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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 7h

Not “we,” but he who is stealing the taxpayers’ money while stiffing the public that’s struggling to survive in his oligarchy economy.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 10h

What the fuck are we doing?

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 9h

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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ltlging.bsky.social @ltlging.bsky.social · 9h

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BassRck67 @bassrck67.bsky.social · 8h

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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 8h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.

The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.

The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.

Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

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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monasmanager.bsky.social @monasmanager.bsky.social · 7h

MAGA: Make Argentina Great Again

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John Vamos @johnvamos.bsky.social · 7h

Trump says Screw America, Make Argentina Great Again

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Billy @cromartie7.bsky.social · 6h

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jaymac66.bsky.social @jaymac66.bsky.social · 7h

Oh dear, is that #Grifter #Farage been caught lying yet again? #WarwickshireCC

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Kate Nevens (she/her) @katenevens.bsky.social · 7h

Really thoughtful discussion last night at @lighthousebks.bsky.social w/ authors from the most recent Scottish Left Review (inc the awesome Glasgow Green Councillor @danhutchison.bsky.social) about how we might coalesce as the left in Scotland & what we'd like to see from the nascent Your Party

Six authors and the editor of Scottish Left Review sit at the back of Lighthouse Books wearing masks

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Perth lass @perthlass.bsky.social · 6h

FFS. Public money from strapped council coffers to be fast tracked to the private sector whilst making homes LESS affordable. Kleptocratic #Labour sells out the country AGAIN. It had already sold it's soul. Bastards. #sadiqkhan #starmer
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty

Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21h

UK banks oppose tax rise.

Falsely claim to be paying 46.4% tax rate.

The PwC generated number includes PAYE, employee national insurance which is paid by workers. VAT which is borne by customers.

it is extrapolated from a sample, can't be verified

Why do media reports not expose this sham claim?

Banks step up lobbying over threat of Reeves tax hikes

The gap between the tax burden on British banks and their international rivals is widening, even before the imposition of any further levies in next month's budget, according to a report seen by Sky N...

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 20h

Cryptocurrency isn’t freedom, writes Prof Richard Murphy.

It’s deregulation dressed up as liberation.

Behind the rhetoric lies the same old story: profit for the few, risk for the many.

Cryptocurrency: lawlessness disguised as liberty

Cryptocurrency is sold as radical innovation and financial liberation. In reality, it’s an old familiar story: fraud

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

The Reconstruction Amendments were adopted to end slavery and provide Black people with equal rights, including the right to vote.

To use those same amendments as weapons of white supremacy today is not just legally incorrect—it is a tragedy.

Voting rights are on the Supreme Court’s chopping block

Tuesday's case pits fanciful claims of racial harmony against the reality of ongoing discrimination.

www.motherjones.com

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 1d

INCORRECT HEADLINE: Reporters refuse to sign Pentagon’s new press rules

CORRECT HEADLINE: Pentagon launches sweeping effort to censor the news, kicks out major media outlets

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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 1d

Polling by The Times shows that the percentage of the people in Scotland who, in any way, identify as british has fallen off a cliff……and continues to fall !

Another indicator of the inevitability of Scottish independence

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Tall X @tallx.bsky.social · 1d

I believe there will be violence on No Kings day, perpetrated on peaceful protesters by this administration and ICE. I also predict it will not go well for ICE and the administration afterward.

Be vigilant. Be ready to record. Have an exit plan when it happens. Have a contingency plan as well.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 2d

China is doing an absolutely FANTASTIC job of baiting that asshole into economic Hari-Kari.

Every time they do something that hurts our economy, TACO reacts by doing something that actually hurts us TEN TIMES more.

It’s crazy!

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