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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1h

My first book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, is out tomorrow, Tuesday, & I hope you’ll read it. I got to discuss it in advance of the release with my former boss & mentor @DougJones www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/801635...

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suzannenotsusan.bsky.social @suzannenotsusan.bsky.social · 1h

Isn’t The White House an historical building? I would think that anyone, even the current President, can’t just willy nilly tear parts of it down. I mean, whats stopping him from demolishing the whole thing and building a trump tower?

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2h

Donald Trump is now officially demolishing part of the White House to make room for his $200 million golden ballroom.

This comes as Americans can’t afford groceries and the government is still shut down.

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suzannenotsusan.bsky.social @suzannenotsusan.bsky.social · 17h

Tough guys got beat up by two girls, and then, poof, everyone disappeared. Ummm 🤔

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suzannenotsusan.bsky.social @suzannenotsusan.bsky.social · 17h

Is he saying the 40B was humanitarian aid? And here I thought he was just bailing out he good buddy Mc Porno Sideburns.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

😆 🏆

“Billionaires against Mamdani”
“Slow and expensive buses”

Too good

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Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 1d

I will be honest and say that I did not think they would allow us to show this part on CNN

HIGNFY US @hignfyus.bsky.social · 1d

TONIGHT! Catch Comedian @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social & Journalist @juliaioffe.bsky.social on a brand new HIGNFY at 9p ET/PT on @cnn.com!

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Serious business here

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d

We have a supreme Constitution, not a supreme leader. Donald Trump, we have no kings here. We are not your subjects. We are free citizens. We will never be your subjects.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 1d

Newsom or Pritzker should loudly signal that people who have clean records who quit because this isn’t what they signed up to do will get their careers back when the winds change.

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 1d

A former ICE director says agents have been put "in a terrible position" and are being tasked with operations "in a city where they don't belong."

Ex-ICE director says Trump's immigration crackdown putting agents in "terrible position"

Federal agents deployed tear gas on a crowd in Chicago, prompting a judge to ask the agents to wear body cameras.

cbsn.ws

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.

So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?

Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 2d

“This president will be no dictator … and he is removable and punishable for misbehaviour.” - John Dickinson

“In America, the rule of law is king.“
- Thomas Paine

#nokings

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

“To watch a glacier collapse is to feel the full weight of climate change.”

Former Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s new piece for Meidas+ is a breathtaking, and heartbreaking, firsthand look at Alaska’s vanishing world.

North to Alaska: America’s Climate Warning

Guest article by Jay Inslee, former governor of Washington State

www.meidasplus.com

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suzannenotsusan.bsky.social @suzannenotsusan.bsky.social · 2d

Hey LA! You guys watching this game?

Ohtani is a machine ⚾️🔥

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Los Angeles Dodgers (Bot) @dodgersbot.bsky.social · 2d

WOW, SHOHEI.

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 3d

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 3d

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 3d

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Know your First Amendment

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 3d

Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18

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suzannenotsusan.bsky.social @suzannenotsusan.bsky.social · 2d

This is surprisingly the least offensive thing trump has done today.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 3d

Fox News did an entire segment last night of feigned indignation that Kamala Harris said "fuck." last night!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Q: What could Maduro do?

TRUMP: He's offered everything. You know why? Because he doesn't want to fuck around with the United States

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Popehat Or Danger of Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!

Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.

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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 3d

Remember when this was just “one narco-terrorist boat”? Now it’s multiple strikes, foreign nationals dead, and no oversight. At what point will Congress demand answers from this Administration?

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suzannenotsusan.bsky.social @suzannenotsusan.bsky.social · 3d

Blew up the boat, and then *rescued* the survivors?

Sounds like a hostage situation.

suzannenotsusan.bsky.social @suzannenotsusan.bsky.social · 3d

With jalapeños!

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