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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 1h

INBOX: Some right-wing pander-brand called Republican Red Winery is hawking a magnum of Cab called "Operation Midnight Hammer [...] that symbolizes America's enduring doctrine of peace through strength." Please enjoy the photo they included in the release:

grainy screenshot of a haggard looking guy standing in front of a government seal of some kind holding a nondescript bottle of wine

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 7h

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 7h

These people are such pathetic losers

A post from Upstate Federalist on Twitter that's reacting to the Boston No Kings protest aerial video. It reads: Pretty wild there's no foliage in New England. In late October.

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The Get More Smarter Podcast @getmoresmarter.com · 18h

One particular Giants fan came all the way to Denver to get his ass kicked by the literal city three times lmao

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Sweatpants Dance @sweatpantsdance.bsky.social · 20h

Didn’t she get arrested in Alabama?

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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 1d

This is absurdly bad PR. These are the images that need amplified. If you're online, think strategically about which images need to go viral to tell the story of the horrors of this moment. RT and share the shit out of them.

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 2d

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇

Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.

Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

Rolling Stone excerpt about Montana’s ballot initiative to combat Citizens United

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Sweatpants Dance @sweatpantsdance.bsky.social · 1d

What a project story!
Vinoly, WSP, Lendlease and more.

Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 1d

I hadn't realized that Jorge Luis Borges was writing for the New York Times 👨‍🍳😘
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/n...

A Tower on Billionaires’ Row Is Full of Cracks. Who’s to Blame?

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 1d

Some folks were worried that they'd sic thugs on the protestors or declare martial law. Instead they posted AI videos and complained.

These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.

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PoliticalOdor @politicalodor.substack.com · 1d

So, to translate that bit... they hacked AND meddled. Meddling is the bot-farms, the bots, and trolls we've come to love and admire 🤮.

Both Trump and Musk admitted to cheating (Trump said Musk helped him cheat).

(8/11)

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Sweatpants Dance @sweatpantsdance.bsky.social · 1d

a woman is standing in front of a sign that says it 's true .

Alt: a woman is standing in front of a sign that says it 's true and Harrison ford says all of it (from one of the Star Wars remakes)

media.tenor.com

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Sweatpants Dance @sweatpantsdance.bsky.social · 1d

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Jose Merced @josemerced.bsky.social · 1d

United Airlines 737 MAX pilot injured after the windshield cracked at 36,000 while flying from Denver to Los Angeles on Thursday.

Reports have suggested the possibility of the aircraft being hit by falling space debris or a small meteorite, though this remains unconfirmed.

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BridgetBActive @bridgetbactavist.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah Denver

Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings Denver speaker Joe Salazar (fmr Dem state rep) tells me they estimate 25-30k gathered in Denver today, similar to the No Kings protest earlier this year. This view is from photographer Cheney Orr for the New York Times. #copolitics

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings Denver speaker Joe Salazar (fmr Dem state rep) tells me they estimate 25-30k gathered in Denver today, similar to the No Kings protest earlier this year. This view is from photographer Cheney Orr for the New York Times. #copolitics

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Sweatpants Dance @sweatpantsdance.bsky.social · 2d

I’m like already getting verklempt and haven’t left the house yet. 🇺🇸

Sweatpants Dance @sweatpantsdance.bsky.social · 2d

Great job ladies!

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Sweatpants Dance @sweatpantsdance.bsky.social · 3d

QP so I can pin this.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.

Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.

Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

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Take Down Twitter / X @takedowntwitterx.bsky.social · 4d

Nancy Pelosi @pelosi.house.gov

Website still leads with Twitter/X. No Bluesky Butterfly. Please add Bluesky Butterfly. Stop helping Elon!

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t...

Elon Musk backs Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s call to deploy troops in San Francisco; says ‘Nothing has…’ - The Times of India

Tech News News: Tech leaders Marc Benioff and Elon Musk have voiced support for Donald Trump's proposal to deploy federal troops in San Francisco to combat crime and

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 4d

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 4d

It’s not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world.

It’s our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless.

L.R. Knost

A simple blue and white design with the following quote by L.R. Knost:

It’s not our job to toughen our children up
to face a cruel and heartless world.

It’s our job to raise children who will make
the world a little less cruel and heartless.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 4d

University Administrators apparently are not just reluctantly being authoritarian, they are embracing it.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5d

Here is the students' @idsnews.bsky.social report out of Indiana University, where the student media director was fired today. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

www.idsnews.com

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