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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 3h

Thanks @adamconover.net for including our reporting in this great video on Sora www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Z4...

Sora Proves the AI Bubble Is Going to Burst So Hard

YouTube video by Adam Conover

www.youtube.com

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robertswartz.bsky.social @robertswartz.bsky.social · 2h

I didn't realize his biography was already out.

Cover of 70s paperback titled Gentleman of Leisure: A year in the life of a pimp.

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Sam @very-simple.com · 15h

To be clear, these apartments have been sitting empty during the Adams administration, when there were NOT rent freezes, but somehow a potential future policy is the problem.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15h

There are thousands of rent-stabilized apartments in New York currently sitting vacant. Some landlords argue that Zohran Mamdani’s rent freeze would keep them empty.

Would Zohran Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Keep Rent-Stabilized Apartments Empty?

Thousands of apartments in New York are run-down and vacant. Some landlords argue that a rent freeze, paired with preëxisting housing laws, would keep them that way.

www.newyorker.com

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 3h

A Jan 6th rioter pardoned by Trump has been charged with threatening House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who spoke during the No Kings rallies.

“Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live,” the pardoned rioter wrote.

www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...

Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week

A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.

www.cbsnews.com

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 13h

I have seen a bit of critique of "No Kings" as too centrist or passive. I get that to some extent. I don't think signs alone are going to lead to real change here in the US.

*However* I think its incumbent on anyone posting this sort of critique to explain the alternative things they are doing.

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Jason Steele @filmcow.bsky.social · 13h

Me and my partner's "Bronze" health insurance plan with Florida Blue is increasing from $511.22 a month to $1,711.75 a month next year. Not quite sure how to fit "$20,541 a year in health insurance premiums" into the budget.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 4h

But please, let’s invite more Republicans to our political talk shows where they will say No Kings is a violent protest

Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 6h

FLASH: Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to murder Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week

www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...

Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to murder Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week

A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.

www.cbsnews.com

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah. So The White House
is designated a National Historic Landmark.

That means:

It’s formally recognized as having exceptional national historical significance.

Any substantial changes, demolitions, or new construction affecting it are tightly restricted.

It’s not his house! WTF.

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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 17h

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Moskowitz: We need $30 billion to extend, obviously, these healthcare subsidies, which allow Americans—Americans, not illegal—Americans, citizens, to afford healthcare.

And the president’s like, “We don’t have $30 billion, but I am going to send $40 billion to my dear friend in Argentina.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

😕

We are all paying for this vanity project

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 14h

More generally about Halligan, as a former US attorney, I can say that I never would reach out to a reporter and start gabbing that way, and I think the same goes for my former colleagues. It’s totally playing with fire.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

The biggest renovation of the White House -- the so-called Truman Reconstruction of 1949-1952 -- came about only because the building was in such a state of disrepair that inspectors decided it was unsafe for occupancy.

Not because the president just decided he needed a big fancy ballroom.

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Dirty Devotee @dirtydevotee.bsky.social · 1d

If any of you saw the "Trending" box this morning and thought, "Who the fuck is 'Chip Roy'?", then thank you for not being a Klansman. I'm just going to leave this headline about a quote about using the government to execute people without trial here: www.statesman.com/story/news/p...

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 19h

It’s kind of wild that after seven million people were in the streets protesting, the president posted a hallucinated video of himself wearing a crown and shitting on Americans and then proceeded to start demolishing parts of the White House

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 19h

🤔 Interaction between HuffPost and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

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P. Andrew Torrez @andrewtorrez.bsky.social · 19h

1/ Thanks to Comey's lawyers, we have the appointment order for Lindsey Halligan in EDVa that the gov't has been trying to hide for weeks.

I think it means Halligan is not long for this job & the Comey and Tish James indictments not long for this world.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

ORDER NO 6402-2025 AUTHORIZING LINDSEY HALLIGAN TO BE THE INTERIM UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA DURING THE VACANCY IN THAT OFFICE

pursuant to 28 USC Section 546

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 6h

Must Be nice SQUEAKER Johnson
To Get Paid,Get Your Premium
Healthcare, And Not Even Show Up For Work ! Fuck RepubliKKKan
Work Ethics.......

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 7h

Everyone is having a good laugh about asserting 'off the record' late in the conversation, but the dirty little secret is presumption off 'Off the Record' is quite often the norm with political journalists and their close sources. Oldheads remember The Tim Russert Rule.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 18h

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Andy @andy.wrestlejoy.com · 21h

ICE is now the 13th largest military in the world on its own.

Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 20h

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.

Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14h

Monstrous and inhumane. Our neighbors are being tortured

Ken Stone @kenstonemedia.bsky.social · 14h

Basement of courthouse horror stories: “One immigrant got her period during the meeting in which she was detained, and was forced to wear that same underwear for days.”
timesofsandiego.com/politics/202...