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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

"Every tyrant tries to convince the public that support for them is all but universal and opposition is both dangerous and futile. Trump will keep saying that. But after No Kings, it will be even harder to believe than it was before." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

No Kings was a huge success. Just look at Trump's response.

Turnout was enormous. There was no violence. And the wannabe king is triggered.

www.publicnotice.co

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TerpieCat @terpiecat.bsky.social · 51m

Amur tiger Vostok. #TongueOutTuesday #Tigers #AmurTigers #BigCats #CatsOfBluesky #NationalZoo

Amur tiger Vostok is standing in his yard with his mouth open and his tongue hanging out.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16h

So, per reporting from Zeteo’s Asawin Suebsaeng, in today’s new ‘First Draft’ newsletter, Trump tried to get a newly-divorced Russ Vought, Project 2025 architect & now budget chief, laid at Mar-a-Lago.

The details are, ahem, as crude as you’d expect from Trump.
zeteo.com/p/trump-shit...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

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NPR @npr.org · 9h

Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. n.pr/48AUON2

The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom

Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Literally

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10h

The “No Kings” marches won’t translate into immediate political results—but there’s a reason Trump is so bothered by them, @dgraham.bsky.social argues:

Why the ‘No Kings’ Protests Matter

Huge demonstrations won’t translate into immediate political results, but there’s a reason the president is so bothered by them.

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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: new racist Republican groupchat has been leaked to Politico featuring texts from Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel.

Ingrassia’s texts include vile pro-Nazi & racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 16h

The longer the govt is shut down the more people get their renewals, and the more people who aren't already convinced will realize that the Republicans are lying that it's about Healthcare for undocumented immigrants.

Also this bill is impossible

Bubba's Dad @bubsdad.bsky.social · 16h

Just receieved this today from Florida Blue. This is for a Bronze plan. Our monthly premiums are going from $333 (2025) to $2300 in 2026.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11h

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 11h

My God. Every day it seems another member of the Republican party in good standing feels compelled to spout racist, Nazi-loving misogynistic drivel. We could choose to believe that these are all isolated incidents. Or... www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts

Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

www.politico.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

It’s such an odd coincidence that so many people in and around the Trump admin have insanely racist things surface.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 12h

the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction

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TerpieCat @terpiecat.bsky.social · 11h

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11h

More than a third of the recruits at ICE's training academy are failing the personal-fitness test, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports. “It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told Miroff.

ICE’s ‘Athletically Allergic’ Recruits

Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.

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TerpieCat @terpiecat.bsky.social · 12h

My, what big boo stalks you have! #BaoLi #GiantPandas #DCPandas #NationalZoo

Giant panda Bao Li is sitting in the grass behind a fallen log with two large stalks of bamboo in front of him.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 12h

This is surely one of the most vivid, symbolic photos of recent years.

It says everything about where the United States is right now.

The same photo as the first post in the thread showing of the destruction of the East Wing of the White House

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wethepeople24.bsky.social @wethepeople24.bsky.social · 12h

Great article

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

"Every tyrant tries to convince the public that support for them is all but universal and opposition is both dangerous and futile. Trump will keep saying that. But after No Kings, it will be even harder to believe than it was before." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

No Kings was a huge success. Just look at Trump's response.

Turnout was enormous. There was no violence. And the wannabe king is triggered.

www.publicnotice.co

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12h

Another week in Washington and Republicans are still on recess, boycotting negotiations - while the government is shut down. Now, Trump is moving money around to pay only the employees he favors - another sign that he wants the government shut down so he can act like a king.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12h

Trump let George Santos out of jail just to make it clear that if you're loyal to him, you can get away with anything. This isn't a democracy if one man decides what's a crime and what isn't.

Time for everyone to wake up. This moment is more serious than many want to believe.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14h

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17h

It’s long past time for Speaker Johnson to do his job and swear in Arizona Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva. She won on September 23rd that’s 26 days ago.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

Beyer: I don’t like to do ad hominem attacks, but I’ve served with four different speakers. This is the fifth one—by far the weakest speaker, I think, in American history.

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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 19h

The first look at the scale of Disney backlash after it suspended Kimmel. Wow>>

“Antenna estimated a total of 3 million cancellations for Disney+ and 4.1 million for Hulu in September. Both of those figures far exceeded the trailing three-month averages for the services”
www.wsj.com/business/med...

Customers Ditched Disney+, Hulu After Kimmel Suspension

Cancellation rates for both Disney’s streaming services doubled in September from a month earlier.

www.wsj.com

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 17h

Early retirees like Bill & Shelly will see their health insurance premiums increase nearly 300%—from $442 to $1,700 per month if Congressional Republicans refuse to extend the enhanced tax credits.

That's an extra $15K a year families can't afford.

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/a...

ACA enhanced subsidy lapse could hit early retirees hardest amid shutdown fight

Older adults who aren't yet eligible for Medicare face the largest increases in health insurance premiums if enhanced ACA subsidies disappear.

www.cnbc.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

Trump just told this “I ended 8 wars” lie 🤥 again, so here’s the truth in case anyone cares 👇🏽

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