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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 4h

And also, this headline? Inadequate

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 9h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 8h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 5h

Hug a Philadelphia sports fans today. They've been through more than you know — again

Philadelphia sports fans endured a home-team trifecta, starting with the Phillies' season-ending playoff loss to the Dodgers plus regular-season losses by the Eagles and Flyers.

www.latimes.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6h

Is Kid Rock ok? He's looking like an ad for a place called Thrifty Dialysis

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 6h

I mean I'm glad Trump didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize but I am not super excited that the person who did win it has been going "Mr Trump please murder more Venezuelan fishermen with American missiles" since it was announced

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A Farmer @afarmerinohio.bsky.social · 5h

Fifty!

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 6h

nobel peace prize is not awarded posthumously

just a little fun fact to file away for next year for absolutely no particular reason

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 6h

The people put in power by Trump’s MAGA movement are sadists, who actually *enjoy* hurting people they see as their lessers. And that often includes their own followers.

Psychopathic sadists drunk on real power.

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Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · Apr 9

Corn Diggers (1967-circa 1986): A corn-based cracker/chip hybrid from Nabisco, meant to taste like hot buttered corn, and shaped like little shovels/scoops for eating with dip.

Two men in collared shirts and sweaters sit on the sideline of a football game. One holds up a bag of corn diggers, the other a jar of Planters cheez balls

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 12h

One surreally insane thing about the current moment is that when you go through a TSA checkpoint Kristi Noem is talking propaganda to you the whole time on multiple screens around you

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

Trump will just have to keep murdering fishermen until you stupid jerks give him the peace prize

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A Farmer @afarmerinohio.bsky.social · 10h

Rural areas

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A Farmer @afarmerinohio.bsky.social · 11h

Yikes

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11h

Florida’s surgeon general’s anti-vax beliefs are only the tip of a very deeply weird iceberg.

Joseph Ladapo’s guiding voice? His wife, who believes she can talk to “Archangel Michael, Mary Magdalene, and many other beings of light.”

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

www.motherjones.com

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A Farmer @afarmerinohio.bsky.social · 12h

Assholes

The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 12h

“I did hear you mention ‘equity’ twice in the presentation,” said Sen. Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork, who voted against recommending University of Utah trustee Maria Garciaz for reappointment.

State lawmakers vote against recommending University of Utah trustee, a Latina who’s championed inclusion

“I did hear you mention ‘equity’ twice in the presentation,” said Sen. Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork, who voted against recommending University of Utah trustee Maria Garciaz for reappointment.

www.sltrib.com

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A Farmer @afarmerinohio.bsky.social · 18h

Republican voters made this country into a complete shit show.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

".. It’s hard to predict how that will go down with a US president who famously prefers to keep the spotlight on himself."

@bloomberg.com #Nobel
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A World Awaits Blowback as the Nobel Slips From Trump’s Hands

In awarding the Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela, the Norwegian Nobel Committee recognized “a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.”

www.bloomberg.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

WSJ: “.. the portion of subprime auto loans that are 60 days or more overdue on their payments hit a record of more than 6% ..”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/aut...

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New Hampshire Public Radio @nhpr.org · 20h

Renewable electricity use rose to 34.3% of global consumption in the first half of 2025, while coal's use fell to 33.1%, according to a new report.

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

www.nhpr.org

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A Farmer @afarmerinohio.bsky.social · 20h

RIP Sister Jean.
news.luc.edu/stories/news...

A Loyola Icon with an Enduring Legacy, Sister Jean Dies at 106

The Loyola University Chicago community mourns the passing of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM, who died on October 19 at the age of 106.

news.luc.edu

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Historians argue that Trump indicting his enemies one-by-one rather than having them murdered in a single night proves he’s not a fascist.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

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A Farmer @afarmerinohio.bsky.social · 1d

I'm afraid girlfriend of Antifa may be the new second-in-command of Al-Queda or ISIS.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

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