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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 24m

I recruited Janet Mills to run for Senate because, at 72, Susan Collins is too young for the job.

by Chuck Schumer

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 22m

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 45m

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 35m

Great reporting.

Politico @politico.com · 48m

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Politico @politico.com · 48m

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 3h

In 1947, some Hollywood stars including Henry Fonda stood up to anti-communist witch hunts.

Now, Jane Fonda and artists like Viola Davis, Pedro Pascal and Billie Eilish are reviving their organization — the Committee for the First Amendment — to defend free speech again.

buff.ly/mlfGRty #polisky

Jane Fonda, other stars, revive the Committee for the First Amendment – a group that emerged when the anti-communist panic came for Hollywood

Even after the original group fizzled, many of its members were able to keep making films with progressive messages.

buff.ly

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 2h

I knew that the European Empires brought heaps of silver from the Americas back home but I didn't know that silver deposits were essentially limited to the Americas. Interactive map in the source: buff.ly/CzHaLuV

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 4h

The weekly publication Buffalo Latino Village provided a column for all three candidates for the West District Board of Education representative to pitch their candidacies. They say the incumbent did not respond to repeated outreach.

Why would that be?

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7h

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 4h

Our morning Lincoln?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

Yes, color me shocked.

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 5h

Nice!

Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 5h

WHERE'S THE MULE?!

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 5h

In this week's Politics and Stuff, @kenkruly.bsky.social hands the megaphone to his editor Paul Fisk to, well, fisk the NY fisk-al situation in light of federal service cuts. politicsandstuff.com/2025/10/14/g...

Getting ahead of the impending damage from federal service cuts affecting New Yorkers

Today’s post is written by Politics and Other Stuff editor Paul Fisk The MAGA wrecking ball approach to governance is inflicting incalculable harm on our nation, with more of it cynically timed to …

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 5h

We Buffalonians are very proud of it!

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John Garver @geogarver.bsky.social · 6h

The "Seneca Chief" is in the lower Mohawk watershed (NY). This 73' boat is amazing inside, and a remarkable achievement for those at the #BuffaloMaritimeMuseum . They carry important messages about our history, indigenous displacement, and invasive species in the #ErieCanal

Here in Amsterdam NY.

The Seneca Chief from the bow tied to the docks in Amsterdam NY.
(JI Garver, 13 Oct)

Schedule is here: https://buffalomaritimecenter.org/buffalo-maritime-center-events-calendar/

Schenectady 14 Oct, and Waterford 15-16 Oct.

Interior of the Seneca Chief showing woodwork and beds hanging on ropes. (JI Garver, 13 Oct)

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 6h

Indeed totally for sure absolutely.

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 6h

NPR's veteran defense reporter Tom Bowman: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon Pass

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 6h

For sure. Related to this, though, is the discussions that have been held here in Buffalo at the School of Architecture and Planning about AI. One of the areas people feel AI is appropriate is for alternatives generation. I wonder if this could be seen as an example of that.

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