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Beau Baumann 🍏 @beaubaumann.bsky.social · 5h

This cannot just be about healthcare. The existing constitutional system hangs in the balance. The rule of law is now baked into this shutdown in a huge way.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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Arizona fRight Watch 🎃 @azrww.bsky.social · 4h

The Arizona Young Republicans finally put out their own statement and they’re standing by those names in the Politico article and condemned Gavin Wax & those who criticized their members. They also thank JD Vance, Steven Crowder and Matt Walsh for defending their hateful commentary as “edgy jokes.”

Phoenix, AZ
October 15, 2025
ARIZONA YOUNG REPUBLICANS TEDERATION
Official Statement from the Arizona Young Republicans Federation
The Arizona Young Republicans firmly reject any involvement in the ongoing political witch hunt targeting fellow Young Republican members. As an organization, we stand for due process, transparency, and fairness, not mob-style condemnation driven by political opportunism or personal agendas.
It is disheartening to witness the double standard applied by many critics. While certain voices within our own movement have been quick to condemn, many of these same individuals have overlooked or ignored deeply concerning rhetoric and actions on the political left-including public celebrations of the tragic death of Charlie Kirk and Jay Jones, calling for the death of family. This kind of selective outrage undermines efforts to address real issues in good faith.
While serious questions remain about the authenticity and context of the private group chat messages in question, we acknowledge that some of the language reportedly shared does not reflect the professionalism, judgment, or values we uphold. We express our sincere regret and unequivocally condemn any rhetoric that could be interpreted as sympathetic to Nazi ideology. Such language is reprehensible and has no place in our organization, our movement, or our country. As young leaders in the conservative movement, we have a responsibility to hold ourselves to the highest standards, even in private or informal settings.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 4h

If Biden got in office and immediately started remodeling shit with shit remodeling, I think the Supreme Court would have somehow gotten involved.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3h

Shorter Mike Johnson:

Beating up a woman isn’t “really serious.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 4h

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Jennifer 🎃 @jenyetagain.bsky.social · 7h

they turned off your wic and medicare and are coming for the post office and sending all the money to this weirdo to throw parties where he pretends to be a rock star

javier milei at one of his concerts, doing karaoke ona a stadium stage with fireworks going on around him as he rocks the hell out like a libertarian trying to impress chris hansen with his dance moves.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 4h

A Border Patrol agent in tactical gear wearing a skull mask and sunglasses covering his face

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 6h

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:

This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4h

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely to further restrict the power of the Voting Rights Act to remedy discrimination — but a majority also appeared unwilling to declare all “race-based redistricting” unconstitutional, as Louisiana had asked the court to do.

Supreme Court likely to further diminish — but not end — Voting Rights Act cases

A majority of the justices didn't appear willing to hold that all "race-based redistricting" is unconstitutional, as Louisiana wanted. But how they'll get there was unclear.

www.lawdork.com

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 6h

It's "far from normal for an administration to fire line-level civilian employees during a government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party."

From a judge's TRO blocking Trump's mass firings under cover of the shutdown

It is also far from normal for an administration to fire line-level civilian employees during a
government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party. But this is precisely what President Trump has announced he is doing, by taking to social media on the second day of the
shutdown to post: “I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can’t believe
the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity.”

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 6h

This memo is ultra vires. The president does not have the power to pay the army without congressional appropriation. Any such payment is a felony, and everyone involved must go to prison.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

There are so many obvious constitutional violations in this story. It is enraging.
There is no war, there is no foreign invasion, there is nothing that justify it. This is a choice to create a military presence that will brutalize residents of cities that do not support the President.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 6h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 6h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

DHS is so off the deep end that a spokesperson appears to be using the line “That is a 40mm launcher that fires beanbags and rubber projectiles” like that excuses what we’re seeing.

Rubber bullets can kill people, even when they’re not fired at point blank range.

Tricia McLaughlin &
@TriciaOhio
X.com
This is a U.S. citizen who, along with his cousin, was arrested for assaulting and throwing rocks at law enforcement.
That is a 40mm launcher that fires beanbags and rubber projectiles.
But keep making this thug your poster child.
Joe Walsh ®
@WalshFreedom • 10h
Here's the thing. We still have the power (probably) to say that this image must not be what America is. We still have the power to say "fuck no, we refuse to allow this to be what the streets of America look like." Attend a "No Kings" rally this Saturday. And then vote in 2026.

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 7h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 7h

When this regime is over and buried, I don't want to hear about oh it's not worth the money or it's too petty to worry about. The order to bulldoze this illegal and unconstitutional monstrosity should be signed on Day 1.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 6h

An Indiana newspaper should offer to print the IDS themselves.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 9h

UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
By IDS staff
Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm · Updated Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm

IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our newspaper. Upon pushback, the university fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision.

Media School Dean David Tolchinsky sent the order to IDS leadership in an email responding to its appeal that the school not censor the newspaper. And the dean attributed the decision to “the campus.” He has not yet responded to a message for clarification.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 5h

a big aspect of rightwing politics is being an adult who intentionally bullys children

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 8h

A group of far right assholes have showed up to protest at David Douglas high school after students allegedly pushed back at a formation of a turning point chapter. School is out & they are outnumbered by predominantly Black & Brown students roasting the fuck out of them.

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Noah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social · 6h

Demagogic president seizes money to pay standing army, arrogating to himself legislative power, while his cronies keep Congress out of session is honestly more or less exactly how the Founders thought this would end

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 8h

This guy was a clerk for Justice Gorsuch. Anyone want to argue this is not a racist (and damn stupid) taunt?

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Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 7h

DHS claims a “high-ranking Latin Kings member” from Chicago, solicited the murder of top Border Patrol chief.

But at his indictment, there was no mention of gang ties. His lawyers & family say DHS’s narrative of Juan Espinoza Martinez, is false.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/c...

Chicago man indicted for allegedly soliciting killing of Gregory Bovino, but without contention of gang involvement

A Chicago man has been indicted on charges he solicited the murder of U.S. Border Patrol field boss Gregory Bovino, but the bare-bones document makes no mention of previous allegations that he is a…

www.chicagotribune.com

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 5h

Days since DHS last lied: 0

Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 7h

DHS claims a “high-ranking Latin Kings member” from Chicago, solicited the murder of top Border Patrol chief.

But at his indictment, there was no mention of gang ties. His lawyers & family say DHS’s narrative of Juan Espinoza Martinez, is false.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/c...

Chicago man indicted for allegedly soliciting killing of Gregory Bovino, but without contention of gang involvement

A Chicago man has been indicted on charges he solicited the murder of U.S. Border Patrol field boss Gregory Bovino, but the bare-bones document makes no mention of previous allegations that he is a…

www.chicagotribune.com

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Seven Years in Quebec @dfeldman.org · 5h

BlueSky and YouTube are down at the same time. This is because, to save money on storage costs, BlueSky just saves all our posts as comments on one kid’s middle school science fair presentation in 2011 (he lost)

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 7h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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