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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

While people continue to struggle to get FEMA aid approved after their lives were destroyed by natural disasters.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 5h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress nearly a month ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in. Why the delay? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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🏰⚡ℌ𝔞𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔄𝔟𝔟𝔢𝔶🦇👻 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 7h

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Spooky Mevs 🎃 @littlemevs.bsky.social · 15h

Me too random pokemon npc, me too

#pokemevs

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 11h

#A_NewHope ✊

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

On our way to #NoKings

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h

No Kings, Portland, Oregon

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BlueButtonJelly @fraqtyl.bsky.social · 14h

No Kings - Saint Augustine, Florida - Oct. 18

Photo of No Kings protesters peacefully (and noisily) assembling at the Castillo de San Marcos.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

TOMORROW is #NO_KINGS_DAY!!! Give me your Tired, your Poor, your Huddled Masses of Frogs, Unicorns, Pandas, T-Rexes, Mushrooms, Sharks, SpongeBobs & everyday Folks yearning to peacefully protest a clownishly incompetent buffoon of a Prez who, if there were any justice, would be in jail. 🤡
#BeThere

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d

It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring.

Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 1d

My dad had Parkinson’s dementia. As the disease slowly took him away, I came to treasure the moments of clarity we shared. He knew what was happening, and he faced it with such dignity and determination. Seeing this post made me feel him again.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Well done, Detroit! We shouldn’t have to accept her “Noem-enclature.”

A tweet from Barb McQuade reads: “Today at Detroit Metro Airport.” The attached photo shows an airport security area with stanchions and blue lane dividers, where travelers are lined up in the background. In the foreground, there’s a large yellow sign with black text that reads: “ATTENTION: The views expressed in this TSA controlled video do not represent the views of the Wayne County Airport Authority. The Wayne County Airport Authority does not engage in partisan politics. Thank you.”

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government…”

~Patrick Henry

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.

I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 1d

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 1d

How much is the Kremlin willing to pay foreign-facing influencers to praise Russia?

How the Kremlin Buys Foreign Love Using Its Western Influencers Like "Sasha Meets Russia"

How much is the Kremlin willing to pay foreign-facing influencers to praise Russia? The bloggers claim nothing. The data says otherwise.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 2d

It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.

Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.

Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump’s got Charles I’s authoritarianism, Edward II’s habit of putting incompetent charlatans in high office, Henry VI’s failing brain, and Henry VIII’s mindlessly aggressive foreign policy."

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Mad King Trump Seizes Your Money

The president is doing almost exactly what Charles I did to touch off the English Civil War.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

> @wsj.com

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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 1d

On Saturday October 18th, I’m asking you to attend the No King’s March in your local communities. We have witnessed the increasing authoritarianism and its policies in our country. We dissent.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.

Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

I urge our nation to use this weekend's No Kings marches as a declaration of independence against the tyranny and lawlessness currently running this country.

Use your voice. ACT PEACEFULLY. Protect yourself and your community.

THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 2d

If we don’t keep premiums down, Americans will suffer because of unaffordable treatments. But it's not too late. My GOP colleagues can still vote to save them.

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 2d

Gateway is the largest infrastructure project in the country, terminating funding will limit our whole nation’s potential.

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