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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina’s top elections official is pressing the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles for unprecedented access to voters’ full Social Security numbers — a move that could erode voter privacy protections and lay the groundwork for mass voter purges

North Carolina Elections Chief Demands Voters’ Full Social Security Numbers From DMV

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

Through legislation, investments, and partnerships, California salutes the 160,000 active duty service members and nearly 1.5 million veterans who call the Golden State home.

We're committed to honoring their dedication and selflessness every day by giving back.

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 1d

Missourians approved a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights in the fall of 2024. But Republicans are advancing measures to roll back those protections, and to make it harder for voters to pass such protections again.

Under this GOP Measure, All of Missouri’s Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed

Lawmakers just advanced a constitutional amendment to drastically raise the bar for approving citizen ballot measures. Voters get to weigh in on the scheme next year.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1d

MAGA thought they elected Trump to save America, but instead he’s saving Argentina. $40 billion now going to Trump’s buddy Javier Milei, while Americans can’t afford groceries, gas, or basic healthcare.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

Calling for gas chambers. Expressing love for Hitler. Endorsing rape. Using racist slurs.

I'm demanding Rep. James Comer open a House Oversight Committee investigation into these shocking, deeply offensive messages that were exchanged by Young Republican leaders from across the country.

Politico @politico.com · 2d

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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[email protected] @blueangie.bsky.social · 1d

www.kxly.com/news/cantwel...

Cantwell demands investigation into DHS Secretary Noem's partisan airport video

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell demanded Wednesday that federal investigators examine whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem violated federal law by distributing a partisan vid...

www.kxly.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina.

Elon Musk does too.

Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come.

There is zero oversight. Congress not involved.

One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Trump doubling the bailout to Argentina to $40 BILLION (while they steal market from our farmers and Americans lose health care)

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 1d

US Capitol police are reportedly investigating after a US flag bearing a swastika was discovered inside the office of Republican House member Dave Taylor of Ohio.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US Capitol police investigating flag with swastika in Republican representative’s office – report

Authorities reportedly looking into modified flag displayed on cubicle wall of House member Dave Taylor’s staff

www.theguardian.com

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

This delay is not procedural, it is intentional. Speaker Johnson is doing everything in his power to shield this administration from accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Grijalva, Now Certified in Arizona, Demands Again That Johnson Seat Her

www.nytimes.com

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

The Pentagon no longer has a press corps because of Pete Hegseth, trump’s Secretary of war (on journalism)

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Release the Epstein Files, Pam Bondi and the GOP!

Green Hombre @greenhombre.bsky.social · 1d

"Virginia Giuffre died by suicide on 25 April 2025."

"I’d show up, perform whatever sex acts Epstein wanted, then hang out beside his vast swimming pool while he got some work done. If Maxwell was there, I was often told to attend to her sexually as well."

- She was 16

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the King’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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BIG D GRANDROYAL @bigdgrandroyal.bsky.social · 1d

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Today's Supreme Court argument lasted two and a half hours. And the Democracy Docket team covered all of it. If you want to make sure you stay up to date about everything involving redistricting and democracy, subscribe to Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

And not a single mention in the Times about Michael Ellis installing himself as CIA general counsel. Fascinating.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 This reporting confirms my suspicion on why, based on reporting last week, the CIA's Deputy Director, Michael Ellis, installed himself as the agency's general counsel. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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Ed Hirsch @edhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 2d

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Apropos of nothing, once the President of the United States confirms covert CIA operations in a country… say, Venezuela, those operations are no longer covert.

And it puts CIA officers at significantly more risk.

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 1d

Run Jasmine Run! 💙

And btw...

RELEASE THE #EPSTEIN FILES

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson isn't Christian.
He proves that every day.
But he IS a numerologist.
He fears 218.

Swear-in Rep. elect Adelita Grijalva!

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 1d

All those "Youth Future GOP Leaders" were men in their 30s!

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 1d

It’s not just in our union. Across the country, people are showing up for their neighbors. Like the Panton community, which came out in the hundreds to support Juan De La Cruz at his ICE check-in.

We’ve got each other’s backs. https://seiu.co/4oeLMdc

Immigration authorities ordered a Panton man to an ICE check-in. 200 friends decided to join him

Juan De La Cruz and his family feared the worst when he showed up for a check-in with immigration officials in St. Albans Tuesday. But the Panton resident will be allowed to stay in Vermont while his asylum case is pending.

www.vermontpublic.org

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