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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6h

"These are people who are the future of the GOP's operative class. At least one of them is a politician in his own right." And you'll never believe what they're saying...or maybe you will.

@willsommer.bsky.social, @timmiller.bsky.social, and @samsteindc.bsky.social talk the leaked GOP group chat:

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 3h

Essentially, the case could let the GOP grab 19 new, safe U.S. House seats by gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Question remains just how far far-right justices will go to help Republicans lock in one party rule for decades.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 3h

@jvl.bsky.social: "Jay Jones is the mirror image of those Young Republicans...talking about gas chambers...Democrats ought to demand that Jones either drop out of his race or, if he wins, immediately resign."

Read today's Triad, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr...

All the Pretty Little Nazis

The shape of things to come.

www.thebulwark.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

“Go to a No Kings rally. What do you see? You see moms and grandmas and kids and dogs and funny signs and dancing and happy displays of opposition to the regime that are foundationally nonviolent. And on the other end, you’ve got a regime that’s led by a guy who cheered the January 6th insurrection”

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

Regarding past rallies Indivisible has organized, such as the “Hands Off” rallies that took place in all fifty states in April, co-executive director Ezra Levin said: “It was far larger than January 6th, and there was no violence. None.” www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-r...

‘No Kings’ Has Republicans in Disarray

Why GOP lawmakers are spreading fear about the upcoming rally.

www.thebulwark.com

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BlueVoter @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 3h

Fascism. Who knew? #fascism

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

Trump’s administration laid off thousands of federal workers, gutting critical departments: Treasury, HHS, and Education.

What we’re seeing now isn’t new. The shutdown is the new excuse. Create chaos, starve the government, and leave folks struggling while Trump’s billionaire buddies get richer.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7h

Boom! Who’s winning the shutdown debate? THE ACA.

More Republicans than Democrats use the ACA marketplace. So the GOP’s base is relying on the same program their party is causing premiums to skyrocket.

45% of ACA marketplace enrollees are Republicans, and most live in GOP-held districts.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

In Rogers Park, Chicago, ICE GOONS pulled over a woman who was filming and blowing a whistle at them, and then upon leaving, they harassed and pointed guns at a man who was trying to protect his neighbors...

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Dr René MD 🇺🇸🩺 @drrenemd.bsky.social · 6h

I don't know about you, but this lady is all the proof I need to be out on the streets on #October18 #NoKings #NeverBackDown

These rabid ICE mofers think all they have to do is threaten people with jail. Cowardly beta cucks🖕🖕🖕

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

ICE setting up raids outside churches. Trump’s America. 🇺🇸

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 5h

Did I miss any updates on the investigation into the motive of Charlie Kirk’s killer? It feels like that just disappeared as a story, which is strange considering his exaltation within GOP and making his murder into a national event. I’d think we’d be getting hearing about it frequently

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 23h

Leaders of Young Republican groups across the country talked about putting opponents in gas chambers, joked about raping their enemies, spread antisemitism and praised Hitler.

These are the people who pretend to be offended when called Nazis.

Where’s the GOP leadership outrage?

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 16h

2) The CDC division within the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) that directs the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) — a bellwether of the country’s health — lost all its planners in last weekend’s firings.

www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h

They’re freaking out!!!

Trump’s cabinet secretaries falsely claim Dems are keeping the government closed because of the “No Kings” mass protests, and Mike Johnson calls it the “hate America rally.”

The truth is: we love America, but we hate tyrants. That’s why we’re doing this.

See you Saturday.

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❀༻𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕫𝕚𝕖𝕡𝕚𝕖༺❀ @schultziepie.bsky.social · 23h

A leaked Telegram chat titled “RESTOREYR WAR ROOM” exposed thousands of messages exchanged among rising leaders in the Young Republican National Federation (YRNF), revealing rampant racism, antisemitism, homophobia, and even praise for Hitler.Take a listen!👇🏼

#gopnextgenofracists
#pinks

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

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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William K. Cody @williamcody.bsky.social · 18h

#NoBlueMoneyForRedStates - Blue states are paying for the lives (interstates, Medicare, Medicaid, military, federal law enforcement, farm subsidies, housing subsidies, food stamps, etc.) of the people in the red states who hate them and want to see them destroyed. This is insane.

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 18h

Trump says he will not give NYC federal funds if Mamdani wins while promising to give $20B to Argentina.

How is this America First?

This is election interference. Blue states should stop sending tax $$ to the federal government.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"Miller slipped up because even he knows it is an outrageous thing for Trump to claim absolute, unreviewable power to send active-duty military troops into American cities based only on his delusions."

Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

This is not how the Constitution works.

www.publicnotice.co

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IndivisibleNWI @indivisiblenwi.bsky.social · 1d

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Philosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t say that ICE is “arresting people,” they are abducting people.👇

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