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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 1d

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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machappy2024.bsky.social @machappy2024.bsky.social · 13h

www.salon.com/2025/10/12/p...

Pope Leo takes aim at MAGA’s false gospel

The American Pope is confirming MAGA's worst fears

www.salon.com

machappy2024.bsky.social @machappy2024.bsky.social · 14h

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

Donald Trump is a wartime president.

War on women.
War on voting rights.
War on Latinos.
War on California.
War on institutions.
War on history.

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machappy2024.bsky.social @machappy2024.bsky.social · 14h

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Churlayla 86.47 @churlayla.bsky.social · 1d

Only 79 yr old in history to have ear cartilage grow back.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Judge Nachmanoff has adopted Jim Comey's preferred protective order over the one the loaner AUSAs proposed (which would have required Comey have babysitters to access his own discovery).

He also included this footnote.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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machappy2024.bsky.social @machappy2024.bsky.social · 14h

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Kathy Griffin @kathygriffin.bsky.social · 22h

Elections aren’t every 4 years or every 2 years, they’re every year. In California we have a special election for prop 50 and it’s a YES. If Texas can gerrymander then we should be able to. I know my comments will be filled with bots, but I won’t be intimidated. Our democracy is vanishing❤️

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 15h

“Dozens of prominent artists and cultural organizations will participate in a series of artistic demonstrations to protest what authoritarian overreach by the Trump administration.

The protests, known as Fall of Freedom, will take place on the weekend of Nov. 21...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...