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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 11h

“The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.”

If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18h

Expand the Supreme Court.

It's corrupt and rancid and taken over by right-wing hacks groomed by billionaires.

What more do you need to see?

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18h

This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress.

Everything else is noise and bluster.

This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.

The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.

The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.

Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

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TrueBlue in FL 💙 @trueblueinfl.bsky.social · 17h

I bought the frog costume! 🐸

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina.

Elon Musk does too.

Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come.

There is zero oversight. Congress not involved.

One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

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TrueBlue in FL 💙 @trueblueinfl.bsky.social · 17h

Mike Johnson…

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

There is no place for partisan political videos from the govt being blasted in airports attacking the opposition party. That is what authoritarian regimes do. This should not be a partisan issue - it is fundamentally un-American.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 17h

Because he’s a white supremacist.

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

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 1d

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

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...

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Paulley Ticks @tomadelsbach.bsky.social · 1d

Fixed it.

#DonaldTrump #Time

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"To the extent Trump has the power to federalize troops, it stems from a law Congress passed. In other words, Congress could, were it not currently controlled by sniveling sycophants, just pass a new law that took away that power. So, by its very nature, that’s not a plenary power."

Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

This is not how the Constitution works.

www.publicnotice.co

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TrueBlue in FL 💙 @trueblueinfl.bsky.social · 1d

True Rethuglicans

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

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...

TrueBlue in FL 💙 @trueblueinfl.bsky.social · 1d

@maxwellfrost.bsky.social is awesome. Great insight and fresh ideas!

TrueBlue in FL 💙 @trueblueinfl.bsky.social · 1d

Authoritarians love authoritarians

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TrueBlue in FL 💙 @trueblueinfl.bsky.social · 1d

When is he going to be held accountable for these MURDERS?!?

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TrueBlue in FL 💙 @trueblueinfl.bsky.social · 1d

Privatization is the LAST thing we need. In fact, going private will be a death sentence for a lot of people. #HandsOffMyHealthcare

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TrueBlue in FL 💙 @trueblueinfl.bsky.social · 1d

Not shocked either, just very disappointed 😔

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Rep. Ro Khanna @khanna.house.gov · 1d

Without the extension of ACA credits, healthcare costs will increase nationwide. Wyoming will see a 693% increase, while West Virginia could see as high as 654%.

We need to make healthcare affordable, not crush Americans with high costs.

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TrueBlue in FL 💙 @trueblueinfl.bsky.social · 1d

We are just following your example! ✨💙
Thanks!😊

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Which Republican genius came up with the talking point to label millions of ordinary Americans peacefully protesting their government as paid Marxists who hate America?

That’s really what you are going with?

That we hate the United States of America?

Fuck you.

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TrueBlue in FL 💙 @trueblueinfl.bsky.social · 1d

Shocker…NOT!
#NotADragQueen

Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 1d

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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