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Tiffany Y @tiffanyye.bsky.social · 3h

Demolishing the White House to convert a wing into a gold palace with a price tag of $250 million. How does he have the authority to do this?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h

We just sat down with AZ AG Kris Mayes moments after she filed a federal lawsuit over MAGA Mike's refusal to swear in Rep-elect Grijalva.

Mayes didn’t mince words: “There’s no legitimate reason. Except, of course, that she said she would be the last vote needed to release the Epstein files."

Exclusive Interview: Arizona AG Kris Mayes SUES Over MAGA Mike’s Refusal to Swear In Grijalva

In an exclusive interview moments after filing the lawsuit, Mayes tells Ben Meiselas this is “taxation without representation” and a constitutional crisis in the making.

www.meidasplus.com

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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 4h

Two recent polls show tight races in battleground Arizona and Wisconsin congressional districts.

Democrats Within Striking Distance of Flipping GOP Seats in 2 Swing States

www.newsweek.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

Ah right of course

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

EMTALA requires universal care for “emergency medical conditions” regardless of a person’s insurance status.

In the decades since its passage, some patients have died hours after failing to receive care they were legally entitled to.

By @emcahan.bsky.social

Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences.

Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.

www.propublica.org

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Tiffany Y @tiffanyye.bsky.social · 14h

How are republicans saying that democrats hate America? Citizens are being detained, harassed and attacked for their skin color. The President just posted a video of him dropping shit on America and now he's tearing apart the White House.

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 14h

ICE points gun at pregnant mother—a U.S. citizen with her son in the back seat.

"Are you gonna shoot a pregnant woman?" she cries. "You just put a gun on me!"

"Then he had the balls to say, 'It’s your fault I did that.'"

Video clearly shows her just driving down public street in Berwyn, Illinois.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Four years after GOP lawmakers in Georgia enacted one of the most aggressive anti-voting laws in the country, new evidence filed in federal court shows that Senate Bill 202 has drastically deepened racial inequalities in voting access in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Georgia’s Sweeping Anti-Voting Law Suppressed Black Votes, New Data Shows

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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

Literally

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

"'This is kind of a new level,' Despain told the Idaho Statesman by phone. '… This does feel like something different for Idaho.'"

www.idahostatesman.com/news/northwe...

‘Very scary’: Protesters criticize raid in Idaho where children were detained

“I’ve never heard my dad ever be that nervous in my life,” one woman said at an event in Caldwell on Monday, a day after the FBI-ICE raid.

www.idahostatesman.com

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

UN OCHA recorded 71 settler attacks against Palestinians between October 7 and 13, leaving 1 person killed and 99 injured. Al Jazeera reports that nearly half of these assaults targeted olive harvests, affecting 27 villages and destroying 1,430 trees and saplings. The network notes that settler...

UN OCHA recorded 71 settler attacks against Palestinians between October 7 and 13, leaving one person killed and 99 injured. Al Jazeera reports that nearly half of these assaults targeted olive harvests, affecting 27 villages and destroying 1,430 trees and saplings. The network notes that settler violence has sharply increased — with around 200 attacks in 2024, double the number in 2023 and three times higher than in 2022 — and that 2025 is already on track to set a new record.

Footage below of an Israeli settler group that reportedly calls themselves the “Hilltop Girls” who attack farmers and steal Palestinian olives.

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PapaTJ 🤗 🌈 @papatj.bsky.social · 2d

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Tiffany Y @tiffanyye.bsky.social · 2d

Medicaid provides health coverage for low-income individuals and families. People living in the U.S. illegally aren't eligible to receive benefits other than for emergency services. Less than 1% of all Medicaid spending is used for covering emergency care for immigrants who are not U.S. citizens.

A False Claim About Illegal Immigration and Medicaid - FactCheck.org

A House-passed reconciliation bill would reduce federal funding to states that provide state-funded health insurance to people in the U.S. illegally, resulting in 1.4 million people losing coverage, a...

www.factcheck.org

Tiffany Y @tiffanyye.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson's idea of fighting for healthcare is ending it by skyrocketing premiums so no one can afford it and slashing Medicaid to hurt the vulnerable who need it the most. He is refusing to work and is preventing others from doing their jobs. What is he getting paid for?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "We're fighting for healthcare as well. Not just in word but in deed. We put in the one big beautiful bill, real reforms to Medicaid to make it work better."

(The bill in fact cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

KARL: “Why haven’t you sworn in Adelita Grijalva?”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I’m following the Pelosi precedent with Letlow.”

KARL: “But that was the date Letlow requested.”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: 🤷🏼

#EpsteinFilesCoverUp

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime."

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 2d

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A young reporter discovers a mysterious trove of data that exposes a global surveillance empire

In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.

www.motherjones.com

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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 2d

'No Kings' isn’t just a slogan. It’s a call to save #democracy before it’s too late.

No single march will bring down a dictator. But a mobilization of this scale can shift the narrative.

'No Kings' isn’t just a slogan. It’s a call to save democracy before it’s too late.

In June, millions of Americans rose up in the largest single-day mobilization in modern history. Today, we’re doing it again, but bigger.

www.msnbc.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Children are dying because Trump gutted USAID and cut lifesaving foreign aid — even though it took up less than 1% of the U.S. budget.

Meanwhile, he's preparing to dole out $40 billion to prop up Argentina's failing economy, all to help out his authoritarian pal.

Priorities.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

I’m thrilled to be named one of @out.com's 100 top queer people of 2025 (and to come in first in the Disrupters category!)

It is a huge honor to be recognized alongside so many brilliant and inspiring individuals who are shaping our world and advocating for greater inclusivity and diversity.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.

Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.

The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.

Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M

See the problem?

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2d

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike

It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

www.huffpost.com

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · 2d

Pentagon discloses the latest strike on suspect boats in the Caribbean -- No. 7 in its current campaign -- with another video, but no evidence. In a first, this one is alleged to have ties to the Colombian insurgency group the ELN.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

U.S. Kills 3 on Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs for Colombian Rebels

www.nytimes.com

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Tiffany Y @tiffanyye.bsky.social · 2d

30% is probably much more accurate and may even be a conservative estimate considering the massive devastation and constant attacks we've seen daily for two years. There's no way that 90% have survived and even after the agreement Gaza has continued to be attacked.