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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 1h

The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration furloughed a majority of its workforce on Monday as the government shutdown dragged into its third week. It’s the first time since the agency’s creation in 2000 that workers have been furloughed.

via @nevadacurrent.com

Trump’s energy secretary thanks Cortez Masto, pushes Rosen while outlining furloughs in NV

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright visited the Nevada National Security Site Monday to highlight the shutdown’s impact on the federal agency tasked with managing and modernizing America’s nuclear…

www.newsfromthestates.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

NEW: The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center is calling for an inspector general investigation into potential conflicts of interest and ethics violations in the office of border czar Tom Homan related to government contracting.

Ethics Watchdog Group Seeks Investigation Into Border Czar and Contracts Following ProPublica Report

The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center has called on the Homeland Security inspector general to investigate potential conflicts of interest and ethics violations by border czar Tom Homan and his senior...

www.propublica.org

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2h

If you are on ICE watch in the Rogers Park vicinity please have a buddy and exercise extreme caution. ICE has assaulted verifiers today and arrested at least one of our people. If you are vulnerable to ICE in this area, I recommend staying inside if possible.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2h

Trump is facing backlash from American ranchers after he said Sunday that the U.S. may “buy some beef from Argentina” to “bring our beef prices down.” trib.al/TAqTdM3

Not “very much” beef will be imported, however, due to a “foot-and-mouth disease issue” in Argentina.

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ACLU of New Jersey @aclu-nj.org · 3h

Today, we’re at the Federal Courthouse in Newark as we rally in support of LaMonica McIver.

The Trump administration is attempting to intimidate those who are shining a light on the injustices of the mass detention and deportation system, but we will not be silent.

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 2h

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero

Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...

www.thecrimson.com

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draglikepull @draglikepull.bsky.social · 2h

I hate how many Nazi symbols we're expected to recognise now. I liked things better when I had no idea what symbols Nazis used because the number of Nazis in public life was zero.

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 2h

Anthropic promises Trump its AI is not woke www.404media.co/anthropic-pr...

Anthropic Promises Trump Admin Its AI Is Not Woke

After condemnation from Trump’s AI czar, Anthropic’s CEO promised its AI is not woke.

www.404media.co

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2h

"Seeing that solidarity, I think, was very moving to a lot of people. And there were probably people who didn’t go in June, who saw those on social media, saw those signs, and saw those numbers, and then in October felt, You know what? Maybe it does make a difference." trib.al/HzgkIKq

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3h

lack of good judgement extends to not thinking this would get out and not getting ahead of the fact that in the age of the internet it most certainly would...

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Technical appreciator @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 3h

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

STEREOGUM: People my age, we talk about how we were lucky that we didn’t have social media growing up, and there’s no record of all the dumb shit we said and did. You didn’t have social media, but everything you said and did in those years is on record, and you’ve got to live with it now. That’s tough.

VIOLENT J: And the amount of gay Juggalos out there is really surprising. I think about them doing their research and getting the old records, getting excited about it, and getting their hearts broke or something, you know? I tell my daughter, “For the rest of your life, when your friends ask why your dad said that, say it’s because your dad was a fool. Don’t defend me. Say I was a fool then, but I’m not now.” There’s no excuse. I was going with the flow, and that’s the very thing we preach against — being a sheep. And that’s what I was doing.

https://www.stereogum.com/2083804/icp-interview-juggalos/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 3h

You have to be willing to walk away from these guys if they let you down, just as a matter of basic self respect. It's not a fandom. You're hiring them to do a job or not.

timothy faust @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 5h

I liked the Platner ads too but I think there's a difference between "guy who had some bad reddit posts a decade ago" and "ex-Blackwater merc who still has a Nazi tattoo." Sucks bigtime that he's the only one taking positions and talking policy I like, but them's the breaks!

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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 3h

As of Friday, task force members had made 1,044 arrests, spokesperson Brady McCarron said. But the numbers the Marshals Service listed, broken down into five categories – “homicides,” “narcotics,” “firearm,” “warrants,” and “sex offenses” – did not add up to 1,044.

via @tennesseelookout.com

Tennessee, feds provide few details on cost, arrests three weeks into Memphis task force

The Memphis Safe Task Force won’t release the names of more than 1,000 individuals it has arrested or provide details about the charges they face.Arrest details and charges are routinely made…

www.newsfromthestates.com

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jordanaziegler.bsky.social @jordanaziegler.bsky.social · 3h

primary every incumbent

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 3h

Dems/Ind Senators voting in favor: Coons, Durbin, Fetterman, Hassan, Heinrich, Kaine, Kelly, King (I), Klobuchar, Reed, Schiff, Shaheen, Welch, & Whitehouse.

Senators not voting: Duckworth & Tillis

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Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 3h

By a vote of 66-32, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Harold D. Mooty III to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 3h

Sometimes I just really want to validate that finding ways to plug in with local organizing is both really important and also, sometimes, really hard.

If you're struggling with this, you're not alone.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h

A long-overdue reckoning on Democrats and Israel is finally happening. Even centrists see which way the wind is blowing. trib.al/Bj7riZ3

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4h

What is a Fightback School?

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4h

"...this moment in history calls for an organized, powerful labor movement acting in solidarity to push back and fight forward for economic and racial justice.

We have work to do. Labor Notes invites you to organize a regional Fightback School to begin this work."

labornotes.org/content/figh...

How to Hold a Fightback School

We are in a moment of authoritarian crisis. The attacks are dizzying in their speed and range: Courts are rolling back labor rights. Trump is dismantling the public sector and cracking down on free sp...

labornotes.org

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WIRED @wired.com · 4h

On Friday, after months of internal discussions, federal agencies began posting on the left-friendly social network. Within days, they dominated a list of the most-blocked accounts.

Inside the Trump Adminstration's Bluesky Invasion

On Friday, after months of internal discussions, federal agencies began posting on the left-friendly social network. Within days, they dominated a list of the most-blocked accounts.

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COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social · 4h

ICE has reported 20 detainee deaths in custody since Trump took office — the most in a single year in decades — reports Politico.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 4h

I love when white people suddenly start exposing how many white supremacists they surround themselves with by pretending it's a normal, universal experience.

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 4h

Portland friends, training today!

Oregon Justice Resource Center @ojrcenter.bsky.social · 7d

✊KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAININGS✊
For more information and to RSVP, click the link: www.ojrc.info/kyr

Know your rights training. What to do in encounters with ICE or law enforcement. Tuesday, October 21 at 4 PM. The address is 4511 Southeast Main St. in Portland. Another training will be held Saturday, November 22 at 11 AM at the Clinton Street theater in Portland. Free admission. All are welcome RSVP recommended

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 8h

people always want tidy historical narratives. and it always makes me nervous because humans are some messy bitches. so if you’re trying to tidy up the past, i need to know what you plan on doing with that tidy, *useable* history.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4h

And my pitch for why the public library is more important than ever as an institution in the U.S. - open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...

Libraries, Criminalization and Organizing

"Loving" Public Libraries is NOT Enough

open.substack.com

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