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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13h

Donald Trump says that Barack Obama could have gotten the October 7th hostages released during his presidency, raising new concerns about Joe Biden's memory and cognition.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17h

It's not the best strategy for the next 2-4 years (or rather, 2-4 years is medium term).

The best strategy for the short term is:
1) Get 3.5% of the population in the streets protesting
2) Peel off 4 Senators and 8 Congresspeople

Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 19h

This is an essential. "Democrats need to beat the Trumpists in elections that we ensure are free" is the best strategy for the next 2-4 years. But it is not a long-term strategy! The only possible long-term strategy is that someone else needs to defeat the Trumpists for control of the Repub Party.

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 22h

“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 20h

I'd be interested to hear Musk's understanding of what "the war on drugs" means

The Independent @the-independent.com · 22h

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

Musk demands US troops be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs

www.independent.co.uk

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h

NYT wrote a 2,400 word story abt Todd Blanche without mentioning that he personally ordered the arrest of Newark Mayor @rasjbaraka.bsky.social, and as such is deeply implicated in @replamonica.bsky.social case.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/u...

The front page of a NYT story, titled, "Part Enabler, Part Buffer: the Bind of the Justice Dept's No. 2"

A picture shows Blanche partly visible behind a journalist's raised hand.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 22h

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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Entropy @entropyblue.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s temporarily ceasefire won’t hold.

How many weeks before Israel is back at it bombing civilians?

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Entropy @entropyblue.bsky.social · 1d

Yup, our utilities are buried, but not so in surrounding neighborhoods.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

The search on Mar-a-Lago happened in August 2022. Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel in November 2022.

Time, how does it work

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "Sure enough, we find out that Jack Smith is planting manilla folders on the office of my father ... "

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

How do I make Justice Kavanaugh watch this?

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 3d

ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

When I say that the Atlantic is the official magazine of the donor class this is what I’m talking about.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Entropy @entropyblue.bsky.social · 2d

Just another Sunday

-hot air balloon makes unplanned landing in our front yard 😵‍💫

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is not well. He thinks Biden was president on January 6, 2021. And his own FBI Director said the FBI agents were sent in for crowd control after the riot started.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

The Nobel Peace Prize committee says they've awarded this year's honor to María Machado of Venezuela. But an AI video posted on the MAGA MOMS 4 LIBERTY Facebook page clearly shows that the prize was awarded to Donald Trump. For busy MAGA moms for liberty, it can be hard to know who to trust.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Muslims are the greatest danger to our nation. Here’s why I invited Qatar to build a military base on US soil.

by Pete Hegseth

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Entropy @entropyblue.bsky.social · 1d

It was a really precision landing and ballon deflation

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Entropy @entropyblue.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah they were doing the tilted head thing like crazy

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Entropy @entropyblue.bsky.social · 2d

Just another Sunday

-hot air balloon makes unplanned landing in our front yard 😵‍💫

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

How Trump plays you:
He posts a claim undermining the facts about January 6.

YOU ALL DISSEMINATE IT!!!

You don't mock that he's complaining that the FBI responded to a terrorist attack. You instead "fact check" re his claim that Joe Biden was in charge of the FBI--which is abt tribalism, not truth

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

Which means they’re away from their day jobs but not being paid.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2d

In plain English:

Troops remain federalized for now, but cannot be deployed in Illinois.

Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Background: www.lawdork.com/p/the-trials...

The trials of litigating against Trump

As Trump troop deployments are blocked in Chicago, Trump appellate appointees push back on the order blocking deployments in Portland. And, another Trump target indicted.

www.lawdork.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2d

If James visits the home regularly then it is available to her for personal use, which means it is not a “rental investment property” as defined by the mortgage rider…and therefore negates the central claim of the indictment

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

NYT reports that Letitia James’s great niece lives in the home that is the subject of the indictment.

The niece reportedly testified before a *different* grand jury, telling them that she had lived there for many years without paying rent. James visits regularly.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Letitia James
Indictment
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But in June, IMs. Thompson testified to a grand
jury in Norfolk that she had lived in the house for years and that she did not pay rent, a person familiar with her testimony said. She was not asked to testify again, and the grand jury that voted to indict Ms. James was not seated in Norfolk, but in Alexandria.
The specter of Mr. Trump's revenge campaign has so far overshadowed the facts of the case, given how he has pushed for Ms. James's punishment. For years, he has railed against her on social media, calling her a "crook" and
"corrunt" Last month. he also appointed Ms.

for a peaceful life after years of turbulence in several cities.
The family, Nakia Thompson and her children, have lived at the address ever since, according to two people familiar with the home, and until this week, the plan for a more lacid existence had largely gone as expected. Several times a year, the people said, a great-aunt who had purchased the house in 2020 with Ms.
Thompson in mind would come for an extended stay.
This week, with the filing of court papers some 200 miles north, the plan came to an abrupt end.
The great-aunt - Letitia James, the New York attorney general - was indicted by President Trump's Justice Department. The yellow house,

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Lola Jovan @lolajovan.com · 8d

What’s that sound? Is it the rumble of tanks and humvees in the streets of Portland? Naw, that’s just the sound of our army of rock tumblers back in action after a long vacation.

Because living your best life is also an act of protest.

#rockhound #agates #rocks #rocktumbler #nokings #portland

Two big ones! One pure agate, one mixed matrix

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The Insider @theins.press · 3d

No-peace deal: Trump’s Gaza plan may secure a hostage exchange, but it is unlikely to stop the war

Israel and Hamas have agreed to Trump’s plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but each side interprets the American president’s proposals in its own way.

No-peace deal: Trump’s Gaza plan may secure a hostage exchange, but it is unlikely to stop the war

Israel and Hamas have agreed to Donald Trump’s plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but each side interprets the American president’s proposals in its own way. Hamas is only willing to discuss the ...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3d

Per NYT, Trump is trying to criminalize being generous, which I can understand if you're Trump but may not work out.

Under rules, Tish James could do short term rental in first year. She did (and made <$5K).
Then her great niece has lived there, rent free.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

In the indictment, the prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, accuses Ms. James of having misrepresented the purpose of the house when she purchased it in August 2020 for $137,000. The indictment says that while Ms. James indicated to her mortgage broker that she expected to use the house as a second home, she had instead used it as a “rental investment property, renting the property to a family.”

But in June, Ms. Thompson testified to a grand jury in Norfolk that she had lived in the house for years and that she did not pay rent, a person familiar with her testimony said. She was not asked to testify again, and the grand jury that voted to indict Ms. James was not seated in Norfolk, but in Alexandria.

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Entropy @entropyblue.bsky.social · 3d

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