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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 19h

My VOTE was RECEIVED and COUNTED. YES ON PROP 50!

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 21h

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Surlysimon @surlysimon.bsky.social · 12h

Surely aside from the question around whether this is a bribe it must raise questions at to whether he was trying to avoid paying taxes? Cash transactions are not normal for businesses who pay tax on all earnings, did he declare this income? And put it through the company books?

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goldingcartoons.bsky.social @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 12h

The peace plan. Today’s Age cartoon.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h

Pardon me if I delay celebrating this vile cretin losing until those poor Sandy Hook families he victimized for cheap publicity see all of the cash. I don't trust him for a second.
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Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Alex Jones, who has been ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages to the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.

abcnews.go.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12h

Holy shit he literally did it NO FUCKING WAY LMAO

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump opens the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "This is the first time we've been at the new and improved Rose Garden. And people are loving it. They are loving it like they have not loved a lot of things."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13h

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Andrew Gardiner @ajgardineresq.bsky.social · 12h

The point of politics isn't to just stay there, guys ...
#auspol

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Randahl Fink @randahl.bsky.social · 1d

Brave Russian resistance fighter films many hours of video about Putin's school propaganda, and manages to smuggle the recordings out of Russia to create a documentary.

He is in Copenhagen, and his film is shown on Danish national tv.

(In Danish but use auto translate:)

www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12h

Just when you thought it was impossible for American corporate media to fail any harder than it already has for a decade now, it went and called a peace deal worthy of celebration something that was neither a peace deal nor even actually a deal nor really anything that meant anything lasting at all

'It's Not A Peace Deal': BBC Expert Delivers Brutal Reality Check To Donald Trump Over Gaza

Jeremy Bowen said the accord signed by the president was "almost devoid of content".

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

First there was the Opium Wars. Now we have the Cooking Oil War.

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

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 15h

Watching John Oliver destroy Bari Weiss made me happy :)

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 16h

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.

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

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

Hey, I wonder if CBS News has ever had a Jewish woman as president before?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Z...

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 14h

Seeing Kermit on The Late Show reminded me of the sweet duet from Kermit and Debbie Harry in 1980 performing "Rainbow Connection." 🐸🪕👱🏻‍♀️🌈

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

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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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 18h

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 14h

Israel’s Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a related case next week, “but there is no reason to wait that long,” the group added. “Enough with the excuses and delay tactics. The restrictions on press freedom must come to an end.” #auspol media #Gaza

Ceasefire sparks fresh calls for global media access to Gaza

Press groups are also demanding justice for the more than 200 journalists slaughtered in Palestinian territory over the past two years.

johnmenadue.com

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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 1d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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Daniel Larison @daniellarison.bsky.social · 19h

"Trump has civilians murdered on his orders, and he enjoys doing it. The deaths of these civilians please him." daniellarison.substack.com/p/trump-the-...

Trump, the Murderer-in-Chief

The far more accurate description of what he does with U.S. power in the world is murderer-in-chief.

daniellarison.substack.com

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 1d

Russia struck Kharkiv's city hospital with a glide bomb

At least 4 people were injured by shards of glass

Many of the hospital’s patients are immobile. Police are helping with their evacuation. Imagine the terror of being bombed and unable to move, unable to protect yourself!

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