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hi, i am an american. i mostly repost other people's stuff in order to track wtf is happenign

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blazingnoodle.bsky.social @blazingnoodle.bsky.social · Mar 14

Huh?

Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · Mar 14

There is very little about this CR that I like—but there is even less I like about a government shutdown. With Trump & Musk taking a chainsaw to the government’s workforce & illegally freezing funding, the last thing we need to do is plunge our country into further chaos by shutting down the govt.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

AOC: The problem is that the Trump administration, they think that destroying our health care, making sure that housing is too expensive to live in, that jacking up the cost of our groceries—they think all of this is about hurting Democrats. What they are doing is hurting Americans

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 4h

The entire Republican Party strategy for achieving what are comprehensively & wildly unpopular policy objectives now consists entirely of bypassing Article I of the Constitution through wildly illegal abuses of both Article II and Article III.

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 8h

Whatever you think about CFPB, it was created by Congress (as part of the Dodd-Frank Act) and can only be abolished by Congress, not by the President acting as a dictator.

Reuters @reuters.com · 14h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 8h

Big news of the day included the announcement of a new hearing for the restraining order meant to rein in federal agents’ violent behavior.

Despite the order, agents have deployed tear gas in two separate Chicago communities in the week since the judge handed it down.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/deta...

Detained youth released after feds gas East Side neighborhood, judge calls for morning hearing on restraining order against feds, and more from court • The TRiiBE

In Chicago, criminal and civil proceedings stemming from Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz” continued Wednesday, with more to come this and next week.

thetriibe.com

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blazingnoodle.bsky.social @blazingnoodle.bsky.social · 8h

it feels like the world has abandoned us. i'm trying to stay positive but it is so so hard.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 12h

Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. They’re illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and they’re illegally spending where they don’t have the money to spend.

What we have is an appropriations king.

Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 9h

Remember, brown 13-year-olds are hardened menaces to society, but 30-something Republican Hitler afficionados in positions of power are just li’l guys.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 9h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 11h

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive

And do it often.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 10h

Eight days ago, iykyk

Screenshot of my post on October 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM

Catching up on Peacemaker last night wasn't really the escapism I was looking for tbh.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 12h

Quite a day.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 11h

important note from libcrusher:

Reactivating temporarily to send a warning.
Since I got doxxed, it appears the same doxxing ring has targeted several other users. I learned that they were banned this week, only for Elon to, apparently, personally unban them. I feel obliged to warn everyone about my experience.

It wasn't just my personal information that got published. Someone, somewhere, got my passwords too. For my banking accounts, brokerage accounts, venmo, etc.
Most of which had different and unique passwords. All these attempts started the day i got doxxed, and have sporadically continued since.

If you know anyone who's been doxxed by this group, you need to have them change all their passwords on every website immediately. Ensure 2FA and any other security measures are in place everywhere.
And, wherever possible, document and report it. Frankly, if you're a lefty of any note, do it now too

If anyone was also a victim of this or knows someone who was, there are ways to reach me. I wish I could go into more details right now. But until that time comes, protect yourself.

I will be deactivating in 20 minutes.
Hopefully, that's enough time for the warning to get out.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 13h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

A FB live just ended in Carpentersville, where neighbors filmed more feds putting people in a van. This was in front of Village Hall adjacent to a Walmart. Elgin area RR has issued an ongoing alert: www.facebook.com/share/p/1CCm...

Sceeengrab showing men in olive and camo and white van

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 14h

In case you didn't know...Trump is crushing the federal Office of Special Education. Think. About. That.

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 14h

Adds that she'll also extend her first temporary restraining order, which blocked federalization/deployment of Oregon Guard specifically (adds she's aware that 9th Circuit might rule against that first TRO any day - based on its hearing, the majority-Trump appointee panel likely will)

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 14h

A wake for the Voting Rights Act was held today at the Supreme Court, where the justices instrumental in killing it didn't have the intellectual honesty to acknowledge that it is dead, let alone that they are the culprits. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...

In Supreme Court Land, Fixing Discrimination Against Black Voters Is The Real Racism

A central grievance motivating today’s conservative legal movement — and the Republican...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 13h

New development re: the temp restraining order meant to rein in federal agents' violence towards press and the public in the Chicago area.

Per a court entry filed today, a new hearing in the case has been set for tomorrow morning.

Prelim injunction hearing still set for 10/23, per the court.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21h

PA voters will cast their ballots in one of the most consequential elections of the year: the state Supreme Court race. With three Democratic justices up for retention, the outcome of this contest could flip control of a court that decides election laws. https://bit.ly/3JeB3Ax

Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

bit.ly

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 15h

In my experience, white men on social media doom spiral because they want their audience to regulate their emotions for them. It's also easier for them to despair bc it give is thems permission to not act. It's less work and if they don't stop fascism, they're yt dudes with $$. They'll be ok.

ancientn00b.bsky.social @ancientn00b.bsky.social · 18h

Yes, the doom and gloom gets old. You have guys like Hawk saying that there will be massive arrests of regular white people during No Kings 2. He’s been wrong more than once on his predictions so I just ignore him when he gets in that mood.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Neguse: "What Trump is attempting to do is create a perception that he has all the power & create a sense of hopelessness or helplessness in the public. We've gotta resist the temptation. He's electorally unpopular. In fact, the most unpopular POTUS at this juncture than any modern POTUS in history"

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14h

Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina.

Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.

So much for America First.

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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 1d

Once again: this is also happening in DC. Still.

It feels like we’ve been forgotten, maybe because there aren’t huge confrontations to run photos of. But our neighbors are still being taken every day. Routine traffic stops are now done by 12+ feds alongside local police.

Please talk about us too.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

"Residents in Chicago and Portland are living in a police state where masked armed forces kidnap who they want to kidnap, where they have to listen to public officials routinely lie about what is happening in their neighborhoods." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

You may have noticed that folks who are from Chicago love this city. There's a reason for that. I walked to the lake with friends yesterday, and when I saw the waves rolling in, I felt something shift back into place inside of me. So many parts of this city are part of me. We will defend this place.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 1d

basic research on wacky things like Gila monster venom are what gave us GLP-1 drugs that are treating diabetes, obesity, & addiction in new ways

this piece from @whyy.org is great

an analogy: navigation apps are great but don't tell you how to climb Mt. Everest & survive

whyy.org/segments/oze...

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