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lizzieeddy.bsky.social @lizzieeddy.bsky.social · 1h

“It’s now becoming just a casual and routine thing for Republicans to say, okay, well if you’re going to oppose Donald Trump, well we’re gonna send in the military. That seems like an ominous development that really shows what’s happening with this party and the Trump era.”

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2h

If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers.

On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 17h

Never forget

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Dominique Roger part owner of Canada @ddum316.bsky.social · 6m

www.lapresse.ca/internationa...

L'attaque contre un convoi de camions a eu lieu à quelques kilomètres du fleuve Dniepr, qui marque la ligne de front dans ce secteur.Les troupes russes occupent cette partie de la région de Kherson
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Guerre en Ukraine | L’ONU dénonce une frappe russe « inacceptable » contre l’un de ses convois

L’ONU a condamné mardi l’attaque de l’un de ses convois transportant de l’aide humanitaire dans la région ukrainienne de Kherson (Sud), dénonçant une frappe « inacceptable » de l’armée russe qui, selo...

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Lizzy For Democracy @lizzy2016.bsky.social · 1d

Flood the Zone with Truth and Facts...

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 7m

"They ‘disappeared’ my hair!"

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 19h

Trump is now working to secure one party rule--just like Mussolini and Hitler did. Trump's new executive order designating Antifa a terrorist group is the first step in Trump labeling the infrastructure of the Democratic party as terrorists. deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-is-n...

Trump is now working to secure one party rule--just like Mussolini and Hitler did

History is screaming at us!

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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 1h

If you follow business news right now, several times a day you will see a story like, “if you want to get out before the bubble pops, should you do it now or can you wait till next April?” and it feels like it’s a question that answers itself.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1h

JPMORGAN EXEC SAYS WE HAVE A LOT OF ASSETS OUT THERE ENTERING BUBBLE TERRITORY

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 4h

Agree 💯 With Truth Telling
Jasmine Crockett.......

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Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 4h

Protesters in Portland showing up in costume embody joy as resistance. If those who oppress us can be absurd, so can those fighting for freedom. Humor and creativity remind us that rebellion isn’t only anger—it’s the courage to laugh, to dance, and to exist loudly in the face of control. #Pinks

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🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 15h

I believe this with all my heart
#imisshim

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R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 15h

Project 25 is at 50% and mofos still blaming the Black Woman.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 11h

This story is well reported and worth reading.

Threatening to shoot an ambulance driver. That’s out of control.

Abolish ICE.

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 23h

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 1h

"Once you start teaching loyalty instead of critical thinking, you stop creating scholars & you start creating followers. That's not the America we signed up for."

#noloyaltyoaths
#academicfreedom

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2h

It is TIME. ☑️

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 56m

ICYMI - Eric Trump accused Jack Smith of being a time traveler 🤥

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 33m

Behold the National Neckgina.

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

The vice president of the United States is a clownish dipshit, Exhibit 64,532

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El Topo 🍁 @eltopo71.com · 17m

"K-shaped"? looks more like k-lined...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

“.. Look no further than the automotive industry for the latest indication of a potential “K-Shaped” economy for U.S. consumers.”

@cnbc.com @mikewayland.bsky.social
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v buckenham @v21.bsky.social · 1h

thinking about this post, and about wanting to larp as a non-human entity

Tumblr post from teaboot:

My first time operating CCTV cameras I was handed control over what was essentially 50 independently moving eyes that collectively covered an area about the size of a football
field and from that experience I now know that
1. Suddenly having 50 moving eyes can make you disoriented and barfy and the adjustment period sucks ass
2. It takes both more and less time than you'd think to figure out what the structure as a whole looks like and where those eyes ARE
3. Atter you get used to it the entirety of the structure itself and all of the eyes you can see from feels like an extension of your nervous system in a very bizarre way. Like I have dreams now from the perspective of A Building and I'm not sure how to describe that.
4. Once you are aware of an unreachable blind spot it nags at you constantly and you can feel it like a hard little lump under your skin you need to poke and scratch at and it's ardghgguychgghhbhhhbhhh

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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 55m

Priorities right?🙄

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Mark (M.A.) McNease @markmcnease.bsky.social · 18h

This is a good news. I hope Newark airport does the same thing. As much as I now loathe flying, I never imagined the worst part of the trip would be being forced to watch this crap on the TV screens. They’ve never had the slightest respect for people who did not vote for them.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

People rightly complain that a lot of TV dramas are "copaganda," but those shows have set some expectations in the general public about how law enforcement is supposed to act. Lean into that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

I need a montage of famous cops in movies and TV shows flashing their badges and announcing their names, followed by a stream of masked ICE guys refusing to give theirs.

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GG @ct-yankee.bsky.social · 15h

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 16h

Who's fault is it?

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