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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 20h

Watch this quick explainer on the Hatch Act and you’ll see just how far the regime has gone—propaganda in airports, partisan emails, and political orders from the top. It’s not “messaging,” it’s a full-blown assault on the law that keeps our government nonpartisan.

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 1d

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‘Human exceptionalism is at the root of the ecological crisis’ — Harvard Gazette

Saving the planet requires getting over ourselves, argues Christine Webb, author of ”The Arrogant Ape.”

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

I told you yesterday in video and written format - there is no peace deal.

Hamas said they won’t disarm - I showed you the video of their leader.
Israeli defense minister tweeted about “cleansing Gaza” - showed you the tweet.

Now you have both sides blaming each other ⬇️

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 1d

Iraq War veterans are among those being abducted.

Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 1d

When Trump's masked thugs are detaining & torturing us citizens, Iraqi War Veterans...giving no Constitutional rights before brutalizing & abducting people, you know democracy is in danger.

So do something! Volunteer to help win the upcoming elections, recruit others and march on no Kings Day!
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M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! #UCP puts tax $ into private schools accepting only "suitable" kids while charging tuition upwards of $20k/yr AND they can convert tax $ into private real estate!

Pissed off? We're not alone. Get involved!

ca.news.yahoo.com/alberta-teac...

#abed #ableg #abpoli #albertateachers #PubEdu

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 1d

Meintzer said he’s especially concerned that the mature asset strategy’s report, in his view, may violate the polluter pays principle... “It's just going to be used as a way to offload company cleanup obligations onto the public,” he said. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CleanUpYourMess

Groups push back on Alberta’s strategy to deal with inactive oil and gas wells as plan moves forward | CBC Accessibility

A band of advocate groups are pushing back on the province's current plan to manage its inactive and aging oil and gas infrastructure.

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 1d

The think tank is widely known for creating Project 2025.

And this isn’t the first meeting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has had with allies of the U.S. president.

David Falk writes. A @desmog.com Canada reprint. #canpoli

Smith Reveals Meeting with the US Heritage Foundation After Trump Win | The Tyee

The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank because of its influence on the president.

thetyee.ca

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d

“she described meeting with the group that spearheaded Project 2025, the plan to rapidly overhaul the U.S. government under President Donald Trump“

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Smith Reveals Meeting with the US Heritage Foundation After Trump Win | The Tyee

The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank because of its influence on the president.

thetyee.ca

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙🐸 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 1d

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How Moms for Liberty Took Over One Florida County

As the M4L annual summit kicks off this weekend, here’s how one of the group’s original chapters is sowing chaos and pushing anti-LGBTQ policies in Indian River County.

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LA Blue Dot in GA @namwella1961.bsky.social · 1d

Trump sending the National Guard to blue cities to "stop crime," after refusing to send them to the Capitol to stop the insurrectionists' crimes on J6, is peak Republican hypocrisy.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice No Kings

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so proud to have colleagues like Tom Bowman -- who in this opinion piece lays out why the new Pentagon press restrictions are so dangerous. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Our money to bail out Argentina!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 2d

The answer is: shop local, give everyone living wages, buy less stuff, especially clothes, support thrifting, a circular economy, *and* buy quality goods made ethically (that will last). Overall cost is the same (or less) and it's better for people & planet.

Consumerism is the problem.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 1d

...but it has been true for a LONG ASS TIME that the stock market really only reflects how the top 30% (or even the top 10%) are doing. That's who holds all the money and the more inequality widens, the less relevant the stock market is.

markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/...

The wealthiest 10% of Americans own 93% of stocks even with market participation at a record high

America's richest have never owned so much of the country's stock market, according to Federal Reserve data.

markets.businessinsider.com

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Carrie 🇨🇦 of Stamford Green @carriewhet.bsky.social · 1d

Exciting medical development!

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 8d

The firehose of corruption makes the reality of it staggering. And that’s the point.

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The Stunning Corruption In The White House

It’s a feature of Trump.

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Senseidai2547 @senseidai.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans know they're in deep shit. Rather than grow a spine & say no to Convicted Felon Donald Trump, they bend the knee, cheat, then accuse the Democrats of cheating. Karma is coming for them.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica

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North Carolina Republicans heed Trump’s call to redraw congressional map

North Carolina has become the latest state to join a redistricting battle sparked by President Trump’s urging to shore up the small GOP House majority ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

More nuclear threats from the Russian propagandists should Ukraine get Tomahawks.

Solovyev has said that "they [the West] will die but we'll go to heaven" at least three times in the past couple of weeks.

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Elderest Millennial @ebwell.bsky.social · 1d

This fascist power display is coming to a neighborhood near you. The whole point is to normalize this. Eventually this will come to small town America.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

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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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 1d

Great coverage of #NoKings from @maddow.msnbc.com who also invited @ezralevin.bsky.social to speak about the Saturday, Oct 18 nationwide event. Let’s make of this day a joyful, revendicative, peaceful moment for all!

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

Good discussion with @gregsargent.bsky.social on No Kings and the right to protest: "They’re trying to turn it into something really evil. But that’s because they’re scared of it, and they know it turns public opinion... I think they should be worried, because nothing they’re doing is popular."

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers.

On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

The vice president of the United States is a clownish dipshit, Exhibit 64,532

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson's plan to keep the House closed is backfiring

In recent months, the House speaker has kept the chamber closed to an unprecedented degree.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Opinion | Mike Johnson's plan to keep the House away from D.C. is backfiring

In recent months, the House speaker has kept the chamber closed to an unprecedented degree.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Big roar for AG Letitia James at the ZOHRAN rally👇🏽

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