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Bonhoeffer's Child @bonhoefferchild.bsky.social · 11h

Looks like MAGA has gone full Soviet. Now they’re setting prices and seizing the means of production. Lol.

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Trump administration will set price floors across range of industries to combat China, Bessent says

China has driven foreign competitors out of business over the past two decades by using its market dominance to slash prices, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16h

NEW: At least seven nonprofits that have been critical of OpenAI have received subpoenas in recent months, which they say are overly broad and appear to be a form of legal intimidation.

OpenAI accused of using legal tactics to silence nonprofits

Seven nonprofits that have been critical of OpenAI say the behemoth sent them wide-ranging subpoenas as part of its ongoing litigation against Elon Musk.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

How two lawsuits could expand Citizens United, eliminate campaign donations restrictions, and turn America into a kleptocracy — and how this nightmare can be stopped.

The Right's Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections

J.D. Vance and other MAGA interests are working to get the Supreme Court to end restrictions on campaign-spending limits.

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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 2d

Horrific and evil.👇

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 2d

Masked federal agents enter private property in an attempt to detain a man in Broadview, Illinois

Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 4d

"It's a love story rally."👇

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 4d

Same!

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 5d

I love this image.

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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 5d

Disgusting.👇

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 5d

Horrific and evil actions by ICE.👇

Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 5d

Scenes from an authoritarian country.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 6d

Co-sign.👇

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 6d

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 6d

Maria, it's not small potatoes to all Americans who are losing health care.👇

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Maria Bartiromo claims Americans being able to afford healthcare is "small potatoes" compared to Trump's dealings with Israel and Hamas.

What happened to America first?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

“The defense secretary underwent a round of cosmetic injections last month.” One insider: “He’s always been full of himself, but lately his ego has been off the charts.”

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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 6d

Great news. 👇

Reuters @reuters.com · 6d

US judge blocks Trump's deployment of National Guard in Illinois reut.rs/47jAO0g

US judge blocks Trump's deployment of National Guard in Illinois

A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of hundreds of National Guard soldiers in Illinois, five days after another U.S. judge blocked a similar deployment in Portland, Oregon.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8d

Mike Johnson says he'll swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social as soon as she wants. Okay, so how about today?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 9d

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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 10d

Bravo to these resisters!👇

Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 10d

This is the way. Phenomenal.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 10d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 12d

Horrible. This FBI agent leaves with his honor and integrity intact. Bravo to him.👇

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12d

Breaking on MSNBC:

An FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey.

This news was first reported by Reuters.

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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 12d

And Congress get another week of paid vacation.

Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 12d

Who knows the legality of this?

Reuters @reuters.com · 12d

Education Department altered employees' emails to blame shutdown on Democrats, lawsuit says reut.rs/4o4AxEa

Education Department altered employees' emails to blame shutdown on Democrats, lawsuit says

A federal workers' union filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging the Trump administration's alteration of furloughed U.S. Department of Education employees' out-of-office email messages to include language blaming Democrats in the U.S. Senate for the government shutdown.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13d

This, 💯%. And it's not merely messaging—it's just simple, discernible fact. The best messaging is messaging that reminds people of what is true and known to be true.

The entire 2024 presidential campaign should have been about this.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13d

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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 15d

Horrific.👇

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15d

Over 800 top military brass sat quietly as Trump declared a new "war from within" — an American battlefield he claimed was more dangerous than any foreign war zone.

Trump eviscerated decades of civil-military restraint and proclaimed the armed forces his weapon of choice against domestic "enemies."

Trump's MAGA-fied military prepares for "war from within"

In one historic speech, Trump eviscerated decades of civil-military restraint.

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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 15d

No surprise here. LOL👇

CNN @cnn.com · 15d

The White House has sent paperwork to the Senate to withdraw the nomination of E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, three sources told CNN. https://cnn.it/4714rmS

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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 19d

Of course he did. Horrible.👇

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 19d

Scoop: Trump fired a U.S. Attorney in Sacramento less than six hours after she told his California border patrol chief to abide by court orders and the Constitution while conducting his immigration raids.

With @haleaziz.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order

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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 19d

Excellent article by Arlie Coles for those following the ACNA fiasco/debacles.👇

Fr Kurt Huber 🦋🏳️‍🌈 @revkurt.bsky.social · 19d

Now this is a quote.

“that the ACNA is nothing more than a power-hungry, litigious-minded, increasingly woke TEC II.”

But I have no idea what the word woke means in this sentence.

Arlie Coles @arliecoles.bsky.social · 19d

New for @livingchurch.bsky.social: The ACNA's Special Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy has attempted to secede from that church as its bishop, the Rt. Rev Derek Jones, faces allegations of misconduct.
livingchurch.org/news/acna-in...

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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 19d

If true, this is unsurprising.👇

Mel @melmaa3.bsky.social · 20d

Not surprised 😏

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Kristen McKnight @kristenmcknight.bsky.social · 19d

Interesting news here. 👇

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19d

Consider this.

Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer is only interim USA in EDVA, which means she can only keep that job 120 days.

The Comey case won't go to trial in that time--the McIver case only JUST got thru her selective prosecution motion.

No one else wants anything to do with this prosecution.