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canopyguy.bsky.social @canopyguy.bsky.social · 1m

They busy trying to find Antifa and getting Trumpy a Nobel prize!!

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 3m

what is happening

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

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canopyguy.bsky.social @canopyguy.bsky.social · 5m

All of the Trump cabinet members look like cartoon characters for a reason.

canopyguy.bsky.social @canopyguy.bsky.social · 10m

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 38m

Un-American! — A cartoon by Michael de Adder

Un-American!

A cartoon by Michael de Adder

contrarian.substack.com

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canopyguy.bsky.social @canopyguy.bsky.social · 37m

Terrorist President

canopyguy.bsky.social @canopyguy.bsky.social · 38m

Sounds like the US got shafted..

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1h

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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canopyguy.bsky.social @canopyguy.bsky.social · 42m

Terrorist President

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 2d

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1h

Democrats should make a criminal referral to DOJ and start describing what Trump is doing as criminal.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 3h

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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canopyguy.bsky.social @canopyguy.bsky.social · 3h

Johnson can’t get his Republicans to fucking vote together and he blames it on a different facet if it that is not the clamshell game….. from Louisiana.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3h

The Supreme Court is going to gut the Voting Rights Act and help GOP gerrymander and win the 2026 election.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3h

Republicans own all three branches, but they can’t open the government because even their own party knows raising healthcare premiums will be disastrous. LP Chief of Staff Ryan Wiggins explains:

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canopyguy.bsky.social @canopyguy.bsky.social · 3h

These people are high on their god serotonin

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 3h

Just an edgy joke by kids, no doubt

Politico @politico.com · 3h

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

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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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h

Women across the US are facing criminal charges for miscarrying—this is what "fetal personhood" looks like.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h

JUST IN: A federal judge in San Francisco has HALTED Trump’s plan to lay off thousands of federal workers during his shutdown, calling it “unlawful” and “politically motivated.” Judge Illston said Trump acted as if “the laws don’t apply to them anymore.”

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