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Erin 🦆🎃 @erninlow.bsky.social · 10h

The news is so GD overwhelming so here is Fritz, after picking him up from the groomer today ❤️

Fritz, a brown boston terrier, looking handsome after his bath and has his tongue sticking out. He is wearing a orange scarf with black skulls on it.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

The Supreme Court's conservative justices appeared likely to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a decision that would have massive consequences for the future of Black political representation in the South

The Supreme Court Seems Ready To Hand Trump His Dream Of One-Party Rule

The conservative justices appear ready to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The only question is how.

www.huffpost.com

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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 14h

Guys: the Republic has fallen.

He's asserting that he's not going to abide by budgetary laws, on top of taxing and spending without congressional approval.

The GOP-controlled Congress gives rubber-stamp a bad name. Even if Congress cared, SCOTUS is empowering all of this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "We're getting rid of problems that we didn't like but that were negotiated in but we didn't like. We're terminating those programs. And they're gonna be terminated on a permanent basis."

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 14h

US District Judge Karin Immergut ruled Wednesday that a restraining order blocking deployment of any National Guard troops to Oregon will be extended by two weeks. The original restraining order was set to expire this weekend.

UPDATE: Judge Extends Restraining Order Blocking National Guard Deployment in Oregon

Updated 1:03 pm October 15 A temporary restraining order prohibiting the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon has been extended. On Wednesday, October 15, US District Judge Karin Immergut ext...

www.portlandmercury.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

Trump doubling the bailout to Argentina to $40 BILLION (while they steal market from our farmers and Americans lose health care)

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onion person @junlper.beer · 19h

very annoying that we had to endure about a month of these people going “calling us nazis hurts our feelings” to then immediately be revealed saying nazi shit and going “yup, we want gas chambers. so what libs”

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21h

HAPPENING SOON: SCOTUS will hear arguments in a case that could end one of the last safeguards against racial gerrymanders, and lock in GOP control of the U.S. House for generations to come. We’ll be providing real-time court updates at the blog below👇

LIVE BLOG: Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Gut the Voting Rights Act

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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

They are terrified of the No Kings rallies and doing everything they can to discredit them.

If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Erin 🦆🎃 @erninlow.bsky.social · 1d

Don't give in!

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 2d

1. Maintaining our right to public protest is essential for defeating dictatorship.
2. There are more of us than there are of them.
3. You don't have to RSVP.
4. Do more after Saturday.
5. Maybe wear a costume.

Trump Determined to Remind Us Why We Say 'No Kings'

We have frogs everywhere—a few reminders for this Saturday's monumental event.

www.thefarce.org

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 2d

I am glad the hostages have been returned. I'm glad there's a ceasefire.

I don't understand people treating this as some sort of triumph for trump's diplomacy. 1

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Erin 🦆🎃 @erninlow.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Treat Yo Self day! Do something nice for yourself today.

a man and a woman are dancing in a hallway and the man is wearing a sequined jacket .

Alt: Donna and Tom from Parks and recreation, in a hallway saying The best day of the yeeeaar

media.tenor.com

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 2d

These guys are terrified of the numbers that are going to turn out on Saturday, and that's all the more reason to put down your "wine mom protest" objections and join them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Erin 🦆🎃 @erninlow.bsky.social · 3d

Tez! #ProDucks

SportsCenter (Unofficial) @sportscenter-2.bsky.social · 3d

TEZ JOHNSON FIRST CAREER TD PLUS THE FLIP 🔥

WHAT A DIME BY BAKER 🎯

(via @NFL)

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 3d

Find a rally. Show up.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 4d

Next Saturday's anti-Trump 'No Kings' protest is expected to be the largest single demonstration in U.S. history.

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Erin 🦆🎃 @erninlow.bsky.social · 3d

Chargers get the W. That was close!

Erin 🦆🎃 @erninlow.bsky.social · 3d

It was a wild weekend

RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 3d

Week 8 #APTop25 is out!

Erin 🦆🎃 @erninlow.bsky.social · 3d

Herbert!! That was amazing ⚡️

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 3d

Later on in the video, Vance lies and says they have to do mass firings to preserve resources to use in other parts of the govt.

This is not how it works. The people fired didn’t have any funding, so firing them doesn’t free up any money.

They fired people because they want to and lied about it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Erin 🦆🎃 @erninlow.bsky.social · 3d

Ugly, but got the W!

Denver Broncos @denver-broncos.bsky.social · 3d

Got the W in London!

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Erin 🦆🎃 @erninlow.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! I'm always looking for more too

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Erin 🦆🎃 @erninlow.bsky.social · 3d

The pros are cursed from yesterday! Lol