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Joy Reid on her ouster from MSNBC: ‘In this moment, not being a part of corporate media is a gift’ After the ex-host of the ReidOut was forced out in February, she launched her own streaming show on YouTube

Thank you @jeremybarr.bsky.social and @theguardian.com ... truly enjoyed this conversation! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.

Thank you our Forever POTUS

A real president does this.

Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸

Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.

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Dear Walmart,

Consideeing you have more employees on SNAP than any other company — instead of simply having a ‘cheaper’ Thanksgiving bundle, how about giving your underpaid employees who must rely on SNAP for survival, one for free? It’s the least you can do. And I stress, the LEAST…

— America

Screenshot from a Variety article: “Kendrick Lamar, the man who put the phrase ‘they not like us’ into the lexicon, will now have to admit: They like him, they really like him.”

Um, @variety.com?

That’s…not what that means. 😳 variety.com/2025/music/n...

Sen. Peters: Democrats are offering today a straightforward compromise. If Republicans accept this, we can open the government today. All we have to do is have a one year extension of the existing law dealing with tax credits. Over the next year, we can figure out a long term solution

Republicans have just rejected the Democrats offer to end the shutdown, per CBS

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

YouTube video by Mikie Sherrill for New Jersey Mikie Sherrill and Barack Obama rally voters in Newark

Hello, New Jersey! There’s a lot at stake in this election, and I’m here tonight to talk about why @mikiesherrill.bsky.social should be your next Governor. Watch live:

Tomorrow is the last day of early voting! Election Day is Tuesday, November 4!
Turnout will be low for this election so we have a real chance to make a difference!
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I got to pick up my cousin’s daughter from aftercare today, and I had an auntie dream come true. First of all, me picking her up was a surprise and she loves surprises, but MY favorite part was taking her to McDonald’s so she could get a Happy Meal/Trick or Treating bucket. She flipped out 😂

The best 🖤

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“.. It’s to the point now where .. I could lose everything ... Being a small business owner isn’t worth it when your country turns on you,” said Jared Hendricks, the CEO of Village Lighting, a small business selling Christmas products.

@cnbc.com
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The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

🗣️ EYE AM NOT THE PRESIDENT YOU DIDNT ELECT ME GO DOWN TO 1600 AND ASK HIM….

Listen y’all really messed up with Black Women & you now get to see us as a collective fed up. 😎 #GoodLuck

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Jeffries: "Here's what DHS has done. DHS put out a hit list directed at Democratic members of Congress, Dem governors, and Dem officials. It's a hit list saying to crazies all across the country 'target these people.' So no, we're not gonna be lectured by DHS. Take your hit list down."

Cancel the Cuts. Lower the Costs. Save Healthcare.

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Do YOU remember “the 21st night of September?”

Earth Wind & Fire’s co-writer Allee Willis said she told the band: “We can’t leave ‘baa-dee-ya’ in the chorus. That has to mean something.’”

Maurice White replied: “No, that feels great. That’s what people are going to remember. We’re leaving it.”

More of this.

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I spoke with the NYT Magazine a while ago but have now heard that an editor said they can't quote me because I'm "too liberal" to be a trusted source.

You know what's always the first example conservatives use to claim I'm "too liberal"?

My work in the 1619 Project, organized by the NYT Magazine.

My son just asked what bitcoin was and I told him it was fake money mostly used for crime which my wife thought was maybe too real but that’s how I roll.

We need your help. There is a new doxxing site circulating. A domain just registered through Namecheap (on Sept 10, 2025) and hosted on Squarespace is being used to publish private personal information.

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