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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely outrageous!! 🤬

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 9h

“At this moment in time of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.”

It’s hard to wrap your mind around it because of how callous it is.

But that’s what White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt actually said. Out loud. To press. Proudly.

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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 16h

All those 25-year-olds who refused to vote for Kamala Harris know they're about to get kicked off their parents' insurance, right?

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

‘It’s only gotten worse’: As ACA premiums are set to climb, some Americans opt to go uninsured

Enhanced subsidies for Obamacare have kept premiums affordable. Absent action from Congress, they will expire at the end of the year.

www.nbcnews.com

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1h

Trump hit with another court block in bid to deploy troops to Portland

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit just temporarily paused a ruling from a split three-judge panel that would have allowed President Donald Trump to call up the National Guard in Portland, Oregon, against protesters at that city's Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.That means ...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 6h

Very concerning, if true.

billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 1d

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3h

A friend recently told me that they didn’t think ICE would deploy tear gas in well to do neighborhoods with a high density of white people. I understood their thinking, but disagreed. Today, they gassed Lakeview. Nothing is off limits to these people.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 2h

A whole bunch of Americans died in a field in PA trying to stop Osama Bin Laden’s cronies from destroying the WH.

That asshole just destroyed the WH for him.

The terrorists must be so pleased.

TACO accomplished what Al Qaeda could not,

while all the mouth breathing “patriots” let him do it.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 3h

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Citizen A Speaks @citizenaspeaks.bsky.social · 1h

Jesus.

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1h

Trump news at a glance: Pentagon announces it is deploying US aircraft carrier to the Caribbean

www.theguardian.com

Trump news at a glance: Pentagon announces it is deploying US aircraft carrier to the Caribbean

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1h

Americans still don't realize how bad it has gotten and how much worse it is going to get.

Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it.

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Aletheia S.R. @aletheia225.bsky.social · 5h

Private donors to the Pentagon and donors to the ballroom is a serious alarm.

That's not how this works.

Stop this now.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

Maybe we should all apply and then wash out of the academy.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Omg, this detail from CNN about the ICE hiring snafu is wild. This seems like an HR 101 level thing to get right.

They turned a hiring bonus into something much closer to an application bonus.

Seems like a great way to burn a ton of cash. Also? Here’s some waste for sure!

The signing bonus also prompted discussions internally because it’s not contingent on a key part of the hiring process, which is passing the academy, another source said. Even candidates who don’t pass the academy and are slotted for administrative jobs are still pocketing thousands of dollars.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1h

Donald Trump's puppet DOJ has no business screwing around with next month's election.

Sending the feds into California polling places is a deliberate attempt to scare off voters and undermine a fair election.

We will not back down. Californians decide our future — no one else.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 4h

Adil Ray, "Prince Andrew has given £12 million of his mum's money to someone he has never met before"

"Has renounced all his titles for something he didn't do"

"With the same person he's never met before"

"At the house of someone he was only friends with"

"To be polite"

#HIGNFY

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2h

UPDATE: The 8th Circuit has declined to rehear a case challenging Arkansas’ voter assistance restrictions. This means Section 208 of the VRA — which lets voters get help from someone of their choice — can't be enforced by private citizens in seven states.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Appeals Court Delivers Another Blow to Voting Rights Act

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 2h

One day (soon, if we have a say about it in 2026), there will be real oversight again. We're filing this away for the day that happens, so it can be properly investigated.

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NetworkforDemocracy @simple-truth.bsky.social · 2h

No commitment is a commitment.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h

🚨U.S. inflation rises to 3% in September as prices increase at the fastest rate since January.

The White House says they will likely not release October’s inflation data next month, blaming the shutdown.

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krides.bsky.social @krides.bsky.social · 3h

The cause and effect of economic sanctions on Russia seems to be lost on many, including policymakers. The point is not to convince anyone of anything. The point is to obliterate the Russian economy.

No salaries. No production procurement. No fuel for vehicles of any kind.

Then the war ends.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

Priorities.

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

There he goes again

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Jeffries: "He's found time to demolish the East Wing in the most horrific way possible bc he wants to erect a ballroom so he can be celebrated like a king. He's found time for all of these different things, but somehow can't be bothered to find a dime to extend the ACA tax credits."

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 8h

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Color me shocked. They’re ALL such goddamn hypocrites.

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