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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1h

The plan to force taxpayers to cover emergency medical costs for non-citizens is a law called EMTALA: signed into law by the infamous democrat Ronald Reagan.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Lisa McClain: "Democrats' plan forces taxpayers to cover the majority of emergency medical costs for all non-citizens. Another $28 billion tab for who? You guessed it, the American people."

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1h

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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

The last people who said this here were American colonial merchants who remained loyal to King George III. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 4h

This Supreme Court will do anything it can to ensure the end of our representative democracy.

This is a naked effort to save a racist, nihilistic, principle-free far-right minoritarian movement from disappearing from American politics by instead giving it hegemony over the United States... forever.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h

If the Supreme Court strikes down Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which has been interpreted to require the creation of majority-minority districts, Republicans could eliminate upward of a dozen Democratic-held districts across the South. Here's how.

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

Now we are up to $40 billion for Argentina. Can anyone stop Bessent from unilaterally sending unlimited amounts of our money to South America? And Republicans won’t even negotiate with the Democrats on health care for Americans. Where is Congress?

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h

In July, a subcontractor died in a workplace accident.
In August, Fort Bliss began accepting immigrant detainees.
In September, ICE’s own inspectors found that conditions at the facility violated at least 60 federal standards for immigrant detention.

@samanthamichaels.bsky.social reports:

How a tiny, inexperienced firm landed a $1.3 billion detention deal

To hold 5,000 human beings.

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C.L. (Cyndi) Pauwels @clpauwels.bsky.social · 4h

A worthy goal:

“All my usual neuroses about whether the novel is good or not, how it will be received, what it says about me...are beside the point. The novel is simply an offering, a chant recited for others. May it be of benefit.”

#WritingCommunity

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The Longest Retreat: Ryan Lee Wong on the Intersection of Writing, Meditating, and Community

I moved to Ancestral Heart Zen Temple in January 2020 to live a Buddhist monastic life of meditation, work, silence, and community. Most of my friends and family placed this decision somewhere betw…

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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C.L. (Cyndi) Pauwels @clpauwels.bsky.social · 7h

“The refusal to name Kirk’s tawdry legacy for what it is exposes a defining feature of our so-called post-truth political world ...: The cultural foundations that once gave shame its meaning and power have collapsed." www.alternet.org/trump-shamel...

'That world has been unraveling': How the Trump era has ended shame

Social psychiatrist Eric Reinhart tells the Bulwark that shame has lost its power among the U.S. population, and that’s going to look ugly very fast.Shame is necessary for the possibility of a democra...

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Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social · 11h

“Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.” ~ Julia Cameron,

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Literary Mama @literarymama.bsky.social · 9h

After publishing our 50th episode, Amanda Fields, @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social, @evalangston.bsky.social, & Brianna Avenia-Tapper reflect on the evolution of This Mama Is Lit!

50th Episode Retrospective: Fangirling & Finding a Groove

After publishing our 50th episode, the co-hosts come together to reflect on the evolution of this podcast, memorable guests, and the conversations we can't wait to have.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 8h

An overwhelming majority of Americans want Congress to restore health care funding so insurance premiums don’t go through the roof.

Senate Republicans have refused to sit down with Democrats—even though thousands of their constituents will see their costs go up.

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NPR @npr.org · 8h

Kansas GOP leaders have condemned offensive messages sent in a national Young Republicans group chat. They said the group is now inactive.

Kansas Young Republicans group now inactive after racist chat messages get exposed

Kansas GOP leaders have condemned offensive messages sent in a national Young Republicans group chat. They said the group is now inactive

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Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social · 9h

Creative Nonfiction -- the term that continues to confuse. brevity.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/w...

What Is Creative About Creative Nonfiction?

A Lighthearted Animation The term Creative Nonfiction has always been a conundrum to some folks. “How can it be nonfiction if it is creative?” Well, simply put, CNF is true (to the best…

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C.L. (Cyndi) Pauwels @clpauwels.bsky.social · 9h

“Politico reported on 2,900 pages of messages...between leaders of...Young Republican groups...freely and cheered slavery, rape, gas chambers, and torturing their opponents. ...
“‘If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked [for real for real].’” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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The government shutdown, which started on October 1, is entering its third week.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21h

If you’re worried things can’t get worse, I assure you…..

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Worried That Things Can’t Get Worse?

They Can.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20h

As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.

The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own

As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20h

Tomorrow is a critical day for democracy in court. Compare how the Washington Post framed it vs Democracy Docket.

Right now, fearless, pro-democracy media is more important than legacy media platitudes. Sign up now to say informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 1d

If you think "No Kings" is a terrorist slogan, you need to read the Declaration of Independence.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 21h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Jeffries: "If Donald Trump can find $20b to bail out his right-wing dictator friend in Argentina, it's extraordinary to me that Republicans are unwilling to even have a discussion about how we address the healthcare crisis that they've created."

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C.L. (Cyndi) Pauwels @clpauwels.bsky.social · 1d

“When you give up the control agenda and stop pouring your energy into trying to escape, avoid or extinguish difficult feelings, you free up space to work towards your values, which leads to more meaningful living.”
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How to live a values-driven life in the face of dark emotions | Aeon Essays

Acceptance and commitment therapy teaches us how to live a values-driven life even in the face of dark emotions and trauma

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d

Not nearly enough examination of this event or its perpetrator.

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 1d

The man who firebombed the official residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison, prosecutors said.

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Man pleads guilty to arson attack at Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro's home, gets 25 to 50 years

The man who firebombed the official residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to 25 to 50 years, prosecutors said.

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