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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1h

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Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3h

Solidarity is the only way

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 2h

"News organizations including The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative Newsmax television network said Monday they will not sign a Defense Department document about its new press rules, making it likely the Trump administration will evict their reporters from the Pentagon."

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3h

Solidarity is the only way

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Margaret Dumont 🇨🇦 @margaretdumont.bsky.social · 2h

A very difficult but important read. Thank you.

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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 2h

People have words about Alberta Premier Smith enacting the notwithstanding clause to enforce bills that will affect their kids.

“We'll be moving if she enacts that. For the safety of our child,” says one parent.

People have words.

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'We'll be moving': Alberta transgender children, families brace for legal changes

EDMONTON - Football decals plaster the walls of his bedroom. A San Francisco 49ers bedspread and a binder full of trading cards make it clear the seven-year-old loves sports.

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 11h

We are so close to our goal. Please, look up your closest petition signing location on this website and take a minute to add your name to the list of proud Canadians.

Our #ForeverCanadian volunteers are at 68 locations across Alberta. Find them here:

www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website

Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

www.forever-canadian.ca

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 9h

Must read here for all Albertans via @ximenaka.bsky.social.
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee

MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.

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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 9h

Incredible, heartbreaking interviews by @reportrix.bsky.social.

Quote: "“You show your love really weird," the girl says of [Premier] Smith." 💔

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/sports/well-...

The kids, they know what's going down. They're fighting for their actual lives. No bluster. No exaggeration.

'We'll be moving': Alberta transgender children, families brace for legal changes

EDMONTON - Football decals plaster the walls of his bedroom. A San Francisco 49ers bedspread and a binder full of trading cards make it clear the seven-year-old loves sports.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 8h

Notice the Don't Tread On Me sign?

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 8h

Who was president in 2020? There appears to be a concerted effort to get you to forget

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...

‘Who was president in 2020?’ Trump and GOP want you to think it was Biden | CNN Politics

If you asked people what the worst one-year period in recent American history was, it’s a good bet that many would choose roughly between January 2020 and January 2021.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 7h

Kind of like the Dallas ICE shooting

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 8h

“The initial newspaper reports mentioned the names of the white crew members, but only referred to the Mexican passengers as ‘deportees.’ That lack of recognition moved Woody Guthrie to write a song …” www.kqed.org/news/1194127...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Absolutely brutal.

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 14h

A guy I know from the dog park goes to this gym. He saw this same Nazi but he also noticed that the guy was wearing an ankle monitor, which I hadn’t seen.

Planet fitness management doesn’t give a single shit btw.

Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · Sep 1

There’s a Nazi at my gym.

Pic from behind of what looks like a humanoid ham adorned with Nazi tats on an elliptical machine.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

You can find a #NoKingsDay event near you at nokings.org/#map.

Join your neighbors and friends. Stand up for what actually makes America great.

This Saturday. Everywhere.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13h

A notice from @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.

Will run in newspapers across the nation.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11h

"Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, is reported to have fled...On Saturday, some Capsat soldiers had posted a video...: “Let us join forces, military, gendarmes and police, and refuse to be paid to shoot our friends, our brothers and our sisters..."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Madagascar president flees after losing support of key army unit

Elite Capsat unit that played a major role in Andry Rajoelina’s rise to presidency joined gen Z protests against corruption

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 11h

I can think of somewhere else where the military needs to start saying this

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11h

"Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, is reported to have fled...On Saturday, some Capsat soldiers had posted a video...: “Let us join forces, military, gendarmes and police, and refuse to be paid to shoot our friends, our brothers and our sisters..."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Madagascar president flees after losing support of key army unit

Elite Capsat unit that played a major role in Andry Rajoelina’s rise to presidency joined gen Z protests against corruption

www.theguardian.com

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Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 16h

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14h

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

Work harder and die

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 15h

they’re scared fucking shitless of this weekend, or, at the least, are scared fucking shitless of trump seeing it on the television

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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William Easley @williameasley.bsky.social · 15h

Complete own goal by the republicans. Not a ton of media attention for the first big protest day and now you have the republicans bringing it up and effectively telling the media to cover it

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Bex 🐸 (they/them/frog) @thinlyveiledtruth.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the file for the whistles that LA recommends. Solidarity!

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Loudest Emergency Whistle by ThreeD-Michael | Download free STL model | Printables.com

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