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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 3h

#DemsDontKowtowToRump

#StandYourHealthCareGround 💙 👍

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 3h

Each of us swore an oath to the Constitution. We are all watching what President Trump is doing with the uniformed military.

As people who have served, it’s important to speak out.

So on 10/18, let's do what we do best. Wear the red, white & blue. Wave the flag. Peacefully.

America Has No King

YouTube video by Elissa Slotkin

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daryl "treehouse of hormones" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 3h

should already be a thing, ffs, but it needs to be a thing!

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3h

In New Jersey a bill has been introduced to make sure data centers pay for electricity they use. This power surcharge would go toward modernizing the state’s electric grid.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3h

I did not know this. Something to remember.

Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 4h

Rebecca Alexander
In the deafblind community, drawing an “X” on someone’s back means one thing, we’re in danger and we need to leave.
It’s not official sign language, but it’s a fast, effective way to communicate danger when you can’t rely on sight or sound.

154K views · 1.5K reactions | In the deafblind community, drawing an “X” on someone’s back means one thing, we’re in danger and we need to leave. It’s not official sign language, but it’s a fast, eff...

In the deafblind community, drawing an “X” on someone’s back means one thing, we’re in danger and we need to leave. It’s not official sign language, but it’s a fast, effective way to communicate...

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 3h

Tapping

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 3h

4 universities have now said no—to Trump’s Faustian bargain- Penn, USC, Brown, and MIT. Standing up- by AAUP and AFT, our members, our students & our communities- is working. www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/u...

4 universities decline White House offer for expanded access to federal funding in exchange for demands. Here’s what we know | CNN

The battle for academic freedom and institutional sovereignty in higher education continues to play out as another university has rejected a White House offer for expanded access to federal funding in...

www.cnn.com

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 3h

Exactly right.

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 5h

Remember, the Holocaust didn’t start with gas chambers in Auschwitz.

It started with politicians dividing the people with “us vs. them”.

It started with intolerance and hate speech.

It started when people stopped caring, became desensitized, and turned a blind eye.

Remember.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3h

“Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.“

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4h

That Trump got away with his mishandling (theft?) of classified documents is bad enough but that he then uses classified documents as an excuse to go after his opponents is just… no words. We live in the worst timeline.

Politico @politico.com · 4h

BREAKING: John Bolton is indicted for allegedly keeping and sharing classified information.

John Bolton is indicted for allegedly keeping and sharing classified information

The charges against Trump's former national security adviser come as the president has pressured DOJ to pursue criminal indictments of his political foes.

www.politico.com

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 4h

But I was assured by a wunderkind professor of administrative law that saying the president is lying is not part of the judicial power.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 6h

#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to undo an order blocking deployment of National Guard troops within Illinois.

"We conclude that the district court's factual findings … were not clearly erroneous, and that the facts do not justify the President's actions in Illinois."

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 4h

This is the biggest load of bollocks since my dad used to say the reason his car stank of fags was coz he kept eating Ginsters that smelled of fag smoke.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5h

lol, now they're saying the Nazi flag is an "optical illusion"

Swastika” Flag In Office of Rep. Dave Taylor (R-OH) May Be An “optical illusion” and “easy to miss”

The weird story about an aide to Rep. Dave Taylor (R-OH) having a flag in his Capitol Hill office with a swastika on it, has just gotten weirder.

Multiple sources tell Fox – including those investigating the issue – the flag in question is an American flag – but with a swastika embedded into the ink or weaving. And here’s the strange part: the swastika is not obvious to the naked eye. But is more visible when captured on video or by a still photo.

One source described this as an “optical illusion.” Another said the swastika was “easy to miss.”

Fox has learned that dozens of Congressional offices received these American flags from an undetermined group who brought them around Capitol Hill early in the year. One office tells Fox that the swastika on their flag was clear, so they tossed it out. But the flag in the office of Taylor was not visible until captured on camera.

It is not known what group brought the flags around. That is under investigation. The US Capitol Police are also conducting an inquiry. Fox is told that that the group brought the flags to multiple offices. At issues is if the group knew the swastika was embedded into the flag. It is also unclear if this was an effort to covertly deliver American flags to lawmakers with swastikas on them. Or, if this was an effort to deliberately embarrass offices by bringing them an American flag – which featured a swastika which wasn’t obvious to the naked eye.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4h

iirc this is the woman who Trump's DOJ tried and failed to indict for a felony

and then they tried and failed again

and then they tried and failed again

and then they begrudgingly reduced it to a misdemeanor, prosecuted her, and lost lmao

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6h

lol.

LMAO, even.

Case 1:25-cr-00244-SLS
Document 69 Filed 10/16/25 Page 1 of 2
CO 109A - Rev. 3/2010
UNITED STATES DISTRICT AND BANKRUPTCY COURTS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
VS.
Civil/Criminal No.:
25CR244-SLS
SYDNEY LORI REID
NOTE FROM JURY
Judge,
We have reached a verdiet.
Date: 10-16-2025
Time: Q1: 35 pm

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
:
:
:
Case No. 25-CR-244 (SLS)
....
VERDICT FORM
As to the charge of Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers, we, the jury in the
above-captioned case, unanimously find the defendant, Sydney Reid:
X
_Not Guilty

Guilty
Foreperson Signature
10-16-2025
Date

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 4h

Oh look ... see you can make Russia pay a price for war crimes.🤷‍♀️

Can someone please show this to Trump?

Silicon Curtain podcast @siliconcurtain.bsky.social · 4h

London takes a hard swing at Russia: with sanctions on Rosneft, Lukoil and the “shadow fleet”. The UK just unveiled one of its most sweeping packages yet: new sanctions listings hitting the cornerstones of Russia’s war machine revenues, the oil industry. youtu.be/G_voYXwv5eM

Day 1,341 - Breaking: UK Oil Sanctions to Hit Russia War Revenues Hard

YouTube video by Silicon Curtain

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 4h

The president wants all the parts of government closed that he can't personally profit from. So he doesn't care about health care for your family. He wants to build a White House ballroom and promote bitcoin.

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The Real Zanetta @therealzanetta.bsky.social · 4h

Republicans are the party that sees men aged 20 to 36, as boys, and little girls aged 8 to 16 as grown women.
PEDOPHILES

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 4h

The alleged security breaches by John Bolton remind me of security breaches by another ex-government official who kept classified records in his bathroom and evaded justice with the help of a corrupt MAGA judge in Florida.

Photo of records kept in Mar-a-Lago bathroom

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 4h

Heidy Sánchez was ripped from her baby’s arms and deported. No criminal record. Just a mother, wife, and aspiring nurse. Now she’s alone in Cuba, while her infant daughter cries for her in Florida. #DisappearedInAmerica #AbductedByTrump

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Stansbury: These guys are trying to create a pretext for the deployment of the military against American citizens. And part of how they're trying to do that is by labeling them terrorists…

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ACLU @aclu.org · 4h

If you're headed to a No Kings protest this Saturday, make sure you know your rights and others do too.

Download a Know Your Rights phone screen background, protest sign, and more.

Know Your Rights, Share Your Rights

Read the full Know Your Rights resource on protesters' rights here. If you're ready to share what you've learned, we've created graphics outlining your protest rights that you can download and share on social media.

www.aclu.org

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 4h

Don’t worry, Mitch McConnell, we haven’t forgotten that most of this is your fault.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h

Kash Patel on Antifa: “We are treating them as terrorists just like we do Al-Qaeda or ISIS.”

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astrastarstrider⚡️ @camelshitonthewall.bsky.social · 4h

Imagine a SEA of people & signs collectively focused on REMOVING the regime.

Imagine
‼️MILLIONS‼️
demanding IMPEACH CONVICT REMOVE!

No Kings means the regime needs to be REMOVED!!

Use No Kings day to pressure Congress & to let the WORLD know your demand, good folks of USA.
bsky.app/profile/citi...

Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 3d

On Saturday, 10/18, demand impeachment. We have #NoKings here.

✅ Maintain message discipline: IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE. It is clear and actionable.

✅ Call your representative and demand it. (202) 224-3121

✅ Download free printable materials here:

citizensimpeachment.com/printable-ma...

Printable materials - Citizens' Impeachment

These free printable materials are available for you to download and either print at home or at your local print shop. Hand out flyers at your next protest, put up […]

citizensimpeachment.com

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 6h

Temu Trump: As He Targets Immigrants and Diversity, Canada’s Conservative Leader Proves He Learned Nothing Following up his Trump Loving Self-Destruction. open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
#cdnpoli @deanblundell.bsky.social

Temu Trump: MAPLE MAGA Leader Poilievre is Now Just Copy and Pasting The Trump Regime's Failed Birthright/DEI Policies, Because, of Course he is

As He Targets Immigrants and Diversity, Canada’s Conservative Leader Proves He Learned Nothing Following up his Trump Loving Self-Destruction

open.substack.com

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Jimmy @letshearit.bsky.social · 6h

Not want Canada Needs or Wants

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

Homan: "I don't have time today, folks. I'm 20 minutes late..."

Reporter: "Did you take the $50,000 cash in a bag?"

Homan: "Give me a break."

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