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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 6h

Democrats are back in DC, ready to get to work. Republicans are nowhere to be found.

It’s time to get back to work, protect health care, and end this Republican shutdown.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 6h

US president has taken a series of escalatory steps that appear aimed at toppling the Venezuelan government.

Trump appears to confirm report he authorised CIA operations in Venezuela

US president has taken a series of escalatory steps that appear aimed at toppling the Venezuelan government.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8h

"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8h

“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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Dr. Mar 💙 @boldnewme.bsky.social · 1d

We have a 79-year-old failed casino owner making decisions for 350 million lives, bankrupting everything he touches.

He created this disastrous situation with China and won’t take responsibility.👇

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 7h

"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.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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NPR @npr.org · 6h

The court's conservative majority could invalidate the section of the Voting Rights Act aimed at ensuring that minority voters are not shut out of the process of drawing new congressional district lines. n.pr/42HFVEY