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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15h

AI videos being sent to him by Miller, Noem et al, right?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 15h

Quick, someone poll the 4 things in this scary, scary agenda.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

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 ... "

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☮☮😸😸☮☮ @catsforpeace2.bsky.social · 4m

Then DOGE moved in and stole all the data for every American. They know who Dems are.....

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 11h

The first thing Republicans did after getting sworn in as the majority in the House under Biden was form a committee on the weaponization of government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 12h

there's really just zero motivation for Ds to negotiate when they're saying things like this. if they're just going to rule by recissision anyway, might as well make them admit they're gutting the fillibuster in order to destroy healthcare.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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Annette @resistnow2024.bsky.social · 9h

I'm. Saying. The. Quite. Part. OUT. LOUD.
WE. MUST. STOP. THE. DICTATOR. trump.Before. We. Totally. Loose. Our. Democracy. And. Country. Forever.

Wake.Up.America. NOW.

OUR. TIME. IS. RUNNING. OUT. ‼️

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10h

Today in life under competitive authoritarianism

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 10h

Amazing thing about this isn’t even that none of it is true (none of it is), but that on Sunday morning, every news show will have Republicans on to soft-pedal some similar fiction to cover for the fact that ICE is literally kidnapping people in the streets and Republicans shutdown the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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☮☮😸😸☮☮ @catsforpeace2.bsky.social · 10m

It was awesome! Good for the Mariners. Can't wait for Brewers Cubs game tonight!

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 18h

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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☮☮😸😸☮☮ @catsforpeace2.bsky.social · 13m

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

“.. 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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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

“.. 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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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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bepis jr. @bepisjr.bsky.social · 14h

Tweet from “Thing Bad” username @Merman_Melville
“Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it’s probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day”
4:03 AM Jan 25, 2019
101 replies, 7.9K retweets, 33K likes, 1K saves

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 8h

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 15h

I think I know why Republicans don’t give a shit about the ACA tax credits expiring.

Remember all that personal information DOGE stole last spring?

Pretty sure they know exactly who registered Democrats are in most states…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 20h

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☮☮😸😸☮☮ @catsforpeace2.bsky.social · 20m

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14h

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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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22h

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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☮☮😸😸☮☮ @catsforpeace2.bsky.social · 22m

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 15h

Trump to China: obey my command or I will destroy the United States

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 15h

Trump to China: obey my command or I will destroy the United States

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

Prosecutors Sucking Lemons in Their Vindictive Prosecution of Jim Comey

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/11/p...

Prosecutors Sucking Lemons in Their Vindictive Prosecution of Jim Comey - emptywheel

Unless prosecutors find a way to make the Jim Comey prosecution go away, in nine days, we'll get details (in the Vindictive and Selective Prosecution motion) of the efforts Trump has already made to p...

www.emptywheel.net

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