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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 23h

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‘I’m More American Than You’ - Mehdi unloads on Matt Walsh

YouTube video by Zeteo

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dianecheyanne.bsky.social @dianecheyanne.bsky.social · 3h

Can't wait for this decisive win

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3h

The world's worst people are about to have an epic meltdown after Mamdani's win.

Their tears will be sugar for my chai.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6h

AOC: "It's not just that Trump is corrupt. It's that everyone participating in this is corrupt. Elon is corrupt. Jeff Bezos is corrupt. Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5h

Welp, Scott Bessent rescued his puppet.

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BUENOS AIRES—President Javier Milei scored a decisive political win Sunday, strengthening his position in Argentina’s Congress and securing a lifeline for his audacious free-market revolution backed by President Trump.

With nearly 92% of votes counted, Milei’s Freedom Advances party won almost 41% of the national vote, putting it on track to more than double its representation in Congress. That means his party and allies should secure at least one-third of the seats in both chambers—the critical threshold that allows Milei to preserve his veto power and defend his sweeping decrees.

The result, stronger than most polls had predicted, gives Milei fresh political momentum after months of unrest over deep spending cuts and a grinding recession last year. It also shores up his standing with Washington and the International Monetary Fund, which have tied future financial support to the survival of his austerity experiment. Market analysts expect Argentine bonds and the peso to rally when trading opens Monday, reflecting relief that Milei still has political traction.

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Mako @mako69.bsky.social · 8h

Don't they actually have to reconvene congress to actually do anything? These freaks want to fash out and simultaneously not actually govern. Unsurprising and disgusting.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 8h

Such deranged, casually fascist shit.

House Republicans want to strip Zohran Mamdani of citizenship, possibly deport NYC mayoral frontrunner over form omissions

The first immigration case Zohran Mamdani may have to confront as mayor could be his own – as Republicans fire up calls to probe his sworn statements on citizenship forms and “deport” t…

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

CNN’s CEO Mark Thompson reportedly told staff to ease off on coverage of Trump demolishing the east wing for his ballroom after visiting the White House.

Another outlet obeying in advance. Off the cliff we go. 😕 🇺🇸 www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

ICE targets community watchdog Santa Ana, California.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

Why is Trump celebrating in a foreign country while Americans are going without a paycheck and millions are on the verge of losing SNAP?

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dianecheyanne.bsky.social @dianecheyanne.bsky.social · 3h

The fight continues. Thank you for everything you do. We appreciate you! 👊💪

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 5h

I was once a young man at UC Berkeley marching against the war. Now, I'm a middle aged man back in town to promote writers, words, and those who fight against fascists and genocide.

The 46th annual American Book Awards were held at Wheeler Hall where I took classes as an English major. Onward.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

Is Trump off his rocker? The evidence piles up.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

In Aurora, Illinois, a hospital was targeted in an ICE raid, and Goons were accused of obstructing ambulance access.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

Wow yeah brennan does sounds like she’s going hard to impress Bari Weiss
in this @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social interview.

She’s too smart to pretend not to understand Dems talk about “rigged elections” to sound the alarm about Trump’s intentions.

So CBS is just Newsmax now basically?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

🔥 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social : “My friends, I should like to have it said of our campaign that in it the forces of selfishness and lust for power met their match… and of our city hall that in it these forces met their master.

Our work has only just begun. On 11/4,
we set ourselves free.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

Granted we’re just over here in Tennessee, but it kinda seems like greedy bigots threatening to self-deport from NYC if he wins is more of a reason to vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social than against him?

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3h

Corporate media is utterly in the tank for Trump and complicit with fascism.

www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...

Mark Thompson’s D.C. Drop-In

CNN’s chief has Washington talking about his private meeting at the White House—following which he urged the network to ease up on coverage of Trump’s East Room demolition, Status has learned.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

More of that free speech absolutism eh?

CAIR: “Abducting a prominent British Muslim journalist and political commentator on a speaking tour in 🇺🇸 because he dared to criticize the Israeli government’s genocide is a blatant affront to free speech.” www.cnn.com/2025/10/26/u...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 6h

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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

"When you get a President of the United States elected who clearly contradicts himself, or denies that he said things that we can all play tapes of him saying, it's an astonishing situation," Wales said. "This is part of the reason I think trust is so important."

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'An astonishing situation': Wikipedia co-founder bashes Trump's latest attacks on trust

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales bashed President Donald Trump's attacks on the American press and the truth during an interview with Times Radio on Sunday. Wales, who co-founded Wikipedia in 2001 wit...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

With all the things currently going wrong in this country, Democrats are *insanely* incompetent if they can't work this into ads.

Mention a problem.
Play this Leavitt clip.
Mention another problem.
Play this Leavitt clip again.
Mention another problem.
Play this Leavitt clip again, etc., etc.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Nothing says “you guys got me all wrong” like suddenly making your campaign staff sign NDAs.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Davids: I’ve heard some of my Republican colleagues encourage Donald Trump to be transparent about this idea of importing beef from Argentina. I’ll just say this — we don’t need transparency to know this policy is garbage. We need to be supporting American ranchers, farmers, and this ain’t it.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

I should be resting but I feel compelled to work, because I'm a lazy son of lazy immigrants who apparently are making America into a shithole.

So, I'll be on for a bit with the lazy @muellershewrote.com to discuss Trump's path of destruction and how we fight back.

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The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali | Substack

A political, cultural, and intellectual playground for the rest of us with writer Wajahat Ali. Click to read The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscriber...

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