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hope-post.bsky.social @hope-post.bsky.social · 4h

I really agree, it’s ominous. He’s such and evil fck, he’ll definitely destroy as much as he can on his way out the door! I’m really hoping there is an actual hell to set his ass on fire for eternity!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

Are House Republicans going to finally show up to work this week or is their extended vacation going to continue? Many Americans take a week or two vacation if they are lucky during summers. House Republicans take the entire Fall off, after lengthy breaks in Spring and Summer.

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The REAL Blackheart @blackheart33.bsky.social · 5h

youtu.be/x-gmQ2jcjNw?...

Democrat reveals Trump has been threatening Republicans over Epstein files

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen News

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 5h

What you need to know to prepare for the week ahead. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Week Ahead

October 12, 2025

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 5h

Reinforcements have been dispatched to Portland… 🤣🐸🤣

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

I believe that Trump, Mike Johnson and Greg Abbott should not have started this and continued with it in multiple states to rig the midterms. No Democrats want this, but we can’t unilaterally disarm in the face of multiple threats to fair representation nationwide.

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 6h

Oh honey what is you doing

Antitrust fetishist Matt Stoller picking a fight with Derek dieworkwear

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✨🌟 ⭐️ LoveKat ⭐️🌟✨🟦♿️🧬🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🌎☮️🕊️🟪 @lovekat41.bsky.social · 5h

The Alabama Solution documentary on USA prisoner system is heartbreaking and infuriating. It’s no wonder they don’t allow people in to see and practice oversight. My God.

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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 6h

"If there is one thing Truth Social is good for these days, it is that it somewhat reliably tracks the 79-year old president's cognitive decline. . . .

"It is time for a serious discussion about the 25th amendment to the U.S. Constitution."
— @jimacosta.bsky.social | substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Middlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 5h

I might not have agreed with ANYTHING George W. Bush did, but at least he cared about America & the well-being of Democratic Americans.
He was a war mongering moron, but his kind of civility no longer exists on the executive level of the GOP.

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 6h

interesting that justice barrett thinks it's appropriate for a judge to appear on a transparently partisan propaganda network like FNC

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 5h

I sometimes joke that I was trained by the jesuits.
As a punk rock dropout I met the bad-assed Michael Czerny who advised us about political organizing. He faced down death squads in El Salvador.
He married my wife and I.
He is the pope's right hand.
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/meet-the-j...

Meet the Jesuit Cardinal Behind Pope Leo’s Social Justice Revolution

From drafting Leo's first apostolic exhortation to championing migrants and the planet, Cardinal Michael Czerny is shaping the moral heart of this papacy.

www.thelettersfromleo.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5h

Police union leaders defending jan 6 after watching what those cops went through should have been the clarifying moment if nothing else (and there had been plenty before) bsky.app/profile/nota...

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 5h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

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🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 𝚍𝚋𝚊 𝙱𝚊𝚍 𝙱𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢 @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 5h

The right for anyone to exist is so far outside the realm of possible things another human being can determine.

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PirandelloRJ 🍉 @pirandellorj.bsky.social · 1d

China doesn't give a fig.

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 5h

No, Christopher Columbus did not discover America; the land had been populated by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years before his arrival in 1492. Furthermore, Norse explorer Leif Erikson is believed to have reached North America centuries earlier.

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dindin6.bsky.social @dindin6.bsky.social · 7h

The Supreme Court will either be the last stand against autocracy or the bridge to it!
If We Don't Fight Back They'll Keep Hitting Us!

When the law doesn't apply to the lawmakers you're not being governed: you're being ruled!

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5h

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest #strike of the year starts on Tuesday, featuring 45k #healthcareworkers. This means tens of thousands across Oregon, California, Washington and Hawaii, in particular. Picket lines at 6 KP locations in Portland area, and will lead the labor march on Oct 18th.
truthout.org/articles/23-...

23 Unions Plan to Strike Together If Kaiser Fails to Address Workplace Crises

Overworked and understaffed, over 45,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente are poised to strike.

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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 15h

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tyler @bearnurse.bsky.social · 5h

China invents a bone glue. Japan invents a medicine that regrows teeth naturally. America is saying Tylenol causes autism

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students-watch.bsky.social @students-watch.bsky.social · 21h

Bailout for Argentina.

Military base in ID for Qatar.

Deficit funded tax cuts for the rich.

Healthcare cuts for the poor and middle class.

America voted for this.

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Takaani~Pommawolf🐺🪶🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📚🇺🇦 @takaanieyes.bsky.social · 5h

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Anti-porn Michigan Republican denies connection to data breach info leaked from hookup, webcam site • Michigan Advance

Information allegedly leaked on two different cybersecurity websites has been linked to accounts apparently owned by Michigan Republican state Rep. Josh Schriver of Oxford, including accounts on adult...

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 21h

Because It's More Chump Bullshit.

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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 1d

Our thoughts are with the public servants caught up in the latest round of RIF notices. We've said this before, and we'll repeat it now: You matter. Your work matters.

OMB says ‘substantial’ federal employee layoffs have begun

Just before the shutdown, OMB told agencies to draft RIF plans for programs that wouldn’t have alternative funding sources.

federalnewsnetwork.com

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