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Belinda Ballard @lynieb.bsky.social · 47m

Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court appears ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that's helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 2h

Nurse: Asking our friends and neighbors[...]to pay more than double for their premiums is going to force people off their health insurance[...]instead of working with Democrats to lower health care cost, Republicans shut down the government and took a vacation.

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 2h

Swear in Adelita Grijalva
Mr Speaker
She is in DC
Arizona has certified her election
Enough

Rep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · 2h

Enough with the games Speaker Johnson. Call the House back. Swear in Adelita Grijalva. And reopen the government.

We've got work to do.

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Belinda Ballard @lynieb.bsky.social · 49m

“U.S. Capitol Police were called about an American flag altered to include a swastika and displayed inside the office of Rep. Dave Taylor (R-Ohio)… image
shows the flag pinned to what appears to be a cubicle wall behind Angelo Elia, one of Taylor’s staffers”

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Oh man, I wonder which party this congressman belongs to

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 2h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Oh man, I wonder which party this congressman belongs to

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 2h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "They have committed massive political crime. I hope they're looking at Schifty Schiff. I hope they're looking at all these people. And I'm allowed to find out. I'm in theory the chief law enforcement officer."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump on Schumer: "I think he's losing IQ points with time. I think that happens. I hope it hasn't happened with me. I know if it did, you guys would let me know about it very quickly."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

He still had this up *after* the story about the Young Republicans group chat with the Hitler praise was released.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 3h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 2h

They grabbed him, pulled him over the line and then charged him with trespassing once he was there. #RobbyRoadsteamer

consequence.net/2025/10/robb...

Musical Comedian Robby Roadsteamer Detained by ICE in Portland

Comedian Robby Roadsteamer says he was detained by ICE in Portland and charged with trespassing after singing a Rod Stewart parody during a protest.

consequence.net

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h

In the same event:

* Kash Patel claims the Justice Department is no longer weaponized

* Donald Trump calls Jack Smith a 'deranged criminal' and says he hopes Andrew Weissmann gets looked into

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 2h

Now I wonder if TIME wanted Trump viewed from this angle on purpose. Deborah who is professional film maker takes note of this photograph that shows absolutely no scar tissue visible on Trump’s ear where he claims to have been shot. More evidence this was an outright lie!

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "We're getting rid of problems that we didn't like but that were negotiated in but we didn't like. We're terminating those programs. And they're gonna be terminated on a permanent basis."

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2h

WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalists begin leaving Pentagon after refusing to sign Trump administration agreements on rules of access.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump on No Kings: "They have their day coming up. I hear very few people are gonna be there, by the way. But they have their day coming up and they want to have their day in the sun."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

The plan to force taxpayers to cover emergency medical costs for non-citizens is a law called EMTALA: signed into law by the infamous democrat Ronald Reagan.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Lisa McClain: "Democrats' plan forces taxpayers to cover the majority of emergency medical costs for all non-citizens. Another $28 billion tab for who? You guessed it, the American people."

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 2h

As a Supreme Court gets ready to strip the rest of the protections in the Voting Rights Act… California needs to set the tone for the resistance.
YES on prop 50.
youtube.com/shorts/PwCAq...

FIGHT back CALIFORNIA

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

youtube.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

My message to President Trump.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump on tariffs: "We're allowed to do whatever we want. We just had presidents that didn't want to do it for whatever reason. Of the eight wars, tariffs are directly responsible for me ending 6 of them. 5 or 6."

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2h

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump says lawyers challenging his power to impose tariffs are "aligned with foreign nations" and adds that he plans to go to the Supreme Court to watch the arguments of the tariffs case

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2h

"It's important that none of us grow numb to it.... or accept this as normal"

A sobering warning from Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA)

youtu.be/uW27-2_57XM

PA Gov. Josh Shapiro warns: "It's important none of us grow numb to it, or accept this as normal"

YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2h

Huge thanks to everyone who showed up outside the Supreme Court today to stand up for voting rights!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump suggests he may get even more involved in prosecuting his political foes: "What we're doing is nothing. I don't have to leave it up to them. But I choose to at this moment at least."

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Spooky Morales @spookymorales.bsky.social · 2h

If you're surprised you haven't been paying attention🤦🏻‍♂️

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2h

Breaking: Capitol Police have been called after a Republican congressional office was just caught displaying a swastika.

This comes one day after group chat messages were leaked of young GOP officials saying “I love Hitler” and calling to put Democrats in “gas chambers.”

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