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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 1h

The Marines were founded NOV 10, 1775. In PHILLY. Second Continental Congress.

So why an Oct 17-18 “celebration” in California if not to jerk around No Kings Day protests? And Newsom.

www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Newsom rips into Trump celebration plan to fire missiles over California’s I-5 freeway

Newsom’s office told the Los Angeles Times that it has received reports that the White House is directing a plan to use Navy ships off the California coast to fire missiles into Camp Pendleton.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 1h

It’s more projection. They bussed people in for Jan6th. They pay people to attend rallies. So they think everyone must behave like this.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 4h

The Republicans have in effect shut down the legislative branch of the U.S. government and handed those powers to the dictator in the White House. No one cleared this with the American people.

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League of Women Voters of Ohio @lwvohio.bsky.social · 4h

COLUMBUS OH - Gov. Mike DeWine is convening the Ohio Redistricting Commission next Tuesday, though it still remains to be seen whether the seven-member body will pass or even consider any congressional redistricting plan before Oct. 31 constitutional deadline.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...

Gov. DeWine calls Ohio Redistricting Commission meeting, though GOP map proposal is still nowhere in sight

It’s widely expected that Republicans intend to hold out until November, when the state constitution allows GOP lawmakers to unilaterally redraw Ohio's congressional districts.

www.cleveland.com

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 7h

A few weeks ago, the IU Media School sent out a survey to alums to ask how we feel about the School.

If you’re an alum, I highly recommend you fill it out and send it back.

Dr. Rich B @morphometrich.bsky.social · 9h

Statement from IDS from Facebook for context:

Facebook post from IDS indicating they will stop printing the news

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

BERNIE: “I worry we are increasingly becoming an oligarchic form of society, where a very small # of people control our economy + have huge influence over both political parties. if there was ever a time to stand up for working families and prevent authoritarianism, this is it.”

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6h

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vows “there will be Jewish settlements in Gaza” during an address at a Simhat Torah event in the southern border city of Sderot.

Smotrich: ‘There will be Jewish settlements in Gaza’

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www.timesofisrael.com

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Tim Chambers @timothychambers.net · 10h

Here was @gelliottmorris.com past work on the previous #NoKings march: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/no-kings-d...

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 9h

TY! I had forgotten who it was.

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 9h

Well it’s David Brooks. No surprises given the author. I hate that The Atlantic still platforms him.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

The Pentagon no longer has a press corps because of Pete Hegseth, trump’s Secretary of war (on journalism)

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 10h

My question for Sen. Sheehy, can you clarify: are you OK with Trump cutting this $1 billion investment from our states?

As he now knows, this has nothing to do with the shutdown and everything to do with Trump going after Democrats.

We should be working together to protect this project.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

COLLINS: The Dept of Energy just canceled $1b for a hydrogen hub that covers Montana. Is that taking away good-paying jobs?

SHEEHY: Of course it is. We want govt to be open

C: But the Energy Secretary says he would've pulled that funding even if govt was open

S: ... Well, that's unfortunate

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h

The Supreme Court simultaneously holds that:
*it is impossible for them to do anything about blatant gerrymandering
*they are entitled to dismantle, bit by bit, the landmark civil rights law of the last century
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Upend Key Provision of Voting Rights Act

www.nytimes.com

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 15h

Title X is a program that helps women get things like birth control & cancer screenings.

It was established under RICHARD NIXON. The decision to essentially abolish this office has nothing to do with the shutdown.

This is just another attack on women's basic health care.

HHS Appears to be Cutting Its Entire Family Planning Office

Almost every member of the Office of Population Affairs lost email access and is unable to tell if they were laid off, workers told NOTUS.

www.notus.org

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15h

People have long asked what the "Make America Great Again" crowd wants to go back to. It's obvious that they want to return to a time when there was no Voting Rights Act and racists could keep black and brown people out of Congress.

US supreme court appears poised to weaken key pillar of Voting Rights Act

Dispute over Louisiana district returned to justices after long legal saga – and could have far-reaching implications

www.theguardian.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 15h

For my newsletter, I wrote about the disturbing tendency of US Republicans to have more solidarity with foreign conservatives than with their own American neighbors. www.burnsnotice.com/gopers-have-...

GOPers Have More Solidarity with Foreign Conservatives than other Americans

For Republicans and their international counterparts, the advancement of their ideology takes precedence over their own neighbors. A news item that caught my eye this week was President Donald Trump ...

www.burnsnotice.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

What could be worse than screaming at a Capitol police officer?

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 14h

Source - THREE + YEARS LATER

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

New evidence unsealed of how Trump's Jan. 6, 2021 rally was funded

A trove of evidence released in Trump's election interference case shows an organization paid for Jan. 6 rally attendees' transportation.

www.usatoday.com

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 14h

“Another $500,000 was budgeted for a group founded by Donald Trump Jr.”

“another $400,000 was budgeted for Tea Party Express to create a centralized website to promote the rally events”

$300,000 was budgeted for speaker fees and travel + a busing program in a 180-mile radius.

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 14h

Did we get a list of the people who bankrolled #jan6th? 🧐

“…an unnamed organization budgeted as much as $3 million on the Jan. 6 rally and related events, including for bringing VIP guests and protesters to Washington and ad buys for a show of force.”

$1M went to TPUSA … 1/x

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Ron Johnson on the No Kings protest: "One of the things I hope Kash Patel and Pam Bondi are looking into is the funding of these groups. Who pays for the busses to bus a lot of these folks in?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Topics Mike Johnson thinks are serious:

- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders

Topics he thinks are not serious:

- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 14h

If anyone wants the link >

www.facebook.com/share/p/17At...

Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 16h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

Here is the students' @idsnews.bsky.social report out of Indiana University, where the student media director was fired today. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

www.idsnews.com

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