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🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 𝚍𝚋𝚊 𝙱𝚊𝚍 𝙱𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢 @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 6h

Hopefully the Supreme Court of the United States can be returned to its former relevancy — just as we must do with the US Flag and Presidency.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 9h

There’s more of us than there are of them. They can’t control us. They can’t stop us from voicing our dissent. Thugs and thuggery is not a winning future, even if they think so. See you at No Kings.

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 11h

TFW you have $20 billion to give to Argentina but not to keep health insurance premiums low for 20 million Americans.

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 4h

Bernie Sanders, as usual, uses facts to obliterate Donald Trump.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Vought: "We're gonna keep those RIFs rolling throughout this shutdown ... think the Minority Business Development Agency that divvies up business grants on basis of race. Think Environment Justice at EPA ... "

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Axios @axios.com · 9h

The Supreme Court seemed inclined today to at least chip away at — and maybe to fully scrap — a key tenet of the Voting Rights Act.

Supreme Court signals willingness to pare back Voting Rights Act

Its ruling could open the door to a new wave of gerrymandering across red states.

www.axios.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5h

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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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 6h

When a picture says a thousand words…

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

When a picture says a thousand words…

Photo of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson biting his lip

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Another $20 billion. That is the face you make when you heist the US taxpayers for $40 billion two weeks before your midterm elections from the most corrupt America Last regime in history.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 17h

PLAYBOOK — Home of the Brave is launching a $1 million ad campaign to promote the nationwide No Kings rallies planned for this coming Saturday, Oct. 18, running print ads in hundreds of local papers and national outlets, throughout this week.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 5h

Every day, I remind myself that I'm as young as I'll ever be. I don't waste time thinking about what "could have been." Whatever it is...it wasn't. I focus on the fact that I've got as much spring in my step as I'm ever going to have...and I milk it for every damn drop I can get.

#Fight

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

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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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 7h

Is that Election Interference???

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 7h

People this vile should have their names and faces associated with their words. Here are the “young boys” in the pics running with the story: (all real winners)

Peter Giunta; recently fired chief of staff to assemblyman Michael Reilly, who said he “loves Hitler” and joked about gas chambers

William Hendrix, recently fired communications assistant for Kansas AG Kris Kobach. Joked about liking Missouri young republicans because they “don’t like f***ots”. Used the n word more than a dozen times in chats

Bobby Walker. Was about to manage a campaign for Peter Oberacker but now won’t be. Described rape as “epic”

Samuel Douglass. A current Vermont state senator (“young boys”🙄🙄🙄). Made anti-Semitic remarks in the chat

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 7h

20 billion dollars from the US Treasury **was not enough**. So now it's 40 billion dollars! And why stop there?

All while the US government is shut down.

"America First," amirite?

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bessent says bailout for Argentina will double to boost U.S. influence in region

The Trump administration is working to arrange private sector financing for Argentina that would double the total U.S. financial lifeline for the embattled Latin nation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

“.. 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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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 7h

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7h

BREAKING: Missouri state officials sue a pro-voting coalition, which is organizing a veto referendum to block Republican state lawmakers' new congressional gerrymander. The map notably split apart Black communities in Kansas City to buy the GOP one district.

Missouri Republicans Sue to Block ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 7h

The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be removed from or resign their positions.

JD Vance dismisses bipartisan outrage over racist and offensive Young Republican group chat

The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be removed from or resign their positions.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 10h

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 7h

Trump just upped his bail-out for Argentina from $20 billion to $40 billion. Argentina has government run healthcare that's available to all Argentinians.

Yet Trump has shut down the American government while trying to take healthcare away from millions of Americans.

What say you, Republicans?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8h

"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me
zeteo.com/p/mehdi-conn...

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