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bladenp.bsky.social @bladenp.bsky.social · 29d

Make America Free Again. Vote straight ticket Democrat.

Freedom from fear. Freedom from hate. Freedom from corruption. Freedom from lies. Freedom from Oligarchy.

Make America Free Again.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3h

The federal department threatened to cut grant funding by this coming Monday unless states remove any reference — even a passing one — to inclusive gender ideology.

Judge likely to block federal cuts to inclusive sex education funding

The federal department threatened to cut grant funding by this coming Monday unless states remove any reference — even a passing one — to inclusive gender ideology.

www.oregonlive.com

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Politico @politico.com · 9h

“Put America first”: GOP senators are fuming at Trump’s idea to import Argentinian beef to lower US prices.

Lawmakers face blowback from angry ranchers who were already alarmed by Trump’s $40 billion bailout of Argentina — even as the country undercuts US soybean farmers over trade with China.

‘Put America first’: GOP senators fume at Trump’s idea to import Argentinian beef

Farm-state lawmakers and allies of the president are rushing to get him to reverse course.

www.politico.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Raskin with Jeffries: "It's an alarming situation where now we have many of these January 6 defendants who have been picked up on other defenses. The Department of Justice is not zealously prosecuting them for other crimes they have committed ... it's a very dangerous situation."

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bladenp.bsky.social @bladenp.bsky.social · 3h

bladenp.bsky.social @bladenp.bsky.social · 4h

And the left would post 1000 skeets about how Jeffries and Schumer just let it happen because they didn’t lay down in front of the wrecking ball and backhoes.

bladenp.bsky.social @bladenp.bsky.social · 4h

Lindsey Graham would be out there with a hard hat and a sledgehammer.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 5h

Honestly I think they could just keep demolishing the White House bit by bit until it was completely gone and no one would even stop them

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 8h

NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."

Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Standing with Immigrants
Oct. 21, 2025
My dear brothers and sisters, today I speak to you as your shepherd, but also as a fellow pilgrim who shares the pain of many of our immigrant communities. Families are being torn apart. Children are left in fear, and communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants.
We stand with a mother who crosses borders to feed her children. We stand with the father who labors in silence to build a better future. We stand with the young person who dreams of safety and a better future. Our parishes and schools will not turn away those who seek comfort, and we will not be silent when dignity is denied in the enforcement of the law, it is essential that we respect the dignity of every human being.
Now I want to say something directly to those immigrants without documents. Most of you have been here for years. You have worked hard. You have raised families. You have contributed to this nation. You have earned our respect. As the Archbishop of Chicago, I will insist that you be treated with dignity. Americans should not forget that we all come from immigrant families.
You are our brothers and sisters. We stand with you.
God bless you all.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 7h

Is using DOJ to loot the US treasury faithful execution of the laws?

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 5h

I don’t really know how to say this more clearly.

If your party is ok with murdering unidentified civilians, known links to child sex trafficking, and taking hundreds of millions of dollars from the treasury, they are down for ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING anyone in history has ever done plus some other shit

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bladenp.bsky.social @bladenp.bsky.social · 4h

Hopefully Troy is willing to be Wisconsin’s next Athletic Director.

bladenp.bsky.social @bladenp.bsky.social · 4h

a man with his arms outstretched says whoopsie daisy in front of a red curtain

ALT: a man with his arms outstretched says whoopsie daisy in front of a red curtain

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 7h

I know everyone’s following the Louvre heist but I would like to point your attention to the California LEGO LOOTER

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Police Break Up Lego Theft Ring, Recovering Hundreds of Beheaded Figurines
Officials said they had discovered tens of thousands of Lego pieces at a California home and arrested a man who trafficked in the stolen collectibles.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

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bladenp.bsky.social @bladenp.bsky.social · 4h

You’d think a Court would have to sign off on this.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 8h

Surprised to learn that I had an anti-American tilt.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

NEW: Trump is going to steal $230M in taxpayer dollars by having his DOJ pay him a settlement for his legal trouble. Watch. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Adelita Grijalva: "There is so much that cannot be done until I'm sworn in. So every moment that passes that I'm not able to provide constituent services or be a voice for Arizona, I cannot bring the issues forward that they send me here to do."

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 5h

"Do we not care about them?" Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told The Hill, adding: “Let’s not be punitive to Americans just to score political points.”

These GOP Senators Are Breaking With Trump Over Punishing Blue States Amid Shutdown

"Do we not care about them?" Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told The Hill, adding: “Let’s not be punitive to Americans just to score political points.”

www.huffpost.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

the other thing i’ll say here is i am a bit frustrated with the narrative of online radicalization that treats it as akin to brainwashing. it lets individuals, families and communities off the hook for the choices they make and the environments they foster

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

this also drives me insane, this idea that it is the most normal thing in the world for a young (white) man to have a nazi curious phase. it isn’t!

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Politico @politico.com · 9h

Vulnerable House Republicans are urging Mike Johnson to extend Obamacare subsidies.

Vulnerable House Republicans press Johnson on Obamacare subsidies

The GOP lawmakers want a plan for extending the tax credits after the shutdown ends.

www.politico.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 9h

"Young 'conservatives' have no conception of conservatism outside of the MAGA movement... They are utterly untethered to reasonable discourse...in a perpetual, hateful adolescence."

- Peter Rothpletz, with his first 'First Draft' newsletter for Zeteo:

🐢 Teenage Mutant Nazi Turtles

Peter Rothpletz on the GOP's latest racist group chat scandal, Trump demolishing the White House, Fox comparing Portland to Gaza, and the latest in Sudan.

zeteo.com

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 9h

You know who learns real quick to identify racist tattoos, for the sake of their own safety?

Black servicemembers.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Oak Park resident Scott Sakiyama reports feds pointed weapons at him across from an elementary school today. They then arrested him and took him to Broadview. While in custody, he saw agents texting in a group chat called "Chiraq Team 2."

Full testimony: www.facebook.com/share/p/1GqB...

This morning masked ICE agents pulled me out of my car at gun-point, threw me in the back of a van and took me to their facility in Broadview. I had been following the van down Harvard honking my horn and blowing a whistle to alert the community that ICE was in the neighborhood.

Just across from Lincoln elementary school, where my daughter is in second grade, they jumped out of their van with guns drawn and threatened to smash my windows.

They removed me from my car and drove me to Broadview.

They tried to determine if I was an American citizen (I am). After sitting handcuffed in the van for about 30 minutes, they issued me a citation for "impeding" them, claiming I cut them off (which is not true). They then drove me back to my car. While in their van, I could see they were receiving text messages that were part of a group chat called "Chiraq Team 2." They also stated they also spoke to someone on their phone saying they were going to meet someone else near where they were dropping me off, and that they were going to proceed to conduct enforcement activities with that person.

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bladenp.bsky.social @bladenp.bsky.social · 9h

cc: Judge Ellis.