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Rose Casey @rosecasey.bsky.social · 10h

Academics, I'm looking for any successful cases of challenging salary inversion/compression, including methods (internal persuasion, legal, etc.) DMs are open!

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Meidas_SocietysChild @societyschild.bsky.social · 7h

Why is Mitch McConnell in the Capitol and not an assisted living facility?

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 13h

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 23h

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 14h

"The Democratic Party should reach us by working with the sources we trust, who know how to communicate with us, who have spent years building online communities with us. That is the missing element."

-- @tonolatino.bsky.social + Jocelyn Ocampo

Dems Must Acknowledge the Importance of Latino Content Creators | Opinion

Failing to engage Latinos in the channels we are on through sources we trust will mean more Democratic losses at the ballot box.

www.newsweek.com

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 3h

Trump’s Qatar military deal is historic — for all the wrong reasons

Trump's new coziness with Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is causing turbulence with everyone from top military brass to Trump’s closest Capitol Hill allies.

dlvr.it

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h

The Pentagon’s new media policy blocks journalists from reporting out anything that isn’t approved by Pete Hegseth.

Pentagon reporters walked out of the building rather than sign on.

The freedom of the press has never been more crucial. Kudos to these journalists for protecting it.

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james lucas @jameslucasjones.bsky.social · 1d

relieved that oriana korol has been released but her 3-day detainment in another state is unacceptable and the charges against her defy explanation. katu.com/news/local/p...

Portland clarinet player charged with alleged assault on federal officer near ICE office

A Portland clarinetist, Oriana Korol, 38, appeared in federal court today after being charged with assaulting a federal officer near the Portland ICE building.

katu.com

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Jennifer Shin @jennifershin.bsky.social · 16h

It's always a white maggot pastor, politician or cult member.

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David Nir @davidnir.com · 4h

Man, this freaking guy.

"I have no staff ... The phones don't work. There's no computer," Grijalva says from her sparsely furnished office on Capitol Hill. "We don't have a government email." www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 5h

To the extent anyone cares, the legality of tapping into tariff money is identical to the legality of tapping into federal income tax money, because they are both taxes that accrue to the treasury. Appropriations are still needed to spend it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Leavitt: "The president tapped into tariff revenue to keep WIC money going out the door. He found a creative solution to keep the troops paid. And rather than congratulate him for doing that, this unprecedented action to get our troops paid, Dems want to sue him for it. They're saying it's illegal."

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18h

Jamie Raskin is Correct, and Fighting Chump's Regime.......

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 4h

is anyone keeping a database of the black letter crimes that members of this administration seem to commit with some frequency, so that a next administration can finally take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

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

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

The fact that Republican “fiscal conservatives” in Congress aren’t saying a word about Trump’s $40 billion bailout of Argentina (“America first!!!”) just shows that they’re complete hypocrites.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

Trump says his $40B bailout for Argentina's failing libertarian economy is "not gonna make a big difference for our country."

Really?

Imagine if we invested those billions on healthcare and housing for Americans, instead of bailing out Trump's pals abroad.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 17h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

Open enrollment for ACA plans began yesterday in Idaho.

One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.

25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.

This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.

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DC Books to Prisons @dcbookstoprisons.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks to @equalityalec.bsky.social for copies of "Copaganda," which shows the role media, security forces, universities and "liberal" politicians have in growing the security state and ensuring unequal justice. We'll send these to the prison book clubs we support and fulfill individual requests.

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Scoops @scooptown.bsky.social · 16h

Well well well. If it isnt title 18 chapter 115 section 2381.

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 12h

They said “protect life,” then cut healthcare, prenatal care, and food aid. Sanctity ends the moment the photo op is over.

#WhoVoted4This #GOPCruelty #MoralHypocrisy

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 6h

Banging on about replacement rates and the fertility crisis is a guaranteed way to spot someone who wants to control women

Their solution to the supposed fertility crisis is always removing enough rights from women, that you force them to be pregnant

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 8h

what will it take to make it clear to everyone (particularly the public) that social media and large online platforms are the root cause of much our current problems from fascism, to mental health, and the environment

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