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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 15h

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 8h

In the middle of a government shutdown—while millions of Americans face down dramatic increases in their health care premiums—the Senate just voted to send another $900 BILLION to our already bloated pentagon budget. Disgusting.

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 22h

Republicans still have the U.S. House on break this week - but don't be fooled - there is a lot of work that lawmakers could be doing.

The House has approved just 3 of the 12 government funding bills. That means 9 other bills still need a vote.

jamiedupree.substack.com/p/hallways-g...

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

I know that some people see foreign aid as wasteful but limiting the spread of deadly diseases is in all our interests

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19h

More than eight months after President Trump cut U.S. foreign assistance to Africa, health officials are reporting a rise in deadly infections brought on by a shortage of medical supplies, including a new Ebola outbreak in the Congo that has already killed several dozen people.

U.S. aid cuts are being felt across Africa. Here’s where.

How the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. aid has affected disease preparedness and response in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9h

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 19h

Have you heard the good news?

We made/used more renewable energy than coal.

We could be making so much more.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

www.npr.org

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 8h

Total scumbag move

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 12h

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Harlow’s Musings @harlowsmusings.bsky.social · 1d

IL Governor, JB Pritzker is giving off major “I protect the family vibes” today.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 14h

Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10h

“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

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CKC Pottery 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ckcpottery.bsky.social · 7h

Why did they switch to Common Core though?

CKC Pottery 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ckcpottery.bsky.social · 7h

Utah needs to sue this outrageous treatment

ballerinaX @ballerinax.bsky.social · 8h

"A judge gave the government 10 days to respond, and when they failed to do so during that period and in another 30-day window, the motion to terminate was granted."

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Utah violinist no longer in deportation proceedings after ICE detainment

Utah violinist John Shin, who spent weeks in an ICE detention center, no longer faces deportation after the U.S. government failed to appeal the termination of his removal proceedings.

www.fox13now.com

CKC Pottery 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ckcpottery.bsky.social · 7h

Absolutely which is why I support @citizensforethics.org and @publiccitizen.bsky.social and am a fan of @anticorruption.bsky.social www.citizensforethics.org

CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

CREW is a leading ethics watchdog organization that takes relentless legal and investigative actions holding people in power to account.

www.citizensforethics.org

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h

Fighting corruption is not a distraction from defending democracy; it's an impotant part of it. www.thebulwark.com/p/anti-corru...

How Anti-Corruption Can Be a Winning Issue for Democrats

It’s a powerful, unifying theme—and it’s tied to the crisis of democracy under Trump.

www.thebulwark.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 18h

It sounds like Trump is trying to order the National Guard to "protect" a Federal courthouse, and the Chief Judge there is telling everyone that they do not need or want the Guard there. This is no way to run a military, or a country.

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 8h

As Governor, make no mistake — I will make lowering everyday costs across Virginia my top priority.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 14h

“My NIMBY stance was for my family property in the beginning. Now it’s for my whole state. I say no, we don’t want a prison. We don’t want this mega prison in this state,” says a resident of Franklin County, Arkansas.

The Prison Next Door

How Arkansas’ secretive plan for a new state lockup angered people in a deep red corner of rural America—and changed how some see incarceration.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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CKC Pottery 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ckcpottery.bsky.social · 7h

Who has more patriotic sense & backbone, Gov. Kevin Stitt or the Supreme Court majority? So far, the Governor is winning.

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CKC Pottery 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ckcpottery.bsky.social · 7h

E Jean Carol for the win

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 7h

Boom there it is!

untethered to the facts

no credible evidence

if that's a judge's view, no degree of deference should dictate the opposite result. This is a really important principle

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 12h

Perry: "I have seen no credible evidence that there is danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois."

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