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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 12h

The sheer joy of sports BlueSky right now is making me smile. This is what social media is supposed to be.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12h

whst. a. game.

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David Laurila FanGraphs @davidlaurila.bsky.social · 13h

Tigers pitchers have thrown 247 pitches. Six of them have resulted in hits.

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Joe Sheehan @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social · 13h

We’ve screwed up trade so badly we can’t even export an ALCS team to Canada.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 13h

It is October 2028. The Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers are still playing the divisional round playoff game that began in 2025. The rest of the MLB decided to continue on without them and start a whole new league.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 18h

Imagine how terrifying it must be as a foreign leader or foreign intelligence service to watch a US president this divorced from actual reality or facts….

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 19h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 22h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 19h

Trump to China: obey my command or I will destroy the United States

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

Obama should just a post a photo today with his Nobel medal casually propped on a credenza behind him.

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking you could get the Nobel Peace Prize by over the course of a week doing a slapdash ceasefire deal, the true results of which will not be clear for months or even years, is peak Trumpism

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 18h

Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

Esmeralda 7 was all set to receive its final approvals in July and even got a rare procedural win from the Trump admin in its early days

Then came Trump’s permitting freeze, which was a condition for passing his tax megabill

Now 6.2 gigawatts of new solar — unfathomable to me — may be no longer

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings protests, and anti-regime protests in general, serve two main positive functions:

1) Reminding participants and observers that they’re very far from alone, countering regime efforts to divide and isolate

2) Showing the absurdity of regime lies about the peaceful, pro-democracy opposition

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

Funny they can't say the name of protests because saying "No Kings" makes it soooo clear it's the opposite of a "hate America rally"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 1d

Portland isn't burning, it's lit

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

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The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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Mark Potts @markpotts.bsky.social · 1d

Marshall is so dumb he thinks martial law is named after him.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

The fact that their ticket was mysteriously canceled the day before and then they were questioned by DHS is both one of the greatest political scandals and crises of my lifetime and just another fucking Thursday in 2025.

Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 1d

Mark Bray and Yesenia Barragan, and the family, have safely embarked on their trip to Spain after being questioned by DHS.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Mark Potts @markpotts.bsky.social · 1d

WSJ Pitchbot

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

The fact that this moron is constantly talking about passing the "can you draw a clock" dementia test 5 years ago (who the hell knows how he'd do now) is so fucking sad and pathetic.

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Mark Potts @markpotts.bsky.social · 1d

She actually looks like she could be Elizabeth Holmes’ mother.

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 1d

In the category of Everything-Trump-Touches-Dies, the Nobel would cease to hold any stature and Norway would be inundated with previous winners return their medals.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

I approve of @thedailybeast.bsky.social's headline style when it comes to it's Trump coverage

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Clueless Donald Trump, 79, Humiliated After Dodging Legal Question
11 hours ago - Clueless Donald Trump, 79, Humiliated After Dodging Legal Question • The president had his Latin knowledge tested at the White House-and tailed ...
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Donald Trump, 79, Posted Private Bondi Message About Indicting Enemy
6 hours ago - Trump, 79, Posted Private Bondi Message About Indicting Enemy • The president was "surprised to learn"

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Trump, 79, Makes Creepy Remark to Fan Girl Reporter, 37
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Marco Rubio Caught Telling Donald Trump, 79, What to Post on Truth Social
16 hours ago - Marco Rubio Caught Telling Donald Trump, 79, What to Post on Truth Social • A photographer spotted what

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Trump, 79, Struggles to Stay Awake at White House
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Trump, 79, Reveals Bulging Cankles While Hosting World Leader
2 days ago - Trump, 79, Reveals Bulging Cankles While Hosting World Leader • The president also added a shiny layer of makeup to cover the bruise on his hand ...
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President Donald Trump, 79, Rambles About Heaven While Insisting There's No Other Reason to 'Be Good'
2 days ago - Trump, 79, Rambles About Heaven While Insisting There's No Other Reason to 'Be Good' • The almost-octogenarian president has offered his MAGA...
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Trump, 79, Orders FBI to Urgently Look Into 90-Year-
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1 day ago - Trump, 79, Orders FBI to Urgently Look Into 90-Year-Old Mystery. PRIORITY REQUEST. FBI employees

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