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Octopus Wrangler !

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Stop the- dictator 💩 show. Anti-theist obvious reasons Humanist, 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇩🇰 🇬🇱 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇯🇵 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇳🇴 🇮🇸 🇦🇺 ALLY The world is watching what we do in this moment. Critter cams! Frequent F bombs ❌ MAGA- ❌Nazis

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Octopus Wrangler ! @spencilular.bsky.social · 10d

Kids like, “I’m 40lbs! I will out bounce you old farts!”

Katherine @wordwatcher.bsky.social · 11d

Sometimes you just gotta dance….

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Octopus Wrangler ! @spencilular.bsky.social · 23m

America.

Octopus Wrangler ! @spencilular.bsky.social · 49m

How sad they are teaching the masses how to deescalate because they know the “professionals” getting paid for it will only escalate.

Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 55m

Tonight – 7:00 Eastern:

@aclu.org Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training on Zoom (free).

Please join the discussion and get the tools you need to take meaningful, peaceful, safe action during the #NoKings Day of Action.

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No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training 10/15

I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

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Octopus Wrangler ! @spencilular.bsky.social · 1h

Ok. Information overload on what’s up in the US right now.

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 2h

A viral video shows JSO officer violently arresting Erika McGriff, a Black mother, outside her child’s school—placing her in a chokehold and pulling her hair. Ben Crump condemned the act as excessive force and demanded charges be dropped. (Source: News4Jax, WUSF)

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Octopus Wrangler ! @spencilular.bsky.social · 1h

Wow. Newt used to pretend he was logical..

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump to Newt Gingrich: Newt, you agree that I won Georgia in 2020? Good. Otherwise I'd have him dismissed immediately

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 9h

Los Angeles has just declared a state of emergency.

Not because of wildfires. Not because of riots. But because of an invasion by federal government troops.

We can see where this is going.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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reversekarma.bsky.social @reversekarma.bsky.social · 2h

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Airports Refuse to Show Video of Kristi Noem Blaming Democrats for Shutdown

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 4h

🚨IRS, FBI, Federal Marshals, MPD, DEA, ICE, HLS, and ATF here to “investigate” this woman. Suspicious for being black? The regime has made their white supremacism clear. The time for us to reject it is NOW!

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Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · 2h

apnews.com/article/gove... temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown

Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated.”

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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 2h

J D Vance is a total douche

Vance excuses young Repubs who sent texts to each other praising Hitler, slavery, & killing Demos in Nazi-style gas chambers as just kids being kids doing stupid things

#Trump #VanceIsANaziFreakshow

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JD Vance faults 'scumbag' reporters who leaked vile texts from Young Republican leaders

Vice President JD Vance faulted "scumbag" reporters for leaking text messages from leaders of Young Republican groups that praised Adolf Hitler, used the N-word, joked about putting political opponent...

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Julie J @j1j2.bsky.social · 2h

NO KINGS
Lakeland, Florida
Saturday, October 18

TCarlson @tcw123.bsky.social · 13d

#NOKINGS
#NODICTATORS
#Florida
NO KINGS
Lakeland, Florida
Saturday, October 18
1 – 3pm EDT
Freedom Park
300 N Florida Ave
Lakeland, FL 33801
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

NO KINGS Lakeland, Florida · Mobilize

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 2h

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Apparent hackers take over PA systems at 4 North American airports | CNN

Unauthorized pro-Palestinian political messages praising Hamas and attacking President Donald Trump and Israel’s prime minister were broadcast through public address systems in terminals at four airpo...

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Octopus Wrangler ! @spencilular.bsky.social · 2h

All that taco talk on here I had to get me and the dogs a big taco dinner.

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Octopus Wrangler ! @spencilular.bsky.social · 2h

The Supreme Court may now strip away voting rights.

This is the craziest shit I’m watching unfold in this country.

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 1d

What are you guys doing Saturday? #NoKings 🇺🇸
act.link/gi-nkdlm

@indivisible.org
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It's TIME to SHOW UP!

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

For context, Democracy Docket first launched a paid membership 18 months ago and already has more than 50,000 paid members (and nearly 500,000 free subscribers).

Yes, the 100k number is only WaPo's print subscribers, but it is still a shocking decline given the interest in democracy and elections.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

California just banned employers from forcing workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty to leave their job.

Bosses have increasingly been trapping workers with debts incurred in training and other exploitative fees.

Now that's illegal in the nation's biggest state.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

“The State Department said Tuesday it had determined they should lose their visas after reviewing their online social media posts and clips about Kirk, who was killed while speaking at an Utah college campus on Sept. 10.”

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

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AnnieOakleyinGA @annie1x.bsky.social · 1d

#Pinks #ProudBlue
I think Martin Sheen’s description of trump’s cabinet smelling like “ego, fear and false worship” is about as accurate as it gets.
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