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Marsh Views @khshan.bsky.social · 39m

Nazi Ernst Janning explains his regret looking the other way while Nazis murdered millions. History-based movie script...

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5h

Talk about indoctrination…

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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 1h

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Jason Normann @jason-n.bsky.social · 4d

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Trump’s House of Cards Is Crumbling—Even Republicans Are Whispering “It’s Over”

Speaker Mike Johnson blocks a vote on the Trump–Epstein files, the FBI won’t deny the existence of lewd Trump photos, and MAGA melts down on live TV.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 2h

A federal court just blocked a ridiculous law that banned almost all speech on public college campuses in Texas after 10 p.m., including student journalism.

Huge win by @thefireorg.bsky.social defending the First Amendment.

Free speech doesn’t have a curfew.

VICTORY: Federal court halts Texas’ ‘no First Amendment after dark’ campus speech ban

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the University of Texas from enforcing a law that bans virtually all free speech on public university campuses after dark

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 1h

1/ "Confronted with GOP texts that were racist & violent—complete with references to gas chambers—Vance’s first instinct wasn't to condemn those responsible for those messages; his first instinct was to downplay the scandal & go after a Dem."

JD Vance tries to downplay leak of disgusting Young Republican chats

For the vice president to suggest it’s “pearl clutching” to condemn those who were part of a racist group chat says a great deal about his judgment.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1h

47% of Americans have little or no trust in the U.S. to effectively regulate the use of AI.
www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

Chart showing:
Across 25 countries surveyed, a median of 55% of adults have at least some trust in their nation’s ability to regulate AI, while 32% do not.
About nine-in-ten adults in India (89%) trust their country to regulate AI – the highest share in the survey. This includes 71% who have a lot of trust.
About two-thirds or more in Indonesia, Israel, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and South Africa trust their nation to regulate AI.
Trust is lowest among Greeks: 22% trust their country to regulate AI.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

"Adding to the train wreck, Halligan’s appointment as US attorney may not even be legal, meaning that the indictment is a legal nullity … which may actually be the least embarrassing outcome here for the Justice Department." — @lizdye.bsky.social

The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!

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STAT @statnews.com · 1h

#STATSummit

"The reasons we are slow now is just because of funding. It just strikes me that as a society we are not more vocal."

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STAT @statnews.com · 1h

Now: The Next Step in the Immunotherapy Revolution

Miriam Merad believes that if we focus on the immune system’s unexplored dark matter, there is a possibility of new treatments for cancer, autoimmune disorders, and perhaps aging itself.
She discusses with @angusrohan.bsky.social
#STATSummit

a room full of people watch and listen to two people sitting on the summit stage

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

Stats here.

(Hint: Those gray bars note right-wing domestic terrorism attacks.)

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

A Senate Judiciary Republican is still LYING about political violence.

Claiming it only happens on the left is simply false.

Even the stats the Trump White House publishes demonstrate this.

Political violence is wrong no matter the motive.

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K🤦‍♀️𝙑 @kv417.bsky.social · 1h

$151 billion for a golden dome protection system, but hey farmers, oh well 🤷‍♀️

Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 1h

President Donald Trump’s vision for a missile defense system dubbed the Golden Dome may be coming closer to fruition, as the Pentagon is taking offers for fulfilling a contract pegged at $151 billion.

$151 billion missile defense program contract has drawn lots of interest, DOD solicitation shows

SHIELD would include ground- and space-based systems, satellites and weapons capable of detecting and destroying missiles fired at the U.S. homeland.

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Honey Girl Grows @honeygirlgrows.bsky.social · 1h

To be clear, it will be paid for by Americans, but American Farmers lose a 20B market in soy they used to grow for China. They won’t plant any seed next year, they will have nothing to grow. So who will buy up all of this farm land? 🌱

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 2h

While our country suffers on Day 15 of a government shutdown courtesy of the GOP, Trump gives Argentina a $20 billion bailout at the expense of American farmers.

Re-upping my latest Substack piece on Trump’s not-so-secret sleight of hand:

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Don't Cry for Me Argentina: The $20 Billion Gift to Wall Street and Buenos Aires—Paid for by American Farmers

No crying, just chuckling by Argentina as it laughs all the way to the bank, courtesy of Convicted Felon Donald Trump

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Marsh Views @khshan.bsky.social · 1h

Trump bribes voters in Argentina.

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Patrick @atomicpopwi.bsky.social · 1h

More than last year's total USAID budget (which Trump/Musk said we couldn't afford)

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1h

*BESSENT SAYS ACTION WILL TOTAL $40B FOR ARGENTINA: SEMAFOR

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Marsh Views @khshan.bsky.social · 1h

I wonder if our time of Christians flirting with fascism will be as complex as that of Italy & Germany prior to and during WWII. Hitler was inspired by Mussolini, perhaps because he used religion to claim God's blessing for his mission.

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Confessing Church | Description, History, Nazi Germany, Leaders, & Facts | Britannica

Confessing Church, movement for revival within the German Protestant churches that developed during the 1930s from their resistance to Adolf Hitler’s attempt to make the churches an instrument of Nati...

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Marsh Views @khshan.bsky.social · 1h

Estimated federal taxes are due today.

Marsh Views @khshan.bsky.social · 1h

Perhaps Americans should stop paying taxes.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1h

As the shutdown enters its third week, the Office and Management and Budget said Tuesday it’s preparing to “batten down the hatches” with more reductions in force to come. https://to.pbs.org/4q2UXiu

How Trump and budget chief Vought are making this government shutdown unlike any other

The president calls budget chief Russ Vought the “grim reaper,” and Vought has seized on the opportunity to fund Trump's priorities, paying the military while slashing jobs in health, education, the s...

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Kitsap Indivisible @indivisiblekitsap.bsky.social · 3h

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Port Orchard 12-2 Bethel & Lund Oct 18
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Valhalla @vallahha.bsky.social · 1d

Is it possible for this guy not to lie. As Speaker, he knows the Biden administration couldn't release the files
From 2021 through 2025 when Biden was president the Epstein files were under strict federal court orders
So Biden couldn't release them. He's a lying, incompetant, impotent piece of shit.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 2d

President Obama: There’s this young state rep, James Talarico… He’s terrific. Really talented young man.

Marc Maron: There is something grounded about him that you had too.

Obama: A guy like him, his starting point is ‘Let me say what I believe.’

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 2d

Huge crowd for James Talarico in deep red San Angelo, TX!

This county hasn’t voted for a Democrat since LBJ, but they showed up for Talarico.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 16h

President Obama can pronounce my name however he wants 😂

Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social for your kind words.

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 12h

I do think it’s a little unfair that the same folks who bludgeoned consensus reality to death also get paid millions of dollars to sit around telling the world that they’re totally and utterly disinterested in it.

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 14h

and while we're here, Tim, I'm pretty sure that Hitler did in fact target and do a great deal of harm to Jews after gaining power. He didn't just go after "rival enemy nations." It was in the newspapers and everything.

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