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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 26m

This...
a lot of ppl want to avoid talking about foreign interference in our politics, b/c it is overwhelming, but until we start looking at overseas involvement in US politics, we will not be able to address this.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 39m

NEW: We need to talk about Russia.

So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.

My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 37m

Anyone who sees videos like this and tries to explain it away is someone who feels sure that they will never be meaningfully abused by state actors.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1h

ICE attacks cemetery workers trying to help a man in the Des Plaines river www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUmUjPs/

Caught on camera… ICE agents clash with suburban cemetery workers trying to help man in Des Plaines River… #wgn9 #ice #operationmidwayblitz #immigration

TikTok video by WGN9Chicago

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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 1h

Special hang out secret show!

All My Heroes Sold Out | Secret Podcast Preview

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1h

Emanuel: China's basically found leverage; they're applying pressure, and they're doing it to soybean farmers. Our farmers have lost that market, are out a huge amount of money, and could see a lot of bankruptcies in the rural parts of the Midwest.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

Finally realized what the freakout over Mamdani becoming mayor reminded me of, and it's the freakout over the first black mayors in southern cities.

New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS:

"Too Young to Die"

As the seemingly endless NYC mayoral campaign enters its final weeks, the howls of the Democratic establishment in the city are only getting louder. They've really convinced themselves that the elect...

campaign-trails.ghost.io

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2h

Gov. Pritzker on Trump's threat to jail him: "I am not afraid. Do I think he could do it? He might. As I've said before, come and get me....I will stand up for the law and the constitution."

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lake-life-girl.bsky.social @lake-life-girl.bsky.social · 1h

Leader. Need many more.
⚖️🗽🇱🇷

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2h

Gov. Pritzker on Trump's threat to jail him: "I am not afraid. Do I think he could do it? He might. As I've said before, come and get me....I will stand up for the law and the constitution."

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 1h

On Bill Pulte

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1h

Y'know, on top of everything else bad about this guy, FHFA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac have real things they need to do all day!

But two essential criteria for a Trump appointment are (1) you're not qualified to do the job and (2) you don't do the actual job anyway, you do this stuff.

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 1d

Before targeting Trump foes, Pulte practiced on his own family, per @
Brian Slodysko and Chris Megerian. He accused his grandfather’s widow of insider trading, was tied to a website trashing an aunt as a "fake Christian" and called another relative "a fat slob." apnews.com/article/trum...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h

Diane Keaton’s penchant for men’s suiting, for layers, for turtlenecks and coats as evening wear and accessories is as much a part of her legacy as her indelible roles in “Annie Hall” and “Reds,” our fashion critic Vanessa Friedman writes.

Diane Keaton Was the Definition of a Style Icon

www.nytimes.com

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 1h

@11tulips.bsky.social @beachpebblegirl.bsky.social @questalynne.bsky.social @maryapetry.bsky.social @nancyterhune.bsky.social @hcandler.bsky.social @jakichantler.bsky.social @tepizep.bsky.social

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1h

Need something to reboot your Sunday?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E81c...

Joan Jett Mary Tyler Moore Theme (LOVE IS ALL AROUND)

YouTube video by Silver Eagle Audio

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SAOCousins @saocousins.bsky.social · 1h

A good buoy
#artDD2025 #dailydrawing
A simplified version of the overworked one from last week
#herons #watercolour
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

“Think about the families”

Humphreys County sheriff addresses online speculation about the explosion at the munitions facility

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 1h

Also, Vance has serious domestic abuser gaslighting energy

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3h

1) I once again take this opportunity to remind you: to keep its basic functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

2) is...is it happening?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 1h

Awesome.
Cut him off

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3h

1) I once again take this opportunity to remind you: to keep its basic functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

2) is...is it happening?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 4h

I’ve seen posts claiming this “truth” is evidence of dementia, but IMO that’s not the right frame. This is strategy. Since 2021, the right has been rewriting history, bending timelines, to connect their grievances (Covid) and conspiracy theories (Jan 6, censorship, etc) to the Biden administration.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 8h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2h

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

Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 2h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 1h

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"A prominent anti-DEI campaigner appointed by Meta in August as an adviser on AI bias has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, transgender people, vaccines, crime, and protests."

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 1h

he is a compulsive liar

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 4h

It was our fuck up but not our fault? Vance is such a slippery character

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 3h

“I can’t name many other issues with bipartisan support other than this idea that public lands should stay in public hands" www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/repu...

Re:Public is reporting stories about the lands that belong to all of us

The new publication, from former Outside Magazine EIC Chris Keyes, will focus on longform stories about the 660 million acres of public lands and waters in the U.S.

www.niemanlab.org

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 1h

it sounds like a lot of federal workers have been shifted from their normal jobs to this. I wonder if any of them are among the enthusiastically violent? If not, I do wonder how they tell their families...

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 2h

how did it happen "by accident"?

was it b/c they were sloppy & just randomly fired ppl? They don't understand who works for them & why their work is important? What the fuck?

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 2h

I would not be surprised if ppl specifically ask this cake decorator to do their cake.
(It is not easy to decorate cakes...at our grocery, someone make the yule logs look like they were decorated w/ asparagus..it was awesome...they didn't sell though)

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 2h

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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