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Arizona fRight Watch 🎃 @azrww.bsky.social · 17h

The Arizona Young Republicans chairman mentioned in this, Luke Mosiman, was one of the Turning Point affiliates demanding that Phoenix Suns sports writer be fired for not properly mourning Kirk to their liking

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

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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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 12h

Republicans: Shooting Christian pastors is OK, Due process is overrated, & bombing Venezuelan boats is good!

Young Republicans: We love H*tler, we should gas everyone who doesn't support us

Democrats: No Kings, No H*tler

Republicans: See that?? Democrats keep escalating the political rhetoric.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 14h

Democrats need to put the same extended media consuming outrage into the Young Republican Nazi chats as Republicans mustered for Biden going for ice cream.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 18h

These young Republicans are exactly what you would think young Republicans are like if you believed the absolute worst stereotype of young Republicans and Trump supporters.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 18h

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 10h

oh good I was worried the utterly unearned Vanity Fair editor job was all she got for violating the most basic rules of journalism

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 10h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 18h

The fact Fox News, Hegseth's former employer, has signed on to this joint statement speaks volumes.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Five major broadcast networks say they will not sign new Pentagon press policy

The policy says reporters could have their press passes revoked if they publish information that has not been authorized for release by the Pentagon.

www.nbcnews.com

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 10h

You can say amazing things if you know that the follow-up question will be "wow."

(Smith didn't plant anything at Mar-a-Lago because he was hired months after it was searched.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"

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Maggie Reed @mermaidmamamaggie.bsky.social · 14h

Kristi Noem interrogates the girlfriend of the founder of #Antifa #AntifaDoesntExist #kristinoem

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 11h

“The upcoming No Kings has set off klaxons for Republican lawmakers…Some in party leadership are going further by branding it a pro-terrorism demonstration—an unambiguously false allegation meant to get ahead of a potentially massive protest against the president.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-r...

‘No Kings’ Has Republicans in Disarray

Why GOP lawmakers are spreading fear about the upcoming rally.

www.thebulwark.com

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 17h

Reminder that three out of the 14 #Massachusetts sheriffs—more than a fifth!—have faced legal trouble for alleged misconduct since last fall.

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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 17h

“Massachusetts lawmakers proposed holding back more than $100 million for county sheriff’s offices in a spending bill released Tuesday, citing ‘questionable spending practices’ after months of negative headlines and increased scrutiny over the elected office.”

#Massachusetts #mapoli

Samantha Gross @samanthajgross.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/m...

Citing ‘serious questions’ and ‘questionable spending,’ Mass. lawmakers move to hold back funding for sheriffs - The Boston Globe

Massachusetts lawmakers propose holding back $162 million for county sheriff’s offices in a spending bill, citing “questionable spending practices."

www.bostonglobe.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

Just one "verified" Tren de Aragua member and one U.S. citizen with an active warrant were among the 37, DHS said, without saying how it had verified that gang affiliation. Others taken that day, the agency said, were "illegal aliens."

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 15h

So like this is funnier and more offensive than anything anyone else said about Kirk that got them fired

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

Walking away with $20 billion of US taxpayer money so Scott Bessent’s Wall Street cronies don’t lose their investments in Argentina.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22h

This isn't new, by the way. Trump and his minions wanted an "antifa" Black Bloc to show up and fight with cops on Jan. 6, 2021. If that had happened, he would have then called out the National Guard to a) arrest leftists and b) shut down the Capitol and prevent the election from being certified

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 21h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 20h

CDC HR employees were brought back from furlough to process these RIFs and then end their own department

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 21h

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20h

I'm not afraid. Come and get me, Donald.

I will stand up for the law and the Constitution. That’s what we do in the State of Illinois.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 19h

The thing about this is we all have embarrassing moments of vanity, wounded or otherwise. It's that he thinks it's okay to publish his embarrassing thoughts. That's the crazy part.

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 21h

1:36 AM

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 18h

"I dedicate this prize to president Trump" - winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2025.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 18h

So this time the boat *wasn't even moving*.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 20h

They seriously paid some consultant to come up with "hate America rally" as their compulsive talking point for a mass protest entirely framed around invoking the American Revolution as the foundational creed of American identity.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21h

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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