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Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 1h

The Trump Regime is using the upcoming No Kings 2.0 protests as a pretext to suppress dissent against the fascist regime.

www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 13h

President Donald Trump, Republican officials, and their right-wing media allies have laid the groundwork for a broadbased attack on core progressive and Democratic Party institutions in response to Saturday’s planned nationwide “No Kings” protests. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

The Trump administration is positioning the upcoming No Kings protests as an excuse for crushing dissent

www.mediamatters.org

Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 2h

NewsNation uses Decison Desk HQ, and as for the separated from NBCU MSNBC (soon-to-be MS NOW), they could join the AP VoteCast or join up with DDHQ.

www.thewrap.com/top-news-net...

Top News Networks Shift to AP Data for 2026, 2028 Elections

ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN join Fox News in using the wire service’s election tabulation data ahead of 2026 and 2028.

www.thewrap.com

Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 2h

Big news for election data prognostication: ABC News, CBS News, CBS News, and CNN exit the Edison Research's National Election Pool, will join AP VoteCast for the 2026 and 2028 elections that the agency and Fox "News" also use.

www.thewrap.com/top-news-net...

Top News Networks Shift to AP Data for 2026, 2028 Elections

ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN join Fox News in using the wire service’s election tabulation data ahead of 2026 and 2028.

www.thewrap.com

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Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 4h

Eric Trump made himself look a fool on MAGA blowhard Benny Johnson’s The Benny Show Monday.

www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2025/10/diss...

‘Dissent Becomes Evil’: Eric Trump’s Claim Father Is Guided by God Slammed by Experts

Eric Trump’s controversial remarks — declaring that his father is guided by God and praising what he describes as a divinely orchestrated series of events leading America to this moment — are being bl...

www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 4h

This is 100% correct. Indigenous Peoples’ Day should be the holiday the US celebrates on Canadian Thanksgiving (2nd Monday in October), not Columbus Day.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/indigenous...

Indigenous Peoples' Day Must Replace Columbus Day

Columbus was a historical figure who should be studied, not an icon to be honored

www.qasimrashid.com

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Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 5h

Arizona AG Kris Mayes (D) threatens to file a lawsuit against pedo protector and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over his refusal to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), as her swearing-in would likely mean that the discharge petition to force a vote on the Epstein Files would pass.

Arizona Attorney General Threatens To Sue Mike Johnson Over Failure To Swear In New Member

Democrats have also accused Johnson of delaying the move to head off a vote related to the Epstein files.

www.huffpost.com

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Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 6h

What is in those chats is the consequences of how the bigoted rhetoric from Andrew Tate and Nick Fuentes and their ilk are normalized in some YR circles.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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

Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 6h

Politico reported on the private chats in Telegram used by Young Republicans across the nation to launder antisemitism, anti-LGBTQ+, sexism, and racism, along with violent talk.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 6h

Moms For Liberty, a right-wing “parental rights” organization, had an iron grip on Indian River County’s schools in Florida.

www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/how-moms-f...

How Moms for Liberty Took Over One Florida County

As the M4L annual summit kicks off this weekend, here’s how one of the group’s original chapters is sowing chaos and pushing anti-LGBTQ policies in Indian River County.

www.unclosetedmedia.com

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Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 8h

Los Angeles County’s commissioners voted 4-1 to approve the state of emergency declaration over ongoing ICE-tapo raids in the area that have disrupted the economy and caused widespread fears among immigrant populations.

abcnews.go.com/US/los-angel...

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 9h

Rene Knott, who worked at KSDK for over 21 years, suddenly left the station.
Knott first came to KSDK to be the sports director when Mike Bush converted to news anchor full time, then later did the same thing Bush did and also become a news anchor.

www.stlmag.com/news/rene-kn...

Rene Knott parts ways with KSDK in sudden split

Morning show anchor Rene Knott wasn’t on air this morning at KSDK (Channel 5)—and while reporter Mercedes MacKay told the audience she was filling in for 21-year station veteran, the reality appears t...

www.stlmag.com

Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 9h

Republicans’ temper tantrums over No Kings 2.0 protests that will happen Saturday across the nation, such as calling these protests “hate America” & “pro-Hamas” rallies, is yet more proof that they are afraid of lots of Americans standing up to the crazed anti-American agenda of the Trump Regime.

The GOP has only brought enormous attention to No Kings protests

That's good, because the corporate media is doing a terrible job.

www.signorile.com

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Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 9h

Over the last year or so, The Washington Post, especially its opinion section, has veered further to the right, and that is a sad tragedy for the once-storied paper.

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Washington Post columnist proudly boasts ‘we’re now a conservative opinion page’

Marc Thiessen declared on social media that he’s no longer an ‘outlier’ at the Washington Post, as the paper’s opinion section is wholly ‘conservative’ now

www.the-independent.com

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Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 10h

As millions of Americans face health insurance coverage losses, right-wing media pundits sing from the same hymnal that the Trump Regime and GOP politicians to push the BS lie that Democrats want to give free health care benefits to undocumented immigrants.

www.mediamatters.org/health-care/...

Right-wing media falsely claim benefits go to undocumented immigrants as millions of Americans face health coverage losses

On October 1, the federal government shut down after Republican majorities in the House and the Senate failed to negotiate a funding extension with Democrats, who are looking to prevent millions of Am...

www.mediamatters.org

Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 10h

As of today, 68 Democrats in the House have co-sponsored the bill include Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Nikki Budzinski (IL), Wesley Bell (MO), Jasmine Crockett (TX), and Greg Landsman (OH).

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

Democrats launch bid to fund nutrition program for low-income women and kids amid shutdown

Exclusive: Congressional Democrats set to introduce bill to shore up the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program

www.theguardian.com

Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 10h

House Democrats, led by Reps. Bobby Scott (VA) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR), seek to introduce the WIC Benefits Protection Act to ensure WIC funding is secure, even during government shutdowns, by making the program mandatory.

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

Democrats launch bid to fund nutrition program for low-income women and kids amid shutdown

Exclusive: Congressional Democrats set to introduce bill to shore up the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program

www.theguardian.com

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Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 10h

Nate Silver examines which faction is really in charge of the Democratic Party and recent history of who came out on top.

www.natesilver.net/p/is-the-dem...

Is the Democratic Party dominated by progressives or by centrists?

No, and no. But compromise choices like Harris don’t always work out either. Here are the lessons we can draw from every Democratic nomination since 1968.

www.natesilver.net

Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 12h

Sights of your stocking seams and tops have me hot.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 16h

JD Vance openly defends young GOPers calling Black people monkeys and “the watermelon people,” writing "I love Hitler,” using white supremacist code for praising Hitler and threatening violence against political opponents. But why wouldn't he? This perfectly sums up MAGA.

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Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 16h

On what would have been the 32nd birthday of the late Charlie Kirk yesterday, Donald Trump awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom medal to the slain TPUSA founder and right-wing polemic.

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Trump Awards Charlie Kirk A Posthumous Presidential Medal Of Freedom

Trump spent most of the ceremony rambling about himself, and at one point said Kirk "looked a little bit older for his age, but that's OK."

www.huffpost.com

Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 17h

The Trump Regime’s war on free speech continues, as the State Department revokes the US visas of six foreigners from Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Paraguay, and South Africa for comments critical of the late Charlie Kirk.

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

US revokes six foreigners’ visas over social media comments criticizing Charlie Kirk

State department says it has ‘no obligation’ to host foreign nationals who ‘celebrate heinous’ death of far-right activist

www.theguardian.com

Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 17h

Even the right-wing SCOTUS said no to cray-cray conspiracy crank Alex Jones.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Alex Jones keeps losing

Conspiracy theorist and Trump superfan Alex Jones suffered another setback on Tuesday after the conservative-majority Supreme Court denied his appeal of ...

www.dailykos.com

Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 17h

According to the Movement Advancement Project (MAP)/NORC study released between May 29 and June 13 of this year, more than half of LGBTQ+ Americans (and trans Americans in particular) taken steps to significantly alter their lives since Kamala Harris’s defeat to Donald Trump.

“Remarkably sobering” data shows trans people are hiding their identities at alarming rates - LGBTQ Nation

The current political climate has also prompted some to get more involved in local LGBTQ+ advocacy, according to a recent survey.

www.lgbtqnation.com

Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 17h

Love this piece from @joyannreid.bsky.social:
The Trump Regime is waging war on Black America, especially Black women, by preventing Black Americans from reaching the American Dream.

www.joyannreid.com/p/donald-tru...

Donald Trump is weaponizing The American Dream against us

God forbid anyone but one of his cronies buy property to leave a legacy for their families.

www.joyannreid.com

Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 18h

This piece from @deanobeidallah.bsky.social is a frightening must-read: Donald Trump and the GOP are hell-bent on securing de facto one party-rule, similar to Mussolini, Hitler, and Castro.

deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-is-n...

Trump is now working to secure one party rule--just like Mussolini and Hitler did

History is screaming at us!

deanobeidallah.substack.com

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