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Mark Paul @markpaul.bsky.social · 2h

Sad to see the state of my birth under of rule of barbarism.

Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 9h

The closure of the Iowa State Historical Society archive in Iowa City is a travesty. And part of a now-decades-long campaign of resentment and retaliation by state government against Iowa City and the University of Iowa 🗃️

Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 21h

Marian Wilson Kimber: It’s painful to realize the people in charge of Iowa’s history apparently have no idea how history works. If they did, they'd know there is no way to predict what parts of the collection will be of interest 5, 20, or 100 years from now. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/10/t...

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 5h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 7h

Elected Republicans are getting desperate. Their lies are getting more ridiculous. They’re now trying to discourage protest by claiming No Kings will be a hate rally with terrorists. Millions of Americans have the chance to demonstrate how wrong they are.

www.americaamerica.news/p/will-you-s...

Will You Stand Up for the Right of Peaceful Protest?

A Saturday Prompt

www.americaamerica.news

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 5h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

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Mark Paul @markpaul.bsky.social · 2h

A favorite. Keaton is great. After seeing it, we stayed with my wife’s grandma in NYC and asked her if she had. “Oh, yes,” she replied. “But Louise Bryant was much prettier than that.”

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 4h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Mark Paul @markpaul.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent local reporting on what the Trump attacks means for the Sacramento economy. www.abridged.org/news/immigra...

Immigration crackdown threatens key industries in the Sacramento region

The number of foreign-born workers in the Sacramento region has grown dramatically, affecting key industries as deportations increase.

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Mark Paul @markpaul.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent local reporting on what the attack on immigrants means for the Sacramento economy. www.abridged.org/news/immigra...

Immigration crackdown threatens key industries in the Sacramento region

The number of foreign-born workers in the Sacramento region has grown dramatically, affecting key industries as deportations increase.

www.abridged.org

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 4d

Does the news reflect what we die from?

The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News.

In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners.

Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.

Solar and batteries had a record-setting, grid-stabilizing summer in…

Solar has set 17 power generation records in Texas so far this year, shoring up the grid alongside batteries as some gas plant developers step back.

www.canarymedia.com

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Mark Paul @markpaul.bsky.social · 4d

Trump has decided you only get coal for Christmas

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

“.. The strong growth usually seen due to shipments of holiday merchandise, “we are not seeing that,” said Dale Rogers ..

@cnbc.com #FreightRecession
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/s...

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 4d

This image was posted on X today by a Chicago Tribune reporter. Trump’s government has declared war on the American people — or some of them, based on race.

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Mark Paul @markpaul.bsky.social · 4d

Republicans and the business elite were hoping that Trump would be, as Wm. F. Buckley described Spanish fascist dictator Franco, “only as oppressive as it is necessary to be to maintain total power.” They weren't reckoning on Trump & Miller's total depravity.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

I kinda remember Trump pardoning a bunch of people for this, many of whom beat up cops and put them in the hospital. I think they were yelling something about the Vice President as they stormed the building.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 5d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5d

They literally just fought a Supreme Court case for the right to racially profile. It was in the news!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

DHS's Tricia McLaughlin: "It is a disgusting smear to say there is racial profiling going on."

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 5d

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 5d

As I recently wrote, "globalist" has long been a term that antisemites have used to attack and demonize Jews.

link.motherjones.com/public/41852...

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 5d

UPDATE: now DHS says "globalists" will be blocked "from ever entering our country."

Homeland Security
@DHSgov
RECAPTURE OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY!
This week, we arrested hundreds of criminal illegal aliens, terrorists, and terrorist sympathizers across our country in Portland in Chicago.
Now, we need your help. Block communists, terrorists, and globalists from ever entering our country. Go to USCIS.GOV/JOIN
@MicahBock

Screenshot from video: YOU'LL BLOCK COMMUNISTS, TERRORISTS, AND GLOBALISTS
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 5d

Stephen Miller is a dangerous madman living in a world of his own making. I really can’t believe there isn’t more discourse around the madness we are witnessing each day.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Stephen Miller claims that in Portland "ICE officers have to street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building"

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 6d

More messaging like this please

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 5d

Sending troops from Texas to forcefully occupy and suppress cities in Illinois and Oregon IN OPPOSITION TO THOSE STATES' GOVERNORS is literally a civil war and it's cooking my brain that Democrats are simply pretending it isn't happening

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d

UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 12d

can never forget that Fred Trump spent his later years totally gaga but surrounded by a gaggle of senility-denial-enablers who drove him to a make believe office where a make believe secretary had him sign make believe papers—which sounds cute til you see the sequel & the secretary is Stephen Miller

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12d

Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”

Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-reporting-on-trumps-d1e

Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?

Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”

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