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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1h

Show up.

It matters.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 3h

I have read the Bolton indictment. I am thoroughly unimpressed by these allegations. If this manages to make it to trial and a conviction, DOJ just opened a Pandora’s Box for future Administrations to go all out after all senior officials’ handwritten notes every time there is a change in power.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

CONWAY, on Marc Benioff:

“.. It saddens me immensely to say that with your recent comments, and failure to understand their impact, I now barely recognize the person I have so long admired.”

@politico.com $CRM
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h

You understand the assignment, California— VOTE YES ON PROP 50

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ksrnow @ksrnow.bsky.social · 2h

Bernie having a moment?

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 11h

Nancy Pelosi Tells Lindell TV Talking Blonde To Shut Up

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Nancy Pelosi Tells Lindell TV Talking Blonde To Shut Up | Crooks and Liars

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ksrnow @ksrnow.bsky.social · 2h

Can't think of better person to answer that ridiculous person's stupid question.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina’s top elections official is pressing the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles for unprecedented access to voters’ full Social Security numbers — a move that could erode voter privacy protections and lay the groundwork for mass voter purges

North Carolina Elections Chief Demands Voters’ Full Social Security Numbers From DMV

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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ksrnow @ksrnow.bsky.social · 2h

Good for him. So, what's the problem?

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Bill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 3h

Goldman: “We estimate that seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims declined to about 217k for the week ended October 11th, by combining the Department of Labor (DOL)’s pre-released seasonal factors with this afternoon’s release of state-level claims.”

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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 3h

Everyone can read Bolton's indictment & judge as they want, but this is far, far weaker (and more customary of conduct by senior govt officials) than allegations against President Trump in stealing & storing marked classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 3h

I've handled countless classified prepublication & Espionage Act cases. Bolton indictment, which is very similar to Gen Petraeus case (2 years probation, $100k fine), should raise concerns for every senior govt official who writes a book.

Because this is generally how it is done.

Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 4h

Happening now: DOJ has charged John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who became one of his fiercest critics, for his mishandling classified material.

Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Indictment: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 3h

Isn’t it something how the Trump regime and Republicans in Congress have been accusing Democrats of exclusively using inflammatory rhetoric while simultaneously saying over the top stuff like this?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

Newsom: This president appears unhinged… seems listless… he seems, dare I say, in decline—cognitively, and… physically. These are just the rantings of someone who needs an intervention, needs some help, needs to be stabilized.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 2h

Jeanine Pirro’s office tried three times to indict a woman on bogus felony charges of assaulting an ICE agent. A DC grand jury turned her down each time. So Pirro brought a misdemeanor charge instead. And now a trial jury has acquitted her of that. www.huffpost.com/entry/sidney...

Jeanine Pirro Strikes Out Yet Again In Federal Court

Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro failed to secure a felony indictment against the woman three times, then lost a jury trial on a misdemeanor charge. Ouch.

www.huffpost.com

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 2h

This is such a powerful piece from @reptroycarter.bsky.social and @repfields.bsky.social on the importance of the Voting Rights Act.

As the Supreme Court hears arguments on this legislation, it is so vital that we all remember WHY it was enacted.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...

Opinion | The Shadow of Jim Crow Looms Over the Supreme Court

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 3h

"It was unclear why Adm. Holsey is leaving now, less than a year into his tenure....But one of the U.S. officials...said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 3h

Not great that fishermen fear being randomly murdered by the U.S. government.

Or that the U.S. President jokes about it.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Venezuelan fishermen in fear after US strikes on boats in the Caribbean

At least 27 people have been killed in US strikes on alleged "narco-boats" in the Caribbean.

www.bbc.com

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2h

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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ksrnow @ksrnow.bsky.social · 2h

a man is talking on a cell phone and says `` send your least irritating officers and an ambulance '' .

ALT: a man is talking on a cell phone and says `` send your least irritating officers and an ambulance '' .

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: Seventh Circuit rejects Trump admin's request to deploy National Guard in Illinois while litigation over the effort continues, holding Trump likely did not follow the law for doing so. The unanimous ruling keeps a TRO in place blocking deployment but allows troops to remain federalized.

The administration argues that the President's federalization of the Guard under § 12406 is not judicially reviewable at all. Alternatively, it contends that the factual predicates of
§ 12406(2) and (3) are satisfied in light of the deference due the President's decision to federalize the Guard. We conclude, at this preliminary stage and given the district court's factual
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findings, that the federal government does not appear likely to succeed on either argument.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 5h

Georgetown Honors Women Protecting Democracy at 2025 Hillary Clinton Awards - Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) honored women who are leading the fight for democracy through collective action on the ground and in the media at an annual event at Geor...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 5h

Congratulations to @mariaressa.bsky.social, as well as the representatives of the Bangladeshi and Venezuelan democracy movements who joined me at the Hillary Rodham Clinton awards at @giwps.bsky.social. Great to spend a day surrounded by people working hard to make their countries better.

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Rep. Brendan Boyle @congressmanboyle.bsky.social · 5h

Americans are turning to GoFundMe to cover their basic needs — because Donald Trump's economy is failing regular people.

Trump couldn't care less. He's too busy driving up costs and giving tax breaks to billionaires.

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ksrnow @ksrnow.bsky.social · 3h

Meanwhile back at the Trump Regime:

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 5h

Is there some kind of problem here?

New York Magazine @nymag.com · 7h

Newly surfaced internet comments made by Graham Platner — he once identified as a Communist, and railed against police — present the Maine senate candidate with his first real test.

Graham Platner’s Honeymoon Is Over

Newly surfaced internet comments made by Graham Platner — he once identified as a Communist, and railed against police — present the Maine senate candidate with his first real test.

nymag.com

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