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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

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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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Men will run for Mayor and complete their term rather than go to therapy

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

"What is it going to take before you drop your hate and say, 'Listen, the guy did the job!' I'm not running anymore, so you no longer have to do this whole charade. I turned the city around, folks—come on! ... Stop coming up with all of these creative ways of saying 'Eric failed.' Eric didn't fail."

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

With receipts!

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

www.theguardian.com

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Nathaniel Styer @nathanielstyer.com · 1d

The buck always stops elsewhere.

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Nathaniel Styer @nathanielstyer.com · 1d

I worked in a metal recycling plant during college and while it was extremely dangerous work the big machines were very cool.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

/3 Also note that the indictment claims she rented the property but not that she entered into an agreement that REQUIRED her to rent the property, which seems to be what is prohibited by the paraphrased language.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

INBOX — New York AG Tish James' statement on Trump's retaliatory indictment of her:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 9, 2025

Attorney General’s Press Office/212-416-8060 nyag.pressoffice@ag.ny.gov

Attorney General Letitia James Issues Statement on Donald Trump’s Weaponization of the Department of Justice

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued the following statement after she was indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s office of the Eastern District of Virginia.

“This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General.

“These charges are baseless, and the president’s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost. The president’s actions are a grave violation of our Constitutional order and have drawn sharp criticism from members of both parties.

“His decision to fire a United States Attorney who refused to bring charges against me – and replace them with someone who is blindly loyal not to the law, but to the president – is antithetical to the bedrock principles of our country. This is the time for leaders on both sides of the aisle to speak out against this blatant perversion of our system of justice.

“I stand strongly behind my office’s litigation against the Trump Organization. We conducted a two-year investigation based on the facts and evidence – not politics. Judges have upheld the trial court’s finding that Donald Trump, his company, and his two sons are liable for fraud.

“I am a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights. And I will continue to do my job.”

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

Have you ever noticed that old clothes online sometimes look better than old clothes in your closet?

Why is that? 🧵

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d

Has Trump Brought Peace to Gaza? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/has-t...

Has Trump Brought Peace to Gaza?

Has Trump brought peace to Gaza? Ended the war and cycle of...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Nathaniel Styer @nathanielstyer.com · 2d

This is crisis PR speak for everyone is getting fired.

Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 2d

On the other site.

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 2d

holy shit the sheer implications

On Sept. 20, Trump meant to send a private message to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging her to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and his other favored targets, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. "We can't delay any longer, it's killing our reputation and credibility," Trump wrote.
Trump believed he had sent Bondi the message directly, addressing it to "Pam," and was surprised to learn it was public, the officials said.
Bondi grew upset and called White House aides and Trump, who then agreed to send a second post praising Bondi as doing a "GREAT job."
The misfire provided a window into how, through command and chaos, Trump has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department.

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Nathaniel Styer @nathanielstyer.com · 3d

oh god now I want it

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 3d

I have found the perfect podcast for your commute tomorrow! Start the day off with wonderful energy!

Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social · 4d

Blippo+ is a handcrafted TV-channel surfing game from a past that never existed. L.A.-based actors, comedians and artists collaborated to direct and film hours of footage.

A joy to interview @theuniverse.bsky.social, one of its creators, whose career is studded with bright jewels like these.

My Perfect Console podcast @myperfectconsole.bsky.social · 4d

With a career that spans music, tech, and cultural criticism, is there anything @TheUniverse.bsky.social can’t do?

Join @SimonParkin.bsky.social in conversation with the multi-talented Claire L. Evans as she reveals the five titles she chose for her perfect console.

Available now: apple.co/47awNv0

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 3d

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 3d

this shit looks like someone’s about to shoot franz ferdinand

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Nathaniel Styer @nathanielstyer.com · 4d

Donald Trump, Boat Truther. There are no boats.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "We call them the water drugs. The drugs that come in through water. They're not coming. There are no boats anymore. Frankly, there are no fishing boats. There are no boats out there period, if you want to know the truth. Does anybody go fishing anymore?"

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 4d

“GHOST OF YŌTEI just does so much well, from the big storytelling beats to the awe-inspiring landscapes,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social about the follow-up to GHOST OF TSUSHIMA. Read more about how the video game draws inspiration from the works of Akira Kurosawa to Takashi Miike.

“The Ghost of Yōtei” is One of the Most Cinematic Games of the Year | Video Games | Roger Ebert

One of the best games of 2025.

www.rogerebert.com

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 6d

Now ain’t that a metaphor

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 6d

ICE gassed members of the Chicago Police Department sent to protect them from protesters

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 7d

Continued video of feds gassing protestors and CPD alike. In the chaos one woman came to a CPD officer asking for help for a relative that she says feds just grabbed.

Officer response: "We just clocked in. We don't know what's going on."

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 6d

ICE gassed members of the Chicago Police Department sent to protect them from protesters

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 7d

Continued video of feds gassing protestors and CPD alike. In the chaos one woman came to a CPD officer asking for help for a relative that she says feds just grabbed.

Officer response: "We just clocked in. We don't know what's going on."

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Nathaniel Styer @nathanielstyer.com · 7d

I should be biking.

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Nathaniel Styer @nathanielstyer.com · 7d

10/10 NYC weather.

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