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

How could this congressman Nazi a swastika so prominently displayed in his own office?

Politico @politico.com · 19h

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1h

I think one of the things that bother me the most is that I never expected the collapse of democracy to be so fucking stupid

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Margaret G @mls0308.bsky.social · 15h

I love this:

How to Leak to Us

"We fact-check the hell out of our reporting and we respect and protect our sources."

#Pinks #ProudBlue

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16h

The Center for Investigative Reporting—home to Mother Jones and Reveal—has a long track record of responsibly reporting sensitive stories and breaking high-impact news. We fact-check the hell out of our reporting, and we respect and protect our sources.

Have a tip? Drop us a line, confidentially.

How to Leak to Us

The Center for Investigative Reporting—home to Mother Jones and Reveal—has a long track record of fairly and responsibly reporting sensitive stories and breaking high-impact news that changes the…

www.motherjones.com

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 18h

Pam Bondi has basically said anyone visiting the US is subject to arrest and incarceration at any point, if law officials deem the individual a “threat”.

Bang goes the rest of the international tourism trade.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

“.. Pentagon reporters in Arlington, Virginia walk out of the building carrying their belongings after turning in their press badges. Reporters from nearly every major news organization would not sign new rules viewed as an infringement on First Amendment rights ..”

@gettyimages.com

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Mightymite @mightymite.bsky.social · 1d

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This image is a stylized poster featuring a frog wearing an American flag-themed bandana and the word "HOP" below it. The style is reminiscent of vintage propaganda posters, such as the famous "Hope" poster for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

Finally, some common sense from Oklahoma education.

Ryan Walters turned classrooms into culture war battlegrounds. Reversing his Bible mandate isn’t “anti-religion,” it’s accepting the fact that the Bible is not a history book!

Schools should teach, not preach.

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Natty🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🏐🏈🐕🐴📎 @grillnatty.bsky.social · 14h

Free speech is disappearing

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House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats @houseforeign.bsky.social · 14h

RM @meeks.house.gov: President Trump's extrajudicial killings and deployments in South America were always meant to inch America towards a forever war—this time in our own hemisphere. The American people do not want this.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 20h

Hey Mike Johnson – the more you facilitate a cover-up and do everything in your power to prevent the release of the Epstein files – the more your constituents, the American public, and the whole world are going to believe you are guilty of the exact same types of crimes as Jeffrey Epstein.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15h

“Not going to be great” is quite the understatement by Fox here.

Tweet by FactPost (@factpostnews) reading: “Fox: The tariffs, 10% for lumber, 25% for cabinets, vanities, upholstered furniture. On January 1st, the tariff for cabinets and vanities increase to 50%, all the rest of the furniture to 30%. The cost of building materials has increased 34%. There is a concern that this is not going to be great for the home buying industry.” Below is a Fox Business screenshot showing a reporter in a lumber workshop with the headline “New tariffs on furniture & lumber take effect.”

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Tracy @tracydeepbluesea44.bsky.social · 14h

The Vice President of the United States will not unequivocally condemn Young Republicans for saying that their perceived political opponents should be sent to gas chambers.

A window into JD Vance's disgraceful character.

www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-hit...

JD Vance Hits Out at ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Racist GOP Group Chat

The vice president defended the “college group chat” in a post made to X.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

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Matthew Tak @matthewtak.bsky.social · 18h

#DailySketch: Ragged

#illustration #inktober #inktober2025 #drawing #art

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15h

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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Arthur Malraux @unrapporteur1.bsky.social · Sep 7

A group of Herons is called;
A Siege
A group of Hawks is called;
A Cast
A group of Magpies is called;
A Parliament
A group of Ravens is called;
An Unkindness
A group of Crows is called;
A Murder
A group of Republicans is called;
A Treason
#ItsFuckingTreason

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d

Jasmine Crockett Drops Another
Chump Truth Bomb.......

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Sal Caruso @salcaruso.bsky.social · 22h

Not a shocker from the Israeli sHitler. But wait, didn't he nominate the orange nazi for a Nobel Peace Prize?

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

Netanyahu announces Israel will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite it being a key ceasefire agreement clause.

Didn't take long, did it?

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

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d

I fear that schools being willing to drop diversity programs without a fight shows how flimsy their commitment to inclusion was in the first place. People fight for things they truly believe in.

Victor Ray, a sociology professor at the University of Iowa who studies race, said in an email that OSU’s decision to interpret federal guidance in this way “reflects the real pressure universities face as the Trump administration and Republican legislators attack higher education.”

But, Ray added, it may also be exposing the true colors of many universities that were broadcasting their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion when it was politically expedient to do so just a few years ago.

“The swiftness with which these organizations have complied with legally dubious orders shows that their commitments to diversity were often paper-thin before this administration’s pressure,” he said. “In many cases, administrators with existing qualms about diversity, perhaps going too far, now have political cover to take anti-equitable actions.”

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 1d

ICE tactics intensify despite disturbing videos surfacing across the U.S. Many of the videos are difficult to watch, but it is also important to bear witness to what is happening to human beings on the streets of America. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Ali Velshi: Videos of violent ICE interactions flood social media

Many of the videos are difficult to watch, but it is also important to bear witness to what is happening to human beings on the streets of America.

www.msnbc.com

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 1d

So proud
The Democratic Women's Caucus marching to Speaker Johnson's office demanding Adelita Grijalva gets sworn in

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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 2d

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