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💀spoOOoookika💀 @the17thqueen.bsky.social · 5h

i just…don’t have words for this

whole houses, WITH PEOPLE INSIDE THEM, floated out to sea

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

nyti.ms

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 10h

Kansas Senate President and candidate for Governor Ty Masterson is in a disavowing-my-relationship mood today. kansasreflector.com/2025/10/14/k...

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 11h

And there’s this guy. I’ll keep adding as I find more…

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

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

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Micah @rincewind.run · 5h

"republican staffers are all literal nazis" is less of a groupchat thing and more of a posting on main thing at this point

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10h

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 11h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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should be scared by this blatant attack on someone
standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief
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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Suzanne Donnelly "I have friends everywhere" @smdonnelly.bsky.social · 7h

Got my copy @mskellymhayes.bsky.social @bookshop.org !

A copy of "Read This When Things Fall Apart" by Kelly Hayes rests on a green sofa cushion

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 7h

California Rep. Kiley was already one of Speaker Johnson’s loudest Republican critics — even before the government shutdown

Now two weeks into the standoff, Kiley made clear in an interview Tuesday he has no plans to quiet down on Johnson’s handling of the shutdown
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Mike Johnson’s nightmare: Kevin Kiley is unhappy with the speaker and has nothing to lose

The California Republican has emerged as an outspoken and fearless critic at a crucial moment for the speaker.

www.politico.com

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 9h

I often cite stats like LA County having a larger population than 40 states.

Or being over 4,000 sq miles. (LA City alone is over 500 sq miles!)

But this one is pretty mindblowing ... just IMMIGRANTS in LA are a larger population than 17 states? Whoa.

Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 9h

If the 3 million immigrants in LA County formed their own state, it would be more populous than 17 existing states.

This is why LA was top of mind for Trump & his ilk.

The County’s moved should be lauded - but this is too little & almost too late.

We need more $$$ and resources for our community.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9h

Funding for legal assistance will be very helpful.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 9h

I wrote about how all the beautiful dumb stuff really does matter, and why you should come out for No Kings Day on Saturday.

The opposite of complicity

Why showing up matters and what it can actually do.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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Kevin @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social · 9h

I can see people in some overseas factory making these inflatable costumes like "what the fuck, why are we suddenly so busy now? is a kink thing?"

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 9h

Currently a small group of protesters including a green alien, and an pink axolotl, are on Lexington and 25th to see if the fence will be removed tonight.

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 16h

This is the second time in 24 hours he's said something like this. Yesterday he made that quip saying about Karoline Leavit, "those lips --- they move like a machine gun."

He's losing all inhibitions. Not that he ever had many to begin with.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

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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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 10h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 10h

johnson threatened by ostentatious display of no this is too easy I can’t

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 11h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 9h

400 Rogers Park neighbors rallied after ICE arrested 4 people, including a tamale vendor. Neighbors lined Clark Street on Saturday as a show of support.

“We’ve seen that when we have large numbers of volunteers out here, they target us less." blockclubchi.co/4haiWbC

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 11h

🚨 BREAKING
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has sent a formal demand letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, ordering him to swear in Adelita Grijalva immediately. More ⬇️

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 9h

new tonight for @zeteo.com, from @premthakker.bsky.social and me:

Trump’s Pentagon ordered staff and military personnel to watch or read in full Pete Hegseth’s speech to the generals last month. In the days since, senior officials have kept bothering staff, asking them…

zeteo.com/p/pentagon-h...

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 9h

The Ducks are giving out goalie masks 🫡
(via Anaheim Ducks)

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True Blue 206 @trueblue206.bsky.social · 16h

I’m ready to watch people burn now,” Annie Kaykaty, New York’s national committee member

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Arizona fRight Watch 🎃 @azrww.bsky.social · 16h

The Arizona Young Republicans chairman mentioned in this, Luke Mosiman, was one of the Turning Point affiliates demanding that Phoenix Suns sports writer be fired for not properly mourning Kirk to their liking

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 11h

"those young republicans were practicing politics the right way"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Bluegal Fran Langum #NoKings @bluegal.bsky.social · 10h

who did this

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Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 10h

Terrific news out of California. Read the whole thread to learn just how nefarious Lexipol’s policy was, and how the California legislature shut it down. Hats off to @steelandballast.bsky.social for bringing this story to light.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12h

A new California law will effectively ban officers from questioning the families of people killed by police before alerting them to the news of their loved one's death.

This practice was popularized by Lexipol, the nation’s largest developer of law enforcement policy manuals. 🧵

California cops can no longer conceal police killings while interrogating loved ones for dirt

A Reveal investigation helped spark a crackdown on a disturbing, widespread practice.

www.motherjones.com

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 11h

NEW: In a rare appearance alongside mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Tuesday, in the Queens Assembly district he represents, Gov. Kathy Hochul backed the Democratic nominee’s campaign pledge of rolling out universal child care.

buff.ly/j60StqW

In Rare Joint Appearance, Hochul Backs Mamdani's Push for Universal Child Care

The governor acknowledged their differences, but said in a visit to Mamdani’s district that she has “found an ally” in making New York more affordable.

www.thecity.nyc

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