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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Aug 11

Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 7

Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”

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Alexi Hawley @alexihawley.bsky.social · Aug 1

Just going to leave this here... (out of 7,500 Netflix shows)

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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · Jul 23

If you don't already, watch Colbert. He is a man with no more f*cks left to give. And it's glorious.

Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September

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Alexi Hawley @alexihawley.bsky.social · Jul 14

Nice work everybody!

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jun 23

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American people wouldn’t notice them. “Don’t make any sudden movements, or they’ll spot us,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said out of the corner of his mouth, […]

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · Jun 12

We drill into military officers that Members of Congress have Constitutional oversight rights, Members outrank four-stars in protocol, and even Congressional staffers are treated like generals/admirals.

To see sworn federal officers manhandle and handcuff a U.S. Senator... I'm still shook up.

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · Jun 12

"There's no recording allowed out here, per FBI rights"

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · Jun 12

Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · Jun 7

Pyongyang on the Potomac vibes

Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · Jun 7

In preparation for next week’s parade/demonstration, tanks are being moved into Washington, DC today. Unprecedented.
(Photo from a colleague in DC)

Photograph of dozens of tanks on a train, next to I-295 in Washington, DC.

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Alexi Hawley @alexihawley.bsky.social · May 29

I wrote a thing...

TV For The Anxiety Generation

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 16

Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · May 4

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · May 2

‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’

One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.

RFK Jr. asks CDC for new measles treatment guidance amid his unfounded claims

Kennedy claimed that drugs like budesonide and clarithromycin "have been shown very effective" for measles, but doctors say they don't fight the infection itself.

www.cbsnews.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · May 2

ALERT: I had not seen this article until this morning. It is a pretty big deal. Mike Waltz isn’t actually using Signal. He’s using a copy or third party version of Signal created by a company called TeleMessage the point of which is to allow archiving of messages. The app claims to preserve …

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Apr 29

Despite knowing the people on the search warrant weren't there, the ICE arrest team STILL took this family's phones, laptops, and life savings — and refused to leave a BUSINESS CARD so they could ask to get it back!

This stuff is sadly not unique to ICE; it happens with regular police raids too.

She said the agents didn’t care.

“They were very dismissive, very rough, very careless,” she said. “I kept pleading. I kept telling them we weren’t criminals. They were treating us like criminals. We were here by ourselves. We didn’t do anything.”

Marisa said the agents tore apart every square inch of the house and what few belongings they had, seizing their phones, laptops and their life savings in cash as “evidence.”

“I told them before they left, I said you took my phone. We have no money. I just moved here,” she said. “I have to feed my children. I’m going to need gas money. I need to be able to get around. Like, how do you just leave me like this? Like an abandoned dog.”

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Apr 29

Not sure how the Amazon API works but someone should create a plugin for Amazon that can show you the Tariff tax that Amazon is too afraid to publish.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · Apr 22

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Buffalo have developed a nanoparticle-based vaccine candidate for H5N1 avian influenza (clade 2.3.4.4b) that achieved 100% PROTECTION in preclinical trials. The vaccine is under development for potential use in BOTH veterinary AND human medicine. 🧪🧵⬇️

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Apr 17

UPDATED TODAY: We've added 11 more names to our DOGE tracker, bringing the total to 77 staffers affiliated with Musk.

Plus, you can now filter our database by federal agency. Check it out ⤵️

Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.

projects.propublica.org

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Apr 17

And now Boston area hospitals are laying off staff because of Elons NIH cuts. This is going to be duplicated at hospitals around the country.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Apr 15

Good reporting here. Student paper gets what the bigs have missed. White House is actually threatening to defund all of bostons major hospitals www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Trump Admin’s $9 Billion Review of Harvard’s Grants Could Hit Boston’s Hospitals Hardest | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Trump administration’s sweeping federal review of nearly $9 billion in multi-year research funding tied to Harvard has sparked uncertainty across the University — but the brunt of the planned cuts...

www.thecrimson.com

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Apr 17

So first of all - everything Carl quotes here is just bananas.

But also for the love of Pete - Congress sets visa law. Congress. Stop treating this like something he can just…do

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Apr 16

NYT: “.. The gold card project is being led from the DOGE side by .. Edward Coristine .. a 19-year-old who publicly goes by ‘Big Balls’ [and] was fired in June 2022 from an internship at .. an Arizona-based data security company ..”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · Apr 17

“There isn't a single part of the entire thing that stands up to the smallest amount of scrutiny. The whole thing, the entire enterprise is just sheer lawlessness,” says Chris Hayes.

‘It’s all made up!’: Hayes breaks down ‘sheer lawlessness’ of Trump deportation case

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · Apr 16

HERE WE GO:

Chief Judge James Boasberg finds probable cause for contempt of court against the Trump administration.

In a masterclass move, he asks the government whether they’ll purge the contempt (by complying) or identify the people in the administration who should be subject to sanctions.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741724/80/jgg-v-trump/?redirect_or_modal=True

t.co

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · Apr 16

Guy who is mailing his sperm around "to reach legion level before the apocalypse" owns strategic companies in several sectors, can buy whole countries, and has read/write access to govt databases beyond Nixon and Hoover's wildest dreams.

All good, I'm sure

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Apr 16

Elon lives in a bizarre mental universe that’s like a mashup of Robert Heinlein’s masturbatory juvenalia and Hugh Hefner’s vision board ca. 1971. The dude has completely lost touch with anything a normal person might consider “reality.” No wonder he’s acting like such a weirdo maniac.

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · Apr 15

Noticed a bunch of these ornate gold medallions slapped all over the Oval Office. We found em on Alibaba. “High-density Home Decoration Polyurethane Appliques Ornament PU Foam Veneer Accessories” from seller Guangzhou Homemax Decorative Material Limited.

sherwood.news/power/shop-t...

A comparison of the photo from the Oval Office and an item on Alibaba.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 15

Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Apr 15

Alarming. 'Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in, according to Berulis' disclosure. The attempts were "near real-time," according to the disclosure.' www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

www.npr.org

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