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

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

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19h

that they left em masse, at least, seems like a good sign

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 19h

NEW for @washingtonpost.com:

Pentagon reporters exited the building in unison Wednesday after turning in their badges, having refused to sign the Defense Department's press policy.

@nancyayoussef.bsky.social called it a “sad day for those who support a free press.”

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 19h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 23h

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.

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Father of Lies 💀 @fatheroflies.bsky.social · 1d

USA - get your fucking shit together! You’re impacting the rest of the world with your child-raping, rights violating, world-bullying, pathological, fascistic reality show, and we’re all goddamn sick and tired of it and want to get on with our fucking lives! Sincerely, the rest of the world!

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 1d

that didn't take long

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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Al Olmsted @alolmsted.bsky.social · 1d

"According to the New York Times, many countries aren’t sending letters to the United States after the Trump administration ended low-value duty exemptions for imports."

www.dailydot.com/news/france-...

"We can't even send our loved ones cards": An American in France says she's unable to send letters home to the USA

"Tried to send documents and got returned. It’s insane."

www.dailydot.com

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C-A-R-R-I-E🇺🇲🇺🇦🇨🇦💙🌎🐕😺🚫🍊🍆 @cruthritter.bsky.social · 1d

www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...

Global mail carriers suspend U.S. deliveries amid confusion over new duties

Postal services in Britain, France, Germany and elsewhere said they would stop shipping parcels to the U.S. ahead of the end of a trade loophole known as de minimis.

www.nbcnews.com

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Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 1d

A man named Nicky Crawford transformed a school bus into a mobile laundry service for the homeless called “Flowing with Blessings” He teamed up with Georgia Tech engineering students and created the bus, which provides free laundry, showers, haircuts & meals for the homelessness

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Gaza ceasefire will not affect his country’s genocide case against Israel at the ICJ aje.io/mbmr4o

South Africa says ICJ genocide case will continue despite Gaza ceasefire

President Cyril Ramaphosa says progress and healing hinge on the case against Israel being heard.

aje.io

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Pay people you like on the internet folks, it’s going to be rough out there

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI

(via Axios)

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Elijah Nelson @sintra4.bsky.social · 1d

I think it'd be appropriate, given that the Federalist Society believe in federalism about as much and in a similar way as National Socialists believed in socialism.

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Lindsay Wiley @lindsaywiley.bsky.social · 1d

“Rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the ICE raids and money for legal aid and other services are among the provisions in the declaration.”

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

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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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

The inherent corollary of "this is murder" is that we prosecute and punish people who commit murder.

Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 1d

Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

And you, governor, should stop providing state cops to police protesters for ICE at Broadview.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.

The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 2d

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘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.

www.politico.com

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 1d

as a wine-not-mom who liaises with a number of wine-moms, can verify

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

Wine moms are pro Palestine lol

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

IDK why people are surprised. The Democratic base is far to the left of leadership on this and has been for a while. Simple as that.

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

Wine moms are pro Palestine lol

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Carter's Dad @johnmckendry.bsky.social · 1d

The FEMA non-response to this should be a national disgrace, but because they have also gutted rural public radio it is not being reported. The big news orgs do not have offices in Western Alaska.

Just Jami @justjami.bsky.social · 1d

Truly devastating!

Officials say storm 'completely devastated' Western Alaska communities alaskapublic.org/news/public-...

Officials say storm 'completely devastated' Western Alaska communities

A Coast Guard commander recounted scenes of Alaskans swimming in floodwaters in the middle of the night, searching for debris to hold onto.

alaskapublic.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Derek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 2d

Source: tribunecontentagency.com
Release the Epstein files

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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stevethdemocrat @stevethdemocrat.bsky.social · 2d

😒Hard to believe we are even discussing this shit but...
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