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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2h

"No amount of appeasement of Trump will work short of turning yourself into a lapdog. So news outlets have to choose. And if you go halfway, you’re basically going to lose everyone."

On the pod, @brianbeutler.bsky.social is great on the failure of Trump appeasement:
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Trump Erupts at ABC over Vance On-Air Fiasco as Presser Goes Off Rails

As Trump’s exchanges with reporters appear more power-crazed than usual, a sharp observer of our slide into authoritarianism explains why the Resistance must find a new kind of response before it’s to...

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SkyGuyInVA @skyguyinva.bsky.social · 2h

The American Tyrant King loses BIGLY

A Nobel Prize for Trolling?
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A Nobel Prize for Trolling?

The distinguished awards further illustrated that Trump is wrong on just about everything

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SkyGuyInVA @skyguyinva.bsky.social · 12h

Brilliant

adeadmanwalking.bsky.social @adeadmanwalking.bsky.social · 21h

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SkyGuyInVA @skyguyinva.bsky.social · 12h

Comet C/2025 R2 SWAN 10/14/25 Rural Central VA

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SkyGuyInVA @skyguyinva.bsky.social · 1d

Are We the Nazis Now?
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Are We the Nazis Now?

How do we meet this moment?

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 1d

There’s been an active cover-up since the mid-2000s to conceal the Epstein Files.

The damning info from the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility’s investigation & report into allegations of professional misconduct by the federal prosecutors, including Alex Acosta.

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YIKES! DOJ BUSTED in Epstein COVER-UP as GOP STALLS RELEASE

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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SkyGuyInVA @skyguyinva.bsky.social · 1d

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Comet watch heats up as A6 Lemmon gets brighter. Here’s how to see it - WTOP News

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon is getting brighter and whether you have a telescope, binoculars or just your eyes, here’s how you can catch a glimpse.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I – like Trump and RFK Jr. – do not have a medical degree.

So, when questions surrounding medical treatments emerge, I listen to people who do.

I get my information from doctors and public health experts – and urge you to do the same.

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Dani M. ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 1d

This Saturday, October 18th

Rise with us.

www.nokings.org

Posters on storefront of abandoned building. “NO KINGS! We rise again!”

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

NEW VIDEO: Congressman Jake Auchincloss calls out Donald Trump and the Republicans and we discuss why Congress must act to restore checks and balances and stop Trump from turning the military into a campaign weapon. youtu.be/uX1uotE12r0?...

Congressman Slams Trump's Military Invasion | Rep. Jake Auchincloss

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"I can't remember the quotation exactly, but it's like 'when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and wearing the cross.' Mike Johnson's the real embodiment of that." - @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 2d

Buried inside the Big Beautiful Bill is a time bomb...one that detonates the balance of power. You weren’t supposed to read this clause. That’s why I did.

A single section hidden deep in the bill quietly neuters the courts. It’s that serious.🔥👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Be there. Saturday, October 18th.
www.nokings.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan?

MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.

(So, no plan)

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SkyGuyInVA @skyguyinva.bsky.social · 1d

Said that in CONVICT 1.0

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

Trump says he has a “concept” of a healthcare plan.
Not a plan.
A concept.
That’s the first tell — because there is no plan. There’s only a blueprint for dismantling what exists, punishing those who struggle, and rewarding those who were born into comfort.

🩸 TRUMP'S BIG "BEAUTIFUL" BILL KILLS

His cruel gov't shutdown and classist, racist “concept of a plan" will lead to pain, suffering & death for millions of struggling Americans

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3d

This has real -- I intended to dm "Pam" -- energy.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

From the federal court to the Nobel Prize Committee, everyone agrees that Donald Trump and his administration lack integrity and credibility.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.