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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 8h

Us neither.

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 10h

"These are all different stories, different lessons about how to fight really hard fights in America." @maddow.msnbc.com explains the unifying theme that has run through her recent work outside the TV studio at MSNBC.

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vheart2.bsky.social @vheart2.bsky.social · 8h

FREE to READ. Trump CANCELLED a solar project that would have powered nearly TWO MILLION HOMES.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/c...

An Immense Solar Project Just Got Canceled Under Trump

www.nytimes.com

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 8h

It breaks my heart to see sick kids, especially when it could have been prevented.

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 8h

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 12h

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 9h

“In September, Senate Republicans employed the “nuclear option,” which allows a simple majority to implement a rule change and eliminates the possibility of a filibuster. With this, they voted 53-45 to create a rule allowing the Senate to confirm Executive Branch nominees en masse,”

Gay in Maine 🩵💙🩵🌈 @michaelwsf.bsky.social · 22h

www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/reno...

Renowned political scientist says GOP officially a "full-blown cult" after Senate's "appalling" move - LGBTQ Nation

Norman Ornstein has been analyzing politics for five decades. He has never seen something as egregious as this.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Wesley's Mumu @wesleysmumu.bsky.social · 23h

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jeffreyluscious.bsky.social @jeffreyluscious.bsky.social · 9h

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Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social · 11h

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 9h

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Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social · 11h

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Brian @bm1970.bsky.social · 11h

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks Brian 💙

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 9h

"If you are one of the 20 or so million people who's getting your health insurance through the marketplace, if you're about to see prices on average double, that's a big deal," he said. "It's going to be too late real soon."

www.bbc.com/news/article...

'A lifeline': Families fear for healthcare costs if Obamacare subsidies expire

The cost of health insurance could double for millions of people, which could hurt Republicans.

www.bbc.com

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 9h

The USA is heading for an epidemic.

“More than 150 unvaccinated schoolchildren are being quarantined for 21 days in South Carolina after being exposed to measles, state officials said.”

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Over 150 schoolchildren quarantined as US measles cases hit 33-year high

The children in South Carolina were unvaccinated, as were many of the 1,563 people infected in the US this year.

www.bbc.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12h

There are hard questions we need to ask ourselves right now. But no matter what this administration is planning, we know who we are—we love democracy & plan to fight (peacefully) for it. In a moment where knowledge is power, here is what you need to know. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Are We the Nazis Now?

How do we meet this moment?

open.substack.com

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 12h

And those who didn’t vote.

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 12h

There’s an awful lot of older people in Florida who are going to suffer.

The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 12h

Notice all the controversial cases start in Texas, where judges are generally hard line conservative. Because they know it will end up with their buddies at SCOTUS.

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 13h

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 16h

Dark Enlightenment: Younger people in the current regime are adherents of Curtis Yarvin, who is trying to create a techno-slave state. This is our worst nightmare, and J.D. Vance subscribes to Yarvin's ideology--if you can call it that. More of an anti-ideology.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_...

Curtis Yarvin - Wikipedia

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 16h

Why? Because no dictator ever allows people to have guns. So the White House squatter is fixing to take your guns away. The 34 times convicted felon isn’t allowed a gun, so you can’t have one either.

beingliberal.substack.com/p/pam-bondi-...

Pam Bondi Builds the Gun Registry MAGA Swore Democrats Would Create

A conspiracy theory pushed by 2nd Amendment nuts for years has now become reality under Trump.

beingliberal.substack.com

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 18h

I am so sorry. A lot of people are going to be forced to do the same. Some may die. Republicans don’t care. 😢

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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 18h

Good job Republicans. Making things worse for everyone.

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