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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 13m

Trump rules out paying troops apart from ending the shutdown.

I wonder how long this regime will last without paying its military?

White House has, for now, ruled out legislative fix for military pay

Over 1 million military paychecks could go unfulfilled on Oct. 15.

www.politico.com

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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 1h

This happened before, in Germany.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 5h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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PANDA @panda-news.bsky.social · 4h

I want to remind the Department of Homeland Security the Department of Justice the head of the FBI, Etc... that when Donald Trump is gone and the accountability bell tolls — Donald Trump may be immune, but his accomplices are not. We'll be coming for you. You will serve time.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 4h

either one of these political parties figure out that all they have to do is make peoples lives better and theyll have a trifecta for the next 500 years

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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 7h

If wishing made it so

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 7h

Trump is firing the federal workforce because he hasn’t been allowed to take Americans health care away.

If Democrats fold now, these workers will have lost their jobs for nothing.

Hold the line.

Vought sounds layoff siren: 'The RIFs have begun'

At least nine agencies appear to be affected.

www.politico.com

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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 7h

Boston’s wealthy and elite come out strong in support of genocide.

I expect nothing less from them.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 7h

Somerville kills well funded bid to remove Palestine boycott measure from ballot - Cambridge Day

A committee backed by the ADL and a resigned Somerville city councilor tried to invalidate signatures needed to get a boycott measure on the ballot.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10h

i can just imagine joe scarborough's eye twitching as mamdani says things like this on morning joe

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 10h

Mamdani: Trump ran on three promises. He ran on the punishment of his political enemies, easing the cost of living crisis, and mass deportation. It's that second promise that brought so many to his campaign. Yet he's unwilling to deliver on that because he's beholden to billionaires

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10h

the protesters dressing up as chickens and frogs while team trump is like "these are serious terrorists destroying freedom."

i fucking love these people. well played. no notes.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 1d

Letitia James and James Comey have the best lawyers on earth and will almost certainly be fine. The fact that there’s a zillion stories about them and virtually none about NSPM-7 - which affects countless ordinary people - really says something about who the media writes for

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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 1d

Vox notes how as the campaign against Gaza comes to an end, the international community has seen that obscene violence and documented genocide works.

We have set the stage for a horrific next chapter of the 21st century.

The bleak lesson Israel — and the world — might learn from the Gaza war’s end — Vox

At last, Israel and Hamas have reached a deal — of a sort. On Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump announced that the warring parties in Gaza agreed to implement the “first phase” of the peace pl...

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

the world of rupert murdoch media is just such an insane place. most democrats and liberals have *no idea*

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 1d

Cops lie without consequence.

Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social · 2d

If cops lie to CCRB investigators, they get charged for it. But the board makes many of those allegations disappear—overruling investigators' discipline recommendations at twice the rate they do for other misconduct.

hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-tossing...

The NYPD's Watchdog Is Tossing Out Lying Cop Cases—Then 'Hiding' the Data from the Public

The agency tasked with holding the NYPD accountable is letting cops accused of lying to its own investigators off the hook.

hellgatenyc.com

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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 1d

Media don’t like it when you threaten to walk out of an interview, but unless you’re dodging a question related to corruption, I don’t think voters care.

This pile on feels like business interests trying to stop her, but her support of Israel means the left (rightly) isn’t coming to her defense.

Katie Porter Tried to Cut Off a CBS Interview

The former congresswoman, who’s currently running for California governor, took offense at a question about winning over Trump voters.

www.thecut.com

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 2d

This has been a public shade announcement. 💅

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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 2d

3: As for staffers, try to help your hopeless electeds with better filming set ups, don’t get in their shots, and don’t correct them on camera.

Slide them a piece of paper. As for that too, why didn’t you have all your fact checked talking points out next to your hopeless elected at the start?

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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 2d

2: If you’re so concerned about your shot, why are you showing us most of your house. We don’t want to see such a bland kitchen and half your living room.

Just show a bookshelf behind you or something, then your staffer can be behind the camera giving you info instead of correcting you on camera.

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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 2d

Political coms 101:

1: Don’t swear at your staff to get out of your short. Especially if you have a history of supporting war crimes in Gaze.

‘Get out of my f--king shot’: Katie Porter tears into staffer in newly released video

The former member of Congress, who is now running for California governor, also vented that she was snubbed by the Biden White House, complaining she raised the president “a shit ton of money.”

www.politico.com

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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 2d

I mean if you’re a fascist you would consider anti fascists a menace.

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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 2d

A vote for Newsom is a vote for a man who will discard you rather than suffer the slightest political inconvenience.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 3d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 3d

One of the big reasons so many liberal orgs suck is that they’re more about “how close are you to the Clintons/Obamas” w personnel than about “do you have any idea how to be effective?”

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 3d

The very well funded Center for American Progress has been in operation since 2004. The Democrats do not have “nothing” they’re just not trying.

LouFromBoston @loufromboston.bsky.social · 3d

The Republicans have a very well organized think-tank (Heritage Foundation) for strategizing and coordination of messaging. They control what we are seeing day to day.

The Democrats have nothing. No sense of leadership, no direction, no messaging. We need a think-tank asap!!

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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 3d

Third, when is Ken Vogel going to quit fucking that chicken.

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, couple of quick questions.

First, what year is it? Second, who was president in 2017?

Ken Vogel via Twitter:
https://x.com/kenvogel/status/1975654772620599691

NEW: In 2017, Hunter Biden pursued a deal to sell land around the US Embassy in Romania, & possibly the land on which the embassy sat, to a joint venture that included a Chinese government-linked company.

The venture, & the Chinese company, collapsed.

4:09 PM · Oct 7, 2025

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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 3d

Democrats are not being useless push overs. I feel lost in this new world.

But, I don’t mind lol

Trump is using mass firings as a shutdown cudgel. Democrats aren’t flinching.

The president reiterated the layoff threat Monday, but the hardball tactic isn't likely to break the impasse.

www.politico.com

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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 3d

Windowless jets will have less drag, business reporters are sure to hype this thing up.

Small problem, if one can’t see a horizon that perfectly matches what your inner ear is telling your brain, your body tends to think it’s been poisoned and you will get air sickness.

See inside the new futuristic 'windowless' jet that a private aviation CEO is betting $6 billion on

Flexjet CEO Michael Silvestro told Business Insider that the Jetsons-like aircraft with "smart windows" will attract clients seeking futuristic tech.

www.businessinsider.com

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