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gl00mbrd.bsky.social @gl00mbrd.bsky.social · 6h

Okay Captain AIPAC.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 9h

I wonder if Mike Johnson is going to try to dissolve Congress to keep it from voting on the Epstein files.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

OOPSIE DAISY. The entire republican party is just a gaggle of sex pests.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h

A judge has issued a restraining order against Republican Rep. Cory Mills after he was accused by a former girlfriend of threatening to circulate sexually explicit videos of her.

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gl00mbrd.bsky.social @gl00mbrd.bsky.social · 6h

Well, October 18th he’s probably going to do it…just watch..

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Pam Bondi claims Trump "absolutely has the right" to invoke the Insurrection Act

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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 7h

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 11h

For 28 years, NPR’s Tom Bowman has held a Pentagon press pass.

Today, he is handing it in.

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Bailing out Bessent’s billionaire friends on Wall Street from their bad investments is much more important.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

Patel wanted him to investigate the “burn bags” of Russia documents he claims to have seen. A totally normal thing.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 8h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 14h

Great news: California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the California Ratepayer Protection Act, which prevents for-profit utilities like PG&E and SoCalGas from forcing customers to pay for political lobbying and promotional ads.

This will lower energy bills for Californians - a big win!

California Passes Law Lowering Energy Bills and Protecting Californians from Utility Misbehavior

The California Ratepayer Protection Act (AB 1167) prevents utilities from forcing customers to pay for utility lobbying and advertising costs

earthjustice.org

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 8h

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 10h

🚨 Elise Stefanik received this award from her allies involved in the racist text messaging scandal.

Elise posed with Bobby Walker who referred to rape as “epic” and Peter Giunta who texted, “I love Hitler,” called NBA games, “monkey …ball” and Black people “watermelon people.”

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 11h

This administration keeps torching the Hatch Act—propaganda videos in airports, partisan emails on federal servers, even mass firings. It’s corruption with a flag pin. See something? Say something. Expose it through the whistleblower tip line.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h

Klippenstein: To what extent it’s going to activate what are called Joint Terrorism Task Forces?

The military is really limited in terms of what they can do.

But these Joint Terrorism Task Forces don’t have those limitations. They can do and go places the military can’t.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 20h

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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gl00mbrd.bsky.social @gl00mbrd.bsky.social · 10h

The New York State should refuse to pay in federal tax dollars. No welfare to red states.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 1d

This shouldn’t be a close call. It’s vital that the media stand up for a free press and not be gagged by the lawless Trump administration. Everyone must stand for freedom.

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

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gl00mbrd.bsky.social @gl00mbrd.bsky.social · 10h

She would end her term at the age of 85…what are we doing here..

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gl00mbrd.bsky.social @gl00mbrd.bsky.social · 10h

I saw an article saying Lockheed Martin is funding the ballroom..

gl00mbrd.bsky.social @gl00mbrd.bsky.social · 10h

Almost as bad as trumps low dig about getting asked about Charlie Kirk and “hate speech” saying “he might not be saying that now!”.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

"Miller slipped up because even he knows it is an outrageous thing for Trump to claim absolute, unreviewable power to send active-duty military troops into American cities based only on his delusions."

Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

This is not how the Constitution works.

www.publicnotice.co

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

Groceries are up

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 12h

As to the "don't want another Fetterman" concerns about Platner: A few former Fetterman people are consultants for the campaign.. and they are aggressively FORMER Fetterman people, to judge by my conversations.

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gl00mbrd.bsky.social @gl00mbrd.bsky.social · 10h

Honestly that’s more offensive considering they are supposed to be the opposition. This stupid bullshit is expected from the GOP.

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