous weapon, battery, breaking and entering, destruction of property.
He was in possession of a firearm and 5-7 inch knife when arrested.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

If you live in Everett, Mass. and have any information about the 13-year-old boy abducted by ICE, please message me on Signal at marisakabas.04

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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sastitcher.bsky.social @sastitcher.bsky.social · 4h

Wow. JD is a special kind of ___. 🧐🧐

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sastitcher.bsky.social @sastitcher.bsky.social · 4h

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Joel Reinstein @joelreinstein.bsky.social · 7h

Simplest explanation is that JD Vance is a liar and a nazi who's pro- gas chambers and slavery

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

JD Vance: "Because we have such a big problem with left-wing political violence, we have to train the investigatory and law enforcement powers of the govt to focus on that particular problem ... we really have to retrain the entire govt to focus on this left-wing violence problem. We are doing it."

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beach2024.bsky.social @beach2024.bsky.social · 7h

JD Vance is every insecure, mediocre, whiny, white male I ever couldn’t stand to be around combined into a single annoying person.

Pearl clutching? So JD is cool with Hitler and slavery and rape. What a horrible person.

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Frank Pasquill @fpasquill.bsky.social · 7h

JD Vance Refuses to Condemn Republican Neo-Nazis
www.thesirennetwork.com/p/jd-vance-r...

JD Vance Refuses to Condemn Republican Neo-Nazis

The upper echelons of Republican leadership are unable to condemn jokes about gas chambers, rape, and slavery, and Adolf Hitler.

www.thesirennetwork.com

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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 7h

That JD Vance thinks it's "pearl clutching" to condemn racist & deeply offensive comments by young leaders in his own party doesn't speak to his moral relativism as much as it speaks to his moral bankruptcy.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘It’s revolting’: More Young Republican chat members out of jobs as condemnation intensifies

POLITICO report on private Telegram chat filled with racist slurs and tropes ignites debate from New York to Washington.

www.politico.com

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Lee @waitingfor2028.bsky.social · 7h

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There is no defense for the indefensible

JD VANCE IS A DISGRACE

JD Vance defends Young Republicans group chat that supported Hitler (Irish Star Online)

JD Vance has leaped to the defense of Young Republicans after alleged leaked messages showed them chatting casually in a racist, antisemitic and violent way....

l.smartnews.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙🐸 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 7h

www.thesirennetwork.com/p/jd-vance-r...

JD Vance Refuses to Condemn Republican Neo-Nazis

The upper echelons of Republican leadership are unable to condemn jokes about gas chambers, rape, and slavery, and Adolf Hitler.

www.thesirennetwork.com

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Jenn D @whenwefightwewin12.bsky.social · 7h

My sign for the No Kings protest October 18th

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SL Holling @poetdevotee.bsky.social · 7h

Presser Goes Off Rails

Tuesday, President Donald Trump seemed crazed and power-mad. He refused to take a question from an ABC reporter, as punishment for an interview with JD Vance that went badly. He boasted about cutting only Democratic programs. He crudely belittled a female reporter.

Trump Erupts at ABC Over Vance On-Air Fiasco as Presser Goes Off Rails

As Trump’s exchanges with reporters appear more power-crazed than usual, a sharp observer of our slide into authoritarianism explains why the Resistance must find a new kind of response before it’s to...

newrepublic.com

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