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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 6h

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 6h

There have been many shameful moments on the part of the White House Press Corps in the last 9 months but the lack of meaningful pushback or follow-up questions to Trump’s constant claims that a major US city has been set on fire for weeks & most of its businesses have been destroyed is damning.

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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 6h

A Bitcoin mine moved into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, but for the time being, the operation’s loud computers have been silenced by litigation.

A Bitcoin Mine Came to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township Isn’t Happy - Inside Climate News

The mine’s computers emitted a loud, persistent hum that has, for the time being, been silenced by litigation.

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Amandavicmason @amandavicmason.bsky.social · 2h

She's not a good pick

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 6h

Yes she did

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 6h

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Wow, this extract from Wolff's book is a shocking insight into Trump's mind:

On his first night in the White House, President Trump complained that the TV in his bedroom was broken, because it didn't have "the gorilla channel.” Trump seemed to be under the
impression that a TV channel existed that screened nothing but
gorilla-based content, 24 hours a day.
To appease Trump, White House staff compiled a number of gorilla documentaries into a makeshift gorilla channel, broadcast into Trump's bedroom from a hastily-constructed transmission tower on the South Lawn. However, Trump was unhappy with the channel they had created, moaning that it was "boring"
because "the gorillas aren't fighting".
Staff edited out all the parts of the documentaries where gorillas weren't hitting each other, and at last the president was satisfied. "On some days he'll watch the gorilla channel for 17 hours straight," an insider told me. "He kneels in front of the TV, with his face about four inches from the screen, and says encouraging things to the gorillas, like 'the way you hit that other gorilla was good'. I think he thinks the gorillas can hear him."
1/4/18, 9:07 PM

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 6h

The house just extended their vacation!

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

Do you think Corey Lewandowski, Kristi Noem, or Stephen Miller himself thought it'd be cute to falsely claim FPS asked for a Guard invasion of the courthouse?

Finally, the Court notes its concern about a third declaration submitted by Defendants, in
which the declarant asserted that the FPS “requested federalized National Guard personnel to
support protection of the Federal District Court on Friday, October 10, 2025.” Doc. 62-3. This
purported fact was incendiary and seized upon by both parties at oral argument. It was also
inaccurate, as the Court noted on the record. To their credit, Defendants have since submitted a
corrected declaration, and the affiant has declared that they did not make the error willfully. Doc.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 11h

The person who leaks the Epstein files will never have to buy a drink again in their life.

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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 6h

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 7h

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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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 6h

In Oct 9 2025, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent letters to JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, and BNY Mellon over $1.5 billion in “suspicious #Epstein-related transactions.” #OpDeathEaters

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Ranking Member Raskin Probes Top Banks Over $1.5 Billion in Suspicious Transactions Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Sex Trafficking Ring

Washington, D.C. (October 9, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent letters to four of the nation’s largest banks demanding records and information related to more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators.

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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 6h

The letters demand records, communications, and internal risk assessments about transactions linked to Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and their network. Trump loyal Republicans on the committee reportedly blocked prior subpoenas for the same records.
#OpDeathEaters #Epstein

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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 6h

Trump loyalist, Rep. Eric Burlison of Missouri claimed that he would like to see the letter sent by Trump to Epstein and questioned its authenticity, when presented with the letter, he refused to see it. He is part of the coalition voting against releasing the Epstein files. #OpDeathEaters #Epstein

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Joseph In THEE OC @ocjoseph424.bsky.social · 7h

I can’t wait to see Winsome Earle-Sears lose the Virginia Gubernatorial election. She is an appalling homophobe.

Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 23h

Virginia Gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger (D): "she does not think that gay couples should be able to marry...she thinks it's ok for someone to be fired from their job for being gay"

Winsome Earle-Sears (R): "that's not discrimination!"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Mr. Secretary, the president is on the phone. He sounds very angry and he keeps calling you Lil Marco.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.”

(Published May)
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social

Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.

In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power t...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6h

Florida's surgeon general isn't just guided by science...his beliefs are shaped by a wife who says she can speak to spirits and levitate, and an energy healer guru.

Our latest on Joseph Ladapo:

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.

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CNN @cnn.com · 6h

Persistent worries about the higher cost of living and few job opportunities pushed consumer sentiment down to its seventh-lowest level in October, on records going back to 1952. https://cnn.it/3KLWlpC

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 6h

I think we have enough info to piece it together:
1-Trump threatened mass firings
2-The lawyers told him he can't
3-He risked looking weak
4-He decided to do the firings anyway

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NPR @npr.org · 6h

Baldwin: A Love Story, a book by Nicholas Boggs, has a singular focus on the redemptive power of devotion. n.pr/3J6uOib

A new James Baldwin biography explores how his lovers influenced his work

Baldwin: A Love Story, a book by Nicholas Boggs, has a singular focus on the redemptive power of devotion.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 6h

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 6h

The Devil is a liar.
Because it’s gon’ be my America before it’s all over.

Janelle Monáe Performs 'Americans'

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 6h

The Vice President follows that account

onion person @junlper.beer · 8h

setting aside the fact that they just don’t know what jokes are, this gives a big insight into the mind of white nationalists. they are deeply paranoid about the idea of being percieved as anything other than Epic Stoics

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