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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 14h

John Roberts is slowly dismantling America

www.salon.com/2025/10/15/j...

John Roberts is slowly dismantling America

Twenty years of the Roberts Court has wreaked shocking damage. Is the Voting Rights Act next?

www.salon.com

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2h

Trump and Speaker Johnson think that destroying our health care and jacking up the cost of groceries is about hurting Democrats.

It’s not. It’s about hurting and punishing the American people.

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Barchart @barchart.com · 17h

U.S. Housing Market has reached its most unaffordable level in history 🚨🚨

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1h

Two class-action lawsuits accuse Bank of America and Bank of New York of maintaining relationships with Jeffrey Epstein and failing to report suspicious activities until after his death. The suits allege his trafficking operation wouldn’t have existed without the special treatment provided to him.

Bank of America, BNY Sued Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties

New lawsuits accuse the banks of maintaining a relationship with the convicted sex offender and failing to report suspicious activities until after his 2019 death.

www.wsj.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3h

🚨Jim Carrey’s fresh out of fucks, and we are here for it!

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 11h

Republicans are going to cheat & gerrymander with the rubber stamp of the Supreme Court.

It will be very hard for Democrats to take back the House and Senate.

Meanwhile, Trump will send the military to crush protests, and when he gets desperate, he'll implement martial law.

Eyes wide open, folks.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2h

Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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@TXCat61 @txcat61.bsky.social · 1h

@nytcloseup.bsky.social Rep. Sylvester Turner DIED March 5th, 2025. TX 18 has not been represented since because Greg Abbott REFUSES to allow an election. This was Barbara Jordan's seat once upon a time. #Racism

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18h

America Would Be So Much Better
Off Without RepubliKKKans of Any
Age.......

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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 1d

🚨We DROPPED by Portland's ICE Facility: Here’s What We WITNESSED

Bubbles, donuts and blow-up costumes but no terrorists.

WATCH our footage:
youtu.be/0YImLw0AQ34

Portland’s ICE Facility: What We FOUND

YouTube video by The Dangerous Ones

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Robbie @daddykaz.bsky.social · 1d

Who’s really the Ghetto Trash?

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Matt Leeds @mleeds2048.bsky.social · 2d

Do not give into Fear. We are fearless. This is not the time to be afraid. This is a time to stand up & fight back, & resist any temptation for them to divide us. We’re in this together. We will not give in. Not give up. We will not capitulate. We will not bow or bend 🫡🇺🇸🗽✊🏻.
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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · May 9

Playing this on repeat to get us through.

Hours after Trump’s FBI opened an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, she appeared at a town hall with a powerful message for the resistance.

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William K. Cody @williamcody.bsky.social · 1d

#NoBlueMoneyForRedStates - Blue states are paying for the lives (interstates, Medicare, Medicaid, military, federal law enforcement, farm subsidies, housing subsidies, food stamps, etc.) of the people in the red states who hate them and want to see them destroyed. This is insane.

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1d

Trump says he will not give NYC federal funds if Mamdani wins while promising to give $20B to Argentina.

How is this America First?

This is election interference. Blue states should stop sending tax $$ to the federal government.

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William K. Cody @williamcody.bsky.social · 1d

Trump/MAGA/GOP is fascist and racist. There is copious, overwhelming evidence. We all know it's the truth!

www.thedailybeast.com/appallingly-...

Appallingly Racist GOP Group Chat With 251 Slurs Is Leaked

One Republican operative reportedly wrote, “I love Hitler,” and referred to Black Americans as “the watermelon people.”

www.thedailybeast.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

A judge has issued a restraining order against Republican Rep. Cory Mills after he was accused by a former girlfriend of threatening to circulate sexually explicit videos of her.

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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing. Thank you, world!!!

#USDemocracy

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Nearly all the staff in the Office of Special Education have been fired as part of Trump’s sweeping layoffs.

These are the people responsible for protecting the civil rights of students with disabilities and ensuring they receive an equal education.

More needless cruelty on display.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

Miss Major is an incalculable loss for the trans community and a reminder that our movement is always led by Black trans women. Always.

May we all prove to be worthy students of her example.

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

Rest in power, Miss Major.

www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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William K. Cody @williamcody.bsky.social · 2d

I might add, By several magnitudes..... as if the MAGA cult could understand that concept.....

Rick Paisano @sicilianrick.bsky.social · 2d

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👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 🐸 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 2d

A very happy birthday to AOC ....we all appreciate you so much....

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

Things to do in the future:

1. Putting them all on trial for crimes against humanity at the Hague

2. Totally reforming entire government to root out corruption and abuse of power so this bullshit never happens again

3. At some point you’d imagine, brunch

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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William K. Cody @williamcody.bsky.social · 2d

Not even 1% of the US population would be the least surprised if Trump were up to his eyeballs in human trafficking thru-out the years of his friendship w/ Epstein. The hypocrisy of the GOP in 2025 knows no bounds. It's like they've spent time in Room 101 (1984) - except that wasn't even necessary!🙄

Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 2d

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 2d

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William K. Cody @williamcody.bsky.social · 2d

North Carolina is a purple state in reality with ~ 10 major urban centers that are bright blue where the majority of the people live. The present maps do not represent the people of North Carolina, and pushing things further to the right is really an undemocratic (small-d) atrocity.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

Let's be clear: If North Carolina Republicans gerrymander their already illegal map further, they will be sued and they will lose.

I never bluff and I usually win.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...