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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 3d

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amypower07.bsky.social @amypower07.bsky.social · 4d

Westerville, Ohio I'm so proud!

#NoKings

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 4d

CLEAR EYES, FULL HEARTS, NO KINGS

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5d

If you’re planning to protest tomorrow:

1. Thank you! Make it big. Stay peaceful.

2. Be careful. There will be people trying to agitate and stir shit up.

3. Take a buddy if you can. If not, video is your friend.

4. Have a plan to get the fuck out if it goes sideways.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d

In our non-DEI meritocracy, Larry Ellison's son bought CBS so that Bari Weiss could then put her sister on air.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5d

UPDATE: Per our scoop last night, Suzy Weiss, sister of Bari, did indeed appear on CBS this morning to talk about her recent article in The Free Press.

Second Free Press writer on CBS this week.

Read more on staff concerns on The Free Press's presence inside the newsroom:
zeteo.com/p/inside-bar...

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 5d

I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings.

These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.

Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d

Also, they want to make content. And that means they are going to take the worst stuff people say in response to them (this being the internet, some of which might be quite bad) and splash it across the official comms organs of every major federal law enforcement agency. So take that into mind.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

The reason they're coming after this place is because they can't control the people on it and it drives them nuts.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 5d

ultimately, zohran mamdani is a reminder that politicians can be younger than 80 years old

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 6d

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.

No phones, no staff, nothing.

I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

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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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID?

And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina.

Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 6d

As long as I live, I will never forgive Mitch McConnell for both causing irreparable damage to the Supreme Court, and not voting to convict Donald Trump.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 6d

I dont think enough Americans realize Republicans are gearing up for permanent rule. I dont know if we will get to midterm elections. Even if we do, with gerrymandering, the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, and violent intimidation, they'll rig the elections for minority rule.

All hands on deck.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 12d

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 12d

Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a special election last month to succeed her late father. https://to.pbs.org/3W2j3fB

Who is Adelita Grijalva and why hasn't she been sworn in to Congress yet?

Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a special election last month to succeed her late father.

www.pbs.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 13d

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 13d

Indicting political opponents & critics because they are political opponents & critics is terrifying.

It's completely inconsistent with the rule of law & democracy.

It should scare everyone - and (hopefully) will get people to realize that we all need to stand against this.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14d

Cause the algorithms are increasingly shady and I don’t see much promotion, let me Gift Link this:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 14d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 15d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15d

Here’s video of the incident

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15d

If this was a no, it would be really easy to say no.

Bondi’s ad hominem attack on Whitehouse is WAY more of an answer than she realizes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16d

Schumer: That issue that MAGA Mike keeps talking about—illegal immigrants getting health care. It’s an effing lie. The law says that federal dollars cannot go to illegal immigrants under Medicare, Medicaid, or the ACA.

And I said that to him in the room. I said, You’re lying. He smirked.

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