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realjournalism.bsky.social @realjournalism.bsky.social · 6h

Remember, it is the #Trump shutdown. The Republicans control all three branches of government.

Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. Put working people first.

realjournalism.bsky.social @realjournalism.bsky.social · 6h

It turns out that the #Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democratic districts compared to $739 million in Republican districts.

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realjournalism.bsky.social @realjournalism.bsky.social · 6h

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across #Myanmar apnews.com/article/myan... #Trump

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

realjournalism.bsky.social @realjournalism.bsky.social · 6h

Multiple DHS airports are refusing to play a video blaming Democrats for the shutdown. And for good reason. The Republicans control the White House, House, and Senate. The blame for the shutdown rests solely on them. So much for Donald #Trump being a dealmaker.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 6h

This is happening even quicker than I could have foreseen: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 6h

Supreme Court's reactionary cadre poised to eviscerate Voting Rights Act's Section 2, greenlighting GOP maps that obliterate Black districts under partisan pretexts, cementing autocratic hegemony in Dixie. #VotingRights

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realjournalism.bsky.social @realjournalism.bsky.social · 7h

MAGA Mike THROWS TANTRUM on LIVE TV as HE LOSES CONTROL www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOj1...

MAGA Mike THROWS TANTRUM on LIVE TV as HE LOSES CONTROL

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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Valencia County Indivisible ❌👑 @valenciaindivisible.org · 11h

Valencia County New Mexico
October 18, 2025
Daniel Fernandez Park in Los Lunas
9:00 AM

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · 11h

defenseanalyses.org/work/computa...

"The same technology that helps you draft emails and talks you through your divorce can identify who has access to classified programs, who’s bitter about a missed promotion, and exactly what words would convince them to betray their country."

#ai #democracy

Computational Espionage

The AI companion remakes human intelligence.

defenseanalyses.org

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Half Moon Rising @half-moon-rising.bsky.social · 12h

#Argentina #Bailout #Billions

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 12h

Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina.

Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.

So much for America First.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 12h

this is not a country that deserves anything more than the Serbia treatment

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 12h

Greta is an immensely impressive human being and despite her well-intentioned downplaying of her experience what she endured was torture. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17h

The Trump regime wants us to be afraid, but we’re on track to make Saturday the biggest day of peaceful protest in modern US history. There are No Kings events almost everywhere — join us to make it clear we won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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realjournalism.bsky.social @realjournalism.bsky.social · 12h

#Colorado farmers have plenty of soybeans but few buyers due to trade war and new tariffs www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...

Colorado farmers have plenty of soybeans but few buyers due to trade war and new tariffs

Colorado's soybean harvest is happening right now. But because of the ongoing trade war with China and new tariffs from President Trump, Colorado farmers have plenty of soybeans, but few buyers.

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Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 12h

NEWS: Federal Judge Susan Illston begins hearing on labor unions lawsuit against Trump administration mass layoffs during the shutdown, saying she's inclined to grant a temporary restraining order.

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realjournalism.bsky.social @realjournalism.bsky.social · 12h

Democratic governors launch multistate public health alliance to counter #Trump, RFK Jr. ncnewsline.com/2025/10/15/r... #NorthCarolina

Democratic governors launch multistate public health alliance to counter Trump, RFK Jr. • NC Newsline

In a clear rebuke of recent federal health policy, NC Gov. Josh Stein joined 14 other Democratic governors to form a public health alliance that breaks with guidance from the Trump administration and ...

ncnewsline.com

realjournalism.bsky.social @realjournalism.bsky.social · 12h

The Surveillance Empire That Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You www.motherjones.com/politics/202... #Fascism

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

www.motherjones.com

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 12h

"“A huge part of the fascist creep here has to do with how much crazy stuff is happening, which kind of normalizes it and allows them to do more,” the band leader said. “It’s got to stay shocking to us.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

www.oregonlive.com

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

So many bad ideas in one invention:
“Henry Smolinski (1933–1973) was killed during a test flight of the AVE Mizar, a flying car based on the Ford Pinto and the sole product of the company he founded.”

Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 1d

This is quite a list of sad happenings, but you also get the sense that some of these (mostly) dudes went in exactly the way they would have wanted to: testing something everybody said wouldn’t work.

Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 2d

If you need a go-to Wikipedia page this is a great one

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

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realjournalism.bsky.social @realjournalism.bsky.social · 1d

#ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester newrepublic.com/post/201774/... #Portland #Oregon #PoliceBrutality

ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

newrepublic.com

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 1d

When the Television Critics Association gave its Lifetime Achievement Award to David Letterman, he did not come to the ceremony, but he sent a video message. It said, in part, “I’m sorry I couldn’t be there, but this is the day I eat glass.”

Just thinking about that.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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realjournalism.bsky.social @realjournalism.bsky.social · 1d

Voting rights group calls on conservative PAC to renounce misleading Supreme Court mailers penncapital-star.com/government-p... #Pennsylvania

Voting rights group calls on conservative PAC to renounce misleading Supreme Court mailers • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

The mailers target three justices seeking retention, calling on voters to "Term limit the liberal Supreme Court."

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realjournalism.bsky.social @realjournalism.bsky.social · 1d

Naked Bikers and Federal Escalation www.wewillfreeus.org/naked-bikers... #Portland #Oregon #PoliceBrutality

Naked Bikers and Federal Escalation

Around 4 p.m. on Sunday, I arrived at the ICE field office in Portland to find half a dozen protesters in inflatable animal costumes dancing to the upbeat sounds of the Unpresidented Brass Band, whose...

www.wewillfreeus.org

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

Balaji (a close associate of Thiel & Andreessen) leads the “network state” movement, which encourages tech elites to build their own “countries” by acquiring physical territory w/in host countries & building “parallel institutions” to replace existing ones in media, education, finance, & science 1/

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realjournalism.bsky.social @realjournalism.bsky.social · 1d

Court of Appeals questions habeas corpus criteria for chimpanzees in Upper Peninsula zoo case michiganadvance.com/2025/10/14/c... #Michigan

Court of Appeals questions habeas corpus criteria for chimpanzees in Upper Peninsula zoo case • Michigan Advance

A case of whether seven chimpanzees, currently all at the DeYoung Family Zoo in Wallace, Mich., should be granted habeas corpus rights was heard by the Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday. In the hea...

michiganadvance.com

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