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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 4h

Follow the thread. I wish this was unbelievable?

Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 7h

JD Vance will say literally anything that he thinks will get him more power. He is the platonic ideal of the soulless politician. No morals, no values, nothing but a yawning void that will never be fulfilled.

Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 8h

The leaked chats between Young Republican leaders were obviously disgusting.

JD Vance’s efforts to downplay the scandal and complain about “pearl clutching” made an awful story worse. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 4h

Don’t you understand that idiot right wing leaders are far more important than people living the in the US?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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julie khaner @juliekhaner.bsky.social · 6h

what humans look like when they have no shame

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 5h

There is no time limit on racism. There will always be a need for the voting rights act. If the Supreme Court voids the act. The “we the people” must organize to restore it. No Justice No Peace!

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Upend Key Provision of Voting Rights Act

www.nytimes.com

James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 10h

“No matter how much Hegseth and Trump might wish it, journalism is not stenography, and the officially approved story is often only a starting point for deeper reporting that gets at the truth” Margaret Sullivan
@sulliview.bsky.social
#Hegseth

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Pete Hegseth’s attempt to gag journalism is a resounding failure | Margaret Sullivan

Hegseth wants journalists to only publish ‘explicitly authorized’ information. That is not how the free press works

www.theguardian.com

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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 10h

How Medicare Advantage Fails Seniors of Color
Report from Physicians for a National Health Program, October 15, 2025

pnhp.org/no-real-choi...

No Real Choices

pnhp.org

James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 11h

The Dept. of Homeland INSECURITY in action. Abuse and arrest of peaceful protest. Then LYING about it.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 11h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 12h

I've been pretty fixated on what this Hitler scholar said the most significant similarity between Trump and Hitler is. And it really is infectious. Months ago, they were celebrating Millei's chainshaw as the path forward. Now his country needs a payday loan to stay open and they're like, "AWWESOME!"

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they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza.bsky.social · 1d

“Israeli” ceasefires only ever apply to the other party. They’ll continue to kill whomever they want, whenever they want until they are stopped. They see themselves as occupying an altogether different moral plane than their enemies, like any colonizer.

Tweet from Quds News Network @QudsNen
BREAKING: Three Palestinians were killed after Israeli quadcopter drones opened fire on residents inspecting their homes in the Shujaiyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

Israeli parliamentary member Ofer Cassif was expelled from the Knesset yesterday after protesting Trump's speech.

"Yesterday, there was a disgusting display of flattery and personality cult by two megalomaniacs who are hungry for power and blood."

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

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 scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Catfish @stlcatfishmike.bsky.social · 1d

The Osage nation just regained control of the last intact mound in St Louis (west Cahokia) was there yesterday for the dawn. Land Back

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Amanda Chestnut @blkamanda.bsky.social · 1d

Randomly spotting an artist I know in national news.

Good trouble.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Ka’ila Farrell-Smith grew up deeply involved in the fight for Indigenous rights. “I’ve been warned my entire life, ‘The FBI’s watching us.’”

Now the agency is focused on her and a new generation of activists challenging a lithium mine in Nevada.

(Published July)

“Under the Microscope”: Activists Opposing a Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show

Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters opposed to the Thacker Pass mine, according to a ProPublica review of thousa...

www.propublica.org

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 1d

Yep!

Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 1d

Cartoon-tell me, is antifa in the room right now?

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Christopher hennelly @acctprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Rochester while your making your way to @indivisibleroc.bsky.social stop by with some shelf stable food for our south wedge community in need and beyond. Alexander and Mt Hope 10/18 11am-4PM

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Finally, a good explainer of Dems' other shutdown demand, via @citizencohn.bsky.social. It's about trying to make it harder for the Trump admin to continue unilaterally (and illegally) cutting funding for government programs substack.com/home/post/p-...

The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government

It’s about stopping Donald Trump and Russ Vought—and it can’t happen soon enough.

substack.com

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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 1d

The Beat of the People!
#ICE #NationalGuard #MAGA

Trollman @trollman.bsky.social · 1d

youtube.com/watch?v=anVR...

We’re the Frogs (Portland, Oregon Peaceful Protest Anthem for the "War Ravaged" city)

YouTube video by Delanae - Original Music. Storytelling. Cultural

youtube.com

James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 2d

What’s the Insurrection Act?

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

The Insurrection Act Explained

The law, which lets the president deploy the military domestically and use it for civilian law enforcement, is dangerously vague and in urgent need of reform.

www.brennancenter.org

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 2d

If the government carries out Trump’s orders targeting antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization,” it would violate free speech rights. Here’s why: bit.ly/4330Su2

Trump’s Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition

Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.

www.brennancenter.org

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Rachel Barnhart @rachbarnhart.com · 2d

Housing projects are stalled because there's not enough power and infrastructure to feed the new units.

This is a major, major issue cropping up all over. Who pays?

Power struggle in Ontario County is impeding new housing

A shortage of available electricity is showing up across the region, pausing developments in Canandaigua, Farmington and Phelps.

www.wxxinews.org

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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 2d

Israeli Defense Force’s Spokesperson’s Unit creates fake 3D videos to justify attacks in Gaza.

www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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James Bearden @jeb1945.bsky.social · 4d

Here is a quick synopsis of British support of Israelis against the Palestinians

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

Anne Irfan | Balfour to Blair

By endorsing the Trump plan, Keir Starmer continues the long-standing British position of denying the Palestinian people...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 5d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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