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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

When war criminal Putin released an American prisoner from one of his prisons, Steve Witkoff praised Putin as a humanitarian. Now CNN learned that Trump had to drop sanctions on Russia in exchange for this prisoner's release. Trump #PutinsPuppet made a terribly bad deal.

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Marc Polymeropoulos: "The amount of dissembling and outright lying by the entire Trump administration plus Musk is disgraceful. They all knew. They have zero honor. Ukrainians died. Americans in Kyiv were put at risk. Congress needs to put out a document preservation request for this entire […]

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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

Barack Obama: "It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of what they say. But that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Rep. Ilhan Omar. The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on […]

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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

Nancy Mace wrote: "The idea that the vice president would go to the mattresses to defend Ramaswamy's attack ad might have cost JD Vance the presidency. This is not who we are." Jesse Lee wrote: " I think she’s right that JD Vance has spent this week handcuffing himself to the mast of a rotting […]

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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

A judge's decision blocked "field interviews from being carried out by hundreds of Department of Homeland Security agents assigned to fan out across the country in search of instances of voter fraud": www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/polit… Good, but […]

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 17h

This happened to me in 2018 in Texas. (They’ve since changed the voting machines here, and there’s now a paper record.) It’s worth double-checking your ballot, particularly for critical US Senate races.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16h

Below is part of my 2018 thread. I had selected the “Straight Party” option for the Democratic Party. The only race affected was the US Senate race, which defaulted to the GOP candidate, Ted Cruz. I caught it before casting my ballot and was able to change it, but others had a similar experience.

Leah McElrath • 10/25/18
Dear @TXCivilRights -t
I was one of these people.
I have not previously discussed it with anyone because I didn't want to sound an alarm until I knew whether or not this was a pattern Show more
• Texas Civil Right... 10/25/18
ALERT: We have received multiple reports from voters who voted straight-ticket, then saw on a later screen that their votes were changed to that of the op...

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I chose the "straight ticket" option for the Democratic Party on the first screen.
Once I toggled through the 16+ page ballot and reached the final screen to review my choices, I saw that my vote for @BetoORourke had been changed to a vote for Ted Cruz.
Photo below.
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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 16h

Neil Bush, a son of former president George HW Bush and a lifelong Republican, announced on Tuesday that he crossed party lines to vote for James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas. In a Facebook post, Neil Bush said he chose to vote early for Talarico over Ken Paxton, the […]

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Ged Maheux @gedeonm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h

I really do not understand how Trump is allowed to stand there and berate, insult, humiliate and talk down to reporters day after day with no political repercussions. He’s normalized being a gross pig SO MUCH everyone just now accepts this including the press themselves? # DontGetIt

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Ged Maheux @gedeonm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h

This is a great one!

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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h

Dan Koh: "I worked with FEMA in The White House. This is an insane move by the Trump Administration. States don’t have the budget for this. For example: Hurricane Katrina cost $108 billion, Louisiana’s total state budget in 2005 was $19 billion. This is insane." #TrumpMakesEverythingWorse […]

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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16h

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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h

According to Politico: "Most California voters rate Gavin Newsom’s tenure governing California as poor or fair.” I think what damaged his reputation was his recent rush to a settlement with billionaire David Ellison of Paramount (now Skydance). The settlement should have protected the integrity […]

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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h

Politico continued: "California voters have soured on the idea of Newsom running for president, according to another recent Citrin-POLITICO survey." There was even less support for Kamala Harris in those polls.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20h

Lowest approval since Truman is pretty fucking impressive. I think we can do better, though.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 20/10/2026

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Flipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

The late GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican Rep. Joe Wilson and Democratic Rep. James Clyburn were both under investigation by the FBI for allegedly participating in a vast criminal bribery scheme in South Carolina. The evidence authorities had gathered included a confession from Martin Kao […]

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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

Donald Trump made excuses for Putin's butchers saying: "Russia could've done a lot more to help Iran." The fact is that Russia is helping Iran kill Americans, while Ukraine is not helping Iran kill Americans, but Trump is actively helping Russia and harming Ukraine. This looks a lot like Trump […]

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

Texas’s five biggest counties smashed voter turnout records on the state’s first day of early voting in the midterm elections. Harris, Dallas, Bexar, Travis, and Tarrant counties all eclipsed early voting records for at least two of the last three elections, Sawyer Hackett, a political […]

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

Recap:

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

California has legalised balcony solar. Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 868 on 30 September, letting renters and homeowners plug small solar panels into a wall socket (we covered the wider US wave in Edition 347). He also signed bills on utility profits and virtual power plants, and vetoed one […]

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

Amazing how all these schools are now equipped with state of the art medical facilities, physicians/specialists, surgical centers, pharmacies, accredited counselors. Who knew the US educational system was this advanced?

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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/10/19/1 “Disgusting! … It’s just a sort of heavy huffing and puffing.”

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

"Bikes 'not for jousting,' says Lime after duel video" Gotta say that is a headline I did not expect to read... Cycle jousting seems like an entirely sensible sport in the grand scheme of things... www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9zrdpg72…

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Our bikes are 'not for jousting,' says Lime after Hackney duel

Footage emerged on social media of hundreds of people gathered in east London to watch a bike joust.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

My god. "The women exited the store w the child as officers arrived, entered their vehicle & began to leave parking lot. Officers drew their weapons, Wiley lifted her son up to show the officers that a child was in the car. One officer fired into the vehicle, killing the baby as she held him"

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Priscilla Till is running for Mississippi governor in the 2027 election The educator and civil rights activist is a cousin of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old from Chicago who was kidnapped and killed by white men while visiting Mississippi in 1955 […]

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Me: ugh, modern landmark architecture is just rich people showing off how much money they have. What happened to restrained displays of class and taste? 18th Century Scotland: PINEAPPLES!!!

The Dunmore House Pineapple. It’s a Georgian building that looks like, well, a pineapple. It was made in 1761 when pineapples were some of the most fashionable objects on the planet, and, honestly, there isn’t much more to it than that.

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Coleen Walter @coleenwalter.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

A few evenings I found this toad standing guard at my front door or walkway. Maybe I should hang up a tiny “Beware of Toad” sign on the door to warn off intruders. #toad #animals #nature #naturephotography

Small toad sitting on a cement step by weeds

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

Houston is having one of its rare weeks of perfect weather. We get about four weeks total like this every year, two in the fall and two in the early spring. Lower humidity makes a place so much more livable and affects mood.

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Rule Lets Fossil Fuel Companies “Unintentionally” Kill Polar Bears and Walruses Oil and gas companies will now be permitted to kill polar bears and Pacific walruses off the northern coast of Alaska so long as such killings are “unintentional,” according to a new Trump administration rule This […]

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

Most people aren’t aware that we’re on a dangerous no-humans-in-the-loop trajectory with AI development: The vast majority of AI code is now being written by AI—AND, because of volume of code production, the majority of the code written by AI is being *reviewed* by AI, not by humans.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

It’s honestly insane that this technology is being allowed to be developed by the private sector without government oversight. Hard to see that changing at this point though unless national security is invoked, which creates another set of issues and concerns.

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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Unrelatedly, I haven't seen one of _these_ monsters on the street in decades, since Metro retired the last of the ones they had! I _think_ this is someone's now-privately-owned surplus Tri-Met bus up from Oregon. Note the Washington State license […] [Original post on mastodon.murkworks.net]

A vintage Tri-Met bus in white and vintage Tri-Met livery (orange / red/ brown stripes) on Bothell Way in Kenmore, Washington for some uknown reason. The bus number is 361 and the front route indicator - pre-digital, of course - shows route 27, Market-Main. The side route sign shows the same number.

The same bus from behind, the paint rather more faded, as if someone's restoration isn't finished. But th ebody's in good shape overall.

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

WE THE PEOPLE WILL NOT BE SILENCED. We're out here reminding our community that we need to speak out ... and vote now! Indivisible Chicago-South Side in Jackson Park on No Kings-Vote Early day. @indivchisouth.bsky.social #NoKings

A woman holds a sign with a photo of Congressman John Lewis and the words We the people will not be silenced.

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Bruce Mirken @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

It gets worse. Boycott #Meta

@ezralevin.bsky.social
A bad update: we're getting reports of
pro-No Kings creators who have been
suspended today as well. And we still
lack backend access to the official No
Kings account. Stay tuned, will report
news when | have it.
€ Ezra Levin Xi ® @ezralevin.b... - 26m
Full update from our team. We STILL do
not have admin access to the account.
JPDATE, OCT. 17, 3:29 PM ET
The No Kings Instagram account has been reactivated, but administrators have not yet regained
We now know that Meta pulled down the account. For approximately 90 minutes, Meta did not
respond to our team, even as the account was offline at the peak of our national day of action and
livestream. The account is now viewable again, and Meta told us in their response email that they
made a bad call.
However, administrators are still unable to access the account, blocking our ability to post about
an ongoing day of mass action for early voting. Meta is currently not allowing the team to log in
using the No Kings email address originally associated with the account. The team is
troubleshooting that issue now.
This is not OK.
This is part of a much bigger concern: activists and movements around the world are increasingly
vulnerable to decisions made by powerful technology platforms that can determine who gets
heard and who gets silenced.
‘We will close the loop once our team is fully back in the account. This remains a developing
situation. ALT
9:58 AM - Oct 17 2026 @ Fvervbodv can replv

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Alexander Karn @xankarn.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

One man, two histories. R: Gilbert Stuart - The icon and founding father L: Clark V. Fox - “Town Destroyer

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

This is a choice. Trump is choosing to extend the war. He keeps claiming victory, so he's doing this willingly, voluntarily.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Trump continues to revel in insulting his base, rubbing their noses in his illicit $$, giving them nothing, taking everything from them. And they somehow eat it up.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Coincidentally, Trump is seeing poll numbers that nobody has seen before.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

2/ And before you say, It’s a beautiful day, go out. I was already out. I kinda wanted to stay in now and follow the #NoKings news.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

As always the @unpresidentedbrass.bsky.social is the house band of #NoKings

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Femme Malheureuse @femme-mal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Chilly wedding venue at 57F degrees with a strong WSW breeze but I'd attend if invited. It's a glorious fall day. A perfect day for a march, might I say.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

😂Melania apparently calls her husband "Sir."* *Every time he tells a "Sir" story, he's lying (well, every time he opens his mouth....)

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Tim Chambers @tchambers.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Seems like at least the account back, but no word from Meta on why this happened. This is why they were so smart of @indivisibleteam build out on platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon , and their own direct to their users newsletters too - that are not at the […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Norm Eisen posting about No Kings Instagram being taken down on #NoKingsDay by Meta

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Someone should do lit drops describing how Elon’s porn robot has taken the school photos of kids and turned it into child sexual assault material.

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