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Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem.bsky.social · 3d

These do not look like police videos. They look like campaign ones." I spoke about DHS's glossy, military like videos. The deportations are for the camera. @cnn.com @zbyronwolf.bsky.social

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Analysis: DHS leans into propaganda with militaristic action videos | CNN Politics

When helicopters descended on a Chicago apartment building last week with federal agents kitted out in military gear, locals saw a terrifying escalation in the federal government’s incursion into Chic...

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 3h

Jeff Bezos set out to destroy one of our main newspapers that held billionaires like him to account and it worked!

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 19h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 3h

It would be great if the AI bubble popped BEFORE we built any more energy-sucking data centers that regular ratepayers will be funding!!

Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

#AZ07

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 4h

This is the way. So far, Washington Post, NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Reuters, NPR, Associated Press, HuffPost and more. This is the way.

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information

Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 5d

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Not Even Clever Fools

On 8 October 2025, I was on Glenn Diesen’s podcast talking mainly about the failure of the elites in the West to act in strategically smart or morally correct ways in their dealings with the Gaza geno...

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Tony.
One of the best human beings you’ll ever meet .

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2h

Can I use AI to block AI?

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 2h

US Soybean farmer: This is caused by this administration, and it’s having a negative major consequence on not only farmers, but also on American factory workers..."

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LisaTheLiberal 🦋 @lisatheliberal.bsky.social · 1h

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✊Larry Colvin✊ @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 2h

No wannabe king is going to silence us!

Millions of Americans are taking to the streets again to say #NOKINGS

We are not spectators to history, we are making history. social.demcast.com/s/HgSL3rNf

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 3h

These guys need to be doing aggressive campaigning with beer and oysters

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 3h

the 2026 maine senate race is a toss-up, or tilt dem if you're brave

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 3h

How do satirists find anything to do these days

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 13h

Time to tune in to some analysis from Antifa expert…Chef Andrew…Gruel?…founder of…American Gravy Concepts?

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1h

Brilliant reporting like this is WHY I am so mad Bezos is undermining the Post and scaring off subscribers. People should read this! By @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

The U.S. saved him from the Taliban, but now it wants to send him back

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1h

Unbelievable story of Afghan refugee, a highly vetted fluent English speaker who helped the US against the Taliban and now lives here with his US citizen kids, declared “illegal” and perhaps about to be shipped home by the Trump admin to his likely death

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2h

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S.

Then ICE arrested him.

If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

America saved him from the Taliban. Trump wants to send him back.

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1h

‘Asked if he has a message for all those kids shouting “six seven” in school instead of paying attention, he replies: “Six seven.”’

Liv Coleman @livcolemanfl.bsky.social · 7h

🎁🔗

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The Numbers Six and Seven Are Making Life Hell for Math Teachers

‘Six seven’ sends teens into a frenzy that schools have been powerless to stop. ‘It’s like throwing catnip at cats.’

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Nancy Friedman @queenief.bsky.social · 1h

I am assuming that any wealthy powerful person who has capitulated is in the Epstein Files

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Mother Nature Strikes Back! @nmblondewino.bsky.social · 1h

bezos and epstein. He met with Maxwell in 2018 at his Campfire meeting. She must have shared info for a price and now they all use the Epstein info like trump to extort 'favors.'

trump has had the Epstein files bill barr compiled and used since his first term.

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AsylumHouse @asylum.bsky.social · 1h

No one cares what this has-been criminal thinks. GO AWAY!

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‘Hand It Back!’: Roger Stone Calls On Nobel Peace Prize Winner To Surrender Award To Trump

The longtime Trump ally explained why the winner should consider “bestowing” the coveted award on the president.

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Shelley Jacobs @shelleya.bsky.social · 2h

They thought they were safe. Someone forgot to tell the murderers America's dealmaker fixed things. 😢

linlukey.bsky.social @linlukey.bsky.social · 2h

People who tried to go to their homes in the east of Gaza City and in southern Khan Younis were shot and killed by Israeli troops. At least nine Palestinians were killed despite the ceasefire.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 11h

Neoliberalism is dying. What comes next? youtu.be/VIdhnKskSh8?...

Neoliberalism promised prosperity but delivered austerity, insecurity, and despair. It hollowed out our public services, undermined democracy, and left wealth in the hands of the few.

In this video, I ask "What comes next?"

Neoliberalism is dying. What comes next?

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Nancy Friedman @queenief.bsky.social · 1h

Great sign

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Revolution Underground @americanprodigy.bsky.social · 1h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h

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Dr. Sandy B @drsandyb.bsky.social · 1h

The news that the chicken-shit, yellow-bellied, MAGA apologist, MainStream media won't tell you about 🤫

Feckless cowards every one of them! This is the face of MAGA🧌👹⬇️⬇️⬇️

Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 2h

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