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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 4h

The hoods are all the way off over on the hellsite

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Meanwhile, Justice Gorsuch is nodding along to oral arguments at the Supreme Court about how there’s no racism in politics anymore

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3h

This guy was a clerk for Justice Gorsuch. Anyone want to argue this is not a racist (and damn stupid) taunt?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

I’ve had the good fortune of missing these ads entirely. I can’t believe our tax dollars are funding this crap.

F*CK ICE‼️

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 58m

Reading the excerpts you kind of get the desperation from the powerful to make this story go away.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3h

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2h

Listening to a bunch of Warren Zevon in prep for a tribute concert this weekend and it's crazy how many 30-40 year old songs seem like they were written about this current moment. Which I guess is somewhat comforting in a weird way.

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sweetdreamssail.bsky.social @sweetdreamssail.bsky.social · 1h

And we will

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

The Pentagon no longer has a press corps because of Pete Hegseth, trump’s Secretary of war (on journalism)

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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 2h

This is dark. But also, this display of solidarity on the part of the pentagon press corps should be a model for dealing with the regime

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 8h

1/6 🧵I grew up in rural America...the kind of place where the morning smell of diesel and soil told you exactly what kind of day it was going to be.
Half the kids in my class had dirt under their nails before breakfast.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.

Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

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Joan (Knatcal) Danielson @jed28.bsky.social · 2h

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American Commodity Hater TRUMP 😵‍💫 BLABBING AWAY our Market AGAIN.

DJT 🤐 IT

🚫🤪👑 Oct 18th☮️🪧

UNITED WE STAND
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AGAINST TRUMP'S TYRANNY

Trump's Cooking Oil Comment Wipes Out $450 Billion In Minutes: 'Beijing Will See This As Weakness,' Says China Expert - NewsBreak

President Donald Trump’s comments regarding the U.S. producing its own cooking oil in retaliation against China’s refusal to purchase American-grown soybea

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3h

"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

When a nation that started as colony for convicts decides that you are too troublesome to let in, that should be a sobering wake up call.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11h

Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens has lost her bid to enter Australia after the country’s highest court backed the government’s decision to deny her a visa over concerns she could “incite discord” in the community.

Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia

The country’s highest court backed the government’s decision to deny her a visa over concerns she could “incite discord” in the community.

nbcnews.to

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

Oh, look. Another billionaire dinner.

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 6h

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?

Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18

#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

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sweetdreamssail.bsky.social @sweetdreamssail.bsky.social · 5h

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 6h

Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina.

Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.

So much for America First.

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sweetdreamssail.bsky.social @sweetdreamssail.bsky.social · 6h

That's the point. Are you a nazi?

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sweetdreamssail.bsky.social @sweetdreamssail.bsky.social · 6h

As a survivor, only YOU can save yourself. God doesn't care, or it wouldn't happen in the first place.

a cat is wearing sunglasses and standing on its hind legs .

ALT: a cat is wearing sunglasses and standing on its hind legs .

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Ruth @poofer.bsky.social · 1d

That's the truth right there 👊💙

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sweetdreamssail.bsky.social @sweetdreamssail.bsky.social · 15h

Get trained get conceal carry.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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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