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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 16h

SPREAD THE WORD!!

Purple sign w/megaphone announcing a rally against the compact on Friday, October 17 at NOON.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 21h

“there are a lot of people in this country …who are disgusted, appalled & frightened”by the Trump admin.
@sulliview.bsky.social is right: where’s the news coverage on these folks & the No Kings march? There are countless stories to be told…
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here's why.

Plus: Watch George Stephanopolous pushes JD Vance with follow-up questions, cringe at Bari Weiss's pep talk to CBS journalists; and more

open.substack.com

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junsworth.bsky.social @junsworth.bsky.social · 1d

This is some great oratory—no kidding.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

OBAMA: “Better’s good… we’re not gonna get to perfect. Do I think single-payer with no profit motive would’ve been smarter? Absolutely.”

President Obama tells Maron the ACA was a compromise because he didn’t have the votes for what he really wanted. #MedicareForAll

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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 1d

“To robbery, slaughter, & plunder they give the lying name of empire. They make a wasteland and call it peace.”

- Tacitus, Agricola, XXX

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 1d

The plane carries plagues.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "But Air Force One was really, it was covered with Egyptian desert just a few months ago. If you think about it. Just a few months ago it was Egyptian desert and now it was just a few feet off our window. And it was a spectacular sight."

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d

arts.virginia.edu/stories/uvas...

UVA’s Dr. A.D. Carson Secures Multiple Entries in the 2026 GRAMMY® Awards for Groundbreaking Orchestral-Hip Hop Album & metaphors | UVA Arts

Dr. A.D. Carson, Associate Professor of Hip Hop at the University of Virginia and the nation’s only tenured professor of hip hop, has earned multiple official entries in the 68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards...

arts.virginia.edu

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3d

We have the timidity of countless corporate and university GCs to thank for the fact DEI is treated as though it were illegal.

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 3d

lol gentle reminder that DEI is not illegal. Supporting marginalized groups is not illegal. Anyone reneging on support is making a CHOICE to do so.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

"The original #NoKings protest was 250 years ago. We've had democracy since then. Now we have a would-be king who wants to take it away—King Donald the First. Fuck that. Stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18."
👉👉 nokings.org

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 7d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Thalia [tə'lɪə] @letsaskyourmom.com · 3d

Portland Frog and friends have got the Disarm part down.

Meme cartoon showing four different responses to armed and masked agents in black. In the Face of Power: Appeal, Disarm, Record, Reflect

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 4d

There it is: $20 billion for Argentina at the same time they’re taking markets away from our farmers.

But no $ for health insurance for Americans?

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 4d

I love this image.

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junsworth.bsky.social @junsworth.bsky.social · 4d

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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 4d

📣The Freedom Frogs are multiplying‼️

This is the way Portland 🫡❤️🐸
Video @oregonian.com

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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 4d

📣The Freedom Frogs are multiplying‼️

This is the way Portland 🫡❤️🐸
Video @oregonian.com

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junsworth.bsky.social @junsworth.bsky.social · 4d

This is very good: youtu.be/fGoWLWS4-kU?...

Tea Consent (Clean)

YouTube video by Blue Seat Studios

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junsworth.bsky.social @junsworth.bsky.social · 4d

I want one. Or a dozen.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.