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Senator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 13h

Mike Johnson is covering up for pedophiles. I won't stop saying it.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h

The Trump administration has targeted a federal office that oversees a $300 million family planning program for layoffs, raising fears that it is effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women, according to people with knowledge of the events.

Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs

The layoffs have raised fears that the administration could be effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Welch: Mike Johnson-If he's a big Christian, he should be fighting for the marginalized, fighting for the poor. But instead he weaponizes his faith to lure voters in and then dicks him over every chance he gets.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10h

Breaking: Capitol Police have been called after a Republican congressional office was just caught displaying a swastika.

This comes one day after group chat messages were leaked of young GOP officials saying “I love Hitler” and calling to put Democrats in “gas chambers.”

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 10h

"One party only needs 44% of the national popular vote to maintain control over the legislature" sure is a statement about the state of American democracy

Emily Badger @emmbadger.bsky.social · 15h

If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act falls, Democrats might need to win the national popular vote by 5 to 6 points to take control of the House, via Nate Cohn
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Peter Wade @peterwade.bsky.social · 15h

"We’re watching the very class of public servants who protect our democracy — the only ones capable of stopping a coup against the U.S. Constitution — being dismantled and replaced right before our eyes.

"Wake up, America, before it’s too late."

The Shutdown Is Wreaking Havoc on Military Families and Veterans

The Trump administration is using the government shutdown to lay off federal workers, while leaving active-duty military wondering about their pay.

www.rollingstone.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10h

For years, the world has known Malala Yousafzai as a fearless activist. She used to think she would never marry and that her life would be dedicated to her activism. Then she fell in love. On "Modern Love," she shared her unexpected path to marriage. nyti.ms/479cmxw

Malala Yousafzai talked about falling in love with her husband on the "Modern Love" podcast: "I thought that to have love in your life, you needed to be looking all perfect and needed the facial symmetry. So I thought, OK, I can't have all of that, but at least I can do my activism."

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 10h

Please notify President Trump and Vice-President Vance immediately. Isn’t this a mandatory one-year jail sentence—or is this a kind of flag desecration they have no problem with?

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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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 11h

Every time a Democrat says something Vance doesn’t like: “this is unacceptable hate speech”

When Republicans engage in actual hate speech: “boys will be boys, youthful indiscretion, what happened to your sense of humor?”

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.politico.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

Here's how differently-abled and disabled folks can join No Kings 2: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS for Differently-Abled and Disabled Friends · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

www.mobilize.us

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

There is no place for partisan political videos from the govt being blasted in airports attacking the opposition party. That is what authoritarian regimes do. This should not be a partisan issue - it is fundamentally un-American.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

MacCALLUM: Margaret Thatcher said socialism is great until you run out of other people's money

MAMDANI: Well, what Andrew Cuomo said is that if you have $957m you give it to Elon Musk in tax credits

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Peter Wade @peterwade.bsky.social · 11h

Vance suggested that whoever leaked the racist messages is a “scumbag.”

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 11h

A bombshell report detailing racist and antisemitic texts shared among Young Republicans lifted the veil on how the next generation of GOP leaders talk when they think no one is watching.

Unsurprisingly, prominent conservatives defended the participants.

The Right Jumps to Defend Young Republicans' Racist Texts

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 15h

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 11h

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15h

This is straight up white nationalist talking points posted by the DHS.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 12h

Justice JACKSON standing up for voting rights. 🔥

Louisiana: Plaintiffs said 'we want another majority-black district.'

Jackson: No. They said 'we aren't receiving equal electoral opportunity because our votes are being diluted.'

Louisiana: Same thing.

Jackson: No, it’s not.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13h

This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress.

Everything else is noise and bluster.

This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 11h

"The new authority would allow the CIA to carry out lethal operations in Venezuela & conduct a range of operations in the Caribbean.

The agency would be able to take covert action against Mr. Maduro or his government either unilaterally or in conjunction with a larger military operation."

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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Stand Up America @standupamerica.com · 15h

We bow to no kings in America.

Text NOKINGS to 63033 to find the location of your closest peaceful No Kings protest this Saturday!

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