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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 4h

Hey Mike Johnson – the more you facilitate a cover-up and do everything in your power to prevent the release of the Epstein files – the more your constituents, the American public, and the whole world are going to believe you are guilty of the exact same types of crimes as Jeffrey Epstein.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1h

My friend and former editor @markjacob.bsky.social with the absolute truth about what we’re seeing in Chicago. Well worth your time.

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1h

My friend @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social and I talked on Substack Live about how the Trump regime is terrorizing immigrants and violently assaulting protesters and journalists. Chicagoans rightly see this as an invasion, and they're coming together to mount peaceful resistance.

Mark Jacob & Steven Beschloss discuss Trump's assault on Chicago

Substack Live: How Chicagoans are dealing with federal agents' violence and how local media are chronicling it

www.stopthepresses.news

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

He still had this up *after* the story about the Young Republicans group chat with the Hitler praise was released.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 4h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

Regarding past rallies Indivisible has organized, such as the “Hands Off” rallies that took place in all fifty states in April, co-executive director Ezra Levin said: “It was far larger than January 6th, and there was no violence. None.” www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-r...

‘No Kings’ Has Republicans in Disarray

Why GOP lawmakers are spreading fear about the upcoming rally.

www.thebulwark.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5h

People have long asked what the "Make America Great Again" crowd wants to go back to. It's obvious that they want to return to a time when there was no Voting Rights Act and racists could keep black and brown people out of Congress.

US supreme court appears poised to weaken key pillar of Voting Rights Act

Dispute over Louisiana district returned to justices after long legal saga – and could have far-reaching implications

www.theguardian.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

"You will only get paid if you kiss His Majesty's ring" is an interesting hill to die on, but I say go for it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

What could be worse than screaming at a Capitol police officer?

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 8h

Karl Marx: "The theory of communism can be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property."
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: The Trump regime is systematically turning private companies into government-owned companies.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

EISEN: What do you say to people who say the government taking stakes in private companies and picking winners and losers sound socialist?

BESSENT: We're not going to come in and takes stakes in non-strategic industries, but we've identified seven industries

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 8h

Mike Johnson accuses Democrats of "berating" a Capitol police officer. Wait until he hears what Republicans did to Capitol police officers on Jan. 6, 2021. It was much more than berating.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 8h

Mike Johnson, fake Christian, doesn't think a Republican congressman beating up his girlfriend is "really serious."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 7h

The Dictator is such a hopeless phony.

Now he says they’re cutting more “Democrat” jobs because of the shutdown, as if they weren’t going to ax people anyway,

All because they insist on doubling or tripling people’s health insurance.

To give a tax cut to their donors. Simple.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Apparently, the official GOP response to the leaked Young Republican chats is “come on, it’s not a big deal that these guys are using racial slurs and praising Hitler, that’s totally normal” and, uh, that sorta raises more questions?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Topics Mike Johnson thinks are serious:

- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders

Topics he thinks are not serious:

- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7h

Dear media,
1/ ICE consistently lies about its violence toward people in Chicago, with its initial accounts later disproven.
2/ When protesters shout at ICE agents to get out of their neighborhood and ICE tear-gasses them and throws them to the ground, that's not a "clash" – that's ICE violence.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 7h

This entire argument by Louisiana and the conservatives questions are premised on an erasure of Congress’ enforcement power under the 14th & 15th Amendments.

Literally swinging for the fences to wipe out the premise for the legitimacy of Congress’ power to enact civil rights statutes.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 13h

America Would Be So Much Better
Off Without RepubliKKKans of Any
Age.......

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April @april1968.bsky.social · 12h

Of course we would, but too much of white trash Amerikkka digs this shit...🤬

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Dan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Groceries are up

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 20h

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 19h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Scientist For President @scientist-for-pres.bsky.social · 22h

Racism isn't something that goes away as a generation dies. It's a cancer that will go into remission, but it can come back at any time.

These people need to be absolutely torn apart because of this. Put their words on billboards. Don't let this go away quietly.

Jori M. @jorinyc.bsky.social · 22h

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 23h

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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April @april1968.bsky.social · 21h

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS: Dorset Street South Burlington with Champlain Valley Indivisible” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS: Dorset Street South Burlington with Champlain Valley Indivisible · No Kings

In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings. The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty. Don't...

www.mobilize.us

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