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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 4h

WA moved more blue in 2024 because Democrats built strong, year-round organizing and ran candidates who delivered. Hear from our Chair and DNC Vice Chair Shasti Conrad, who helped lead on protecting working families, empowering young & AAPI voters, and turning activism into wins, changing the game.

It Was Never About the Men

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28m

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 3h

Relatedly, I overheard a couple of posh 19 yo British boys speaking over the weekend, with one remarking that he agreed that "women should be slapped," ala Sean Connery and couldnt help but think how easily every single woman in that bar could beat the shit out of both of them.

PadRocky Horror @padrock.bsky.social · 3h

The most pathetic thing here is how sweaty all this racism seems, like these dudes are trying so hard to be edgy and just scraping the bottom of the degenerate barrel

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 4h

Sir there were many people calling for “ceasefire” while denouncing Hamas and explicitly saying that Netanyahu was the problem & was not even supported by Israelis. They were also condemned. The lines were drawn very sharply. Please don’t remake history.

Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 6h

Not true. If people were merely calling for a Ceasefire, they would have been agreed with, 100% by supporters of Israel, 80% of whom hate Nethanyahu.

But people were using Zionism as an epithet.

People wanted Israel to cease to exist.

And that as the LEAST of it.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21h

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 3h

You can understand this shutdown with 3 numbers.

15M — the number of people Republicans want to kick off health care

20M — the number of people Republicans want to 2x health premiums for

0 — the number of times Republicans have called the House back to reopen the government

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 8h

Document signed at yesterday's peace summit in Egypt outlines only broad principles for Gaza's future, highlighting ongoing challenges to achieving lasting resolution to the conflict.
Trump, leaders of Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey signed the agreement. The warring parties—Israel and Hamas, did not.

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 16h

Acts of genocide do not vanish because leaders call it a cease fire. October 2025 will be remembered not for peace but for the world’s decision to look away. A pause in bombing is not mercy. It is silence arranged by power.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

“.. The direct U.S. bet on Argentina is exposing the Trump administration to criticism of a bailout .. ‘subsidizing a foreign country’ to bolster a Trump ally and benefit wealthy investors.”

@politico.com
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19h

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 19h

Idaho’s budget did not collapse by mistake. The Republican supermajority chose it. They gave the wealthy tax cuts and left everyone else with the bill. Now the deficit is unconstitutional. When government serves wealth the state and its people are left starving.

Two Idaho Republican leaders walk and talk inside the state capitol building. A headline from the Idaho Capital Sun reads: “Idaho projected to end fiscal year with unconstitutional $56.6M state budget deficit.”

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

North Carolina Republicans announced today they’re going to pass a new congressional map to draw a Dem out of Congress; they already did last cycle, going from 7-7 to 10-4. Thus would be 11-3. t.co/XLJIhe8vZn

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Rep. Jennifer McClellan @mcclellan.house.gov · 19h

Happy 250th birthday, U.S. Navy!

Thank you to all who have served.

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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 1d

President Biden brought home 148 hostages

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

California is proud to congratulate FIVE California university-affiliated scholars among this year's Nobel laureates.

From quantum computing to clean energy and medical breakthroughs, these trailblazers reflect the strength, innovation, and creativity that define our state.

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David Tomkins @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
#climatecrisis #tippingpoint #auspol www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 19h

“The sight of this man presenting himself as a great peacemaker, bathing in praise from other nation’s leaders, creates in me whiplash—a sickening level of cognitive dissonance.”

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Whiplash on A Day of Peace

Watch now | Got a Minute or Two? Mad Hattery and Other Outrages

www.americaamerica.news

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Kamella Tate ❌👑 @kamellatate.bsky.social · 19h

Quick glance and thought it said "FISA War" and I was totally on it.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 20h

Solidarity is the only way

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 22h

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 21h

"Those efforts have been complicated by the fact that major hedge funds, including those led by friends of Mr. Bessent, stand to benefit financially from an Argentina economic lifeline."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 6d

"Asked what percentage of children she imagines should be in public schools going forward, Justice told ProPublica: 'I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.'”

by @megomatz.bsky.social / @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Bear Wilner-Nugent @saltlick.bsky.social · 21h

Teach your politically quiet older relatives about how much the Republican Party hates the Constitution. Some people are still coming to consciousness about what their long-ago civics education really meant.

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 23h

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will not sign. Here's my latest >>> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...

Media outlets, including MAGA channel Newsmax, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules | CNN Business

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will n...

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 21h

"I stand on solid rock and I will not bow, I will not break, I will not bend, I will not capitulate, I will not give in, I will not give up."

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks out after being indicted by the Trump DOJ.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 21h

Train got in on time, which means I’m back in NYC to talk to @maddow.msnbc.com about No Kings! Nokings.org

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