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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 10h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 14h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7h

This is what Matt Walsh is defending.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 17h

"Penn community reflects on Michael Mann’s resignation [as Vice Provost for Climate], implications for institutional neutrality" by Norah Findley for the #DailyPenn: www.thedp.com/article/2025...

Penn community reflects on Michael Mann’s resignation, implications for institutional neutrality

Mann attributed the departure from his vice provost role to tension between his science policy advocacy work and Penn’s institutional neutrality policy. He remains a professor at Penn, and is the dire...

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A butler of dogs @butlerofdogs.bsky.social · 9h

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From the illinois community on Reddit: Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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A butler of dogs @butlerofdogs.bsky.social · 9h

This hate is taught.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 9h

Zero surprise that the new GOP is manufacturing these horrible young men 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.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Groceries are up

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JoJo is no longer on Twitter/X @jojo196847.bsky.social · 15h

Nice to have friends:

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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East of the 405 @eastofthe405.bsky.social · 11h

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I’m handing out pro-democracy grades to the media

The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F

www.stopthepresses.news

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 17h

"64 Are Dead and Dozens Missing in Mexico After Heavy Rains Bring Flooding to Five States" via @democracynow.org: www.democracynow.org/2025/10/14/h...

64 Are Dead and Dozens Missing in Mexico After Heavy Rains Bring Flooding to Five States

In Mexico, at least 64 people are dead and dozens remain missing after tropical storms triggered severe flooding across five states. Authorities say some 100,000 homes have been affected. In Alaska, C...

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 1d

Bought the new Pynchon in hardcover today, at our local indie bookseller, fulfilling two promises to self. Read the first few pages while waiting for our lunch sandwiches to be toasted in a nearby patisserie, immediately getting that in-for-a-good-read feeling.

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A butler of dogs @butlerofdogs.bsky.social · 12h

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From the illinois community on Reddit: Illinois: With the approval of the mayor Broadview is being turned into a militarized zone; barriers as far as the eye can see entrapping residents and destroyin...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13h

Look at this incredible work by our dogsitter.

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Jonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · 13h

This has to be stopped. There is ZERO justification for new coal infrastructure at this late date. ZERO. Is anyone planning protests? oaklandside.org/2025/09/22/o...

Oakland’s coal terminal legal battle draws to a close

A decision by the California Supreme Court effectively ends 10 years of lawsuits over the construction of a fossil fuel depot in West Oakland, handing the developer a victory.

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A butler of dogs @butlerofdogs.bsky.social · 12h

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From the illinois community on Reddit: South Side Chicago: Residents Exhausted by ICE/DHS/CBP Acting as an Illegal Occupying Force in a Warzone, Major Confrontation Erupts After ICE Agent Crashes Car

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13h

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12h

So like this is funnier and more offensive than anything anyone else said about Kirk that got them fired

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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A butler of dogs @butlerofdogs.bsky.social · 12h

Principles. And another reason you should give NPR whatever you were giving to NYT and WaPo, and Paramount+.

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Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 23h

What 🇨🇦Canada’s newest Nobel laureate in economics said in @theglobeandmail.com back in 2015:

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A butler of dogs @butlerofdogs.bsky.social · 13h

I would love it if more soybeans became tofu and replaced meat.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18h

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.

We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.

If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

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A butler of dogs @butlerofdogs.bsky.social · 13h

bsky.app/profile/atru... timeline is insane right now with a deranged Trump “press conference”. Trump just called a reporter “darling”.

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