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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 4h

The Trump "me-first-screw-you" attitude is giving permission for such behavior, and permeating virtually every part of the culture.

CNN @cnn.com · 6h

With sports-inspired passion comes an all-too-common drama also where millions of fans find so much joy. Every week provides viral moments captured on cellphones of sports fans behaving badly, often erupting into life-altering brawls and chaos. | Analysis

Analysis: ‘It happens at every game’: Why the stands at sporting events can sometimes feel like battlegrounds | CNN

If you’re a sports fan there’s nothing quite like the Fall season on the calendar.

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 4h

@gastropoda.bsky.social is right: use the full phrase, "anti-fascist," and the full name, "no kings." Ditto my journalist colleagues when asking questions of politicians.

AltUSCustoms @altuscustoms.altgov.info · 11h

Oh my god. No. NO. The lies…the sheer scope of the lies they tell. I am SO TIRED of this. So tired.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 4h

How can we ever hold up our heads again and expect respect or trust from the rest of the world when we sanction thuggery like this?

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 8h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 11h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6h

China signaled that it would not back down in the face of a 100% tariff threat from President Donald Trump, urging the U.S. to resolve differences through negotiations instead of threats.

China vows to stand firm against Trump's 100% tariff threat

China is signaling that it won't back down in the face of the latest tariff threat from U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 4h

There are MAGAns who insist that Obama was president on 9/11, so no wonder Trump can breezily assert this, confident that many of his devotees will believe it.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6h

“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4h

A Chinese coast guard ship used a powerful water cannon on Sunday then rammed and slightly damaged an anchored Philippine government vessel off an island inhabited by Filipinos in the disputed South China Sea, said the Philippine coast guard.

Chinese coast guard rams and damages a Philippine vessel off an island in the South China Sea

A Chinese coast guard ship has used a powerful water cannon and rammed a Philippine government vessel near Thitu Island in the South China Sea.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

According to the victim's attorney, the body camera captured the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good”
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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 9h

"Sen. Jordan" in 1962's "The Manchurian Candidate," on @tcmtv.bsky.social , of his McCarthyesque opposite: "There are people who think of Johnny as a clown and a buffoon. But I do not...I think if John Iselin were a paid Soviet agent, he could not do more harm to this country than he's doing now."

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 9h

Went to a party at her house once, which she had then done with a Southwest theme -- exquisite pottery and textiles and furniture. A real taste-maker, and an asset to LA's historic conservancy group.

Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 11h

My awhile-ago @latimes interview with #DianeKeaton , remembering back to her growing-up days in a quonset hut in the LA neighborhood of Highland Park. What a grand dame: www.latimes.com/opinion/opin...

Patt Morrison Asks: Diane Keaton

If you're lazily inclined to define Diane Keaton by the crossword-puzzle-sized word "actor," you need to get out more.

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 11h

An alert evidently from the vigilant @eff.org :

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11h

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 13h

Federal judges are losing faith in ... federal judges, specifically the majority on the Supreme Court, and how they've been rolling through Trump emergency docket cases: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 14h

⚡️German airlines call to shoot down drones threatening airports.

Germany's airlines are calling for drones that threaten airport operations to be shot down, Der Spiegel reported on Oct. 11. The call to action comes amid a recent surge of unidentified drone sightings across Europe.

German airlines call to shoot down drones threatening airports

Germany's airlines are calling for drones that threaten airport operations to be shot down, Der Spiegel reported on Oct. 11. The call to action comes amid a recent surge of unidentified drone sighting...

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 16h

This is criminal-grade conduct unbefitting the justice system of a nation founded on and functioning under the rule of law. Shame on them and on their superiors who allow and may even encourage this.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 19h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 17h

Before targeting Trump foes, Pulte practiced on his own family, per @
Brian Slodysko and Chris Megerian. He accused his grandfather’s widow of insider trading, was tied to a website trashing an aunt as a "fake Christian" and called another relative "a fat slob." apnews.com/article/trum...

How Bill Pulte learned the art of the attack, from his own family to Letitia James

Bill Pulte has become a significant player in the Trump administration. Known for his aggressive online persona and bitter public fights with several family members, Pulte currently serves as director...

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 16h

"Take our president ... please."

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17h

Breaking News: No survivors have been found after an explosion at a Tennessee ammunition plant left 18 people missing, the authorities said. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

A man in a black shirt and baseball hat stands in front of a group of microphones. A headline reads: "Search After Tennessee Explosion Finds No Survivors, Officials Say."

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 17h

This indeed looks like a trick to lure people, especially given that Apple knuckled under and took down its app to report ICE sightings. If this were real, don't you think ICE would have had it too taken down by now? abc7.com/post/apple-r...

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 17h

Same with writing.

Alex/Muldwych @muldwych.bsky.social · Aug 24

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas

#photography

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 19h

“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 1d

"Falsely suggested." Oy.

Nancy Roth @nrothont.bsky.social · 1d

"The size of the federal workforce is unrelated to the government’s ability to pay its bills during a shutdown, though White House officials have falsely suggested otherwise."

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Breaking news: The Trump administration began laying off federal workers while the government is shuttered, fulfilling threats from President Trump to take advantage of the closure to shave off more parts of the federal workforce he dislikes.

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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 1d

MIT says it will reject the Trump university compact. USC, when we asked today, declined to take any further position on the proposal. @danielnmiller.bsky.social and I report:

www.latimes.com/world-nation...

As USC considers Trump’s offer tying funding to conservative policies, MIT firmly rejects it

MIT is among the first to express forceful views either in favor of or against an agreement the White House billed as providing "multiple positive benefits."

www.latimes.com

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 1d

Someone should create "Antifa Member -- Gold Level" satirical membership cards with the names and faces of Donald Trump and his entire cabinet, as well as Mike Johnson's, and send them off to the White House and Capitol Hill.