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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
This is really amazing! Every single Democrat should take note and respond to these questions similarly. The frame almost always implicitly forgives Republicans as if "of course they will act badly, can't we count on you to cover for them?"
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
"Republicans could end this right now. They are choosing to make this shutdown an issue where they pit the sick against the hungry. The reality is, this is a false choice. Prior to this moment, we've been able to afford both the ACA subsidies and SNAP benefits."
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
It's people in their 20s it should scare the shit out of. It's nice that people in their 80s care, but they're not going to be around much longer and it's not going to be their problem.
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Arlington Public Schools @apsva.us · 31/10/2025
APS is launching an evening hot meal program to support students and families during the federal government shutdown. Starting Thu, Nov. 6, free hot dinners will be served Mon-Fri from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Wakefield, Washington-Liberty and Yorktown. Learn More: www.apsva.us/community-meals
Logo of Good Food Guide featuring a stylized blue plate, fork, and knife set against a yellow background.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
US SENATE VOTES 51-47 TO OVERTURN TRUMP’S ‘LIBERATION DAY’ GLOBAL TARIFFS — FOUR REPUBLICANS JOIN DEMOCRATS; MOVE IS MOSTLY SYMBOLIC AS WHITE HOUSE LIKELY TO VETO
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
“.. the desperate desire of Attorney General Merrick Garland and President Joe Biden to avoid any appearance of partisanship led the department to put off looking into evidence of a potential crime and gave Mr. Trump an advantage ..” @carolleonnig.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Mike Lawler corruptly funneled over $500,000 into a firm he co-founded. He doesn't fight for the families of #NY17, he fights for his bottom line.
politico.com
Lawler’s campaigns paid his former firm over $500K
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 30/10/2025
I'm grateful that the Vermont governor & legislators acted to prevent Vermont children & families from going hungry. Now Trump must obey the law & release $5 billion in emergency SNAP funding appropriated by Congress. The richest country on Earth shouldn't be facing a hunger crisis.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/10/2025
Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Critics? Experts. Federal law requires comprehensive asbestos inspection, notification, and abatement before any demolition," wrote the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) last week. "No publicly available information demonstrates that these statutory obligations have been fulfilled."
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Critics question whether White House, contractors 'cut corners' on asbestos safety in East Wing demolition
Critics are questioning if the demolition of the White House East Wing adhered to federal health and safety standards, including those governing the handling of asbestos.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/10/2025
🚨LIVE TRACKER 🚨 So far, four GOP-led states have enacted aggressive gerrymanders. With each passing day, a new state joins the fray. From litigation status to partisan gains, our NEW live tracker provides a play-by-play of these nationwide efforts.
democracydocket.com
Live Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-Moves
Facing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states ...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
“High risk pools” are groups where insurance companies put those with preexisting conditions. Don’t let them hide the ball.
Colin Seeberger comments, “He’s talking about making people with preexisting conditions pay more. Here we go again.”
Below is a tweet from Aaron Rupar quoting Senator John Kennedy saying: “Bringing back high risk pools, which have been outlawed under the ACA.” The attached CNN screenshot shows a split-screen interview with Kennedy and the anchor discussing Republican healthcare ideas.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Taking away our right to vote, in little bites. Maybe we won't notice when voting goes away altogether. 🙄 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Exclusive: Trump Administration Threatened Lawsuit Over Ohio Mail-In Ballot Deadline
Read more here.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Bunkering down in military housing. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/10/2025
NEW: Court filings reveal that states using the Trump administration’s untested citizenship verification system to purge voter rolls may be mistakenly flagging eligible voters at an alarming rate, risking the chance of voters being disenfranchised.
democracydocket.com
Trump’s Voter Citizenship Database Is ‘Flawed’ and Could Lead to Disenfranchisement, Election Administrator Warns
Read more here.
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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 30/10/2025
Absolutely true. All they have to do is cut off their own … filibuster. But they don’t want a budget, they want accomplices or, barring that, scapegoats.
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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
If the trip were really a ‘spectacular success,’ you wouldn’t need to threaten people for saying otherwise.
Social post by President Donald J. Trump that says: 'Worked really hard, 24/7, took in Trillions of Dollars, and Chuck Schumer said trip was “a total dud,” even though he knows it was a spectacular success. Words like that are almost treasonous!!!'
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
This time. Last time. www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
NCGOP spokesman appears to be threatening @propublica.org's @dougbockclark.bsky.social with retaliation by the Trump administration for reporting on a state Supreme Court justice www.propublica.org/article/paul...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/10/2025
This story is insane. A man who posted a meme of Trump saying “we have to get over it” in a discussion about the CK shooting has been in jail for 2 months with a $2M bond. Meanwhile, the man who actually threatened to kill Hakeem Jeffries is out on bail.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
When we say "No Kings," this is why. #ResistTrump
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Whoever could have imagined there would be negative downstream consequences professionally for making a corrupt deal with the Trump admin….
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
A source familiar with this incident told me today that not only did they arrest and charge the comedy club manager, but the Latino man he was defending from ICE -- who was also arrested and whisked away -- **is also a U.S. citizen.** It's unclear where the Latino man is now.
cbsnews.com
Laugh Factory manager charged with assaulting Border Patrol agent outside Chicago comedy club last week
The night manager at the Chicago Laugh Factory has been charged with assaulting U.S. Border Patrol agent during a confrontation outside the North Side comedy club last week.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 29/10/2025
BREAKING Trump's activation of the troops to Portland remains BLOCKED. The Ninth Circuit's en banc bench agrees to hear the case, VACATING a three-judge panel's recent decision pausing the lower court's restraining order. Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused active judges, it is ordered that this case be reheard en banc pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 40(c). The order published at ---F.4th---, 2025 WL 2951371 (9th Cir. Oct. 20, 2025), is vacated.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Who approved the demolition of the fucking White House? Congress isn’t even in session.
Photo obtained by LawDork
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The New York ****ing Jets are sponsoring the demolition of the White House. Ofc they are. Garbage franchise doing garbage things.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day. Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏 History.
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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/09/2025
Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t reinstated because Disney executives had a change of heart. He’s back on air because those executives got a wakeup call from the American public. People all over the country showed up, canceling subscriptions, and protesting outside ABC and Disney, Nexstar, and more. 🧵
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Just as an aside on this: I understand Antifa isn’t an organisation and it seems like Stupid Trump. But I feel the next step will be for the regime to define who or what is Antifa. The parameters are specifically vague so anyone Trump doesn’t like can be branded a terrorist.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Just a reminder that, despite what these freaks would have you think, antivaxx is extremely unpopular and we need to attack them relentlessly for putting insane dipshittery over our health
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AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 2, 2025
MMR VACCINE POLICY FOR CHILDREN:
U.S. GOVERNMENT SHOULD...

BY PARTY
DEMS
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ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO VACCINATE
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Millions canceling Disney, Hulu and ABC subscriptions in wake of Kimmel suspension‼️
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 22/09/2025
Ok, so we can’t use Tylenol in pregnancy anymore…based on pseudoscience. What’s next - no epidurals? Because suffering in childbirth is “God’s plan” and “Eve’s punishment" Stay tuned for the “Thou Shalt Feel The Pain of Childbirth Act" of 2025
media.tenor.com
a group of women are standing around a table and one of them is saying push push .
ALT: a group of women are standing around a table and one of them is saying push push .
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I wonder where the Trump family would be today financially if they never went into politics?
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Important to note that Congress has never passed any law giving the President authority to designate anything as a “domestic terrorist organization.” As a result, this would appear to have no direct legal effect beyond acting as a statement of policy for the Executive Branch.
Sec. 2. Designation as a Domestic Terrorist Organization. Because of the aforementioned pattern of political violence designed to suppress lawful political activity and obstruct the rule of law, I hereby designate Antifa as a "domestic terrorist organization." All relevant executive departments and agencies shall utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations --especially those involving terrorist actions --conducted by Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa, or for which Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa provided material support, including necessary investigatory and prosecutorial actions against those who fund such operations.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
SCOOP — Part of the reason Disney/ABC may have rushed to sort things out with Kimmel is because tomorrow they have a planned price increase for Disney+ streaming, a Disney source tells me. With subscriptions hemorrhaging since last week, they couldn’t risk losing more users with this announcement.
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Wasn't on my bingo card 😑🙄
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Jimmy Kimmel isn't returning to the airwaves because of "thoughtful conversations" with Disney executives. He's back because consumers sent Disney a clear message: selling out our fundamental rights is not an acceptable cost of doing business.
youtube.com
Why Corporate Media is Bending the Knee
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
(Bloomberg) - For the first time since at least the 1990s, China hasn’t bought any US soybeans at the start of the export season, a sign that Beijing is once again using agriculture as leverage in its trade fight with Washington. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
(BBC) - Romania says a Russian drone has breached its airspace -- the second Nato country to report such an incursion. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Romania becomes second Nato country to report Russian drones in airspace
Ukraine's President Zelensky called the incursion "an obvious expansion of the war by Russia".
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 07/09/2025
"U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington, D.C., ruled on Wednesday that the administration cannot simply choose not to spend the money..." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
reuters.com
US appeals court says Trump cannot continue foreign aid cuts
A U.S. appeals court on Friday declined to block a lower court ruling that said President Donald Trump's administration could not unilaterally cut billions of dollars of foreign aid, requiring the administration to quickly move to spend funds on projects authorized by Congress.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
This. Is. Fascism.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
> @aliroginpbs.bsky.social
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