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John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 10h

I don't think Ackman can aspire to be in the same zipcode as George Eliot. He is more of a whiny Ayn Rand.

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 11h

NBC News is calling it for Mamdani.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Election Day live updates: Mamdani wins NYC mayor race, Sherrill and Spanberger win governor races, NBC News projects

Voters across the country are heading to the polls today for a slew of key off-cycle races, including governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia and the New York City mayoral election.

www.nbcnews.com

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 11h

hey Cuomo

go away and never come back this time

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 11h

So fucking glad I’m in New York City

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22h

If you’re wondering: has People magazine’s coverage of Trump’s second presidency been pissing him off, per our sources: yes, the literal president has noticed and he’s not pleased, particularly the framing and repeated coverage of his health.

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22h

For my item for today’s edition of @zeteo.com newsletter First Draft (subscribe!!) helmed by @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @petertwinklage.bsky.social:

Trumps new enemy of the people is… ‘PEOPLE’??!?!??!?!?!?!

zeteo.com/p/ben-shapir...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18h

If you're arresting people so fast that you have to hold them in squalid cells without access to lawyers or basic human dignities, you should stop arresting people so fast.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 18h

Feds claim immigration enforcement might have to stop if judge intervenes on Broadview facility conditions.

UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds say immigration enforcement might have to stop if judge intervenes at Broadview facility

The comment from a DOJ attorney followed emotional testimony from detainees and came after U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman told her, "if the conditions are unconstitutional, so be it."

chicago.suntimes.com

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John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 13h

This makes me pine for Shingy

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 16h

U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. …

"It has really become a prison."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 16h

DOJ's Jana Brady steps up next but says she'll largely "rest on our brief that we filed."

She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 19h

now that's what I call a Mamdani endorsement. Don't threaten New Yorkers with a good time, Dave. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Dave Portnoy Threatens To Move Barstool Sports Out of New York City If Zohran Mamdani Becomes Mayor: ‘I Hate This Guy So Much’

Portnoy, 48, admitted that he has already asked his "finance guy" to begin looking at potential office spaces outside of the city.

www.yahoo.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16h

There is some sad irony in McClatchy shutting its DC bureau the same day that Dick Cheney died.

That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.

www.cato.org/commentary/q...

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 16h

Damn... this one is rough.

Some news: McClatchy is shutting down their D.C. bureau and laying off some staffers, including a few reporters who cover Congress and the White House.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

getting dave portnoy out of new york is one of the most compelling arguments in favor of zohran

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Dr. Robert Wisdom @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 16h

The 2025 Dallas Cowboys

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16h

Breaking news: US stocks have dropped as jitters over highly elevated valuations for many artificial intelligence companies intensified and top Wall Street executives said markets were vulnerable to a pullback. on.ft.com/4hIMmhj

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John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 20h

Even the photo editing choice appears deliberate. Seems like they want to "sanitize by Bieberize"

John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 20h

Times framing strikes again

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

Today is only the beginning.

Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.

Today is only the beginning.

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My gut says that there’s a real chance the groyper right wins their internet war with the last remnants of the old-school GOP and completely seizes the comm apparatuses, and there’s a decent chance that takes them out electorally because that stuff does NOT play well with the general public.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Ben Shapiro was just ratioed by Nick Fuentes on X after Shapiro called out Tucker Carlson and Fuentes for their antisemitism.

The neo nazi right is fully taking over the republican party.

Screenshot of an X post by Nicholas J. Fuentes replying to Ben Shapiro.
Fuentes’s post lists a series of rejections: “No to Ben Shapiro, No to the neocons, No to dual citizens, No to Benjamin Netanyahu, No to cancel culture, No to genocide and ethnic cleansing, No to the Christ-hating Talmud, No to Greater Israel, No to our Jewish oligarchy,” followed by “AMERICA FIRST. AMERICA FOREVER 🇺🇸.”
Below, it shows Ben Shapiro’s earlier post saying, “No to the groypers. No to cowards like Tucker Carlson, who normalize their trash. No to those who champion them. No to demoralization…,” along with an image of Shapiro speaking into a microphone on his show “The Ben Shapiro Show.”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Teen Vogue did some great journalism around immigration detention and enforcement. Sounds like corporate has now killed that off.

The media landscape shrinks even further.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 1d

Why wait for cancer treatment when you're the president's favorite cartoonist? After a public plea to Trump, Dilbert’s Scott Adams suddenly got his insurance glitch fixed by Kaiser. His appointment is Tuesday. For everyone else, the government is shut down over ACA subsidies.

Dilbert creator taps Trump to get cancer drug. Others wish they could, too

www.npr.org

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 1d

Over on X, there's a massive flame war between the "Hitler had some good points" and "you do not in fact gotta hand it to Hitler" factions of the online right

Ben Shapiro ripping into Tucker Carlson in a video posted on X after Carlson hosted a friendly interview with white nationalist groyper Nick Fuentes

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John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 1d

Crickets from Greg Abbot, Dan Patrick, Ken Paxton and über Christians like Nate Schatzline.

dr. e. katherine @actualkatherine.bsky.social · 1d

The original press release: www.epicenter.org/the-episcopa...

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Point Blank Sandwich Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

How the fuck is Laura Loomer qualified to cover an institution which under the current Secretary of Defense is devoted to bigoted, dim, censorial, performative, obnoxious, ok yeah yeah I got it like two adjectives in fine

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

we live in hell

The Washington post Democracy Dies in Darkness
Media
Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the
Pentagon

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John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 1d

Babosa doing babosada

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mace blames cops for her airport meltdown: "In the political environment we have today, there's no room for error when it comes to security... yes, I did confront those who did not show up to do the job. My safety was put at risk... mediocrity when it comes to airport security will not be tolerated"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it

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John Mone @johnmone.bsky.social · 1d

Someone please help our Mike, he just doesn't know.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

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