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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

blah blah Hunter Biden blah blah Burisma yada yada

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Christine Kinser @ckinser.bsky.social · 4h

THEY’RE GOING TO KILL ZORRO💔🐾

Zorro, the beautiful stray w/ the famous ears is a bundle of bouncy joy

Look at him play! He loves it &yet can’t decide whether it’s better to play or get love from a human. C video

They’re going to kill him for no reason

🙏repost to find a #foster

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 5h

October 18th, No Kings protests, Be There! It's important

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 7h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 7h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

One would think headlines couldn‘t get more abnormal, but they can. www.oregonlive.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 8h

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 6h

the scoop on JD Vance
x.com/Del84126873/...

Del👅007 on X: "@atrupar https://t.co/hqCTuvpJ8c" / X

@atrupar https://t.co/hqCTuvpJ8c

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.

Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 1d

You know a lot of attention has been put on #RFKJr,
#RussellVought & the #GOP Congress on the mess we’re facing but it’s time for #JohnRoberts and his court to take equal blame for the lawless destruction of public health. They are political actors here, no longer can hide behind their robes.

a man in a judge 's robe is sitting at a desk

ALT: a man in a judge 's robe is sitting at a desk

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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

PRIORITIES: “Your taxes are coming down! See? Everyone’s happy, honey.” 💰

Instead of stopping health care premiums from skyrocketing for millions while millions more lose coverage, Trump rides around his golf course glazing himself for lowering taxes for his billionaire pals

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 7h

Representative Kiley is a very brave man -- breaks with Trump and the Republican leadership
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Manu Raju on X: "New — GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley breaks with the speaker’s strategy of keeping House closed and not negotiating with Ds. And says Grijalva should be sworn in “There’s a duly elected member of Congress from that district, and she should be sworn in. I don’t know why this is an issue” https://t.co/4A1O1slB9G" / X

New — GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley breaks with the speaker’s strategy of keeping House closed and not negotiating with Ds. And says Grijalva should be sworn in “There’s a duly elected member of Congress from that district, and she should be sworn in. I don’t know why this is an issue” https://t.co/4A1O1slB9G

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 9h

"Book Review: A Call to Arms About the Threat of Anti-Science" | Great review of #ScienceUnderSiege by @danfalk.bsky.social for the @buckscountybeacon.com: buckscountybeacon.com/2025/10/book...

Book Review: A Call to Arms About the Threat of Anti-Science - Bucks County Beacon

“Science Under Siege,” by Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez, is an impassioned manifesto against attacks on science.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 9h

No one ever said that the Dems were very sharp

MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 14h

I’ve heard people call him “dumb” now for a decade. He’s enriched himself, gotten away with insurrection & is in the most powerful seat on the planet. NO ONE has stopped him. NO ONE was even prepared for ANYTHING he’s done. Who’s dumb??

You’re being PLAYED.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 9h

Trump's dementia is talking

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 14h

OMG, China is running out of people just as AI is killing all the jobs! www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

China’s demographic crisis means it’s going to run out of workers

China is experiencing unprecedented, and probably irreversible, population decline that will hamper its economic growth and its ambitions to rival the United States.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 14h

News for Washington Post columnist, tariffs that are announced but never implemented have less impact than tariffs that are implemented. Trump never implemented most of his promised tariffs cepr.net/publications...

Silliness at the WaPo: The Tariffs Trump Promised, but Didn’t Deliver, Didn’t Hurt the Economy

Trump's tariffs were lower than promised, but still hurt the economy. Economists missed one thing: his unpredictability and deal-making cronyism.

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