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Jo Eliza @joeliza.bsky.social · 5m

Yes, and he’s also killing people.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 10m

Billionaire wealth has gone up by $33 trillion in the last ten years.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 7m

Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina.

Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.

So much for America First.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 34m

The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment rage at a system that’s rigged against most people.

Democrats should ignore the carping of corporate-backed Wall Street Democrats and embrace Zohran Mamdani and other young progressives as the future of the party.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 47m

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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Jo Eliza @joeliza.bsky.social · 45m

Of course they did.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 47m

“You’d 100% get more decay, especially in children in low-income communities,” Dr. Randa Jundi-Samman, a retired dentist, said about halting fluoridation. “We already see it in people who don’t have fluoride in their water.”

By @annaleighclark.bsky.social

On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous

After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...

www.propublica.org

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Jo Eliza @joeliza.bsky.social · 49m

You’re rewarding Trump awfully fast here. This might not last a week.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 57m

The Argentina bailout just doubled to $40 billion. So much for “America First.”

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News Hub - A Home for Better News @thenewshub.bsky.social · 19h

www.alternet.org/jack-smith-t...

'Nothing like it has ever happened': Jack Smith rips DOJ’s politicization under Trump

Former special counsel Jack Smith has, for the first time, publicly defended the investigation he led into President Donald Trump, calling it “ludicrous” to suggest the work was politically motivated....

www.alternet.org

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

The more people turn out this weekend, the more obvious the lie here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

First they came for the woodwind section, and I said nothing ...

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6h

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

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Jo Eliza @joeliza.bsky.social · 4h

The footage will show otherwise, if the public is allowed to see it.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 4h

To say it one more time: For news on Harvard-v-MAGA, follow @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social one of many student papers really "meeting the moment."

Example from yesterday: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

And www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... plus www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A Majority of Frozen Federal Funding Has Been Restored, Harvard Says | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard has now received payments on the majority of funding that it lost since the Trump administration froze its access to federal grants this spring, the University notified faculty this month.

www.thecrimson.com

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 4h

Here's the Truth About Trump's 'Peace Plan' for Gaza

The US allowed Netanyahu to create four key loopholes in the deal to ensure Israel can continue its Gaza genocide – regardless of the 'ceasefire' agreement, writes @muhammadshehada.bsky.social:

zeteo.com/p/truth-abou...

Here's the Truth About Trump's 'Peace Plan' for Gaza

The US allowed Netanyahu to create four key loopholes in the deal to ensure Israel can continue its Gaza genocide – regardless of the 'ceasefire' agreement.

zeteo.com

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Jo Eliza @joeliza.bsky.social · 4h

I wish them luck, truly. Same for the U.S. and Trump/MAGA.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 6h

I was a Young Republican for a brief time in the 1980s (for real). I promise you they talked like this back then. They didn’t know I was Jewish, so the Holocaust jokes flowed freely. It all helped radicalize me against the right.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘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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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 14h

Welp—CDC’s entire data team for its legendary national health and nutrition survey (NHANES)—our health census—has been laid off. Now we are flying blind to nutrition and chronic disease status in the U.S.—is this supposed to help us be MAHA? www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Jo Eliza @joeliza.bsky.social · 15h

Seriously. Now it’s "do something disgraceful and monetize it."

Jo Eliza @joeliza.bsky.social · 15h

Preach!

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Jo Eliza @joeliza.bsky.social · 15h

The hostages are out now. What’s to stop Netanyahu, with Trump’s blessing, from finishing off the destruction?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

Trump’s everlasting peace in the Middle East held for 24 hours, so now he has to defend Hamas killing people to keep his Nobel Prize hopes alive.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 20h

It's not just about stopping Trump. Do you really think that if Republicans keep control of Congress that they're going to certify an election in 2028 if they don't like the results?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

Frost: Trump knows that when they passed the big, ugly bill that rips away healthcare from 17 million people, you usually don’t win elections when you do something like that…

So instead of undoing that, he’s pressuring states to give him more seats.

What California is doing is responding to that

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