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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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hardspun.bsky.social @hardspun.bsky.social · 9h

Least surprising thing ever 🤬🤬😬

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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@KeepItBlueDems.bsky.social @keepitbluedems.bsky.social · 2d

Americans Mystified Why Nonessential Federal Employee Still Has Job
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

Americans Mystified Why Nonessential Federal Employee Still Has Job

The still-employed man performs no identifiable function, Americans noted.

open.substack.com

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 4d

Colorado AG Phil Weiser (D) is calling on Coloradans to turn out en masse for Oct 18 demonstrations against President Trump’s use of the military in American cities. “Don’t be afraid,” Weiser said. “Don’t be afraid to show up.” #copolitics

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 5d

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hardspun.bsky.social @hardspun.bsky.social · 5d

Idaho has no say?

hardspun.bsky.social @hardspun.bsky.social · 6d

There is a clean version

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 6d

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6d

Michael Wolff: I've seen the pictures of Trump with Epstein's girls. Here's what's in them.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 6d

Hey @wnba.com: pay them what you owe them!

We’re proud of our unions’ solidarity with the WNBPA as they fight for their fair share and a strong new contract ✊

The US’s biggest pro women’s sports unions have found strength together

For NWSL and WNBA players’ unions, collective actions have been key to their successes in wholly different sports

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6d

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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🦋🕊️🦋GinLy47 @ginly47.bsky.social · 6d

Thought for the Day:

Someone should tell Pam Bondi that while Nixon didn’t go to prison, his Attorney General did.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 6d

They’re targeting New York Attorney General Letitia James for one reason: she had the courage to hold Donald Trump accountable.

This is political weaponization of our courts, plain and simple—and proof that when you stand up to corruption, they come for you.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 6d

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 6d

Assurances of future votes mean nothing. Votes now or nothing.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

An up or down vote on extending the ACA subsidies, and I would add a separate up or down vote the same day to release the Epstein files.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 6d

I went ahead and did the starting work for someone who wants to chase this angle. Most right-wing influencers who participated in the "Antifa" roundtable at the White House yesterday have easily provable ties to TPUSA (8 of 12). The other four need a closer look I don't have time for right now.

right-wing influencers standing for a photo together at the white house

(Left to Right)

Jack Posobiec - TPUSA employee
Seamus Bruner - Government Accountability Institute (GAI)
James Klug - TPUSA Ambassador
Jonathan Cho - TPUSA employee
Nick Sortor - Influencer
Julio Rosas - Former TPUSA, Blaze Media
Nick Shirley - Influencer
Andy Ngo - Human Events Media Group*
Brandi Kruse - Influencer
Savannah Hernandez - TPUSA employee
Katie Daviscourt - Former TPUSA, Human Events Media Group*
Cam Higby - TPUSA employee

(Human Events Media Group is closely tied to TPUSA. https://humanevents.com/about-human-events )

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7d

One thing @govpritzker.illinois.gov does here, which WE ALL need to do more often, is lead with Trump's crimes.

A sex assaulted fraudster serial felon who freed HUNDREDS of cop assailants--and some terrorists--on his first day is trying to claim Democrats are criminals.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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hardspun.bsky.social @hardspun.bsky.social · 6d

Biden's ceasefire plan, right?

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 6d

Trump’s Gaza deal may bring a welcome pause to years of bloodshed — but let’s be clear: one ceasefire doesn’t make him a peacemaker.
While he chases a Nobel Prize abroad, he’s been stoking violence at home.
Peace isn’t a brand. It’s a character test.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

The "Peacemaker" Who Thrives on Chaos

Trump’s Gaza deal may earn him applause — but his record of stoking violence at home shows he’s no champion of peace.

open.substack.com

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hardspun.bsky.social @hardspun.bsky.social · 6d

Fetterman needs to be recalled.
Today.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

Fact-check: true

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 7d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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