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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

Help me out here. When did Biden take office? Who was the FBI director on January 6th? Who appointed that FBI director?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Kellum Dander @kellumdander.bsky.social · 1d

everyone should go to Portland, but just to do regular tourism

shop, dine out, see some sights, hang out with cool like-minded people

a Portland tourism boom would be the ultimate soft rebellion rn

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 4h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1h

I like this Pope

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Cindy Phyillaier @cphyilla.bsky.social · 3h

Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 4h

Soon they’re going to make it illegal to call them fascists

And they won’t see the irony

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Cindy Phyillaier @cphyilla.bsky.social · 3h

Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 5h

Good morning!

The government shutdown is 100% on the GOP

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

"Arkansas is trying to save one of the most extreme book censorship laws in recent memory, one that would allow jailing librarians and booksellers for keeping materials on their shelves that fall under the statute’s broad definition of “harmful to minors.”

Arkansas wants to jail librarians. The First Amendment won’t allow it.

Arkansas’s Act 372 would let the state jail librarians for “harmful” books. The First Amendment won’t let censorship win.

www.thefire.org

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 1h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

The firehose of easily disprovable lies from Trump and his allies continues to get worse each month, with one statement after another completely untethered from reality, which is why it is so important for them to take ownership and control of media platforms & intimidate others.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16h

“The Heritage Foundation [which spearheaded Project 2025] says it will ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors over alleged bias.“ 9/18/25 … 1/ www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...

The right wing is coming for Wikipedia

The Heritage Foundation says it will "identify and target" Wikipedia editors over alleged bias. What does that mean for Wikipedia’s future?

www.wbur.org

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Mister Sissy ✊ @mrsissy.bsky.social · 19h

Please be sure to share!

Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 21h

I hear Sen Mike Lee is butthurt about this depiction of his slavish devotion to a dictator because he so wants a seat on SCOTUS that he’s willing to sell us all out to a wannabe dictator and he hates people pointing that out

Geez. Should be illegal

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Cindy Phyillaier @cphyilla.bsky.social · 21h

Mike Smith

SEND IN THE TROOPS!

William O’Brien campaign for a BeautifulSA.org @beautifulsa.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s editorial cartoon from the morning paper [SAEN: 10-11-25]

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 4h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

steady.page

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 6h

The Trump administration has promoted the anti-vax, anti-science movement which has now produced an epidemic www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Boricua405 on X @estadistarebelde1.bsky.social · 6h

Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 21h

I hear Sen Mike Lee is butthurt about this depiction of his slavish devotion to a dictator because he so wants a seat on SCOTUS that he’s willing to sell us all out to a wannabe dictator and he hates people pointing that out

Geez. Should be illegal

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

“We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close.”

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 4h

Soon they’re going to make it illegal to call them fascists

And they won’t see the irony

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18h

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
#Antifa

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 14h

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 23h

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 16h

“The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.”

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 18h

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 5h

Slava Ukraini!

Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 11h

The Reaper after Millet - 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14679

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