Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialBanned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 23hIt's finally here! Are you ready to join us in kicking off #BannedBooksWeek?! This year's event is too big for just one piece of art, so we have THREE! #LetBooksBe bannedbooksweek.org 331383714
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Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1hWho's really paying the price for those killer Amazon Prime Day deals? 60997523
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.social24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 9h🇷🇺An approved Communist Party rally in central Moscow did not go as planned. Protesters chanted “Fair elections,” “We want freedom,” “Freedom for political prisoners” and “Down with the Tsar” — referring to Putin. Police detained around 60 people. 1642617977
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18hRuffalo: Keep the bastards away from our most vulnerable people, our beloved, beloved immigrants. Because if you ain’t Native American, you’re an immigrant, a beautiful immigrant. 196119992978
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialNikki Budzinski @budzinski.house.gov · 6hEvery day, we lose an estimated 22 veterans to suicide. That is not a statistic we can accept. If you or a veteran you know is struggling, call or text 988 and press 1 for the Veterans Crisis Line.spectrumnews1.comTraining focuses on suicide prevention for veterans and familiesA Louisville suicide prevention training taught veterans advocates how safe storage talks can help reduce firearm-related suicide deaths in Kentucky. 19869
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialCorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 4hWe are all Jane Doe. Behind every name left unknown is a woman with a story that matters. We don’t need to know her name to believe her, stand beside her, or fight for her. We see you. We believe you. We stand with you 💜 #WeAreAllJaneDoe #BelieveSurvivors #VivaHerAlliance #SheShed 601845634
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialPINO FOTUS @pino-fotus.bsky.social · 5h#ArrestTrump #TrumpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinTrials 38927379
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30mThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict over a 2017 Senate race ad funded by a Democratic-aligned super PAC. apnews.com/article/roy-...apnews.comSupreme Court rejects Roy Moore's push to restore $8.2M defamation verdictThe U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict awarded to him over a 2017 Senate ad. 1529579
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 3hReminder: Voter registration deadlines are hitting TODAY, October 5, in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. Please make sure you’re registered to vote! 5522011287
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17hRebuild Illinois is making history as we modernize our infrastructure. We’re tackling problems that have sat untouched for decades and lifting the weight of poorly maintained roads off Illinoisans' shoulders, all while supporting jobs across the state.illinois-department-of-transportation.prezly.comRebuilding southern Cook County: Construction season brings another round of major improvementsGov. Pritzker’s capital program modernizing infrastructure, enhancing quality of life 1137045
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialThe Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social · 3hOn this World Architecture Day, take a minute to take in our campus: not a collection of standalone buildings, but a place where design, nature and community life are inseparable. 19576183
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialNobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 1hThis year's medicine laureate Peter Hegemann was born in 1954. He received his Ph.D. from @maxplanck.de for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany. 49214
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2hEarly voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, I urge you all to... 1) Help get out the vote 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. 6624651165
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 40mTrump mailed in his own ballot while calling mail voting "cheating" Then he tried to run our elections through USPS & the Supreme Court stopped him Now he's telling GOP to vote by mail? His "election security" crusade was only ever about one voter : him -TNnytimes.comTrump Urges Republicans to Vote By Mail After Criticizing PracticeIt was the latest mixed messaging from President Trump, who regularly votes by mail, but has made baseless claims that the practice is “inherently corrupt.” 15269103
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialInside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 5h🔥 Destroyed a Russian radar system that detected Ukrainian drones and aircraft. The video shows the result of the work of one of the crews from the "Predator" patrol police brigade, using the Stork + Mace complex. 112524
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 5hwields the power of the state like a mafia boss to make your life hell. I consider Jack Smith a true American hero. And in my decidedly non-legal terminology, he remains a man I wouldn’t want to fuck with. His unbreakable, quiet resolve is the reason. 117111
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 5hthey have been carrying around for years. To me, that dedication was a deeply heartfelt acknowledgment of a man who accepted a burden most of us would find absolutely paralyzing: hunting down the truth, even when it leads straight to a vindictive, narcissistic tyrant who 114612
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 5hAfter more than five decades behind a drum kit, I understand something about the profound connection between a stage and an audience. Sometimes a song gives people a way to express a heavy, suffocating weight 115410
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 5hdefiant words: “No Kings.” Just days after staring down the enablers on the Senate Judiciary Committee and refusing to yield a single inch, he was surrounded by thousands of people who finally gave him the hero’s welcome he deserves. 223933
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 5hI don’t know about you, but seeing Jack Smith in the crowd at yesterday’s Power to the People festival did something profound for my deeply battered faith in this country. There he was at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, wearing a black Bruce Springsteen shirt with two simple, 331261277
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 04/10/2026High prices and rising borrowing costs are squeezing family budgets, forcing more Americans to cut back on things like bowling and dining out. For many families, fun is becoming increasingly out of reach. This is Donald Trump’s economy. 26503104
penquin1943.bsky.social @penquin1943.bsky.social · 11hyoutube.com/shorts/AW-M3...youtube.comJane Fonda STUNS Trump, GOES VIRAL!🚨YouTube video by Occupy Democrats 020
penquin1943.bsky.social @penquin1943.bsky.social · 14hyoutube.com/shorts/6BhQR...youtube.comJimmy Kimmel and Robert De Niro mock Trump in HILARIOUS roastYouTube video by The Democrats 000
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump has: -Cut protections for national monuments to open them up for mining -Pushed to open up our national forests for construction and logging -Proposed building data centers on thousands of acres of federal lands Nothing is sacred to this regime. It acts solely on behalf of the oligarchy. 6824411003
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 04/10/2026A perfect fall morning for the 10 mile. Best of luck to everyone running the marathon! 344607282
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialBrendan Gutenschwager @bgonthescene.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Pro-Palestine demonstrators out today in Bridgeview, Illinois 16544111
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialPeggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A Growing Movement Is Working to Evict ICE From Its Buffalo Command Center truthout.org/articles/a-g...truthout.orgA Growing Movement Is Working to Evict ICE From Its Buffalo Command CenterActivists are pressuring Buffalo corporations to kick ICE out of the office building where it is imprisoning children. 241957605
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22hTim Disney’s new satire graphic novel, The A.R.C., is a darkly humorous novel set in a world where if you lie, you die. Tim joins me to reflect on our current pandemic of lies that have infected our politics, our culture, our lives: youtu.be/aBM6ZUHmpWQ?...youtu.beSHOCKING NEW Book REVEALS The DEADLY Cost OF LYING!!YouTube video by Katie Phang 24888251
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Why am I seeing a Texas Senate campaign ad during the Bears/Jets game? 7741637
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialNiko J @nikojln2016.bsky.social · 22hBlue. For BlueSky. Because my BlueSky friends love these flowers and blue is my favourite colour. Hydrangea flowers for sale at my favourite florist. #Hydrangea #Hortensia 💙🌱🪻 📍Chelsea, London SW3 141026108
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialDC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 20h🇧🇷 Polls close in Brazil as Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro remain neck and neck After casting his ballot, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that the choice was between democracy and "barbarism".bbc.co.ukPolls close in Brazil as Lula and Bolsonaro remain neck and neckIf no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October. 1315181
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22hNEW: I have obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Trump's name in the Epstein files for supervisory review. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...muellershewrote.comEXCLUSIVE: MSW Media has Obtained Descriptions of NINE Epstein Files Redaction Training Videos in FOIA LawsuitSources confirm that two videos instructed agents to flag documents including Trump’s name for supervisory review. 11552322194
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026English physician & epidemiologist Dr. Alice Stewart is best-known for her pioneering research in the 1950s that established a strong link between prenatal X-ray exposure and childhood leukemia. Her work influenced radiation protection standards. She was born #OTD in 1906. #WomenInSTEM #MedSky 111313416
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialBernadette DeMesme-Anders @bunideme.bsky.social · 20hSt Frances of Assisi patron saint of animals and the environment 0143
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 22hOct 4 is the feast of St Francis of Assisi and it’s traditionally a day to bless your pet at the church. 741702425
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialInside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 19hwww.kielinstitut.de/research/top...kielinstitut.deUkraine Support Tracker - A Database of Military, Financial and Humanitarian Aid to UkraineThe Ukraine Support Tracker lists and quantifies military, financial and humanitarian aid promised by governments to Ukraine. 053
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialSara Spector @miriam2626.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Gina Hinojosa now leads Greg Abbott by 4 points in Texas! She's done with grassroots money. Texans are investing in their future! 832770650
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialBarry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Autumn in Millennium Park, Chicago 211730219
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialMatt 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🤔 @yupitsmatt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Thank you @katiephang.bsky.social for all you are doing to #SpeakTruthToPower and hold the #GrifterInChief accountable for protecting #SexCriminals who hurt children. #TrumpEffect #Blues 651405502
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialRandyResists2025💙🔵 @resist2025.bsky.social · 23hIt is always about him. Now that experienced counterintelligence agents, who weren’t Trump loyalists, have been fired or left another 9-11 is possible. He will do anything to stay out of prison. Anything. 2252574612
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 04/10/2026Pro-Europe Latvian PM wins poll dominated by Russia, social worrieslemonde.frPro-Europe Latvian PM wins poll dominated by Russia, social worriesAndris Kulbergs' United List party won 42 seats in the 100-seat parliament, but Latvia's parliamentary election also saw gains for populist parties, boosted by support from Latvia's Russian-speaking minority. 15664194
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20hMarimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent and branded a “domestic terrorist” by DHS — all for just warning her neighbors and speaking her truth during Operation Midway Blitz. She deserves true justice and accountability from the federal government. 221436499
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.social🦋 C.G., PhD 🐸 (🪖"Prima" AKA "Battle" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 22hRemember 👇🏾 at the polls! 🗳 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory 19626277
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Thanks to everyone - of all ages - who showed up on a Saturday to knock on doors and make sure our excellent Democratic candidates win up and down the ballot this November. 262092279
Reposted by @penquin1943.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21hKatie Phang on Blanche: What are you trying to hide? Who are you protecting? This is the permissive culture that is created, that is then buttressed by conduct by people like the AG to protect perpetrators, co-conspirators, enablers of crimes. Crimes against children, crimes against women. 16762922051
