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Trying to be kind, hopeful, and courageous while living in the Hunger Games prequel.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 3h
Trump admits to stealing hundreds of billions of dollars from *another* country.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3h
I remain merely a small-town international relations professor, but I think it should be an immediate presidency-ending scandal that the President of the 🇺🇸 admits to violating the UN Charter by invading another UN member-state, kidnapping its leader, & seizing its assets. www.un.org/en/about-us/...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 3h
remember tiktok is basically owned by Trump cronies now.
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 4h
Remember when they were going to ban TikTok in the USA because it was being used for propagandistic purposes
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 3h
Go see Musk Documentary. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
hollywoodreporter.com
TikTok “Permanently Suspends” the ‘Musk’ Film Account, Raising Suppression Fears (Exclusive)
Move comes just as Alex Gibney doc film expands to nearly 500 screens. Distributor Bleecker Street says it is appealing.
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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 4h
TikTok owned by the Ellisons who now have Paramount, Warner Broa, CBS and CNN. Was real great to let fascists take control of virtually all media.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 3h
Meta took down the No Kings instagram; TikTok banned the Musk documentary account for supposedly violating its political posting policies. A reminder that platforms are owned by the wealthiest of people, control the means of media distribution, & put their thumbs on the democracy scale as they wish
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❗❗❗Mark Zuckerberg's meta just suspended the No Kings Instagram account. I just rushed back from my local No Kings to jump on this.

Bottom line, would be helpful for all pro-No Kings folks to elevate the issue and help us get the word out about No Kings today. The Nerd Reich strikes again.
3:02 PM · Oct 17, 2026

TikTok has banned the entire Musk film account, citing political content that violates its policies. The move, which comes just as the Alex Gibney’s investigation into Elon Musk expands to more than 470 screens across North America, raises concerns about Big Tech suppression that the very film seeks to expose.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/musk-movie-tiktok-banned-theaters-showtimes-1236734308/
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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 3h
It’s taking a long time for people to wake up to the fact that these platforms are not public forums but privately owned companies with terrible agendas and total control. If you lay down with these dogs…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h
Nobody hates free speech more than the fascist tech oligarchs who claimed to care about it more than anyone. What an absolute joke. P.S. they also hate democracy. As we hand them control of the country. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h
Henderson: When we started No Kings, they said all we did was protest. And so we pivoted to talking about voting early. And then folks said, “Well, why aren’t you just protesting?”
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 2h
W. T. F. META closed down the No Kings Instagram account??? What??? Administrators are still unable to post. So folks—you know what to do. Post pictures of No Kings marching so people can see it!!
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
New Marist poll of Texas finds 61% say undocumented immigrants should stay in US if meet certain requirements. Only 35% say they should leave. A majority of noncollege white men (Trump base) says stay. Supports my case (see piece/thread below) that Trump opened way for new pro-immigrant consensus
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 23h
He absolutely should be impeached and tried for treason, along with his many enablers in the White House and Congress. It's unfuckingreal that it hasn't happened yet. 🤬
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20h
Russia, Russia, Russia was not a hoax. Trump signed an EO tonight exempting Russia from new sanctions legislation that Congress passed last month. The law was designed to squeeze the financial lifelines sustaining Russia's war against Ukraine. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 20h
Please everyone call your reps about this. Most of them don't like it either, but they may think you don't care.
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Earle Boxer @earleboxer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19h
🚨NEWS: Trump just WAIVED sweeping sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia under the Lindsey Graham Russia and Iran Sanctions Act, which he signed just LAST MONTH. The executive order suspends 500% tariffs on Russian goods and 100% tariffs targeting major buyers of Russian energy.
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 19h
Is the president actually a Russian asset? Because he sure as hell acts like one.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 20h
Trump has to go. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Legislation
The sanctions were part of legislation that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Tell me you’re missing the point without….
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Do we have a new metric -- 1 Zacharia?
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
They're starting to turn on each other.
wapo.st
Power struggle erupts in Trump’s White House as midterm losses loom
Top personnel are jockeying for position as some expect Chief of Staff Susie Wiles to step down after the elections.
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Good morning team! These people are utterly divorced from nature and other humans.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Good Samaritan swims to, and climbs an abandoned pier to free a seagull entangled in a fishing hook. IG: @sassymediatv youtube.com/shortsCnPTAz...
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Or cardboard boxes www.propublica.org/article/ulin...
propublica.org
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
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Ant @agramuglia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
So Danny Trejo was manipulated and tricked into being in Ben Shapiro's newest film. Holy shit.
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✨🥀Persephone🥀✨ @bipolarpisces35.blacksky.app · 14/10/2026
The voice of the people 😂 Fuck it, vote for her
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Fifty @50fifty50.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Check this out from Mississippi
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
He's really good at this.
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
From the first this was announced, there's been no doubt in my mind who ordered this. He thinks it will end the war and give him his Nobel Peace Prize.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
The United States cut off intelligence sharing and Starlink/Starshield access to Ukraine for about a day. Neither Trump or Elon Musk will take responsibility for the decision that gave Russia the window to launch 39 ballistic missiles at Kyiv with no warning.
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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
That's why it's so amazing what Ossoff is doing. "You are disgusting and I despise you" feels like cleansing fire after the last decade of having to acknowledge that They Are Real Americans and We Are Not
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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I for one welcome my new jackolantern overlord.
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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 15/10/2026
people say they're tired of the horserace and want policy. so you give them policy. and then the numbers come back and show the audience is, by far, most interested in 2028 horserace. 🤪
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I think there are 8/11ths of a Scaramucci to go
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This is going to be what hurts the most.
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Representative Val Hoyle @repvalhoyle.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Inflation just hit a four-month high. Working families are feeling it at the gas pump and beyond. The President’s illegal, immoral war in Iran needs to stop. The American people can’t wait any longer.
washingtonpost.com
Prices increased sharply in September in last inflation report ahead of elections
Inflation increased in September to a 3.7 percent annual pace, higher than expected.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14/10/2026
NEW: Senate Democrats will send over 100 observers to the polls where they will document voter interference efforts, threats to election workers or efforts to meddle with voting. The program, which is the first of its kind for the Senate, comes amid ongoing threats of federal election interference.
democracydocket.com
Senate Dems will send over 100 election observers to nine states for midterms
Observers will be on the ground to document voter interference efforts, along with threats against election workers, disinformation tactics and any other attempts to meddle with voting.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Iran War is costing Americans $2,000 per household according to analysis by Moody's Analytics and Brown University.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
These chuds are committing a more serious crime than overstaying a visa.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
18 U.S. Code § 592 Whoever, being an officer of the Army or Navy, or other person in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, orders, brings, keeps, or has under his authority or control any troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held,
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
...unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; and be disqualified from holding any office of honor, profit, or trust under the United States. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
A few weeks back, Jared Kushner said that the diplomats were fools and that the war was about real estate. So this chimes perfectly. Put the money in escrow and then negotiate the endgame. Neither Kushner, nor Witkoff, nor Trump can understand how the war might be other than that.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 15/10/2026
“Trump’s Truth Social faces a sharp decline in traffic: The platform averaged about 260,000 daily users last month, down from a peak of 420,000 in June 2025.” Cat Zakrzewski for WashPo
washingtonpost.com
Trump’s Truth Social faces a sharp decline in traffic
The platform averaged about 260,000 daily users last month, down from a peak of 420,000 in June 2025.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Very few people out in the streets’: ICE surge rattles California’s Central Valley 1/2
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Chris Curtis @curtosis.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
YES. I also think there’s an argument to be made that presidential pardons cannot be valid as applied to subordinates, particularly under the “unitary executive” theory (which, to be clear, is made up anticonstitutional bullshit, but still).
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
this happened in september 2024 as well
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