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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 14h

We are fighting for true freedom. The freedom to live a life of dignity and joy.

A life of 80 hour work weeks, of constantly struggling to get by, being trapped in a shitty job by your health insurance — this is not freedom, and we are not free. But we could be. If we fight.

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Doremus Jessup 🇺🇸🐸 @djessup.bsky.social · 8h

Doesn’t feel Great.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
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Doremus Jessup 🇺🇸🐸 @djessup.bsky.social · 8h

What does him being a “faithful colleague” have to do with anything?

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Doremus Jessup 🇺🇸🐸 @djessup.bsky.social · 8h

Fr fr!

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

AOC: I don't care if someone likes me or not. That will never change the fact that I'm going to fight for them to have health care. I want MAGA to have health care. I want MAGA to be paid a living wage.

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Doremus Jessup 🇺🇸🐸 @djessup.bsky.social · 8h

I’ll see ya’ll out there!

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

Sanders: Saturday, millions of people are going to come out on a No Kings day. Speaker Johnson said this is a hate America rally because people are coming out expressing their concerns.. It’s not a hate America rally, it's a love America rally.

Doremus Jessup 🇺🇸🐸 @djessup.bsky.social · 8h

Jen is great! Love her on the @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

A nationwide backlash to AI data centers is brewing.

And for good reason: while AI enriches Big Tech CEOs and props up the stock market, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and power.

When the AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag. Be warned.

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chrisppdorf.bsky.social @chrisppdorf.bsky.social · 11h

Socialism for the wealthy and owner class has always existed in the USA. Hard capitalism for everyone else.

Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 11h

Socialism .

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/t...

Trump administration will set price floors across range of industries to combat China, Bessent says

China has driven foreign competitors out of business over the past two decades by using its market dominance to slash prices, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

www.cnbc.com

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Doremus Jessup 🇺🇸🐸 @djessup.bsky.social · 12h

“Aw darn, I fell so I can’t run anymore. Go go go!”

Doremus Jessup 🇺🇸🐸 @djessup.bsky.social · 12h

We’re all Robby Roadsteamer.

www.gofundme.com/f/robby-road...

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Doremus Jessup 🇺🇸🐸 @djessup.bsky.social · 17h

No man, they are the future of the Republican Party.

Doremus Jessup 🇺🇸🐸 @djessup.bsky.social · 17h

Pretty weird!

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 17h

I wrote about mass video surveillance and what the Hasan Piker dog controversy says about where our internet is headed.

Hasan Piker and the Future No One Is Ready For

The backlash that Piker is facing shows the consequences of a world where everyone is constantly being recorded and our internet is built to reward outrage and controversy.

www.usermag.co

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 1d

You can see it, about 55 seconds in

After attacking a large crowd

ICE tear gassed a baby

Disgusting

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 1d

Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way🇺🇸

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 1d

When stories start popping up in multiple outlets saying liberals are warming to MTG or Nick Fuentes, and they’re not, it’s probably a good thing to start asking why.

And then, remember that Bush Era Republicans and the Cheneys were embraced and then liberal think tanks got funded by the Koch’s.

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Doremus Jessup 🇺🇸🐸 @djessup.bsky.social · 1d

Bingo!

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Parnas: A lot of people are saying this idea that, well, Graham Platner hasn’t won statewide, and Janet Mills has.

Platner: We have a number of excellent senators who had never run for office or won a statewide race before.

That’s an argument the establishment makes to protect itself

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 1d

collar gate is the latest instance of a trumped-up non-issue blossoming into a large-scale psychosis event – and possibly the dumbest. it's also the modern internet doing exactly what it was engineered to do

To be honest, I wouldn’t be mentioning this if not for the fact that it’s a microcosm of how online platforms work today: Somebody makes an accusation based on evidence that’s spurious at best, big names with something to gain (viewership or the downfall of a perceived enemy) uncritically boost it, internet sleuths obsessively piece together supporting evidence by amassing context-free clips and ignoring everything that doesn’t match their intended conclusion, and all of the aforementioned parties spread performatively apoplectic videos across Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, and wherever else they can sucker in uninitiated normies.

Some version of this happens every week – every day, on a smaller scale – without fail. It accomplishes nothing aside from giving the disaffected masses a brief glimmer of what feels like purpose, but is actually a bloodsucking waste of their precious time on this dying planet. And of course, it provides platforms with sweet, sweet engagement numbers. As a result, platforms will probably never intervene to disrupt this corrosive dynamic, which has broken the general public’s ability to perceive anything resembling objective reality, even as society collapses around them and people like Piker attempt to identify the real reasons why (hint: they don't involve dog collars).

The internet has been like this at least since the Depp v. Heard trial, which wannabe sleuths similarly feasted on in 2022 while getting pretty much every important detail completely wrong. At least back then they were obsessing over something of consequence. Now they’ve taught viewers to regard every trumped-up non-issue they can surface with similar gravity.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 1d

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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 1d

Again: ill-informed comedians should not be interviewing politicians.
Maron lets Obama get away with saying he didn't push single-payer because he didn't have the votes. In fact, at the time Obama said he opposed single-payer because it didn't "build on our traditions."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

"I refuse to accept a world where people are punished for seeking safety or silenced for speaking the truth. I refuse a system that values profit over people and power over love." - Natasha Cloud

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

"We have an economy where a handful of modern-day robber barons wield extraordinary power. They hold enormous control over our paychecks, our bills, our time, and our futures.

...But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable." - Lina Khan

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

We’re live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PP8...

A gorgeous packed theater shot from the stage.

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