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Lily Potter @lilypotter130.bsky.social · 10h

Mentor, Ohio had a great turnout today for the #NoKingsDay protest!

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Lily Potter @lilypotter130.bsky.social · 10h

Let's hear it for the huge turnout at the #NoKingsDay protest in Mentor, #Ohio!

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Laurel Davila @laureldavilacpa.bsky.social · 21d

GOP needs to come to the table to get healthcare funded for the American people. #MomSky

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21d

Putin not Musk is probably the richest man on earth but that only makes the point stronger — control of media by oligarchs leads to folly, fascism, and war

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Andy Bass @andybassny.bsky.social · Sep 18

The U.S. Postal Service has issued a new stamp commemorating writer, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel (1928-2016). A dedication ceremony was held at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on September 17, 2025. Wiesel made 180 appearances at the 92nd Street Y from 1967 to 2014.

Participants in the Elie Wiesel stamp dedication ceremony stand beside a display of the stamp on the stage of the Kaufmann Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on September 17, 2025. Left to right are master of ceremonies Lee Goldberg, Meteorologist at WABC-TV New York; Rabbi David Ingber, Senior Director of the Bronfman Center; Ronald A. Stroman, Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service; Elisha Wiesel, son of Elie Wiesel and Chairman of the Board of the Elie Wiesel Foundation; and Seth Pinsky, Chief Executive Officer of the 92nd Street Y. (Andy Bass photo)

The desk that Elie Wiesel regularly sat at during his many lectures at the 92nd Street Y is displayed on stage at the Elie Wiesel stamp dedication ceremony on September 17, 2025. Wiesel made 180 appearances at the Upper East Side Jewish cultural institution from 1967 to 2014. Audio and video recordings of his lectures, readings and conversations at the 92nd Street Y are accessible in the Elie Wiesel Living Archive, an online multimedia repository. (Andy Bass photo)

USPS art director Ethel Kessler, designer of the Elie Wiesel stamp, stands beside a display of the stamp at the dedication ceremony at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on September 17, 2025. Her design incorporates a black-and-white photograph taken by Sergey Bermeniev in 1999. (Andy Bass photo)

A cover for the Elie Wiesel stamp dedication ceremony program bears the First Day of Issue cancellation mark and signatures of seven participants. The signers are master of ceremonies Lee Goldberg, national anthem performer Craig Stagg, speakers Seth Pinsky, Ronald A. Stroman, Rabbi David Ingber, and Elisha Wiesel, and stamp designer Ethel Kessler. (Andy Bass collection)

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · Sep 12

Wondering if any Member of Congress will demand details of how ATF fucked up analysis of those bullet engravings so badly--whether someone was pressured to target trans people--and how it was leaked (Crowder says he was subpoenaed).

The leak put every trans person at risk.

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · Sep 8

When the full extent of Trump’s criminality and that of his family is known I hope the USA has the guts to seize ALL of their assets. They are raking in billions in what Don Jr. describes as a ‘parallel MAGA economy’. You’ll not get out from under these oligarchs unless u fight.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Sep 11

Decrying violence against political opponents rings a bit hollow when you pull Secret Service protection from your political opponents.

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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · Sep 11

NEW --> glennkessler.substack.com/p/trumps-911...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Sep 11

Here we go. Trump just made it unmistakably clear that it will now be absolutely open season on whoever they decide to label "the left," and that this will be pursued with the full force of the government. This could get very, very bad.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · Sep 11

This was clear already.

What's newsworthy about the video, IMO, is how at first Trump expressed real grief and then adopted the stance and some of the very same language that Katie Miller rushed to right away.

This is a Stephen Miller move.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Sep 11

Here we go. Trump just made it unmistakably clear that it will now be absolutely open season on whoever they decide to label "the left," and that this will be pursued with the full force of the government. This could get very, very bad.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · Sep 11

Several years ago, I wrote a tribute and thank-you to the passengers of Flight 93, whose courageous action likely saved the lives of many Washingtonians on 9/11–including perhaps my own. In the years since, my gratitude has only grown. Please give this a read.

link.motherjones.com/public/24977...

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Lily Potter @lilypotter130.bsky.social · Sep 11

My cousin Jason Dahl was the pilot of Flight 93.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 11

Never forget.

www.fox13memphis.com/community/st...

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Mikel Jollett @mikeljollett.bsky.social · Sep 11

There are violent extremists on the left but they are not in charge of the party. You can find them on social media, not in the halls of power.

The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.

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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · Sep 11

This. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Mikel Jollett @mikeljollett.bsky.social · Sep 11

There are violent extremists on the left but they are not in charge of the party. You can find them on social media, not in the halls of power.

The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Sep 11

The first responders who ran into the wreckage on 9/11 shouldn’t have to wait for the medical care they need. Trump and Robert Kennedy Jr. must reverse all of their cuts to the World Trade Center Health Program.

Democrats demand answers from Kennedy over delayed actions of 9/11 health program

The program has been plagued by funding shortages and staffing cuts, leading to sometimes monthslong wait times for survivors seeking appointments.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 2

Stephen Miller wants more totally-not-concentration-camps in other red states, and says #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer will fund their cruel agenda with a massive ICE funding injection (while slashing health care & food for the very people they say immigrants take resources from)

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · Jun 30

June 29, 2025

There are four political stories people should know about tonight.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Jun 28

Orange Daddy gonna be big mad.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jun 28

Alligator Alcatraz must be stopped. We’re fighting to save the soul of this country and you continue to inspire us. You always show up when it counts. Thank you, truly! 💚✊

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 28

Sen. Hawley a yes on exactly the thing he says we can’t be doing

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · Jun 28

This is true. But the DOGE war on USAID and the NIH also has done strategic harm to the country.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · Jun 28

It’s a GOP Suicide pact—which will kill their constituents.

Politico @politico.com · Jun 28

Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state’s congressional delegation that the Senate GOP’s planned Medicaid cuts “would be historic in their devastation.”

Louisiana hospitals warn Mike Johnson of 'devastation' from megabill

www.politico.com

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God @thegodpodcast.com · Jun 28

They are sending roving bands of masked thugs with the stated goal of kidnapping 20 million brown people to transport them to any country they can pay to take them. All this has been cleared by The Stolen Court.

This is not deportation.

This is ethnic cleansing.

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