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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 10h

*stares off into the distance*

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10h

NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.

Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds

Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.

www.nbcnews.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9h

Here’s the single frame from the video where you can see clearly a masked Border Patrol agent with one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand outside the window spraying pepper spray randomly into the open window of a passing car.

A video taken from the passenger side of a car. The screenshot shows a man in a large pickup truck which is several feet higher because it’s one of those giant pickup trucks (a Chevy Titan). There’s a guy leaning out the driver’s side window, who is very blurry but you can see he’s wearing fatigues and a helmet and a face covering. There’s a spray of orange coming out of a canister in what seems to be his right hand).

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 7h

He seriously hates Americans.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

TRUMP: You have to bring in talent

INGRAHAM: Well, we have plenty of talented people in America

TRUMP: No you don't. No.

INGRAHAM: We don't have talented people here?

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 9h

Sean Duffy: "what this country needs is fewer air traffic controllers, and for those who do show up to work to be demoralized"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."

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Mona Jones @mojonz.bsky.social · 7h

wut?

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7h

So, I think there's a slight chance that MAYBE Donald Trump isn't the best person to be president of America.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

TRUMP: You have to bring in talent

INGRAHAM: Well, we have plenty of talented people in America

TRUMP: No you don't. No.

INGRAHAM: We don't have talented people here?

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Mona Jones @mojonz.bsky.social · 7h

yes

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10h

I want a robot to follow Elon Musk at all times that does nothing but give him a livestream of whatever Joyce Carol Oates has to say about him.

Mona Jones @mojonz.bsky.social · 8h

Excellent.

Marc Wing @6-rue-d-alsace.bsky.social · 8h

“… this tortured land, deserves a government as good … as the people defending it … The … Kings, … Fettermans, … Shaheens, and … Schumers … do not deserve one moment of peace until good people can force them off a platform they do not deserve …”

#GiftArticle #LetAmericaBeAmericaAgain #DoNotVoteGOP

A nation of heroes, a Senate of cowards | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, Cheney didn’t save us from Trump. He created him.

share.inquirer.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8h

A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex

Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free

Andrew Taake walked free because of Trump’s pardons, despite being convicted of a child sex crime.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Imani Gandied Yams @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 8h

So Dems demanded an extension on subsidies or else. Then they caved. The GOP being smart is now adding abortion restrictions to a subsidies extension forcing Dems to either sell out on abortion or vote no on the subsidies they demanded in the first place.

They just keep getting clowned.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 8h

The new abortion fight that could derail ACA funding

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.

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

#Thugs

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 2d

ICE sprays large canister of pepper spray directly into family car—hitting 1 year old baby.

"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.

"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."

Cicero, Illinois

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Mona Jones @mojonz.bsky.social · 10h

Well, that's encouraging.

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Ravin Boodram @rvbdrm.com · 11h

An meme based on a New York Times article featuring the Philly Phanatic.

The New York Times
OPINION
BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
Mamdani Isn't the Future of the Democrats. This Guy Is.
Nov. 9, 2025

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 11h

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

Oh good I was worried some hungry people might get some food

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 11h

U.S. SUPREME COURT EXTENDS PAUSE ON JUDGE'S ORDER THAT REQUIRED TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO FULLY FUND FOOD AID FOR 42 MILLION AMERICANS THIS MONTH AMID FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19h

The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist

The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”

www.theatlantic.com

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 11h

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · Oct 10

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 2d

trump may be snatching innocent brown people off the street and traumatizing kids and communities but at least he’s making a notorious sex trafficker “happier” and “more comfortable”

Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is 'happier' at minimum-security Texas facility

Maxwell, a convicted sex offender connected to Jeffrey Epstein, was moved to a less restrictive federal prison this summer. Congress is investigating allegations of special treatment.

www.nbcnews.com

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Mona Jones @mojonz.bsky.social · 19h

MY BAD. Hasan is up for reelection in 2028. Only Durbin and Shaheen are retiring in 2026.

Mona Jones @mojonz.bsky.social · 19h

My bad. Hasan is up for reelection in 2028.

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Ed Boooooo-mila @edburmila.bsky.social · 1d

If the outcomes aren't the most important thing, it's not even politics. Politics is literally about the outcomes. What he's describing here is cosplaying.

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Mona Jones @mojonz.bsky.social · 1d

Cool. Have you called for Schumer and Durbin to step down?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."

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