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Christopher Reader @xopherx.bsky.social · 43m

Thank you!

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Christopher Reader @xopherx.bsky.social · 44m

Republican values:

Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 6h

Here is the Vice President defending adults who said they love Hitler, want to rape their enemies, put their political opponents in gas chambers, and that Black people are monkeys. Just to name a few.

Are these those Christian values JD Vance talks about?

Christopher Reader @xopherx.bsky.social · 47m

We need a military full of people that think and act for themselves, follow our laws, fulfill their oaths. Republicans want a brainwashed military arm of the party. The best thing about this is many thinking people will realize what a loser Hegseth is.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8h

"The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else"

DoD sources tell Zeteo that staff there have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Christopher Reader @xopherx.bsky.social · 56m

Great thread

Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 3h

It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance

b/w photo of a man in socks and sandals, jacket, short and jumper, in front of a wall with a bike leaning on it, and with a pipe in his mouth. If you wanted one image to sum up the word ‘nonchalant’, this would be it

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 1h

Hmmm.

Alaskan airbases are subject to permafrost melt and frost heave. As Arctic ice melts, that opens the Northern Sea Route and the Barents Sea for longer, with trade and resource access tensions. More traffic there accelerates warming and extreme events.

Physics doesn't care about "beliefs".

The Guardian Climate News (unofficial) @guardian-climate.bsky.social · 23h

Pentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam US troops: For decades, the military treated climate crisis as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weather This story is from Floodlight, a non-profit newsroom that investigat...

Pentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam US troops

Pentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam US troops: For decades, the military treated climate crisis as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weather This story is from Floodlight, a non-profit newsroom that investigat...

www.theguardian.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1h

My quote of the day

Ronald Reagan

The objective I propose is quite simple to state: to foster the infrastructure of democracy - the system of a free press, unions, political parties, universities - which allows a people to choose their own way to develop their own culture, to reconcile their own differences through peaceful means.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 1h

15 October 1937 | A French Jewish boy, Jacques Wisznia, was born in Paris.

In February 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

Vintage black and white photo of a young boy with neatly combed hair, wearing a sweater and collared shirt.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 16h

President Trump is meeting with the President of Argentina instead of meeting with Congressional leaders to end the shutdown and prevent health care premiums from skyrocketing.

$20 billion for Argentina, but no $ for Americans' health care?

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Christopher Reader @xopherx.bsky.social · 1h

It's absolutely wild that Republicans are refusing to seat an elected Democrat. In sane times, this would be seen as incredibly destructive to our democracy. The constitution and their oaths mean nothing to Republicans.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 21h

Again, this is not what needs to be done. "Why are you breaking the law & violating the Constitution & your oath of office?" is the question. When he doesn't answer it, the next journalist needs to ask it, & then the next one, & the one after that. Stop giving him & John Thune free passes every day.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 14h

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

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artnau @artnau.bsky.social · 1h

Fly, ‘not on the chair’, 2024 by Romy Elliott www.instagram.com/romyelliotta...

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 10h

George Floyd should still be here to celebrate his 52nd birthday. His life sparked a movement, and our fight for justice, accountability, and humanity continues. We’ll never stop saying his name.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 10h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

no surprise here, jd vance has a vested interest in being able to be an open nazi in american politics

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 12h

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 12h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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jeanie31199.bsky.social @jeanie31199.bsky.social · 10h

For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself, @anneapplebaum writes. Not anymore. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark

For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.

www.theatlantic.com

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 11h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 12h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Christopher Reader @xopherx.bsky.social · 10h

Republicans are thugs.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 12h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

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Christopher Reader @xopherx.bsky.social · 10h

Republicans are murdering people.

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 16h

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.

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Christopher Reader @xopherx.bsky.social · 10h

Republicans:

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

nyti.ms

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

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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