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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 9h

Powerful storm.. My first geography paper as a masters student was research on shoreline erosion from coastal storms on New Jersey barrier islands, and impact of human made structures (jetties, seawalls, artificial dunes) on beach width. The Ash Wednesday storm 1962 was the most destructive/erosive.

The Eyewall @theeyewallwx.bsky.social · 10h

For South Jersey and Delaware, it appears this will be the most significant coastal storm in 10 to 15 years. Major impacts, particularly from gusty winds, beach erosion, and coastal flooding. We explain impacts and the latest on active Western weather below or at theeyewall.com.

Major coastal flooding and beach erosion coming for the Jersey Shore and Delmarva, while storminess continues out West

Biggest coastal storm impacts in 10 to 15 years for Delaware and South Jersey

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 11h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 1d

The Dow plunged almost 900 points and the S&P 500 lost 2.7% in the biggest drop since April after Trump threatened new tariffs on China.

Dow drops almost 900 points, S&P 500 declines the most since April after Trump's new China tariff threat

The Trump post sparked a rapid sell-off in stocks Friday.

www.cnbc.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

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Chris Otto (LNP | LancasterOnline) @chrisottolnp.bsky.social · 1d

The company’s Facebook page says it manufactures “various high explosive compositions and specialty products for the U.S. DoD and U.S. Industrial markets.” www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/u...

Massive blast at military explosives plant in Tennessee leaves multiple people dead, several ‘unaccounted for’ | CNN

Multiple people are dead or unaccounted for after a military explosives facility in Tennessee blew up Friday morning, rattling nearby homes and setting off smaller explosions, local officials say.

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 1d

A Newsmax host defended ICE agents shooting a minister in the head with a pepper ball by falsely claiming he was “actually an antifa member masquerading as a pastor.”

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Sean Woods @seanwoods.bsky.social · 1d

"They disappeared her." This story from @timdickinson.bsky.social is so upsetting. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump's Admin Disappeared Them Anyway

Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disappeared an immigrant mom living in Portland and her four U.S. citizen children.

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Chris Otto (LNP | LancasterOnline) @chrisottolnp.bsky.social · 1d

Would those stories be picked up and worth the effort, given how much the media landscape has changed, faced massive reductions and splintered from 1995 to 2025?

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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 1d

Shutdown Forces Medicare Patients in Pennsylvania off Popular Telehealth and Hospital-at-Home Programs | These services can be a lifeline for older people, especially in rural areas, where residents may struggle to travel long distances for health care in person, reports @stateline.org.

Shutdown Forces Medicare Patients in Pennsylvania and Across the Country off Popular Telehealth and Hospital-at-Home Programs - Bucks County Beacon

Both telehealth and home hospital services can be a lifeline for older people, especially in rural areas, where residents may struggle to travel long distances for health care in person.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 1d

It seems like the cause of some minor furor every year but you'd think people would have internalized that the Nobel Peace Prize is a little suspect after Kissinger and Arafat each got one.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Agnieszka de Sousa @aggiedesousa.bsky.social · 1d

China’s quest to wean itself off US farm produce is taking it to more and more places. Read Business of Food newsletter here:

#soybeans #food

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China’s Mission to Quit American Produce Takes It to Africa

After avocados from South Africa, honey from Tanzania and mutton from Madagascar, it’s Angola’s turn to ink lucrative deals with Beijing.

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 1d

They make up lies about paid agitators doing violence, and attach them to the name of a prominent Jewish person. This is antisemitism, and it infects every part of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

A judge in Illinois has temporarily blocked federal agents from using certain types of force and crowd-control measures against protesters, after video of a pastor being repeatedly shot by pepper balls during a demonstration outside at an ICE facility near Chicago drew widespread outcry.

Judge orders restrictions on federal tactics against ICE protesters after Chicago-area pastor shot with pepper balls | CNN

A judge in Illinois has temporarily blocked federal agents from using certain types of force and crowd-control measures against protesters, after video of a pastor being repeatedly shot by pepper ball...

www.cnn.com

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Chris Otto (LNP | LancasterOnline) @chrisottolnp.bsky.social · 1d

Lancaster County reader letter: "I believe that President Donald Trump must be impeached again, convicted by the U.S. Senate, removed as president and imprisoned." lancasteronline.com/opinion/lett...

Congress must do its job and remove Trump as president [letter]

I believe that President Donald Trump must be impeached again, convicted by the U.S. Senate, removed as president and imprisoned.

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LNP | LancasterOnline @lancasteronline.bsky.social · 3d

US Rep. Smucker and other Republicans are lying about shutdown and Democrats' health care aims [editorial]
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US Rep. Smucker and other Republicans are lying about shutdown and Democrats' health care aims [editorial]

THE ISSUE

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WIRED @wired.com · 2d

Mark Bray, a historian at Rutgers who specializes in Spanish history and radicalism, was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

Bray has been a far-right target ever since he published 'Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook' in 2017.

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

but ALSO: China is shifting its soybean purchases from the U.S. to Argentina because of a pointless trade war that's devastating U.S. farmers

extremely innovative

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

Utility rates are rising in 41 states due to the increased demand from data centers on the electric grid.

www.businessinsider.com/energy-conse...

AI data centers are driving up electricity bills. Energy-saving hacks might not help lower them.

Data centers are driving up consumers' electricity costs, but experts say energy conservation hacks won't lower bills much. Here's what to do instead.

www.businessinsider.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions.

These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water.

AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Kristi Noem: "If we have to do it the hard way in Portland and Chicago, we will."

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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