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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 15h

Republicans are holding hungry Americans hostage.

F*ck. Them.

WE can take care of our neighbors.

Join our Feeding America campaign to help families on SNAP!

1 dollar = 10 meals.

Pass it on!!!

Help SNAP Recipients Today.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!

I know how hard you worked for this.

Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.

At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25

Then beneath it

TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO

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Laurie @labelbda.bsky.social · 16h

Ingenious campaign. Tomorrow is a big day in the USA.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio

There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.

Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.

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Laurie @labelbda.bsky.social · 16h

Mamdani’s 🧵s feed made me smile this morning

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

We have run out of ways to describe their gaslighting and projection

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17h

Oh: Reached out to Bishop Robert Barron (among others), who sits on Trump's religious liberty commission, earlier today about Broadview, and it looks like he's "brought forward … concerns" on *one* part of the religious freedom issue (i.e., communion access, not ICE shooting clergy w/pepper balls).

Bishop Robert Barron
@BishopBarron
Over the past several weeks Fr. Alexei Woltornist and I have been in touch with senior officials in both the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security and have brought forward the concerns of the Church regarding detainees' access to Sacraments.
They have assured me that these matters are under careful review.
I feel that maintaining open lines of communication and engaging in dialogue with the Administration constitute the most constructive way forward.

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Laurie @labelbda.bsky.social · 19h

Great read.

I watch all tracking models when waiting the storm’s approach. 🇧🇲

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI: the federal weather enterprise again rose to the occasion for #Melissa, but on backs of NOAA retirees volunteering for aircraft reconnaissance duty and employees not currently getting paid. Why the "shutdown" isn't really a shutdown due to feds dedicated to public safety: tinyurl.com/2wk36686

Federal weather enterprise rises to the occasion again with Melissa - thanks to volunteers and unpaid employees

When a federal government "shutdown" is not really a shutdown. And also looking at the continued longer term impacts of ongoing and threatened budget cuts.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22h

Bipartisan former officials, billionaires defend restrictions on money in politics in Maine lawsuit mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/30/b...

Bipartisan former officials, billionaires defend restrictions on money in politics in Maine lawsuit • Maine Morning Star

Republican and Democratic former governors and members of Congress, billionaires and democracy reform organizations are coming to the defense of Maine’s law in a case over the legality of campaign fin...

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Laurie @labelbda.bsky.social · 20h

She needs reminding that she still puts her pants on one leg at a time like the rest of us “mere mortals”.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 23h

While thousands of federal workers, contractors, and servicemembers are working without pay, House Republicans are enjoying a 45-day taxpayer-funded vacation.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

"I don't begrudge New Yorkers who are skeptical." NYC mayoral candidate @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

We've got you 👍

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

NEW EPISODE: Donald Trump is dismantling democracy through corruption, pay-to-play schemes, and the politicization of the courts and DOJ. Sen. Richard Blumenthal joins me to discuss Republicans enabling an authoritarian takeover, turning justice into revenge, and destroying institutional integrity.

Republicans Enabling Authoritarian Takeover of DOJ | Sen. Richard Blumenthal

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

"Maybe fielding more centrist candidates wins Democrats a few more elections. Maybe it doesn’t. But either way, the argument is about one or two percentage points. And it does nothing to address the core two-party doom loop wrecking our politics." leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...

The moderation debate fiddles with 2% while Democracy’s dimensionality collapses

Presidential vote now determines 98% of House outcomes. One-dimensional partisan conflict is authoritarian-friendly territory. Could fusion voting restore competitive dimensions?

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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 1d

> In the final days ahead of Tremane’s scheduled execution... additional details have emerged exposing how Oklahoma’s prosecutors and judges have coordinated in ways that have undermined Tremane’s final chances at a meaningful review of his case.

www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...

A Red State Is Preparing To Execute A Man Who Was Never Proven To Have Killed Anyone

Next week, Tremane Wood will have the chance to make his case for mercy. Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Trump still has not followed a court order to release SNAP funds for millions of people.

Meanwhile, he hosted a "Great Gatsby" themed party at Mar-a-Lago this weekend.

And he posted seven times about renovating a White House bathroom with marble and gold.

Priorities.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

'the other parts"

"New Weapons Testing Won’t Include Nuclear Explosions, Energy Secretary Says; Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the testing ordered up in a surprise announcement by President Trump last week would focus on 'the other parts' of nuclear weaponry..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...

New Weapons Testing Won’t Include Nuclear Explosions, Energy Secretary Says

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kash Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

O'DONNELL: Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?

TRUMP: No. I think they haven't gone far enough.

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Laurie @labelbda.bsky.social · 2d

Building Healthier Social Media.

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Progress Update: Building Healthier Social Media - Bluesky

Over the next few months, we’ll be iterating on the systems that make Bluesky a better place for healthy conversations. Some experiments will stick, others will evolve, and we’ll share what we learn a...

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Tim Mathews @timmathews.bsky.social · 2d

His loyalty is to a made up Christ different than the one in the Bible. It’s more like the Jesus in Talladega Nights, in a Tuxedo T-shirt, with giant eagles' wings and singing lead vocals for Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: Trump administration’s Chicago immigration raids are coming to a city near you as Homeland Security sidelines old ICE leadership. “What we’re seeing now is what the rest of the nation can expect. This is the new model.” Our story on what that means www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/b...

Border Patrol’s strong-arm tactics are the new norm in Chicago as Trump moves to sideline ICE leadership

“What we’re seeing now is what the rest of the nation can expect,” said Fred Tsao, senior policy counsel at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

www.chicagotribune.com

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