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bebe1960.bsky.social @bebe1960.bsky.social · 18m

We need new, not old, and one step in the grave!

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 39m

More Peronism from the White House www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

U.S. to Take Control of More Companies to Counter China

www.nytimes.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27m

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 15h

Fascism is a slow boil.
Get out of the pot.

Come together.
This Saturday.

NO KINGS!

@vjaybomb.bsky.social ❤️

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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BNO News @bnonews.com · 2h

NBC News has laid off 150 employees, eliminating teams dedicated to Black, Asian American, Latino and LGBTQ+ issues - The Wrap

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1h

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

The development comes as the U.S. military is drawing up options for President Trump to consider, including possible strikes inside the country.

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 2h

Americans, you deserve so much better than this.

Let’s make sure Saturday is just the beginning.

We will overwhelm this regime with dignity and a fierce, non-violent “NO!”

#NoKings ✋🏼

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 6h

Mike Johnson disconnected the phone number at the Capitol. Call his Congressional office in Louisiana & ask them why he is afraid of the American people & do his job. Swear in the representative from Arizona now‼️

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 1h

1/20/29💡Nuremberg type trials

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 48m

I can't stress enough how young staffers working for Republicans are basically all groyper Nazis now. The leaked texts yesterday saying "I love Hitler" and now swastikas on congressional offices.

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

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1h

I’ve had the good fortune of missing these ads entirely. I can’t believe our tax dollars are funding this crap.

F*CK ICE‼️

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 8h

Get ready for Oct. 18 #NoKings.

www.nokings.org

If you organize an event, please promote in the comments.

There is no going back.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1h

A bombshell report detailing racist and antisemitic texts shared among Young Republicans lifted the veil on how the next generation of GOP leaders talk when they think no one is watching.

Unsurprisingly, prominent conservatives defended the participants.

The Right Jumps to Defend Young Republicans' Racist Texts

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 1h

DPVA: “Sears Must Call on All Young Republicans Implicated in Racist Text Scandal to Step Down from Their Positions” ("Youngkin Appointee and former Virginia Party officer called on participants to step down, but Sears has been silent") bluevirginia.us/2025/10/dpva...

DPVA: “Sears Must Call on All Young Republicans Implicated in Racist Text Scandal to Step Down from Their Positions”

From the Democratic Party of Virginia: Sears Must Call on All Young Republicans Implicated in Racist Text Scandal to Step Down from Their Positions Youngkin Appointee and former Virginia Party officer...

bluevirginia.us

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1h

Listen to how casually Justice Gorsuch presents as fact the idea that remedying racial gerrymandering requires racial discrimination.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Vought: "We're gonna keep those RIFs rolling throughout this shutdown ... think the Minority Business Development Agency that divvies up business grants on basis of race. Think Environment Justice at EPA ... "

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 3h

JD Vance - it was a "college group chat."

Peter Giunta – Chief of Staff in NY Assembly

Joe Maligno – Staffer in New York state court system

William Hendrix – Vice Chair, Kansas Young Republicans

Bobby Walker – Vice Chair, NY State Young Republicans

Samuel Douglass – Vermont State Senator

Republicans embroiled in leaked chat controversy:
Top left – Samuel Douglass
Top right – William Hendrix
Bottom left – Peter Giunta
Bottom right – Bobby Walker

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

Vought has blocked CFPB staff from doing their work, and is also charging CFPB $5 million for his bodyguards. So technically, they are protecting one consumer.
www.govexec.com/management/2...

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2h

I asked Border Patrol why they used a Michael Jackson song with antisemitic lyrics, highlighted this morning by @paleofuture.bsky.social. You're not gonna believe this but they did not answer my questions: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Border Patrol won’t say why it used a Michael Jackson song with antisemitic lyrics

The video was live on Facebook and Instagram for two months.

www.motherjones.com

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1h

Some of the brightest former CIA, FBI, and NSA minds are about to deliver a blunt assessment of the threat we face. I’ve had Steven Cash (He was awarded the CIA’s Medal of Merit for his work on a sensitive project) @steadystatevets.bsky.social on my podcast...he’s the real deal. Stay tuned.

The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 2h

Tomorrow, we release the Steady State’s assessment of American democracy—written by former national security officials using the same tools once used to evaluate authoritarian regimes abroad. The conclusion is clear: We are facing an existential threat of growing autocracy here in the US.

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repugfascistrebel.bsky.social @repugfascistrebel.bsky.social · 2h

ICE agents surrounded, seized, and zip-tied a U.S. citizen who had just finished working a double shift because she didn’t “look” American to them. She had her U.S. passport on her when she was detained, yet she was interrogated for an hour.

newrepublic.com/post/201745/...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h

Missouri Secretary of State Erects New Hurdle for ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Missouri Secretary of State Erects New Hurdle for ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander