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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 22h

Trump clocks in at 37%-61% in new AP-NORC poll. It’s the worst poll of his rancid 2nd term. Happy No Kings Day!

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Ellsworth Green @greenellsworth.bsky.social · 22h

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How reporting on the military helped reveal neglect towards troops and veterans

The Pentagon is trying to stop the media from using unauthorized information, but such disclosures have revealed issues like neglect at a veterans' hospital and unsafe equipment.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act isn’t new, but it’s getting louder and from all directions!

We had years of warnings.
He told us what he’d do. Project 2025 laid it out, but too many shrugged.

How much is “enough” for everyone to start getting loud with one voice before it’s too late?

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Casey @mamasissiesays.bsky.social · 1d

JD Vance thinks we should forget about the leaked messages of the Young Republicans, who are ages 35, 31, 29, 28, 27, 27, 24 & 24 years old.

Evidently their slurs don’t matter bc they are too young so it doesn’t count.

Hey maybe this is why so many Republicans think it’s okay to fck children?? 🤔

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Francesca Bonanno @runningwiththedogs.bsky.social · 22h

What a fucking joke ! Trump and his entire Nazi Regime are a bunch of fucking crooks !

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Trump commutes George Santos sentence, ordering his prison release

Santos is serving a seven-year sentence for stealing the identities of 11 people, including family members.

www.bbc.com

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d

Kamala Not Only Warned Us, She
Told Us In Exact Detail......

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

"Whaaaa! Whaaaa! How can I possibly be a Christian when the head of my denomination talks like its namesake?"

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei

If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

GUYS

GUYS THIS IS IS SEISMIC

GUYS I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU

OPUS DEI IS THE SCIENTOLOGY OF CATHOLICISM THEY ARE THE ONLY THING "THE DA VINCI CODE" GOT RIGHT THEY ARE AWFUL AND THEY ARE EVIL AND THEY HAVE ENORMOUS POWER AND THEY ARE INTEGRAL TO TRADFASH CATHOLICISM

Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei

If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Under Trump, pardons, licenses and relief from regulatory enforcement can be had for ready cash, usually paid in crypto into Trump family operations. The corruption is audacious, and it's happening at explosive rates. Meanwhile congressional oversight turns a blind eye to everything that's happening

How dozens of Trump’s donors have benefited from his second term

While previous presidents have introduced policies that have helped supporters, such incidents are now more common and overt

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

If you are just realizing that Trump couldn’t care less about the Constitution, federal statutes, or Congress, then you haven’t been paying attention. Trump thinks he’s king.

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Jax (the original) @jacqueline321.bsky.social · 1d

And by all means ICE goons who fall in all three categories below.

jessiedoesky.bsky.social @jessiedoesky.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings 10/18/25. Stay safe!

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murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · 22h

Big media outlet purposely fearmongering? Sounds on brand.

Look, ICE already shot citizens this week, they will create a situation for violence. We need to expect that reality & accept ICE will strike illegally.

Stay alert while protesting.

Remember the church stunt during the G.F. Protests?

Taking Photos And Videos At A Trump Protest Could Have Alarming Consequences

Know the safety risks of documenting what you see if you go to a "No Kings" march.

www.huffpost.com

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Tia Goode 🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇱🇵🇸🇺🇦 @moonlitwomyn.bsky.social · 21h

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As Planet Burns, US Banking Agencies Ditch Climate Risk Rules | Common Dreams

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell recently warned that due to climate disasters, "there will be regions of the country where you can’t get a mortgage, there won’t be ATMs, banks won’t have branches....

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING 📰

Trump says he just commuted the sentence of George Santos in his federal fraud case.

Meanwhile, he’s going after Tish James for fraud⁉️

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OnepodJ💎 @j1pod.bsky.social · 21h

www.aol.com/articles/tru... Great, we have more criminals free than in prison and amazingly they are all GOP friends of 🤥🍊🤡

Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case

President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity th...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

Those Epstein files must be bad.

#KY04

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 22h

TRUMP: CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE MUST BE THROWN OUT OF OFFICE

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 22h

Let’s be very clear.

Trump has made it explicitly clear that Republicans are free to commit white collar crimes. Any of them.

Wire fraud. Bank fraud. Bribery. Election fraud. Tax fraud. Money laundering.

So long as you vote MAGA, you are free to commit those crimes now.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h

John Bolton is being prosecuted because Trump hates him. I cannot understand why anyone credits anything in a document prepared by Trump's DOJ targeting his political opponents.

The coverage of this case makes me think we have learned nothing about giving Trump's DOJ the benefit of the doubt.

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Angel Eyes @angeleyesnyc.bsky.social · 21h

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The ‘Domestic Terrorists’ Who Weren’t: Chicago Protest Cases Collapse in Court

Ever since the Trump Administration started to blitz Chicago with a surge...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4d

If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers.

On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Prairiesunshine @scottishox2.bsky.social · 1d

Another example of Trump's "fabrication of facts" to appear effective while he's failed to do anything 🙄

1. TikTok deal isn't done
2. He didn't end ANY wars
3. Israel ignores him
4. Prices are UP
5. Tariffs are paid by American citizens
6. China's winning

Source: CNN
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Trump claimed India had agreed to stop buying Russian oil. New Delhi says it knows nothing about it | CNN

India has seemingly pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s claim it had agreed to stop importing Russian oil in defiance of massive sanctions from Washington, signaling that an issue that has...

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Hayden Black @haydenb.bsky.social · 1d

The much clearer headline is "Tariffs Have Cost Consumers Almost $1.2 Trillion This Year Alone."

Tariff costs to companies this year to hit $1.2 trillion, with consumers taking most of the hit, S&P says

The firm said its estimate of additional expenses for companies is probably conservative.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 2d

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 2d

Only about one-fifth of applicants for federal disaster assistance from Kerr County have been deemed eligible to get financial help so far, leaving hundreds without governmental aid more than three months after deadly floods ravaged the county on July 4.

FEMA denied or didn’t advance most Kerr County flood requests

Advocates are questioning why so many applicants from the flood-ravaged county have not received federal disaster help. Nonprofits are trying to fill in the gaps.

www.texastribune.org

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