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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 2h

Any Democratic media or strategist that primarily hangs out in a fascist echo-chamber is a problem for us.

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WomanToday @womantoday.bsky.social · 1h

14/ ...the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award awarded by the Academy Awards, in addition to two competitive Academy Award nominations. Winfrey was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021.

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Oprah Winfrey - Wikipedia

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WomanToday @womantoday.bsky.social · 1h

13/ Winfrey has won many awards throughout her career, including 19 Daytime Emmy Awards (including the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Chairman's Award), 2 Primetime Emmy Awards (including the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award), a Tony Award, a Peabody Award, and ...

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WomanToday @womantoday.bsky.social · 1h

1/ Oprah Gail Winfrey (January 29, 1954) is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. #WomanToday

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1h

We are being erased in real time, our history, the laws created to protect our status as citizens. Emboldened white supremacists disparage us openly & on TV.
The President calls us low IQ.Our Dad & Moms are being kidnapped by ICE in front of their children.
We will not ignore a Nazi tattoo. No.

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Rebecca Kennison @rrkennison.bsky.social · 2h

“Are Democrats too centrist? Progressives think so. Are Democrats too progressive? Centrists think so. Not populist enough, populists complain. Not online enough or perhaps, for some, too online? Or some combination of any of those things, thus bringing on further inevitable electoral humiliation.”

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4h

I wrote about the 2025 cycle and women candidates and New Jersey

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...

Opinion | Democrats Need to Chill About the Electability of Women

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1h

More people have died this year in immigration detention than any other year in decades.

The best way to prevent abuse and deaths in ICE custody is for Congress to stop funding the ICE detention machine.

ICE is hiring dozens of health workers as lawsuits, deaths in custody mount

Nearly as many migrants have died in detention so far this year than over the four years of the Biden administration.

www.politico.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1h

I’ve seen courts hand children back to their abusers. Today that horror finally ends | Charlotte Proudman

Ministers say a parent’s right to see their child no longer trumps a child’s right to safety. Now we need a public inquiry into years of needless suffering, says barrister Charlotte Proudman

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joycecaroloates.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social · 1h

no books by gay authors can be taught including books by James Baldwin. speaking of "socialism" in the classroom or even at out-of-state conferences is grounds for termination.
not much to say that we have not already said 1,000 times.

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Lawrence Graham @lawrencegraham.bsky.social · 3h

Likely the same pundit class trolls who did everything they could to undercut Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4h

One of the biggest problems facing Mikie Sherrill’s bid for governor may have nothing to do with Mikie Sherrill and everything to do with a certain pundit-class miasma about the supposed unelectability of women.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...

Opinion | Democrats Need to Chill About the Electability of Women

www.nytimes.com

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MA @simplyamahzing.bsky.social · 1h

This is infuriating to me. NEW JERSEY HAS HAD A GOVERNOR WHO IS ALSO A WOMAN ALREADY. She was elected when I was in 5th grade!!! I AM MIDDLE AGED.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4h

One of the biggest problems facing Mikie Sherrill’s bid for governor may have nothing to do with Mikie Sherrill and everything to do with a certain pundit-class miasma about the supposed unelectability of women.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...

Opinion | Democrats Need to Chill About the Electability of Women

www.nytimes.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1h

Lorren 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @lorren13.bsky.social · 3h

This 👇👇👇

Will Democrats actually learn that women are OFTEN THE BEST AND MOST CAPABLE CANDIDATE? Then vote for then?

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4h

One of the biggest problems facing Mikie Sherrill’s bid for governor may have nothing to do with Mikie Sherrill and everything to do with a certain pundit-class miasma about the supposed unelectability of women.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...

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tstark1.bsky.social @tstark1.bsky.social · 1h

It's the SEXIST freakout, the Brutish, hateful,ignorant Male Hegemony freakout that brings us one Sexist, destructive "leader" after another. Time to change that hateful paradigm and let WOMEN lead. Look what a criminal disgraceful state Male Domination has got us in. ENOUGH.

tstark1.bsky.social @tstark1.bsky.social · 1h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...

Opinion | The Democratic Freakout About Women Candidates

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tstark1.bsky.social @tstark1.bsky.social · 1h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...

Opinion | The Democratic Freakout About Women Candidates

www.nytimes.com

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Francine McKenna @fmckenna.bsky.social · 3h

From May: ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing, Threatening Deportation www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-arrests-...

ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing

ICE arrested Kasper Eriksen, a Mississippi father, at his citizenship hearing, imprisoning him and threatening him with deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2h

NEW: Russian interference case heads to Europe's 'Supreme Court'

Ex-MPs with @the-citizens.bsky.social take landmark case to Grand Chamber.

Case claims UK govt in breach of law for refusing to investigate foreign interference.
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www.thenational.scot/news/2556145...

UK Russian interference case heads to 'Europe's Supreme Court'

THREE former MPs have lodged a case with “Europe’s Supreme Court”, accusing the UK Government of failing in its duty to protect elections from…

www.thenational.scot

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

Pay attention -- what he means is allowing Democrats to win a free and fair election.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."

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Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social · 2h

Today on the show: the group chats from hell (with @dgraham.bsky.social) slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Why So Many Racist Group Chats?

It’s hard to imagine the speech or policy proposals being acceptable as recently as a decade ago.

slate.com

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 2h

US government should make sure American children are fed, not build Trump a ballroom & bailout his friends.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2h

also how does the president have the right to demand that the DOJ (i.e. US taxpayers) give him money?

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2h

okay, why does building a white house ballroom with private funds not violate the anti deficiency act. what am I missing here

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tstark1.bsky.social @tstark1.bsky.social · 13h

@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
Thanks for your integrity & service & for truths on Hays' show. Request: You said "the Founding Fathers" & that's technically true. But would appreciate your saying "Our Founders." Women were part of the Founding of our great US. We just didn't have a voice.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

ICE has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.

You read that right — SEVEN HUNDRED PERCENT.

Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16h

In case you missed it, read our original investigation:

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h

🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.

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