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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 13h

New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."

Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"

The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 4m

TIL that making the buses faster is “ruining the city”

fuelgrannie @fuelgrannie
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sam is the east coast version of armand domalewski: he's well connected and wealthy; he's desperate to align with power, marketing himself as "just a smol bean guy;" and he's hellbent on ruining the city in which he *currently* lives for other, long term residents
Sam
@sam_d 1995
just a couple of guys talking about how we can speed up our buses

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 12m

Contrast all of this decimation of the CDC & unraveling of vax recommendations with the fact that Trump got a covid shot and a flu shot yesterday. The message is clear: they dont care if *we* die, but they sure as fuck wanna make sure they dont

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14m

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 2h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Nevada Attorney General's Office @nevadaag.bsky.social · 17h

Attorney General Ford has issued the following statement on the Department of Justice's indictment of New York Attorney General Tish James.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 30m

The prosecution of Tish James is the product of a broken system that allows lawless billionaires to rule alongside corrupt politicians.

It’s as much a story of New York City as Washington, D.C.

But it's here in New York where a new era of politics will be born.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 45m

Congratulations to the happy couple

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4h

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 18h

I like how we’ve already done this and the Chinese export controls won last time and will again this time.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 18h

oh no

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 46m

Stop the shutdown, swear in Adelita Grijalva, release the files.

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 3h

People will scoff at virtue signaling and then wonder why today’s billionaires don’t build museums, libraries, hospitals, and universities like Gilded Age ones did.

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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 1h

Of all the news in this NYT survey of sitting federal judges - incl 47 of them think the SCt is mishandling its emergency docket - maybe the biggest is that 65 sitting fed judges (37D, 28R), folks circumspect for a living, responded to a NYT survey. Stunning. And a sign that something is very wrong.

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 1h

Market sell-off: Trump post lops off $2 trillion from stocks in a single day www.cnbc.com/2025/10/11/t...

Market sell-off: Trump post lops off $2 trillion from stocks in a single day

The unraveling shows the sway the president's one-man trade policy still has over the fate of the global economy.

www.cnbc.com

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 2h

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 7h

Tony Blair met with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in London during his time as prime minister, it has emerged

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister

www.thenational.scot

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 16h

It's very strange media self selects for people who find getting mad at eating fajitas and saying the r word charming.

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 17h

I continue to think this is one of the most important and underappreciated media dynamics.

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 3h

Ok so he's got some sort of cardiovascular problem that theyre trying to keep under wraps. Thats the proper way to read them going out if there way to be like "his hearts great actually. Younger than youd think!"

BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 3h

He got the COVID and flu Vaccines like every 79 year old should this is a good thing.
"Cardiovascular age validated by by ECG and found to be 14 years younger than chronological age" is a nonsensical phrase.
I am an internist this is not something we do or write in medical reports.

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 3h

An Uber driver made an illegal u-turn and hit someone, but the in-app navigation told him to do it and the company won't give up the code.

Under Pressure: Uber's Navigation System Endangers the Public With Reckless Driving Directions - Streetsblog New York City

An Uber driver made an illegal u-turn and hit someone, but the in-app navigation told him to do it and the company won't give up the code.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 4h

There's been reporting about H.H.S. (horrible), but what about 1500 at treasury? Some is IRS, but who else? Fincen?

Federal Worker Rights @fedworkerrights.bsky.social · 15h

In an attached declaration, the Government sets forth how many employees have been RIFed today:

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 4h

Republicans openly admit that extending democracy would be terrible for them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 4h

Still can’t get over the fact that Thiel’s description of an antichrist is so thoroughly opposite of the Bible’s that it unironically makes him a compelling candidate for being one.

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 4h

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 16h

Homeland Security’s tweets are starting to get DMCA’d

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 20h

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 11h

"Firm views"

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 5h

Does Ezra Klein thinks this is practicing politics the right way?

Arizona fRight Watch 🎃 @azrww.bsky.social · 7h

Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet responded to the harassment their organization contributed to that forced Rutgers professor Mark Bray to flee the country. The full statement is long, but here’s how he ended it:

Good riddance to him and good luck, Spain.
America and Rutgers are better off without him. But it begs the question: Why is Rutgers employing an advocate for political violence? He should be immediately fired and the university should disavow his vile, un-American ideas.

Archive: https://archive.is/5nf3L

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 16h

unlike the rest of these folks (and unlike appellate judges and supreme court justices), the job of a district judge is essentially to see what's in front of them

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16h

It's very striking how clearly they seem to see what's right in front of their faces in way that so many others -- law firm partners, university presidents, members of congress, and on and on -- refuse to.

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