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Em T @emtherese.bsky.social · 22h

My favorite quartz friend on my regular hike! #Appalachia #WesternNC

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Flora @floramcg7.bsky.social · 1d

Why are the American people paying for Steve Miller & family living at taxpayers expense in military housing to augment their personal security at taxpayers expense?

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

Wait, did they edit an interview? Did they not air every second?

I heard that’s grounds for a multimillion lawsuit

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

🚨BREAKING: Conservative Texas federal judge DISMISSES lawsuit by Republican Congressmen Ronny Jackson and Darrell challenging California’s new redistricting law without even waiting for California to respond. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...

🚨 Jackson and Issa v. Weber and Newsom

Learn more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Lorie @ppattycat2.bsky.social · 2d

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Govenor Josh Stein (D)
of North Carolina announces $18 million to food banks to assist families during government shutdown.

#SheShed
#DefendersOfDemocracy

governor.nc.gov/news/press-r...

Governor Stein Announces Nearly $18 Million in Contributions for North Carolina Food Assistance

Today Governor Josh Stein announced that the State of North Carolina will grant $10 million to local food banks across the state. The State is joined by AmeriHealth Caritas, which will give $5 million...

governor.nc.gov

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 4d

Democrats and the majority must come up with a plan NOW on what to do when, not if, Trump and Stephen Miller go for martial law.

People still aren't paying attention. Take them literally and seriously, folks.

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanhneville.medsky.social · 4d

I know, weird, right?

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KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 4d

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5d

JD Vance’s family was on food assistance when he was growing up, but he doesn’t think your family deserves that safety net.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 5d

Cuomo says he’ll move to Florida if Mamdani becomes mayor. Mamdani isn’t even mayor yet, and he’s already driving out the criminals!

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Em T @emtherese.bsky.social · 5d

Respect. To the journalist, not the unprofessional WH staff with bad manners. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/b...

When This Reporter Comes Calling, the White House Insults Go Flying

www.nytimes.com

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 6d

Sorry I refuse to entertain the complete non-existent world where white people don’t know that countless cultures, including some of their own but certainly diasporic racialized ones, call their mom’s cousin’s friend’s sister they grew up with “cousin” and call close women elders “aunt/auntie”

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6d

A year ago, I launched my book #OnFreedom in a war zone – in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 35 seconds from Russian artillery. Today, I'm launching the paperback in Portland, Oregon. Which is NOT a war zone. There is a difference in the real world between what's a war and what is not, and between truth and lies.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 6d

This man? Not actually related to the Tanners at all, yet they call him "Uncle Joey"

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 6d

It's been over a month since Adelita Grijalva was duly elected to Congress.

But Speaker Johnson is denying her constituents representation and refusing to swear her in because she is the last signature needed to force a vote to release the Epstein files.

Shameful.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6d

The closing ad for Proposition 50. The future of our democracy could depend on this passing on Tuesday.

Yes On Prop 50: You Have The Power

YouTube video by Yes on 50

youtube.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

We live in a country where the media is focused more on who a Democratic mayoral candidate defines as his ‘aunt’ than on the DHS Twitter account putting out white nationalist propaganda and replying to Nazis online.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6d

This comes from Brian Allen, who states this is a leaked CPAC press memo reveals the “Third Term Project” is hosting a February 20 event titled “The Case for Presidential Tenure Reform.”

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 6d

Coffee prices are up 21%.

Ground beef prices up 13%.

Big reason why?

Trump’s chaotic tariffs on Brazil.

I voted to repeal these tariffs along with every Democrat and a few Republicans, and it PASSED the Senate.

All eyes now on House Republicans who are still on vacation.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6d

🚨BREAKING: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals voted to rehear President Donald Trump’s Portland National Guard case Tuesday — a step that vacates an earlier ruling that allowed Trump to federalize Oregon’s troops and deploy them against local protests. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Ninth Circuit Restores Block on Trump’s Portland Guard Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 7d

“Be careful what you wish for”: Republican warns NC GOP their redistricting could backfire

www.salon.com/2025/10/23/b...

"Be careful what you wish for": Republican warns NC GOP their redistricting could backfire - Salon.com

North Carolina Republicans drew a new map that added a GOP seat ahead of the 2026 midterms.

www.salon.com

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 7d

North Carolina SNAP benefits to be halted

www.wyff4.com/article/nort...

North Carolina SNAP benefits halted due to gov't shutdown; governor urges use of contingency funds

North Carolina SNAP benefits for November may be delayed due to the federal shutdown, leaving 1.4 million residents, including children and seniors, at risk of food insecurity.

www.wyff4.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8d

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 8d

Good morning.

It's been 34 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

My big takeaway from Trump's lengthy Air Force One gaggle is that he's talking about shredding the Constitution by being in office for a third term increasingly openly.

If you don't think he try it, you're in denial.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump on a third term: "I would love to do it. I have the best numbers ever. Am I not ruling it out? You'll have to tell me."

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