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Jane Rabbit @janerabbit.bsky.social · 16h

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social : it's not perplexing. Not in the slightest.

Jane Rabbit @janerabbit.bsky.social · 16h

In case you needed a little good news:

Josh Campbell @joshscampbell.bsky.social · 2d

The Supreme Court just declined an appeal from right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. He was seeking to overturn a $1.4 billion libel judgment over his lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/p...

Supreme Court rebuffs Alex Jones’ effort to overturn $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment | CNN Politics

The Supreme Court declined an appeal from Alex Jones on Tuesday, brushing aside the right-wing conspiracy theorist’s effort to overturn a $1.4 billion libel judgment a lower court ordered against him ...

www.cnn.com

Jane Rabbit @janerabbit.bsky.social · 16h

TWENTY-SEVEN MURDERS

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Jane Rabbit @janerabbit.bsky.social · 16h

yeah and also

Trump has a criminal background

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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 1d

Your tax dollars and mine are being used to thank President Trump. That’s right, the biggest political ad spender of 2025 is DHS using your money.
www.axios.com/2025/10/15/t...

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

www.axios.com

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 1d

BRING YOUR KIDS to #NoKings on Saturday. This will be my 11-year-old’s third protest of the year.

Kids can’t vote and lack $$ to donate.

But they can stand and march and shout and sing. And they’ll remember — after we’re gone — how we taught them what we value. 🇺🇸🚫👑

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Jane Rabbit @janerabbit.bsky.social · 1d

a vicious racist clownish dipshit, to be precise

Jane Rabbit @janerabbit.bsky.social · 2d

"I cannot accept that the central story of what has just happened to produce the current ceasefire is one of the return of 20 people when 2 million are returning to a wasteland.

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Jane Rabbit @janerabbit.bsky.social · 2d

"the central story of the Gaza war, the one prerequisite for peace.

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Jane Rabbit @janerabbit.bsky.social · 2d

"I’m afraid, and I apologize to all who might be triggered by what I am about to say...

"I cannot accept that the central story of what has just happened...is one of the return of 20 people when 2 million are returning to a wasteland."

davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/joy-sorrow...

Joy. Sorrow. Fury. Disgust. And Hope. All at Once.

Reacting to this disorienting, misrepresented, misperceived moment in the Middle East.

davidrothkopf.substack.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

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 scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

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...

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Jane Rabbit @janerabbit.bsky.social · 2d

THEY'RE SHOOTING THE DOGS!
THEY'RE SHOOTING THE GOATS!

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smtaylorjarvis.bsky.social @smtaylorjarvis.bsky.social · 2d

So very worth your time.

Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 3d

Comanche Chairman Forrest Tahdooahnippah sat down with me last Friday to talk about Comanche history, culture, and so much more. Our new episode of Reckoning with Jason Herbert drops right now. Share if you dig it. 1/

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 3d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d

"Show them you're not afraid. Do it for the country. For the Constitution. For your family. For yourself. Do it for your freedom. While you still can."

This is excellent. Every Dem strategist who thinks there's risk in engaging these debates should watch it for guidance.

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 3d

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 2d

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Oh Lord please make this happen. 🙏🏼

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"You're welcome on the podcast anytime, Congresswoman!"

@timmiller.bsky.social is giving MTG kudos for her shutdown messaging on the latest Bulwark Podcast with @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

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Jane Rabbit @janerabbit.bsky.social · 2d

Also wasn't a lot of Trump's advantage his grifting with the Saudis? Biden didn't have that to add to the pressure.

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Jane Rabbit @janerabbit.bsky.social · 2d

go dude!
90,000 words is a LOTTA words!
And from the sound of you, a lotta them are good ones!
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Jane Rabbit @janerabbit.bsky.social · 2d

first thought: AAAGH! A BOOK! 😫😫😫

second thought: Ooooooh! A graphic novel!

😂😂😂
I work with environmental folks and try to keep up with the bigger picture. I really look forward to diving into this more deeply. Thanks for the guidance. I'll pass it on as best I can.

Jane Rabbit @janerabbit.bsky.social · 2d

can't wait to watch them scrape that styrofoam crap off the walls

freedomseeder25.bsky.social @freedomseeder25.bsky.social · 2d

Despite criticizing cryptocurrency as a “scam” as recently as 2021, Trump has gone on to become among the largest Bitcoin investors in the world, and doesn't report it as part of his personal holdings. #Bribes #InsiderTrading

www.rawstory.com/msn/trump-26...

'Presidential fraud': Trump sparks online frenzy following stunning crypto revelation

Forbes reported Monday that President Donald Trump’s holdings in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin are estimated to be around $870 million — a revelation that, coupled with his administration’s pro-crypto po...

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