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Peppa Pax Pippa 🕊️☮️✌🏼 @peppapaxpippa.bsky.social · 1d

I'M TIRED OF "LIBERAL" BEING USED AS AN INSULT.
LIBERALISM GAVE YOU THE VOTE.
LIBERALISM GAVE YOU EQUALITY.
LIBERALISM GAVE YOU FREE SPEECH
LIBERALISM GAVE YOU YOUR INALIENABLE RIGHTS.
LIBERALISM IS THE ENEMY OF TYRANTS, AND I'LL BE FOREVER PROUD TO DEFEND IT.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18h

Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social.

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mike85254.bsky.social @mike85254.bsky.social · 10h

There is no accountability anywhere in Trump's cadre of ghouls

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18h

Los Angeles County voted to declare a state of emergency in response to federal ICE raids. Normally reserved for natural disasters, the declaration allows the county to mobilize resources and offer assistance to residents impacted by the raids.

LA County officials approve emergency declaration over immigration raids

The move allows the L.A. County Board of Supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the crackdown on immigrants.

abc7.com

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mike85254.bsky.social @mike85254.bsky.social · 10h

As usual, faux Christian Mike the worm Johnson is lying his white supremacist ass off.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 19h

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

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 15h

Some of the brightest former CIA, FBI, and NSA minds are about to deliver a blunt assessment of the threat we face. I’ve had Steven Cash (He was awarded the CIA’s Medal of Merit for his work on a sensitive project) @steadystatevets.bsky.social on my podcast...he’s the real deal. Stay tuned.

The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 16h

Tomorrow, we release the Steady State’s assessment of American democracy—written by former national security officials using the same tools once used to evaluate authoritarian regimes abroad. The conclusion is clear: We are facing an existential threat of growing autocracy here in the US.

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mike85254.bsky.social @mike85254.bsky.social · 10h

So well said. Thank you Mother Hubbard

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 1d

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Kris and Dave

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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 1d

Just a reminder

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 18h

Trump has taken to threatening the American people to try and get what he wants. His authoritarian tactics have no place in our government.

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mike85254.bsky.social @mike85254.bsky.social · 11h

Eloquent statement.

JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 14h

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11h

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Congresswoman Susie Lee @susielee.house.gov · 1d

No one should have to choose between putting food on the table and getting the care they need. Nevada nurses like Brian Hansen see firsthand what happens when families lose their coverage.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22h

Talk about indoctrination…

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mike85254.bsky.social @mike85254.bsky.social · 11h

Too bad we didn't keep Trump's grandfather our and of course Malaria and her Einstein visa.

Marq in the Bay @baymarq.bsky.social · 1d

Here's puppy-shooter-led DHS crowing about how they're scaring off foreign residents who are MOSTLY LEGAL and who contribute greatly to American greatness.

The stupid, it burns. #ProudBlue #Resist

The foreign-born population has decreased 2.2 MILLION this year! - Homeland Security tweet

mike85254.bsky.social @mike85254.bsky.social · 11h

Mainstays of MAGAt world

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 1d

I don't recall a member of Congress facing a restraining order involving a former girlfriend - for allegedly threatening to release nude photos and videos of her, but maybe someone has the receipts. Rep. Cory Mills R-FL in hot water again. www.wesh.com/article/flor...

Florida Congressman Cory Mills ordered to stay away from former girlfriend

She filed for the restraining order when she says Mills began threatening to share nude photos and videos with others, and allegedly threatened her future boyfriends.

www.wesh.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 16h

Hey Mike Johnson – the more you facilitate a cover-up and do everything in your power to prevent the release of the Epstein files – the more your constituents, the American public, and the whole world are going to believe you are guilty of the exact same types of crimes as Jeffrey Epstein.

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Selina Grissom @lilrdvet2.bsky.social · 1d

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Assistant Marshallian Spillover Spookinator 👻 @stevenlandgraf.com · 15h

Tariff deadweight loss is often conceptualized as the reduction in quantity, but it's also the increase in unproductive costs. Increased compliance paperwork, installing back seats in Turkey just to rip them out in South Carolina, etc. #EconSky

Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 15h

What a cluster: "One of Europe’s biggest farm machinery firms halts US exports over ‘hidden’ tariffs" www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"You have to get paperwork from the supplier to the supplier to the supplier. That is pretty much impossible"

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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 21h

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Lizzy For Democracy @lizzy2016.bsky.social · 1d

Flood the Zone with Truth and Facts...

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 15h

“Kavanaugh map”

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15h

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?

Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18

#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

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Mozelle Victory @godswrath699.bsky.social · 12h

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Players Unlimited Media

Trump’s Wednesday Just FELL APART As Epstein Bomb SHOCKS AG

YouTube video by Players Unlimited - Media

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20h

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