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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3d

Again, it all should have been stopped the instant he started openly monetizing his hotel blocks from the White House & sending his children to represent the United States Of America at international meetings. But we decided none of the laws, rules, or norms apply this One Special Boy 🤷‍♂️

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Jennie and Patriot Scout 🚫👑 @jenniegross.bsky.social · 2h

This article that just came out a few minutes ago says what I remember - that Trump previously said it wouldn’t touch the East Wing. An unnamed source in the WH told NYT Tthat thatvwas the plan but the plans changed.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

Trump Is Demolishing the White House’s East Wing to Make Way for His Ballroom

www.nytimes.com

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 48m

This 'agreement' is functionally equivalent to the vise the DOJ tried to put Eric Adams into — with prosecution suspended, but available for reinstatement if he or NYC got the least bit crosswise with Trump or his priorities.

This was a plain, simple Admiral Ackbar test. And the BoV failed it.

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 58m

re. UVA's agreement with the Trump administration, this seems important.

Can the government still bring an enforcement action against UVA alleging civil rights violations?

Yes.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 7h

The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...

The only check-and-balance that actually matters

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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ceej @ceej.online · 1d

there's a democratic plot to use my nazi tattoo to turn voters against me

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Not your attorney @chlodubs.bsky.social · 1d

I was laid off during an organizational restructuring last month. I am an attorney, but have never engaged in traditional practice, having only done policy/lobbying work. I would love to connect with folks on here about career transitions -- I no longer want to lobby Congress.

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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 2d

“In Ireland, data centers consume more than 20 percent of the country’s electricity. In Chile, precious aquifers are in danger of depletion. In South Africa, where blackouts have long been routine, data centers are further taxing the national grid.”

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...

From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy

www.nytimes.com

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 2d

St Louis folks who like hot dogs and reproductive freedom: action item

Danni Eickenhorst @stldanni.bsky.social · 3d

Getting negative review on Google for all locations (esp South Grand) because we hosted a Planned Parenthood fundraiser. Would appreciate some good ones to offset. Fighting what we can.

share.google/jFmOVLv53RKn...

Google Search

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 2d

One of my least rational beliefs is that if you pull off a heist without hurting anyone or getting caught within a day, that's your stuff fair and square.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 3d

Every once in a while during the 2024 campaign, I'd meet parents of disabled kids who were part of Moms for Liberty or people who taught autistic kids. @slooterman.bsky.social writes how they are afraid right now as Trump targets special education staff.
19thnews.org/2025/10/spec...

Trump’s attempt to gut special education office has some conservative parents on edge

The president called the layoffs a part of cuts to “Democrat programs,” but children across the nation would be impacted.

19thnews.org

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote this about the decline of bipartisanship in disability policy back in 2017. It's much worse now. www.reuters.com/article/us-b...

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Not your attorney @chlodubs.bsky.social · 3d

That's a 1st Amdt problem

thekoolaidmom.bsky.social @thekoolaidmom.bsky.social · 4d

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 3d

One of my favorite parts of journalism is you just get to ask everyday people what they think about something and share that.

Happy to be the video guy behind stitching these responses my colleagues gathered ⬇️

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

Republicans have been calling the “No Kings” protests a “Hate America rally.” So, we asked protestors what they thought about it. Here are their responses.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 4d

They don't think they're public servants.

They think they're kings, princes, dukes, and barons. They control the government, and that makes them royalty, and that means our money should be used to buy them planes and gold-plated toys and gilded ballrooms

tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 4d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

www.nytimes.com

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Not your attorney @chlodubs.bsky.social · 4d

Crazy how No Kings in DC didn't invest in a better sound system and TVs to broadcast down PA Ave. A missed opportunity by @ezralevin.bsky.social @indivisible.org et al

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

so they murdered people and now they've kidnapped the people who made it out?

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

BREAKING: The U.S. has seized survivors after Thursday's strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, AP source says.

US has seized survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP source says

Two U.S. officials have confirmed to The Associated Press that the U.S. military has carried out a sixth, deadly strike in the Caribbean.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 4d

Also, ayo @jay.bsky.team and the BlueSky team, if you’re gonna permaban Link and Palestinian aid accounts, it’s not a good look if you also don’t ban government accounts engaged in obvious violations of the Hatch Act, which is an actual federal law.

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 4d

George Santos is the 10th GOP Congressman to get a pardon or clemency from President Trump. The other nine were also all convicted of various criminal charges:

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Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 5d

Wrote for @thenation.com about how we're all gonna drown in hot oceans because we are air conditioning slop bots 💫

www.thenation.com/article/envi...

AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How.

It’s not hostile super robots you should worry about—it’s the heat they’ll generate.

www.thenation.com

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Senator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 5d

This is exactly what I have been ringing the alarm about. Every day that Republicans refuse to act, this health care crisis is going to get worse.

The time to act is now.

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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 8d

This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid

It's racism all the way down

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 8d

i had a client once who was arrested because the cop insisted his signature was a fake signature. he watched the guy sign the summons and insisted he was ... faking a signature?

we lost

T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 8d

This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid

It's racism all the way down

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Arizona fRight Watch 🎃 @azrww.bsky.social · 6d

mmhmm

Myron Gaines on X:

Yeah we like Hitler. No one gives a fuck what you woke jews think anymore.
Bro was a revolutionary leader and saved germany. The jews declared war on Germany first.
If can israel deny a genocide with 4k video proof, I'm questjoning everything you guys have said about the painter during WW2.
11:49 AM • 10/15/25 • 513K Views

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 6d

He’s just a young lad of 65 how could he possibly be expected to know anything about the Republican Party’s views on healthcare

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 6d

what did he think trump was gonna do, exactly. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Longtime Florida insurance agent Alan Reynolds, 65, predicts many of his customers will allow their policies to lapse when the price hikes become clear. An independent who leans conservative, Reynolds, of Port St. Lucie, called the Affordable Care Act flawed but said he favors the continuation of the enhanced subsidies “and not pulling the rug out from under people.”

His family is also affected. The loss of his wife’s subsidy means she is likely to pay about $1,200 or more each month, up from about $500 in 2024, he said. “I voted for Trump,” Reynolds said. “I didn’t expect this.”

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 7d

Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. They’re illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and they’re illegally spending where they don’t have the money to spend.

What we have is an appropriations king.

Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.

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