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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Jeffries: "If Donald Trump can find $20b to bail out his right-wing dictator friend in Argentina, it's extraordinary to me that Republicans are unwilling to even have a discussion about how we address the healthcare crisis that they've created."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

🚨BREAKING: 3rd Circuit DENIES Republican Party petition to rehear critical voting rights case involving Pennsylvania’s date requirement for mail-in ballots.

A BIG VICTORY for the DSCC, DCCC, AFT of Pa. and the voters of Pennsylvania. Proud on my ELG team. www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...

🚨 Eakin v. Adams County Board of Elections

Learn more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 9h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 12h

Join us for the largest protest in American history.

On October 18, we rise. Not to defend broken systems, but to defend each other. Because our communities deserve more than fear, silence, and billion-dollar bailouts for the powerful.

No Thrones. No Crowns. #NoKings. ❌👑

Join us in DC:

NO KINGS in Washington, D.C. · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

www.mobilize.us

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 12h

This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12h

There are worse things that Trump has done, but I don't know that any judicial appointment has been more of a middle finger to the legal system and the rule of law than Bove's appointment.

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kerryomalley.bsky.social @kerryomalley.bsky.social · 12h

Tickets and more information here: writersblocpresents.com/main/shirley...

December 15, 2025: An Evening of Shirley Jackson Readings – Writers Bloc Presents

writersblocpresents.com

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kerryomalley.bsky.social @kerryomalley.bsky.social · 12h

The great Annabeth Gish and I are joining @bcdreyer.social at Writers Bloc at the Ebell in LA to celebrate Shirley Jackson. Come! Don't miss it! Get your tickets now!

Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 23h

So basically I need this event to sell out in the next fifteen minutes—it's for, as they say, a thing—and it would do my heart good if you could all make that happen. OK?

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

What did Tom Homan do with the $50K he took in a CAVA bag from undercover FBI agents?

Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 5d

Just 'cause it has to be said every now and then.

GOP Senators and Representatives are obviously okay with...everything...that's happening.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 5d

We certainly don't know if Trump would be trying to investigate & prosecute his political critics & opponents if the Court hadn't granted him immunity from criminal prosecutions.

But granting him immunity from liability for sham investigations etc. probably didn't help!!!

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 5d

From the Supreme Court opinion granting Trump immunity:

"Investigative & prosecutorial decisionmaking is the special province of the Executive ... allegations that the requested investigations were shams or proposed for an improper purpose do not divest the President of [his] exclusive authority"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

Trump’s retaliation tour continues. If you’re not alarmed yet you’re not paying attention.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Tom Watson @guitarwatson.bsky.social · 5d

Disgusting perversion of the law. Sickening fascism. No other accurate way to describe it.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Letitia James has been indicted on one count of bank fraud in Virginia, charge brought directly by Lindsey Halligan, just like the Comey indictment.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 5d

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

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Prof Lou Moore @profloumoore.bsky.social · 7d

If you stay ready, you ain’t got to get ready.
This guy, and this guy only.

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 7d

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 7d

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7d

CNN: “Nashville’s air traffic approach control will go dark for five hours tonight due to short staffing—the second FAA facility in as many days to shut down over shortages.”

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7d

Sen. Ruben Gallego says the impacts of the shutdown pale in comparison to the calamity that would ensue if the Obamacare subsidies expire: “If we don’t get ACA tax credit extensions, over 100,000 Arizonans are going to double their premiums on their health insurance. That’s painful and permanent.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

282 Ex DOJ officials open letter: “We believe it’s our duty to sound the alarm about this administration’s degradation of DoJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it”

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 7d

This will be a vote to erase 50 years of medical and psychiatric knowledge and kill gay and trans kids, because MAGA Republicans feel that in a better world, fewer of them would exist. It is that simple. Democrats must make SCOTUS expansion part of the party platform. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 7d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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