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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Powell: "Both supply and demand in the labor market have come down so sharply so quickly. The fact that the unemployment rate has barely moved is kind of remarkable."

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Scare-bag Boooooments 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 12h

America was once, not so long ago, cool enough that its very favorite show was about doctors having to deal with the end results of dumb political decisions and featured a song entitled "Suicide is Painless." www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xy...

M*A*S*H • Suicide Is Painless • Johnny Mandel

YouTube video by HD Film Tributes

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Scare-bag Boooooments 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 13h

Harm to table.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13h

I pledge to sext only with adult humans, moreover my sexting will be artisanal, small batch and produced under the highest ethical production standards, that said, some images may be edited to increase contrast, correct lens distortion and heighten curb appeal

The Verge @theverge.com · 16h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Drew McWeeny @drewmcweeny.com · 13h

Good. Fuck Dr. Phil.

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14h

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 13h

[the boys' club cackles]

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Debrianna Mansini-I’m Spartacus @dmansini.bsky.social · 13h

HE IS MURDERING
IN
OUR
NAME!
#ImpeachHimNow

Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 13h

Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 13h

She was tackled by ICE on her way to work & is now suing Trump’s government. This outrageous stuff is happening across Chicago. Thanks to vigilant residents who capture it on video as happened here, the rest of us can see how out of control ICE truly is.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/w...

Debbie Brockman, a WGN-TV producer violently arrested by ICE Friday morning in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago, has retained an attorney and intends to "pursue all legal avenues available" to hold federal authorities accountable, according to a news release Tuesday.
Brockman and her legal team
"adamantly deny" allegations that she assaulted federal officers during an immigration enforcement action, according to the release. They assert she was simply walking to the bus stop on her way to work when she was attacked by Border Patrol agents.

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 14h

Vile and racist comments when they think no outsiders can listen in. Because Chatham house rules, right? A lot of bold, outside-– box thinking going on here on “forbidden” topics.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 14h

Even PBS can't be bothered to note that something is a little ODD about giving such an honor to a billionaire-funded social media troll who spent his days tricking dim teens into believing sexism and racism was acceptable

not even a passing, vague reference to him being "controversial"

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 14h

President Donald Trump will honor influential conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday with a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the White House can bestow on a civilian. https://to.pbs.org/3J8JYDA

WATCH LIVE: Trump awards Charlie Kirk posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom

President Donald Trump will honor influential conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday with a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the White House can bestow on a civilian.

www.pbs.org

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

They showed his neck vagina. That’s what he’s really upset about.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17h

Who would have thought that 25 times as many people would be getting their daily news updates from a Boston College history professor (Heather Cox Richardson, who has 2.5 million subscribers) than from the Washington Post.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Scare-bag Boooooments 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 17h

airbagmoments.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/m...

Not Nearly Enough F*cking Things Considered.

NPR Must Do Better In The Age of Trump This post has two primary purposes: I’ll debunk NPR’s argument that journalists should not use the word “lie” to describe false statem…

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 17h

very brave

(proceeds to air 24/7 nationalist agitprop)

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 17h

Joint statement from the networks declining to agree with the Pentagon's new press policy. Fox News, Pete Hegseth's former employer, is a signatory.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17h

"The richest man in the world and the owner of the most influential social media site in US politics is a nazi who openly supports and amplifies other nazis" would, on its face, seem to be rather newsworthy!

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 17h

Hey news people: I know you like to pretend this doesn't exist, but you need to pay attention to the Nazi drama on Twitter. Basically, it seems as if Elon just restored two major neo-Nazi accounts that were banned by his product head, and might be about to fire the product head for banning them

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 17h

The deal didn't last long. But this is hardly surprising.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Scare-bag Boooooments 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 17h

I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter any further.

darth vader says " i am altering the deal pray i don t alter it any further "

ALT: darth vader says " i am altering the deal pray i don t alter it any further "

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 17h

Balaji (a close associate of Thiel & Andreessen) leads the “network state” movement, which encourages tech elites to build their own “countries” by acquiring physical territory w/in host countries & building “parallel institutions” to replace existing ones in media, education, finance, & science 1/

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

I would kill to get the original drawing of this Robert Pryor caricature of John Doar.

"John Doar is Satisfied with the Process" 9/74 NYT piece

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Scare-bag Boooooments 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 17h

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Scare-bag Boooooments 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · Sep 14

The '24 election was the final battle of World Information War I (there'll be another).

Failing to defend itself, the US lost to a coalition of oligarchs, neo-Confederates, Apartheiders and neo-Nazis, and is now under a malevolent occupation government.

This framing has the most explanatory power.

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Scare-bag Boooooments 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 17h

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Scare-bag Boooooments 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · Sep 14

The '24 election was the final battle of World Information War I (there'll be another).

Failing to defend itself, the US lost to a coalition of oligarchs, neo-Confederates, Apartheiders and neo-Nazis, and is now under a malevolent occupation government.

This framing has the most explanatory power.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 17h

Again, this is the richest man on earth, and these guys are Nazis. This seems like something worth covering, like, a little bit?

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 17h

Hey news people: I know you like to pretend this doesn't exist, but you need to pay attention to the Nazi drama on Twitter. Basically, it seems as if Elon just restored two major neo-Nazi accounts that were banned by his product head, and might be about to fire the product head for banning them

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Scare-bag Boooooments 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 17h

Watching Brendan get radicalized has been a rewarding exercise.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 17h

"There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 18h

"The DOJ will continue engaging tech companies to *eliminate platforms* . . ."

This is your daily reminder Bondi specifically, and MAGA generally, spent the last 4 years accusing the Biden admin of jawboning tech companies to take down content in violation of the 1A.

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