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Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 9h

Boy oh boy, if I didn't let my two free-feed I'd never get any sleep. Eleanor has now decided her favorite spot on the bed is behind my back and if the sheet and blanket end up under her I'm pinned into the bed. Love the company but not when I have to get up to use the bathroom.

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Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, but now it's time for bed. I imagine I might have a short dream about who I'd like on that manifest.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10h

It’s typically standard practice for attorneys to avoid commenting on issues they are litigating for fear of prejudicing those cases. But DOJ Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon is departing from tradition, instead opting to own the libs online.
https://bit.ly/4okeA47

Trump's Terminally Online DOJ Could Be Killing Its Cases Just to Own the Libs

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 10h

Can we just shove every Kardashian along with Elon into one of his exploding rockets and send them off to the Sun? Whether they make it or not, who cares.

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Crash's Landing @crashslanding.bsky.social · 10h

Nimba knows he’s a masterpiece. No need to tell him twice! The confidence practically radiates off this orange work of art. 😼🖼️

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RappCatsAdopt @rappcats.bsky.social · 10h

Another early video of #Savior when he was still in intake! We found several & will post more! Please VOTE today & the next 5 days, when the Leaf No Pet Behind Contest ends! theanimalrescuesite.com/pages/shelte...
We're trying to win funds to help more #cats & #kittens!
Thank you!🧡❤️🧡❤️🧡❤️

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Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 10h

Combined with Merkin's Run.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19h

Solidarity is the only way

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

It's been 22 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in. At what point will political reporters start calling this a constitutional crisis?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

Finally, some common sense from Oklahoma education.

Ryan Walters turned classrooms into culture war battlegrounds. Reversing his Bible mandate isn’t “anti-religion,” it’s accepting the fact that the Bible is not a history book!

Schools should teach, not preach.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18h

Hitlergate wasn't "kids"—it was 20- and 30-something GOP flacks.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 15h

No words could ever do Big Mac justice but I tried my best...

niallharbison.substack.com/p/farewell-b...

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 1d

One day in Trump’s America where violence against civilians is the new normalcy. A woman witnesses how ICE arrest her brother in law who is a US citizen.

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Bluegal Fran Langum #NoKings @bluegal.bsky.social · 16h

Oh look, another KAVANAUGH STOP

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 1d

One day in Trump’s America where violence against civilians is the new normalcy. A woman witnesses how ICE arrest her brother in law who is a US citizen.

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Don (aka Bart) De Bear @t4booboo.bsky.social · 16h

Silly you. It's obviously the Loch Ness Catster.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · 1d

everyone on that stage went along with pardons for jan 6 participants

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

A 3,000-pound, 17-foot-long "DEMOCRACY" ice sculpture is melting away on the National Mall today, a statement from activists and artists on the weakened state of American democracy under the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

A 3,000-Pound Ice Sculpture Of 1 Word Is Melting In Front Of The U.S. Capitol

“It's time for all of us to resist, speak up and save our democracy before it's too late,” artist Marshall Reese said of his 17-by-5-foot installation.

www.huffpost.com

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 16h

In another step towards fully transforming into MAGA state media, NBC News has officially terminated all of their teams that were specifically dedicated on covering issues that involve LGBTQ+, Black, Latino and Asian Americans.

This isn’t journalism, it’s fascism dipped in hate.

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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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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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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!"

Pamela Jo Bondi

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

newrepublic.com

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