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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 17h

😲 SEATTLE: Shackled at his wrists and ankles, an elderly man struggles in the cold rain to mount the slippery stairs to this Avelo jet, which will fly him to another detention facility in Texas 👀

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 8h

This man is utterly disgusting. This is who shepherded Trump’s judicial nominees through confirmation. That should tell you A LOT.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 13h

May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 12h

Appeasing a dictator never works.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 18h

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon: "We had 19 members of congress go out to Chicago to have field hearings...What we did find was chaos and fear and lawlessness—but that chaos, fear, and lawlessness was being brought by armed and masked federal agents."

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 8h

Trump news at a glance: administration accused of attack on free speech after British journalist detained

www.theguardian.com

Trump news at a glance: administration accused of attack on free speech after British journalist detained

twp.ai

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Grits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 21h

The new 10% tax increase on consumer goods from Canada will, of course, be paid by American purchasers, not Canadians. E.g., if Canadian lumber is part of your new home build, you'll pay 10% more. Bc that's how tariffs work.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

Black farmers were systematically targeted by the U.S. government through racist USDA practices, denial of federal aid, and violence. The result: a 90% loss of Black-owned farmland from the early 1900s to the late 1990s.
www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/b...

Black Farmers FAQ: Addressing Systemic Discrimination

Black farmers face systemic discrimination and racism by public and private institutions like the USDA and barriers to economic mobility. Learn about the history of Black farmers in the U.S. and curre...

www.naacpldf.org

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Kenny Akers @keneakers.bsky.social · 8h

When this is all said and done, and this presidency is over, people need to go to jail, no questions, no debates, no drawn-out hearings… to jail, for the atrocities caused to the American people.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 8h

Press who got years out of Hillary’s emails deciding amongst themselves that people aren’t all that interested in the White House destruction (and every other example of Trump breaking laws and norms.)

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

Sen. Mark Kelly: "We're fighting for the American people...The president says he wants to deal with the cost of people's healthcare. So why doesn't he get in the room with us and make Mike Johnson bring the Republican congress back?"

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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 8h

And they have commissaries, which Republikans are also trying to privatize.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 8h

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Mike @forbesmm.bsky.social · 12h

TWO separate crashes of aircraft off the NIMITZ within a period of 30 minutes. Woof.

Tweet from U.S. Pacific Fleet

South China Sea - On October 26, 2025 at approximately 2:45 p.m. local time, a U.S. Navy MH-6OR Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the "Battle Cats" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM)
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from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Search and rescue assets assigned to Carrier Strike Group 11 safely recovered all three crew members.
Following the incident, separately, at 3:15 p.m., an F/ A-18F Super Hornet fighter assigned to the "Fighting Redcocks"

of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 also went down in the waters of the South China Sea while conducting routine operations from Nimitz. Both crew members successfully ejected and were also safely recovered by search and rescue assets assigned to Carrier Strike Group 11.

All personnel involved are safe and in stable condition.
The cause of both incidents is currently under investigation.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h

President Trump is reportedly trucking dirt from his White House demolition to a D.C. golf course he plans to take over.

If any other president was doing this kind of thing in office, they’d be eviscerated with accusations of greed, or at least a lack of focus. trib.al/7vXIQ6Q

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 10h

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

He got the Speaker he wanted - a cuck who will sit in the corner and let him do whatever he pleases whenever he wants.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

And he’s saying, with a net worth of $521 million, that he is also “feeling the pain” of his admin’s farm policies just like the farmers he is putting out of business, because of his investment in farm land.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

From his perch as a long-time global currency trader on Wall Street, Bessent also invested $25 million in Midwest land, which he leases out to actual farmers. He is not a “soybean farmer.” bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Bessent on American farmers being hurt by tariffs: "Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

This is what they voted for. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

We are supporting Bessent's friends on Wall Street who have extensive investments in Argentina, and tampering in their election, which happens to be today. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Bessent on Trump bailing out Argentina: "It is America first because we are supporting a US ally."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

In addition to his corrupt initiation of mid-decade gerrymandering in multiple states, Trump continues to gear up to use DOJ, the US military, and local Republican authorities to rig the midterms.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

I still can’t believe Scott Bessent, whose net worth is $521 million, went on TV and claimed that he “has felt the pain” of the trade war because he is a “soybean farmer.”

And he claims to be a “farmer” not because he grows things, but because he is a landlord of some farmers.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

One of the greatest Started/Goings of all-time.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Tomorrow would be a great day for Mike Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva so we can find out whether some of these donations from oligarchs and nepo babies to Trump were made because they are in the Epstein files which Trump and House Republicans are hiding from the people.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Feb. 20, 1944.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

As millions of Americans fall into hunger, Trump announces this is information we don't need to know. www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

Exclusive | Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey

The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”

www.wsj.com

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