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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 4h

Shelley Rivlin @srivlin.bsky.social · 1h

The felon in charge taught them to negotiate by media. Republicans find it easy to lie to the camera. They can't look Democrats in the eyes and get away with it.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h

Sen. Elissa Slotkin: "We want to sit in a room and have a negotiation. We don't want to negotiate through the press. I don't need to watch Senator Thune on TV in order to find out what he says he's offering. Just get in a room like adults do and we can talk this out."

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 18h

Let me turn my phone off cause this type of shit here...

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Shelley Rivlin @srivlin.bsky.social · 1h

Democratic officials will say more being silent on the streets with other Americans than all the pretty speeches we didn't hear & polite interviews we didn't watch .

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 6h

Given the Trumpist assault on the patriotism of all who plan to attend No Kings rallies, I urge every Democratic elected official to attend one. They shouldn’t speak—if there are speakers, better to br less partisan civic leaders and citizens—but they should stand in solidarity with the rest of us.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 8h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1h

Republican insiders are spinning a wild tale to explain the swastika-covered flag found in a GOP lawmaker’s office.

Fox News Pushes Bizarre Explanation for GOP Rep’s Swastika Saga

Perhaps the swastika is in the eye of the beholder, sources told Fox News.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 73 out of the last 85 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3h

🚨Officer Michael Fanone keeping it short and sweet. ✊🏼

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Shelley Rivlin @srivlin.bsky.social · 1h

Every Republican accusation is a confession.
The terrorists & violent criminals of Jan. 6 & in the Gestapo on city streets are their main constituency. Just look at the hateful group chats, White Supremacists, & armed militias - all voting for this corrupt party, led by a convicted felon/rapist.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

It is sick

Shelley Rivlin @srivlin.bsky.social · 1h

Governors are the leaders we need now
Congress is too busy making speeches about leading to actually do that.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

Newsom: We were under the understanding that we were going to close I-5 — up to 80,000 vehicles tomorrow and Saturday. They seemed to have backed off of that. They were going to move forward with a display, but they’re not clearly sharing that with state officials.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Shelley Rivlin @srivlin.bsky.social · 1h

If Republicans were serious about Antisemitism they'd investigate dangerous racists in their own base.
Instead they're using Jews as an excuse to stop honest debate & research in our Universities, harming the Jewish students & faculty alike who benefit from academic freedom.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

“You shall be judged by the company you keep.”

Shelley Rivlin @srivlin.bsky.social · 1h

Math is hard for Republicans. That may explain why their economic policies have failed USA for decades.

Shelley Rivlin @srivlin.bsky.social · 1h

I wish Congress would convene a group of former military generals & veterans to hear perspectives on bombing non-threatening ships & murdering everyone on board.
Governors are the leaders we need, not our House or Senate representatives.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3h

Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.

Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

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Nan Parker @nanparker.bsky.social · 1d

This will be the Supreme Court majority of six that goes down in history as the court that sold out American democracy. Shame on these six. They should and shall live in infamy.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 16h

The Trump administration is planning to change the US refugee system to favor white people. At the same time, they’re in the Supreme Court fighting to gut the Voting Rights Act.

It’s no wonder young Republicans are sending racist messages. Racism is the official policy of the Republican Party.

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Shelley Rivlin @srivlin.bsky.social · 20h

American soil—in Portland, Oregon; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; Memphis; and Los Angeles—with more likely to follow.

Shelley Rivlin @srivlin.bsky.social · 20h

As we had after 4 previous strikes, we asked officials what kind of ordnance the U.S. military used, legal basis for the strike, & identities of those who were killed. The Pentagon declined to answer. Similarly, officials have given scant information about deployment of National Guard troops on

The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps

I’ve been evicted from a building I’ve covered for 18 years. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.

www.theatlantic.com

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

…or horrified by the blatant capitulation of mainstream media, law firms, corporations & academic institutions

…or simply fed up with the constant gaslighting, the daily assault on rule of law, the revision of our values & history

This is your fight.

See you at #NoKings this Saturday.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 22h

Mike Johnson called us back from July 4 recess on 7/3 so he could gut Americans’ healthcare in the Big Ugly bill. Since then, he has only had the House in session for 19 of the subsequent 104 days. That’s how we ended up here.

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Nicole Snark @nicokow.bsky.social · 22h

GUESS WHAT IT WAS OVER?

I’ll wait while you give it a think.

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Shelley Rivlin @srivlin.bsky.social · 22h

What wasn’t a lie?

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 22h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

"Why doesn't Chicago want us to zip-tie more naked children in the middle of the night and shove them, screaming, into vans? So ungrateful for refusing our kind, helpful offer to help!"

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 1d

The GOP that gave us the Jan 6 terrorist attack and then pardoned the terrorists is calling the No Kings rally a pro-terrorist rally. These are despicable people.

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