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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 14h

Sometimes the #bestpathforward is minimalism. Heads up
All Hallows soon! Keep the gourds lit🎃

I repeat: The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. ~Sun Tze

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 2h

Unsurprisingly fantastic, nuanced piece by Dave Pozen and Jed Britton-Purdy. Read it! www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...

What Are We Living Through? - Boston Review

Three competing narratives of the second Trump administration.

www.bostonreview.net

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

With his baseless attack on No Kings, Scott Bessent has demonstrated himself to be unfit to sign these documents.

A picture of an old dollar bill, with Washington's picture.

A picture of an old $10 bill, with Alexander Hamilton's picture.

A picture of a newish $100 bill, with Ben Franklin's picture.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Ron Johnson on the No Kings protest: "One of the things I hope Kash Patel and Pam Bondi are looking into is the funding of these groups. Who pays for the busses to bus a lot of these folks in?"

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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 2h

Autocrats use #DARVO manipulation that stands for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender, that perpetrators use to avoid responsibility for their actions by denying wrongdoing, attacking the accuser's credibility, and portraying themselves as the victim.
#TrumpRepublicanShutdown

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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 4h

#BasicIncomeforartists is permanent in Ireland.
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Three Years After Trial Launch, Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent

Several years after launching a trial, Ireland is set to make its basic income for artists program permanent starting in 2026.

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Horror Tor, friend of Union ghosts @splitrailfence.bsky.social · 8h

When I was young, the up/down forces thing was state and local didn't want to desegregate + allow equal access to voting, so fed forces came in and walked the Little Rock 9 in.
We need an Eisenhower of that moment again.
Will the next enforcer of Brown please stand up, please stand up?

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h

Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 8h

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 1d

Even the animals aren’t safe….

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 13h

we aren’t going to beat these motherfuckers by being cool and detached about it, we are going to beat them by getting every working grandma and every nurse soccer mom and every shift supervisor football dad out in the fucking streets and all of us being there with them in arms

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 13h

we have the rest of this week to rally every fucking person all of us knows to hit the streets, i have ten people i am bringing out, repost this with better numbers than mine, you competitive people, beat my numbers

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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 13h

Sooo good Must watch #Bette

Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 14h

Bette Midler sings to Stephen Colbert: You never kissed the orange ass.

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Prof. Anders Levermann, PhD @alevermann.bsky.social · 13h

The "I love Hitler"-chat of young republican leaders was published by Politico. This is worth watching.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDtP...

Lawrence: Trump admin. staffer reportedly in an 'I love Hitler' chat hasn't been fired by Trump yet

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 13h

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

"No Kings Terrorist, Hate America" Republican Lies

House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republican leaders continue to slander the millions of Americans who are poised to join nationwide demonstrations this Saturday, October 18th. They reflexively bra...

www.dailykos.com

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Bette Midler: Bootleg Betty @bootlegbetty.bsky.social · 3d

Videos: In Honor Of Diane Keaton, First Wives Club Clips

#BetteMidler, #Clips, #DianeKeaton, #FirstWivesClub, #GoldieHawn, #Movies, #Videos

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Videos: In Honor Of Diane Keaton, First Wive’s Club Clips - Bootleg Betty

Videos: In Honor Of Diane Keaton, First Wives Club Clips

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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 14h

Sometimes the #bestpathforward is minimalism. Heads up
All Hallows soon! Keep the gourds lit🎃

I repeat: The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. ~Sun Tze

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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 14h

Nasty deplorables so stupidly full of themselves. That’s how we win. 👊🏻
I think SunTze had wise words for fools like them.
“the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself”

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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 14h

It’s horrid how our country has collapsed 💔
Never take anything for granted. Enjoy the precious moments

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1WAG @1wag.bsky.social · 15h

She's on fire. Pammi has no idea what she's taken on.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 18h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Maricopa County Democratic Party @maricopadems.bsky.social · 1d

US Rep. David Schweikert needs to urge Speaker Mike Johnson to swear-in Rep. Elect Adelita Grijalva!

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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 19h

Joy

Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 19h

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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 19h

#CallOutDespotDon
Name them in the #NoKingProtests
Tell everyone in your community including MAGA how that will directly affect their lives

#TrumpTargetsDemocraticDistricts
During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 19h

Vile #NYYoungRepublicans Who gave them license? 🤨
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Laffy @gottalaff.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Holy crap.

“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno, who previously identified himself as the general counsel for the New York State Young Republicans, wrote back."

"Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas […]

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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 20h

#JackSmithSpeaks

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Jack Smith BREAKS SILENCE on HIS Trump probe I FIRST ON MSNBC

YouTube video by MSNBC

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