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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 9h

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18h

The Trump regime tried to paint No Kings Day as a “hate America” protest, but what we saw on display was the best of what this country is meant to be. #NoKings

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 12h

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike

It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

www.huffpost.com

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Rae @ggrae.bsky.social · 13h

My absolute favorite veteran activist - the @jollygoodginger.bsky.social stopped to give us a “gingers united” photo op yesterday at the over 200k proud patriots #NoKingsDC march. Appreciate you, brotha. 💪🏼🇺🇸🧢

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Rae @ggrae.bsky.social · 14h

Way to go Prince William County! 🇺🇸💪🏼🧢

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 8d

“The administration did not like that CDC data did not support their narrative, so they got rid of them. They didn’t like that CDC policy groups would not rubber stamp their unscientific ideas, so they got rid of them”.

The damage to the CDC is “beyond repair”.

‘The damage is beyond repair’: The CDC faces another round of deep staff cuts | CNN

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suffered another round of deep staff cuts late Friday, with disease detectives, outbreak forecasters, policy and data offices among those impacted, ac...

edition.cnn.com

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 Retired Major Richard Ojeda explains the danger of “floating the use of the 82nd Airborne Division on American soil.” His message needs to be heard. Veterans, retired and active, are aware of the Posse Comitatus Act. The U.S. military is not to attack our own citizens. 1/2

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 10d

What if the world’s most influential investors quietly believed they were fighting the Antichrist? The apocalyptic worldview shaping our future...and your freedom.👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 12d

🚨Texas!! Abbott and Cornyn are up for reelection next year. Light up their phones! Not just theirs, but every TX voting member!

As it is, Texas is one of only a handful of states that refused to expand Medicaid. Now this??👇🏽

Find your Texas representatives here:
wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 12d

Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 12d

California joins the nation in recognizing Disability Employment Awareness Month — a celebration of the 7M+ adults with disabilities who call California home and enrich our state.

Together, we can keep growing an inclusive workforce for the fourth-largest economy in the world.

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ChatGPT Quantum Particle Physician @smullins3000.bsky.social · 12d

How is it not news, according to the @nytimes.com, that an ICE agent in Chicago said "do something bitch" and deliberately SHOT a United States citizen? Can someone answer that question for me? @toddgregory.bsky.social @peterbakernyt.bsky.social @kenvogel.bsky.social @risenc.bsky.social

Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 12d

It's not, like, some minor paperwork mistake. If this is correct, ICE rammed a woman's car, threatened her derisively, shot her, and then wrote up a report claiming she drove at them.

Someone prosecute someone for perjury someday please.

chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14d

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 14d

Things to consider:

Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter

Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed

You are a witness.
Expose it.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14d

The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 14d

Resistance. Refusal. Ridicule. Those are the ingredients to bring down regimes and among them ridicule is arguably the most delicious. The emperor isn't just naked; his goon squad is afraid of an inflatable frog.
Portland is TOO FABULOUS FOR FASCISM.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 15d

wizard frog is insane

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 14d

Rep. Robert Garcia isn’t backing down and I fully support his relentless pursuit.

While Mike Johnson blocks the final signature to keep the Epstein files buried, Garcia is demanding justice for survivors and truth for the American people.
No more delays.
No more cover-ups.
Release the files.

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David @verdad-justicia.bsky.social · 14d

Seriously! Where is the reporting on this. This seems like the largest escalation yet on the federal government’s takeover of major US cities

Arianeh Sajadi, Esq. @arianehsajadi.bsky.social · 15d

🆘🇺🇸‼️

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14d

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17d

She called it. The media blew it by letting a serial liar off the hook

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 17d

This didn’t generate a ton of front-page headlines, but Trump this week signed an executive order rewarding Qatar with a NATO-like security guarantee — without bothering to go through Congress.

Is this the same country that gave him a fancy plane? Yes. Yes it is. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Trump offers Qatar, which gave him a fancy plane, a NATO-like security guarantee

Without bothering to go through Congress, the president signed an executive order this week vowing to defend Qatar in the event of a foreign attack.

www.msnbc.com

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 18d

I just supported @ww2.kqed.org.web.brid.gy and @npr.org to the tune of a few lattes per month. You can support your local station and NPR now, too - now more than ever, we need trusted sources of news and information outside corporate control and right-wing influence

NPR @npr.org · 18d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 19d

Wednesday is COMING

YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko

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