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Artesian Mystic @artesianmystic.bsky.social · 16m

Wish this was emphasized more along with healthcare. It’s an important point.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 22m

Great statement.

Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 23m

No “clean CR” exists when Trump defies Congress and unilaterally guts programs—from law enforcement to pediatric cancer research to clean energy projects.

Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 44m

Witkoff and Kushner toured Gaza today. Video was released by IDF with no sound

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1h

Wow!

ProBon @probon.bsky.social · 5h

Meanwhile the world has stopped buying American orange juice.
It now trades at 43% of the price it went for when Trump took office.

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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 33m

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 58m

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working on Ebola and dozens of other infectious disease experts
(Gift article)

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

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29m

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Artesian Mystic @artesianmystic.bsky.social · 24m

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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 3h

Ashley Hinson is hanging with billionaires and begging for campaign cash as service members are forced to go to food banks because they’re not receiving paychecks during the government shutdown.

This is not acceptable. Iowans, and Americans, deserve better.

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CNBC @cnbc.com · 3h

The United States stands to lose $30 billion in international tourism dollars this year.

The lost revenue is set to benefit other countries — notably Canada and Latin America — as travelers seek out other destinations or decide to stay within their own countries or regions.

The U.S. is losing travelers. Here are the countries that stand to benefit

The United States stands to lose $30 billion in international tourism dollars this year, monies which are set to flow to neighboring nations and beyond.

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 2h

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 3h

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2h

This is important exculpatory evidence bc the indictment accuses James of seeking a “second home” mortgage when in reality she intended to use it as an “investment” home by renting it out.

(James disclosed between $1,000-5,000 in rent during 1st year, but the contract allowed short term rentals.)

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3h

NYT reports that Letitia James’s great niece lives in the home that is the subject of the indictment.

The niece reportedly testified before a *different* grand jury, telling them that she had lived there for many years without paying rent. James visits regularly.

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

Letitia James
Indictment
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But in June, IMs. Thompson testified to a grand
jury in Norfolk that she had lived in the house for years and that she did not pay rent, a person familiar with her testimony said. She was not asked to testify again, and the grand jury that voted to indict Ms. James was not seated in Norfolk, but in Alexandria.
The specter of Mr. Trump's revenge campaign has so far overshadowed the facts of the case, given how he has pushed for Ms. James's punishment. For years, he has railed against her on social media, calling her a "crook" and
"corrunt" Last month. he also appointed Ms.

for a peaceful life after years of turbulence in several cities.
The family, Nakia Thompson and her children, have lived at the address ever since, according to two people familiar with the home, and until this week, the plan for a more lacid existence had largely gone as expected. Several times a year, the people said, a great-aunt who had purchased the house in 2020 with Ms.
Thompson in mind would come for an extended stay.
This week, with the filing of court papers some 200 miles north, the plan came to an abrupt end.
The great-aunt - Letitia James, the New York attorney general - was indicted by President Trump's Justice Department. The yellow house,

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3h

Despite all of Susan Collins’s **concerns**, Russ Vought, who she voted to confirm, still went ahead and fired a boatload of hard-working Americans.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

SUSAN COLLINS, Wednesday: "I've made very clear that I do not believe there should be firings of furloughed workers."

RUSS VOUGHT, Friday: "The RIFs have begun."

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OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 3h

Russia canceled its first Russia-Arab summit because most of Arab leaders would not attend it.

The summit was supposed to take place on October 15, but a week earlier, it turned out that only acting president of Syria and Prime Minister of Iraq confirmed their participation.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4h

Former President Joe Biden is receiving radiation and hormone therapy as part of a new phase of treating the aggressive form of prostate cancer he was diagnosed with after leaving office, a spokesperson said Saturday.

Biden is receiving radiation and hormone therapy to treat his prostate cancer

Former President Joe Biden's treatment for an aggressive form of prostate cancer has entered a new phase.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 4h

"Even before he ran for office, Trump saw journalists as creatures of his own device." wapo.st/4q6KId6

For Trump, media manipulation is his show of force

The president has long attacked the media as “fake news,” but the White House has created a new crop of journalists to advance its policy priorities.

wapo.st

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Artesian Mystic @artesianmystic.bsky.social · 4h

Purrfect! ❤️

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Artesian Mystic @artesianmystic.bsky.social · 4h

I consulted with my doctor and the pharmacy didn’t question that I had a pre-existing condition. I’m under 65 in Iowa.

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 5h

Portland: Note the lack of smoke and all the buildings still standing.

Personal note: since my visits are usually during academic breaks, it's been decades since I've been there for fall colors

PDX Pipeline @portlandevents.bsky.social · 19h

Hers a photo of our fall colors and aerial tram. The ICE facility is right by where the tram starts & then takes people up to OHSU & Veterans hospital

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Artesian Mystic @artesianmystic.bsky.social · 5h

And won’t swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva. And won’t release the Epstein files. C’mon guys, you can handle 3 points with the public.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 5h

The same GOP leaders who want to get rid of rainbow crosswalks because they don't want "ideology" inserted into public life are the ones ordering the ten commandments displayed in public schools.

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Artesian Mystic @artesianmystic.bsky.social · 5h

Love it.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

Me to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Comey and James and (probably imminent) Bolton prosecutions

"It doesn’t matter what your politics are. If you say he’s stupid, which he is, if you say he is wrong, which he is, if you say he’s a criminal or sleezy, which he is ... then you’re his enemy.”

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16h

"Her mother died suddenly. And so Nori, 18 years old, was in a country that she didn't know, without the family that she grew up with, with basically no place to go and nothing to do."

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social talks the reality of Trump's immigration policy with @timmiller.bsky.social:

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