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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 3h

The morning Milton is getting adopted today
(trial adoption starts today)

Extremely excited white Corgi mix with a big, open mouthed smile

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 22h

This absolute emotional rollercoaster of a post

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 23h

Re-upping:

Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.

In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.

As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.

www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

What Trump Means for John Roberts's Legacy | Harvard Magazine

Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.

www.harvardmagazine.com

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#TeslaTakedown Baltimore @teslatakedownbmore.bsky.social · 1h

Another good week at #teslatakedown. And we have unicorns now!

Join us 10/18 for #nokings
9428 Reisterstown Road, Owings Mills, MD
11:00 - 12:30

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 59m

Forget about “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”

The new standard for convicting is “seems pretty criminal to me.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said Pritzker should be in jail. Do you think he has committed a crime?

VANCE: I think Pritzker has certainly failed to keep the people of Illinois safe

S: It's a yes or no question

V: I certainly think he has violated his fundamental oath. That seems pretty criminal to me

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

Any time families come to deliver meds to the detention center now, someone shoves a camera + mic in their face. A few days ago we watched reporters do this to someone while crying. People don't realize they don't have to consent to it, so they go along with it.

These journos are not seeing Heaven

Secret Third Thing @gochujung.bsky.social · 2h

Yesterday, Don Lemon interrupted patient care for a visibly sensitive situation by shoving a mic in a patient’s face then getting annoyed at me when I swatted it out of the way & told him it was inappropriate. Yes, protests should be documented but no, they are not “content” & there is a difference.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 55m

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 55m

Vance: I’m sure that in the course of his life he has been paid more than $50,000 for services. The question is did he do something illegal.

Stephanopoulos: I’m asking if Homan accepted the $50,000

Vance: Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services? Low income women can’t get food

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MrsFitz @mrsfitz.bsky.social · Aug 20

Wish I could crawl in there and live my life.

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End The Genocides @wfwhuman.bsky.social · 1h

ICE out terrorizing Rogers Park and Edgewater in Chicago this morning. Lotsa watchers in the streets too!

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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 54m

Just because something is phrased in the butch dialect of “national interest” doesnt mean it isn’t a heap of flaming silliness. The notion that Americans need to arm and bankroll Israel or else China will take over the world is pure hysterical nonsense www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/w...

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 52m

Here is the abject inability to tell the truth, on clear display.

Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 21h

Trump straight up murdering people in the Caribbean and the NYT writes this

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 1h

Also from NYT today: another form of sanitization and being unable to tell the truth plainly.

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 1h

I was trying to put my finger on what bothered me about this portrayal and I think it’s that it just takes the guy’s words at face value, like he was a nice guy and reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death just pushed him over the edge www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...

She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay.

www.nytimes.com

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 49m

BREAKING: Look at this.

A new crypto wallet was created Friday.

It literally started shorting the market, with Bitcoin & Etherum shorts, JUST BEFORE Trump posted about tariffs.

It last short was placed at 4:49 PM EST.

Trump posted at 4:50PM EST.

It made nearly $200 million in profits.

Unusual.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3h

Pritzker should be held responsible for the police nominally under his control; that being said, this is going to be a problem for every politician you try to sell us on as a savior. Because everyone of them, and many of their supporters, refuses to actually confront what the police are doing.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Troopers with batons aggressively shoving crowd back.

Just saw two demonstrators arrested.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 14d

If you saw footage of Nepal's protests this month, it's a fair chance you saw it from WeHateTheCold, a British travel vlogger who stumbled into the revolution and started filming. I spoke to him about it for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/how-a-...

How a Travel YouTuber Captured Nepal’s Revolution for the World

Harry Jackson went into Kathmandu as a tourist. He ended up being one of the main international sources of news on Nepal’s Gen Z protests.

www.wired.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 51m

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Markayla W. @mkwhess.bsky.social · 50m

I am moving into my place this week and my car payment is on Friday. Any purchase would help me deeply during this time 💕
celdzinbeadwork.com

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 47m

and for some reason you are sending your state troopers to help

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 49m

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 1h

dudes holed up in the house daddy bought him because no one in his community wants to be around him

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Maria Bartiromo tries to reassure Fetterman: "You know, senator, what you just said, it's really shamefully on your colleagues. You feeling isolated -- that is absolutely outrageous. You are a breath of fresh air. I know our viewers are grateful."

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 1h

Stop calling for resignations and start calling for arrests.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1h

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.

"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t think Biden was president on J6.

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erin*carly @erincarly.bsky.social · 12h

Piggybacking on this to share a story I overheard today. Lady in front of me was USAID. Got fired while she and her family were stationed overseas. Kicked out of their home and kids pulled from school. Moved back here, living in a shared apartment, and she’s selling things on Etsy to get by. 💔😡

shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 15h

it actually offends me how sloppy and careless they are. anyone who’s ever been laid off knows the panic you feel when it happens. and while obviously it’s good that they backtracked, these are people’s fucking LIVELIHOODS they’re messing with.

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

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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