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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 6h

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Opinion | Trump’s war on ‘the enemy within’ keeps running into a legal buzzsaw

Lower courts are rejecting the president’s claims of rebellion to use the military on U.S. soil.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h

"Chatbot, show me something that is the *opposite* of what a Republican would do to help the disadvantaged?"

Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 19h

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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🌸Norma Jeen🌸 @normajeen.bsky.social · 17h

This!
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💙Keith B Martin DC 💙 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 🌎 @keith.is.democrat · 1d

This is what's supposed to happen when you act outside the law. In this case, Ms Halligan, in addition to not being qualified for her appointed position, the administration lacked authority to appoint her from the get-go.

@nationalzero.com

nationalzero.com/2025/10/14/c...

Comey moves to have Halligan disqualified - National Zero

“Please take notice that on October 20, 2025, James Comey, by counsel, will file his motion to dismiss challenging the lawfulness of the appointment of the United States Attorney for the Eastern Distr...

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1d

Union for US Capitol Police:

"My officers are on duty today protecting the Capitol complex.. Friday, they missed their first FULL paycheck.The longer the shutdown drags on, the harder it becomes for my officers. Banks & landlords do not give my officers a pass because we are in shutdown.."

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 15h

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MeidasE @ericpere.bsky.social · 7h

Tiktok was illegally used to affect the 2024 election among the young and continues to feed them addictive propaganda.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 6h

He would rather shut down our government than have you see the truth. It's not complicated.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20h

So First Amendment rights can now be snatched away if you [checks notes] celebrate?

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 21h

The biggest threat in Portland is getting caught in the the middle of an inflatable frog–unicorn dance-off.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 21h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 17h

I live in DC and have never attended a lawless riot but I might attend this one. 🤣

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Was Mike Johnson and House Republican leadership trying to double participation in No Kings on Saturday or did they just stumble and bumble their way into doing that?

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 7h

When the next generation of your party is more repugnant than the current generation, it’s proof positive your ideologies are deeply toxic and un-American.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING: James Comey is filing a motion to dismiss his case based on United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan, being appointed illegally.

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

Groceries are up

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 7h

i genuinely don't think we talk enough about the likely fact that the President is functionally illiterate.

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BOO-trous BOO-trous-Ghoulie @dlbowman76.com · 8h

Every one of my friends knows this but Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was an absolute treasure. Every single one of her works that I have read has been even better on rereading. To give someone the Earthsea books for the first time is a mitzvah. You'll make their life better forever.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17h

ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.

The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.

newrepublic.com/post/201774/...

ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Jeffries: "If Donald Trump can find $20b to bail out his right-wing dictator friend in Argentina, it's extraordinary to me that Republicans are unwilling to even have a discussion about how we address the healthcare crisis that they've created."

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 1d

INCORRECT HEADLINE: Reporters refuse to sign Pentagon’s new press rules

CORRECT HEADLINE: Pentagon launches sweeping effort to censor the news, kicks out major media outlets

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Congressman Eugene Vindman (VA-07) @gene4va.bsky.social · 22h

The voters made their voice heard. And now, Adelita Grijalva is officially certified to represent Arizona’s 7th Congressional District.

It’s time for Mike Johnson to stop playing games and swear in Adelita so she can get to working for the people of AZ-07.

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