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Sister District South Bay @sisterdistrictsouthbay.com · 6h

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Schuyler VanValkenburg @scvanvalkenburg.bsky.social · 1d

I think we should build public schools up! Fight to improve achievement and for kids to have the resources necessary to succeed.

I don’t think we should make people pay for two systems: an unaccountable private system for the wealthy and underfunded schools for the rest of us.

Ghazala Hashmi @senatorhashmi.bsky.social · 2d

John Reid’s own words make it clear he wants to close Virginia public schools and use your taxpayer dollars to fund wealthy private schools — jeopardizing the future success of children in every corner of Virginia.

Hear more in my latest statewide ad:

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15h

We applaud Virginia Democrats for doing everything they can to help level the playing field and unrig the midterm maps. As Trump and his GOP allies try to grab permanent control of the House, blue states must continue to fight back — we urge Democrats in Illinois and Maryland to take similar action.

Virginia Democrats Plan to Redraw House Maps in Redistricting Push

www.nytimes.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

Satellite view of the White House showing an image on the left where the East Wing is still standing and an image on the right where it's completely demolished

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18h

So where are the so-called “savings”? The truth is, there are none. Despite the rhetoric, the government is spending more and borrowing faster than at any point in U.S. history, even as critical public services are gutted and oversight is weakened.

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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 19h

Seems like Conrad Cable's TV ads (challenging for Mike Johnson's seat in LA) are writing themselves. 'Cause about 40% of his district's voters rely on federal healthcare subsidies and they are going to figure that out pretty soon.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson shamelessly lies: "We strengthened Medicaid. We improved healthcare access and we lowered premiums with our legislation."

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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 19h

Here's my suggested new facade for the ballroom, sponsors' names carved in.

Ballroom facade with sponsors' names engraved (NY Jets, Palantir, etc)

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 1d

34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.

adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean
Total reported killed: 34 people
Notification Date Number Reported Killed Approximate Location Notification URL
September 2, 2025 11 “in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility” (later revealed as between Sucre, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago) View
September 15, 2025 3
“in International Waters… in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility”; Colombian president claimed it was a fishing boat in Colombian waters View
September 19, 2025 3 “in international waters… in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” near the Dominican Republic View
October 3, 2025 4 “in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela” View
October 14, 2025 6 “in International Waters… just off the Coast of Venezuela” View
October 16, 2025 2; 2 reported survivors “in the Caribbean” View
October 17, 2025 3 “in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” View
October 21, 2025 2 “in the Eastern Pacific” View

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 1d

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 1d

I will vote for the Dem in 2028 who vows to put the WH back the way it was. Literally.

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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 1d

It would be good if someone facile with architecture simulations could take the ballroom drawing and modify it with sponsor names like a sports arena.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 1d

UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified

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Jeff Merkley @jeff-merkley.bsky.social · 1d

Just stepped off the Senate floor after almost 23 hours.

The fight isn’t over—we need to keep standing together to resist Trump’s attempts to tighten his authoritarian grip.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

This is extrajudicial murder. It is illegal and unethical. And it is a pathetic use of American military force, demonstrating not strength but weakness.

Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. strikes alleged drug vessel, this time on the Pacific side.

In what is the eighth known U.S. attack on a boat since Sept. 2, two to three individuals aboard the vessel were killed.

www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-str...

U.S. strikes 8th alleged drug vessel, this time on the Pacific side

This is the first U.S. strike against an alleged drug vessel on the Pacific side of South America.

www.cbsnews.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

North Carolina will be sued.

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d

🚨 BREAKING: In a 66-48 vote, Republicans in the North Carolina House officially pass their new Trump-approved congressional gerrymander targeting the state’s Black voters. More to come.

Background:

‘Blatant Discrimination’: North Carolina Advances GOP Gerrymander at the Expense of Black Voters

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

Reporting exposes Trump-Bondi Justice Department as WEAK on drug trafficking.

Drug prosecutions have dropped to the lowest level in decades.

All while they waste resources on political pet projects.

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Hannah2024.bsky.social I @yankee2024.bsky.social · 7d

The level of lying is staggering. And this is after a decade of off-the-charts lying.

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7d

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 2d

So a few months ago, we detailed how immigration agents were breaking car windows to grab the people inside.

Well, it turns out one agent just did that *with his gun* and mistakenly shot the person inside and a U.S. marshal.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/u...

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Bkatzenberg @katzpie.bsky.social · 1d

We need VA voters to vote down,ballot too. Democrats have historically been bad at completing their ballot and we have paid the price over and over again including in VA.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...

Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots

www.nytimes.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Our analysis, which shows that more women nearly bled to death during miscarriage after Texas banned abortion, adds to a growing body of reporting revealing that maternal outcomes have gotten worse under bans.

(Published July)
By @andreasuozzo.com, Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser

Miscarriage Is Increasingly Dangerous for Women in Texas, Our Analysis Shows. Here’s How We Did It.

Using seven years of hospital discharge data, we found that the number of blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriage shot up by 54% since Texas banned abortion.

www.propublica.org

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2d

Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.

U.S. marshal and undocumented immigrant shot during ICE stop in Los Angeles, officials say

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 2d

A unhappy reminder that this is the last week to do a Wednesday or Thursday bike commute over the RSR Bridge.

Starting next Monday and extending to Thursday, the multiuse path will be closed in order to provide a breakdown lane for the occasional disabled motorist.

www.reddit.com/r/BAbike/com...

From the BAbike community on Reddit: RSR Bridge Multiuse Path Closed M-Th starting 10/27

Explore this post and more from the BAbike community

www.reddit.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 2d

Social Security is NOT a handout.

It is a benefit earned with every paycheck, and it must be protected and expanded, not cut, privatized, or means-tested.

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Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com · 2d

All these people avoiding m-dashes because “AI uses them” simply means that there’s more for me!

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