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Donna Sparklies @donnasparklees.bsky.social · 1h

A SCOTUS Justice can swear her in. Should be done immediately

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 3h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

Subscribe and watch it here

Exclusive: Graham Platner Makes the Case for Doing ‘Something Different’

Watch now | Maine’s upstart Senate candidate tells The Bulwark he is a different breed of Democrat than Gov. Janet Mills—but not a progressive.

www.thebulwark.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

“It would be funny if it wasn’t so f**king serious.”

(Via @atrupar.com) #Portland
@timdickinson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2h

Trump confirmed that he's approved plans for the CIA to carry out covert operations in Venezuela.

Trump Lashes Out at ‘Ridiculous’ Question Over His Secret CIA Order

The president was asked about Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro as the U.S. is reportedly considering land attacks on the South American country.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 5h

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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 2h

A box of 5 Insulin pens can cost patients anywhere from a few hundred to over a thousand dollars out of pocket, depending on their insurance coverage (or lack thereof).

Not anymore in California. Real substance movement on drug pricing by @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In shot across Big Pharma's bow, California will sell its own insulin

Delivery of the state-branded drug makes good on a longstanding promise by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

www.politico.com

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dubbielynn.bsky.social @dubbielynn.bsky.social · 12h

Here's just a tidbit of what's happening...some of us tried to warn u 😏 #Project2025 #Military (Heritage Foundation)

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Monster Slayer Quinn @gypsy--1639.bsky.social · 14h

The supposed President of the United States of America is exacting war on the United States of America. TREASON!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

While Trump plays trade war like he’s holding all the cards, our executives are coming back from China terrified.

They’re walking through “dark factories” where robots run the show so efficiently the lights don’t even need to be on.

One exec saw a plant pumping out phones with zero human workers.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

ICYMI: "For Trump, opposing wind energy could be another way to stick it to tree-hugging libs or to undo a Democratic legacy item." Or make ironworkers unemployed.

The Real Reason Trump Is a Threat to the Economy

It’s not just the agenda. It’s also the shambolic, vibes-based way he’s pursuing it.

www.thebulwark.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

We can’t pay air traffic controllers during the shutdown, making us less safe, but we can send $40 billion to bail out Argentina.

Make it make sense.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

"This is what you get after a decade of Trumpism’s ascendance: a young-activist base that has self-selected for the most amoral and psychotic political strivers, and has held them up as a professional ideal." www.thebulwark.com/p/its-gettin...

It’s Getting Worse.

The Trump administration’s assault on the rest of us is intensifying.

www.thebulwark.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 6h

This entire thread:

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 9h

Putin decriminalized domestic violence in Russia yrs ago. It's a required step in the fascist playbook; @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social documented this over a century of fascism.

This regime of state-sanctioned gender terrorism serves the same purpose in oppressing women as Jim Crow did toward PoC.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h

The lying liars who lie are really losing their shit over #NoKings.

That should be reason enough for us to go.

Saturday. Everywhere. Go, and ask everyone you know to go.

👉 nokings.org/#map

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

I didn’t think this was true at first. Then I remembered Trump seriously floated the idea of stopping hurricanes by nuking them. The man’s unhinged.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h

"I don't think the radical Republicans would be trying to take away rights to the degree they are if they thought they could win. The fact that they are throwing all the spaghetti at the wall says they know how deeply unpopular they are."

ICYMI @hcrichardson.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3h

It is an unmixed good that the bombs have stopped falling on Palestinian neighborhoods and that the hostages are at last free. But still, this is a ceasefire; it is not peace.

New from @monacharen.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/long-road-...

The Long Road to Peace and Trump’s Short Attention Span

The Israel–Hamas ceasefire is a welcome achievement—but the next steps are vague and the president lacks the temperament to get more.

www.thebulwark.com

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Blaze @blazeblaz.bsky.social · 20h

Is that why the FBI erased the study showing 80% of violence was right wing leaning ppl? Nice adjustment…erase and don’t count.

Christopher Wray testified before Congress that white supremacy was the biggest violent threat to US ppl.

The Deputy Lyin’ King is on roll, with little pushback from MSM!