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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

NEW EPISODE: Congressman Ro Khanna joins me to discuss the government shutdown, Trump’s influence over GOP policy, and how economic inequality threatens the economy and democracy itself. He reacts to new revelations on Republican efforts to undermine voting rights.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjIj...

How The Epstein Files Are Breaking The Government | Rep. Ro Khanna

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

www.youtube.com

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 9h

The position of Congressional Republicans, who threatened to do permanent damage to the economy by forcing a default if they didn’t get enough of their policy demands met, is that it’s unacceptable hostage taking for Democrats to insist that the budget not allow the president to institute cuts.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

🤥 JUST NOW: Trump again lied about the Canada ad (using the @reaganfoundation as cover)

PBS: “The overall message doesn’t misrepresent Reagan’s views on tariffs”

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 8h

first book banners told us it was just about what was in schools
then they came for books in the public libraries
then they started getting book stores for carrying certain stock
now I'm hearing about little free libraries being shut down

also a reminder that Utah still has a book destruction law.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 9h

Virginia is our biggest test yet for our ability to out-organize Trump and MAGA at the ballot box. With just 8 days to go, we need your help to get as many folks out to the polls as we can — our tool makes it easy to talk to your neighbors to win a blue trifecta: neighbor2neighbor.io/campaign/ec9...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

CBS News circles the drain as it continues its Newsmaxification under Bari Weiss

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8h

Love in the Time of Hegemonic Suicide

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/27/l...

Love in the Time of Hegemonic Suicide - emptywheel

Trump's attempts to extend his power by force -- to replace American hegemony with personalized coercion -- are and will continue to backfire, diluting the power of that coercion.

www.emptywheel.net

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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 10h

I read the article. This is “school” designed by people who don’t understand anything about learning, much less teaching, and for whom children are, at best, an abstraction.

Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 13h

There is so much to unpack here, I don't know where to begin.

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Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out

In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.

www.wired.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

If your savings account can’t buy you a yacht, maybe stop voting like it can.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 2h

perfect response: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

California will dispatch observers to watch DOJ’s election monitors

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that the federal administration would deploy staff to evaluate California’s Nov. 4 redistricting election.

www.politico.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

When Zohran wins and NYC doesn’t collapse please remember how hard they leaned into the greedy, racist fearmongering so you can ignore it next time too

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee (RNC) sued the Burlington County Board of Elections claiming the county unlawfully withheld certain election-related records that the RNC requested under New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA). www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-je...

🚨Republican National Committee v. Burlington County Board of Elections

Learn more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

Oh.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Bynum: If you can find money to send $40 billion to Argentina but you can’t find money for food for kids and seniors, I have a problem with that. If you can find money for two airplanes for Kristi Noem, then you can find money to feed American children and seniors.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 5h

Spoiler alert: if people are searching for second jobs at record high numbers, that means the economy is in a pretty bad shape.

Donald Trump is making America unaffordable.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

“He’s 70 years old!”

CHICAGO — 🇺🇸 citizen gets cracked ribs and internal bleeding as Trump’s lawless thugs terrorize a neighborhood.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h

🚨BREAKING: Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) announced Monday he will call a special legislative session to consider redrawing the state’s congressional map, making it the fourth GOP-controlled state to take up redistricting at President Donald Trump’s demand. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Indiana Governor Calls Special Session to Pass GOP Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Not seeing much about the massive anti-Trump pro-Gaza protests are we? Funny, that.

(Instead our media shows us Trump’s embarrassing dance moves and red carpet treatment)

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 4h

Millions of Americans are already learning that their health insurance costs for 2026 are going way up.

I want to hear from you so we can make this impossible for the GOP to ignore the consequences of their policies.

If your premiums are going up, reply below and please share your story.

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Indivisible Hillsboro - Oregon ❌👑 @indivhillsboro.bsky.social · 4h

This is fantastic!

youtu.be/AEsn2Ucksis?...

You need to hear what Chicago is doing to fight back against ICE. And then copy it.

YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 4h

If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP.

A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.

I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.

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Suzanne Bonamici @repbonamici.bsky.social · 4h

Oregonians and people across the country should not go hungry because the Trump administration refuses to act. There IS a Congressionally approved contingency fund available to prevent a lapse in SNAP benefits, but Donald Trump's USDA would rather let the American people go hungry. 🧵

Federal food aid will not go out starting Nov. 1 amid government shutdown, Trump administration says

The USDA notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through SNAP.

www.cbsnews.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 4h

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

There must be a memo somewhere that demonstrates what low percentage of Chotiner interviews do not end in roasting over an open fire, right?

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Janai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 6h

Always a treat to chat with @aprilryan.bsky.social about the issues facing Black communities and the fight for racial justice.

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 7h

@janainelson.bsky.social joins April Ryan to cover what’s at stake with the Voting Rights Supreme Court case, federal civil rights divisions being eliminated, ICE roundups, and gerrymandering.

Watch her full interview now
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/janai-nelson-is-fighting-for-our

Janai Nelson is Fighting for Our Rights: The Tea w/ April Ryan

"We will still have to fight no matter what the outcome is."

contrarian.substack.com

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