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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8h

President Trump has used apocalyptic language to describe Portland, Oregon. Some demonstrators protesting ICE are responding with colorful animal suits. “It was just to contrast the narrative that we are violent extremists. The best way to show that for me is being in a frog costume.”

Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My!

Images of anarchists clad in black gave the city a bad name in 2020. Now, demonstrators in Portland are poking fun at President Trump’s apocalyptic talk with colorful animal suits.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 9h

The increased purchases come as new export controls of rare earths and other key materials for defense and technology manufacturing were unveiled by China’s Ministry of Commerce last week.

Pentagon Looking to Buy $1 Billion in Critical Minerals, FT Says

The Pentagon is looking to buy as much as $1 billion of critical minerals to stockpile, the Financial Times reported, citing public filings published in recent months by the Pentagon’s Defense Logistics Agency.

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theoperaglass.bsky.social @theoperaglass.bsky.social · 8h

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 9h

He’s going to have Bondi indict the umbrella now, isn’t he?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump gets some help closing his umbrella while boarding Air Force One

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 9h

Why does he keep talking about going to heaven?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 9h

I think maybe he's starting to catch on.🤔

The problem I see with this is if he concludes there is nothing he can do that will make up for all the bad, what's left to prevent him from going all in on pure evil?

He does seem awfully preoccupied with dying these days, though, don't you think?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 9h

Tom Joscelyn analyzes the combination in the Trump administration of a purposeful and sometimes cunning authoritarianism, and a dark and destructive nihilism.

Not good!

www.youtube.com/live/GkUobvl...

The Trump Administration's Plan to Crush Dissent (w/ Tom Joscelyn)

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Mark Pullinger @larkingrumple.bsky.social · 9h

A very fine house debut from Marie Jacquot in this excellent Royal Opera Magic Flute revival
My @thetimes.com review is now online:
www.thetimes.com/culture/clas...

The Magic Flute review — misogyny, Freemasonry and some fine singing

Marie Jacquot makes a splendid Royal Opera House debut conducting a wonderful cast in this delightful Mozart revival

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Beverly Bullock @bcbnyc.bsky.social · 8h

Freedom is Action: A Campaign for Ukraine
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Freedom is Action: A Campaign for Ukraine

A fundraiser for life-saving drone-jamming cars and trucks

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Kelly: I really worry about those aviators, drone operators, special forces guys that are in the Caribbean right now striking these boats and whether or not this is legal..

There’s no authorization for the use of military force. The Congress has not given that to the president. He hasn’t asked.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 8h

He's real proud of lowering the taxes of super rich people while taking away healthcare from millions.

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 9h

Oh just Trump riding around his golf club telling his rich members "your taxes are coming down" while the government is shut down with thousands losing their jobs, people losing health insurance and kids going hungry….totally normal stuff

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 227. Everything you need to know about what happened this weekend in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 227

… JD Vance lied repeatedly on Sunday shows with his trademark smug insufferability.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 8h

This is the post-January 6th world. The lies are their reality. It’s a broken reality in which no number of facts - or obvious observations - will make them give up a lie. In the end, there was no real accountability for January 6th, which was caused by lies. And so they continued on.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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Adam B. Bear 🇨🇦 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 @adambear.bsky.social · 20h

Just when many people throughout the nation weren't paying attention, New Orleans, Louisiana, just elected Helena Moreno, to be its first Latina Mayor, without so much as a need for a runoff.

www.wwno.org/politics/202...

Helena Moreno to be next mayor of New Orleans: 'The work starts tomorrow morning'

City Councilmember Helena Moreno is heading back to City Hall after a resounding win in the Oct. 11 primary election, securing 55% of the vote.

www.wwno.org

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11h

This is infuriating. She excuses the orders as "preliminary," but that's an argument for applying settled law or preserving the status quo. Allowing POTUS to disregard Congressional appropriations and fire independent agency heads are neither, they're a radical restructuring of Constitutional order.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 8h

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

Rep. Jim Himes on Trump blowing up boats in the Caribbean: "The White House has not shared what they believe their legal justification is. They did put out a memo. I will tell you based on what I know now and the reading of that memo, these are illegal killings."

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 8h

A federal judge ordered federal agents last week to issue two warnings before using tear gas.

Witnesses said they heard no warnings and none can be heard on videos, @chicago.suntimes.com reports

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 8h

Federal agents deployed tear gas after Albany Park residents protested to their attempts to detain a resident of the Northwest Side neighborhood, @vimiller.bsky.social reports for the @chicago.suntimes.com

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses says they didn't get any warning.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 8h

⚡️U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Oct. 12 calling for the reinstatement of the investigation into the 2019 impeachment proceedings against him.

“The Ukraine impeachment (of me!) Scam was a far bigger illegal Hoax than Watergate,” Trump said.

Trump calls on Congress to investigate 2019 “hoax” impeachment over Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Oct. 12 calling for the reinstatement of the investigation into the 2019 impeachment proceedings against him.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

The reason Mike Johnson is able to keep the House closed and not pass bills to pay the military or fund the government is because Trump is going to circumvent congress and illegally steal that money from other government programs. All to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14h

"The shortest path to authoritarian regime is a mass deportation regime."

@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social explains why this is the case, and how it's happening.

www.youtube.com/live/GkUobvl...

The Trump Administration's Plan to Crush Dissent (w/ Tom Joscelyn)

YouTube video by The Bulwark

www.youtube.com

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 14h

My take on the raging debate over Mills vs. Platner is that it's a bit early for people to be at each other's throats over a primary election that's eight months away and has ranked-choice voting.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h

JD Vance indicates to NBC that Trump isn't opposed to invoking the Insurrection Act.

A key line from Vance: "The problem here is not the Insurrection Act or whether we actually invoke it or not."

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 14h

You know it's going great when you have to repeatedly remind the interviewer you're the Vice President of the United States mid-tantrum.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14h

That’s quite a telling statement, Stephen Miller. I guess you’re calling all the shots now?

Tweet from Sky Marchini: “‘I’.”
Below is Acyn’s tweet quoting Stephen Miller on CNN: “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice, sleepy southern town, is anyone going to riot?”
Screenshot shows Miller speaking on the right and the interviewer on the left, with the headline: “Illinois & Chicago sue Trump over Natl Guard deployment.”

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Dr. Dave @drdave1999.bsky.social · 14h

Your reminder that this is the same imbecile who withheld vaccines, PPE, and support from blue states during the pandemic in the belief that he could kill off most Democrats.

Perhaps— and I’m just spitballing here— you shouldn’t have re-elected him.

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Sara Silverstein @sarasilverstein.bsky.social · 19h

Trump govt did not reverse these firings out of goodness or self-owning a "mistake." They would have been happy to get away with it. This reversal is the result of strong opposition. We undercut our own power when we give them the credit. Resistance matters. And remaining cuts are still devastating.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

TRUMP CDC REVERSAL: Trump administration racing to reverse some CDC layoffs. Disease detectives, measles responders, MMWR staff RIF’s are revoked. DC office still shuttered. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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