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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

I don't want to alarm you, but I’m deeply concerned that two opaque industries are creating giant bubbles on the verge of bursting. Let me explain... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/beware-the-oligarchs-ai-bubble

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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The REAL Blackheart @blackheart33.bsky.social · 4h

The SAD TRUTH answer is However Many It Takes.

Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 4h

How many government workers will lose their jobs and, even worse their homes, just so Republicans can protect Trump and his pedophile posse?

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 5h

The State Department said that it has revoked the visas of foreign nationals who had spoken out against Charlie Kirk. Senior officials within the department said they would move to deny or rescind visas for individuals who had criticized Kirk, this is a direct violations of the First Amendment.

US revokes visas for six foreigners over comments made about Charlie Kirk's death

The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had revoked the visas of six foreigners over social media comments made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

www.reuters.com

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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 4h

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MaTT FLaMMaBLe @mattflammable.bsky.social · 5h

Americans aren’t drowning debt because they’re “bad with money.” They’re drowning because costs have skyrocketed while wages have barely moved.

Debt isn’t a personal failing—it’s the result of a system that makes survival dependent on borrowing.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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Ann Given @missgiven.bsky.social · 12h

Folks, I know I’m a broken record, regarding protesting. It’s vitally important people hit the streets.

It’s also important you stay safe. This primer has excellent advice. If you are going to protest, read this first.

Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 14h

Here is the first aid protocol for tear gas exposure, in case anybody wants to have it handy phr.org/our-work/res...

Preparing for, Protecting Against, and Treating Tear Gas and Other Chemical Irritant Exposure: A Protestor’s Guide - PHR

Deceptively known as “less-lethal,” these weapons can in fact cause severe injuries and even death when used with excessive force. Physicians for Human Rights has worked extensively on the health impa...

phr.org

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Satyros Phil Brucato @satyrosphilbrucato.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks a bunch, you anti-vaxxer dipshit fucks.

www.npr.org/2025/10/12/n...

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

www.npr.org

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 25d

federal agents are getting increasingly violent as the morning goes on and the crowd of protesters outside the broadview ice facility grows.

i’ve seen multiple people pushed and thrown to the ground.

dhs is now playing a dispersal order warning of arrests and the use of chemical munitions.

two agents wearing camouflage and body armor rough up protesters. one has some kind of canisters in his vest. a patch on the vest reads “police bortac”

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Karyn Rybacki @hawk1814.bsky.social · 7h

I've decided to join the Republican Party.
Rush was a disappointing film.
I'm done with being a Jeremy Renner fan.

Karyn Rybacki @hawk1814.bsky.social · 7h

My two favorites.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

⚠️ Warning: these back-to-back scenes are hard to watch unless you’ve got a depraved heart.

These are thugs, not officers with any real training. We keep seeing it again and again, and at this point, it’s clearly the op.

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Karyn Rybacki @hawk1814.bsky.social · 7h

Mr. Sniffers agrees.

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 10h

This is scary shit: A woman born in Chicago was detained by federal agents who told her she didn’t “look like” her own last name. She even showed them her passport, and they still didn’t believe her. She carries that passport everywhere because she's worried about being snatched by ICE.

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Lacey Jane @ljwaters.bsky.social · 7h

Why Clarence Thomas's ex-clerk is speaking out now share.google/kFCB9jF2R8yg...

Why Clarence Thomas's ex-clerk is speaking out now

Former Clarence Thomas clerk Caleb Nelson warns Supreme Court moves could fundamentally restructure American government and agency independence.

share.google

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godlessbitch.bsky.social @godlessbitch.bsky.social · 7h

I am a Humanist
I give a damn every day
I am an Atheist
I believe in life before death

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BlueTongueFella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @bluetonguefella.bsky.social · 10h

This is very good 👏👏👏👏

🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 12h

R. J. Matson @rjmatsoncartoons.bsky.social

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American Partisan™ @partisan.social · 7h

Listen more closely: It could be that the siren you hear is the siren song of the post-constitutional fascist police state America is devolving into, under Dictator Donald Trump and his extrajudicial horde of ICE storm troopers.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "You hear those sirens going off? That's good. A good sound. That means they either got the bad guy or they're gonna stop the bad guy. You didn't hear that sound bc nobody wanted to do anything. Listen to the beauty of that sound. That's the real deal sirens, not politically correct sirens"

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Politico @politico.com · 11h

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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Doctor Funky Space Lord @funkyspacelord.bsky.social · 7h

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gracegeorge23.bsky.social @gracegeorge23.bsky.social · 8h

How about you answer to this Lil Mikey:

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Eykyu - The solution is unification🏴󠁵󠁳󠁣󠁡󠁿🌊🇺🇸🦅 @eykyu.bsky.social · 11h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h

"They know that in a functioning one-person-one-vote democracy, they could never pass the unpopular self-enriching policies they want. So they know they must focus on preserving and expanding the precedents that permit them to buy American democracy."

🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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KIM F-M @kimf-m.bsky.social · 12h

Crimin' all the time,
Crimin' all the time,
Crimin' all the time.

SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 16h

tRump caught on hot mic discussing back room deal with the president of Indonesia.

#Pinks #ProudBlue #FuckFelontRump

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