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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 3h

SCOTUS looks ready to erase another key piece of the Voting Rights Act, this time by striking down Louisiana’s Black-majority district for “relying too much on race.” Let me translate…they’re opening the door for states to erase Black and Latino districts that usually vote blue.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 5h

The speaker of the house doesn’t think one of his members assaulting and threatening women is a serious issue.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

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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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3h

Expand the Supreme Court.

It's corrupt and rancid and taken over by right-wing hacks groomed by billionaires.

What more do you need to see?

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 4h

It's all about racism and power.

This corrupt right-wing Supreme Court will gut the Voting Rights Act. It's been a dream of Roberts for decades.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Supreme Court Questions Role of Race in State Election Maps

www.nytimes.com

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Diane @dianesf.bsky.social · 7h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: Equinor has admitted that the massive Rosebank oil and gas field in the UK would cause vast climate damage.

*Pretends to be shocked* 😲

The UK government must STOP Rosebank, and instead focus on creating jobs in North Sea renewables!

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5h

The American people deserve a public health system that puts science before politics.

That's why California and 14 other governors are joining forces to launch the Governors Public Health Alliance to protect communities and guarantee decisions are rooted in data and health.

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely superb effort by all those who voted for this, many of whom are now dead.

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 2d

The worst use of quotation marks in the history of human civilisation is in.

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 10h

If you are watching the Reform Party controlled Councils with their endless mishaps, resignations, fallouts, scandals, mismanagement and sheer comedic idiocy, but still thinking of making these clowns a national government, representing the UK on the global stage, you are literally insane.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 3h

If SCOTUS overturns a key provision in the Voting Rights Act, it could cement Republican control of the House for decades.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Plausible outcome of overturning the VRA.

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Super Nintendo Chalmers @snchalmers.bsky.social · 8h

We are a nation run by various I think you should leave characters

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

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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MikeM3 @mikeg80.bsky.social · 3h

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 4h

Cleaning off my glasses and reading this again

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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TiggsCupcake @tiggsisacupcake.bsky.social · 6h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

A precondition for Republics to transition to autocracies is the politicization of the military. It is why the political & military leaders of the country have been so vigilant to keep partisanship away from it. But this admin is dismantling that concept. www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics

For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used ...

www.cnn.com

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Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone.bsky.social · 22h

I never thought of these words, but they're perfect.

3 Sides🪶🟥🍁🟥🖇️🐦‍⬛ @3sides.bsky.social · 1d

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 10h

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

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8h

The secret power of a people’s movement is that it’s random.

It’s neighbors protecting immigrants from ICE. It’s millions canceling Disney+. It’s a man throwing a sandwich. It’s inflatable frogs dancing.

Dictators struggle to fight a movement, because they can’t do what they want most—control us.

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 4h

This is what they mean when they say “remigration.”
This was on my thread about remigration.

What they really mean is this: erosion of the constitution. Repeal of the 14th Amendment, which would erase birthright citizenship — the foundation of equal protection under U.S. law.

Forester
@RadicalForestry
X.com
We're going to repeal the 14th.
An America of 100 million is the future.
Generations of invaders are going home.

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barperflarper.bsky.social @barperflarper.bsky.social · 4h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

Walking away with $20 billion of US taxpayer money so Scott Bessent’s Wall Street cronies don’t lose their investments in Argentina.

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