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Dr. Whofella - Jesse J 🇺🇦🇬🇪🇹🇼🇻🇪👀 @jessej468.bsky.social · 4h

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Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 8h

Children in poverty become easy targets for predators because hunger, lack of education, and poor healthcare strip them of protection and opportunity. Poverty doesn’t just create need—it creates vulnerability, and society’s silence fuels that cycle. #Pinks

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glenzlenz.bsky.social @glenzlenz.bsky.social · 1h

And…Trump and Bessent will get kick-backs from the investors. There is no way trump is doing this without getting something in return personally. That’s not how he rolls.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 2h

Trumpflation will cripple our economy for a decade or more. America may never recover its place in the world.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3h

But I was told trump was going to make things cheaper

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Stefan 🥼 @stefank1117.bsky.social · 1h

Dear MAGA,

Question to the ones among you who demanded to stay out of the Ukraine war because it was too expensive.

How do you feel about the $40 billion bailout for a country that’s been run into the ground by a dictator?

No dead children, no vicious invasion, just incompetence.

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glenzlenz.bsky.social @glenzlenz.bsky.social · 1h

🔥Pelosi gathering propaganda pusher.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

ICYMI — PELOSI: “Shut up. I did not refuse the National Guard. The President didn’t send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you’re a serious journalist?”

(The unserious questioner is Alison Steinberg, who works for Mike Lindell — the my pillow guy)

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 5h

The headline & text of this piece don’t do enough to describe the Trump regime’s extreme immigration agenda.

It’s called white nationalism. Or white Christian nationalism. Or Christian nationalism. Pick one. Only one quote in the piece starts to describe it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 6h

my main takeaways from listening to the Supreme Court oral argument today are

-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...

The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 8h

Breaking: Capitol Police have been called after a Republican congressional office was just caught displaying a swastika.

This comes one day after group chat messages were leaked of young GOP officials saying “I love Hitler” and calling to put Democrats in “gas chambers.”

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 5h

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 4h

The other thing to note about the revamped analysis is that the benchmark Silver plan for Sacramento will no longer be from Aetna, which is dropping out of the entire ACA market nationally.

Instead, it will be a Kaiser Silver HMO next year. 5/

acasignups.net/25/05/02/and...

And So It Begins: Aetna/CVS pulling out of ACA exchanges next year as GOP allows IRA subsidies to expire

via Bruce Japsen at Forbes, the first shoe has dropped: CVS Plans To Exit Obamacare In 2026, Affecting 1 Million Aetna Members CVS Health plans to exit the individual health insurance business also kn...

acasignups.net

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h

Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now.

In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has completely transformed America and its politics, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/supreme-court-john-roberts-lisa-graves/

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 4h

The Hoods Are OFF! The GOP Embraces Nazis

If Republicans no longer want to be compared to Nazis and racists, then maybe they should stop supporting Nazis and promoting white supremacist talking points.

thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-hoods-...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid," JD Vance. We checked.

By scanning public records and media reports, Mother Jones determined the ages of eight of the 11 participants in the abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday: They appear to range from 24 to 35.

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🍁Dr. John E Rock @johnerock.bsky.social · 7h

It's who and what they are

𝐊 🖕🐸🖕 @girlybojon.bsky.social · 8h

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 11h

Are you participating in a nokings.org rally on Saturday, 10/18? Here are some helpful tips to get your messages across in safe, peaceful, and joyous ways.

NO KINGS
Top 10 Rally Reminders
Lead with Love, Not Anger.
Focus your energy on what you stand for, not what you stand against. Anger fades;
compassion lasts.
Look Out for One Another.
Offer water, a smile, or friendly chat to someone nearby. Check on families, elders, and people with mobility needs.
Smile and Greet Others.
Say hello, wave, or share a word of encouragement. Small acts of friendliness build community trust and lower tension.
Celebrate Families and Kids.
Keep the atmosphere family-friendly, and invite children to join in with chants and songs-joyful ways to express civic pride.
Lift Your Voice with Positivity.
Joy is contagious. The more you smile, sing, and stay grounded, the safer and stronger everyone around you feels.
Keep It Clean and Respectful.
Leave our rally space as beautiful as you found it-or better. Treat it with respect, care, and gratitude for peace.
Make Your Sign Speak Peace.
Choose messages that uplift-creative, clever, values-based signs draw attention without aggression or profanity.
Be Mindful of Words & Tone.
Speak with kindness, even when disagreeing. Avoid insults, sarcasm, or chants that demean others.
Model Nonviolence in Every Action.
If confronted, breathe, stay calm, and step back. Do not engage or argue, alert a Guardian in an orange vest.
Carry Joy Beyond the Rally.
After the event, share stories, photos, and reflections that highlight unity and courage-show the world what peaceful power looks like.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 9h

Donald Trump pardoned the “Camp Auschwitz” guy, dined with Holocaust deniers, and said, “any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion.” The Young Republicans chat isn’t a coincidence. It’s a culture.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 11h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 17h

Talk about indoctrination…

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glenzlenz.bsky.social @glenzlenz.bsky.social · 6h

You know trump is getting a kick-back or something of value for this bail out.Transactions like bail-outs of other countries, taking a stake in corporations etc. should require congressional approval & oversight b/c there's too much room for corruption.

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glenzlenz.bsky.social @glenzlenz.bsky.social · 6h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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glenzlenz.bsky.social @glenzlenz.bsky.social · 6h

I bet it never occurred to him how many people $1 mil could help if donated to humanitarian organization.CitizensUnited has significantly contributed to income inequality & many other problems.CampaignFinanceReform has to be a priority. Ackman wants to be the Elon Musk of the NYC Mayoral Election.