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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 16h

“But in the Nazi scheme of things one concession from a yielding opponent must lead quickly to another.”

— The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, p. 553

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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 13h

When Republicans do callous shit like this, I'm always reminded of the scene from Where The Buffalo Roam where Hunter S. Thompson meets Nixon in a public restroom and promptly grills him, to which Nixon responds with:

"Fuck the poor"

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h

The USDA is screwing the states by ordering them to implement SNAP work requirements practically overnight.

This means that families with teenagers older than 14, or grandparents who retired early to help care for their grandchildren, will suddenly find themselves without food. trib.al/E4dQdoG

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 13h

this is a special episode for those of you who want to hear me critique Ben Shapiro's knowledge of Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Rudyard Kipling

Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 21h

New Behind the Bastards 📖

Robert and Cody Johnston sit down to read Ben Shapiro's latest non-fiction book, which seems to be based entirely on him not understanding how lions work.

@iwriteok.bsky.social @codyjohnston.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

The Senate has just passed the military NDAA containing 2 anti-trans provisions: a surgery ban using federal funds (dependents too), and a sports ban on military academy spaces.

This will be the STARTING point for negotiations with the House, which has even worse provisions.

Only 20 Dems opposed.

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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 13h

Temu Goebbels sustains himself on hatred, like an outrage vampire desperately clinging to his ridiculous delusions of hierarchy and all too willing to destroy anyone more melanated than him to achieve his poisonous dream.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 22h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING: Federal judge issues TRO following a second day of hearings, blocking the Trump administration from “ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois” from now through Oct. 23. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
STATE OF ILLINOIS, a sovereign state; and the CITY OF CHICAGO, an Illinois municipal corporation,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 25-cv-12174
Judge April M. Perry
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; KRISTI NOEM, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security;
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; PETER B.
HEGSETH, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Defense; UNITED STATES ARMY; DANIEL P. DRISCOLL, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Army,
Defendants.
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
This Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Doc. 3, and
ORDERS as follows:
1. Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns entered, and all persons acting in concert with them, are temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the
National Guard of the United States within Illinois.
2. This Temporary Restraining Order is at 5:55 P.M. central time on this 9th day of October
2025 and expires on October 23, 2025 at 11:59 P.M.
'President Trump, one of the name Defendants, is not enjoined by this Order.

3. Within two (2) calendar days of entry of this Temporary Restraining Order, Plaintiffs
shall post a nominal bond of $100. The bond shall be filed in the Clerk's Office and be
deposited into the registry of the Court.
4. Defendants' Request to Stay or Administratively Stay the Temporary Restraining Order,
Doc. 62 at 58, is DENIED.
5. A telephone hearing will be held on October 22, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. to address whether
this Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for an additional fourteen (14)
calendar days.
Dated: October 9, 2025
Coul MPeray.
APRIL M. PERRY
United States District Judge
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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 22h

israel has been holding over 1,700 people hostage the whole time it has been demanding the release of its hostages

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 23h

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 15h

I mean what can you even say about a govt that pretends to accept a ceasefire, celebrates Trump for reaching it while urging he get the Nobel Peace Prize, and meanwhile just keeps slaughtering civilians. Utterly putrid behavior unbecoming of the civilized world.

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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 14h

"The Liberty Vote announcement also says its actions will be in 'compliance with President Trump’s executive order,'(...)on election integrity. Parts of that order have already been blocked by a federal judge, and leading election experts have said the order is likely unconstitutional."

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots | CNN Politics

Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately.

www.cnn.com

Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 1d

"...McMahon has brought on at least 20 political appointees from ultraconservative think tanks and advocacy groups(...)

Among them is top adviser Lindsey Burke, a longtime policy director at The Heritage Foundation and the lead author of the education section in Project 2025(...)"

Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social · 2d

“I'm optimistic that, you know, five years from now a majority of kids are going to be in a private school choice program.” www.propublica.org/article/educ...

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Gare Davis @bishonentype.bsky.social · 1d

This ep. I talk about how targeted violence is weaponized as emblematic of the oppositional political project and our obsession with viewing violence as the result of ideology and not downstream of personal experiences, material conditions, access to guns, self-annihilation, and social alienation.

Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 1d

New It Could Happen Here

@bishonentype.bsky.social talks about how politicians and media figures weaponize public acts of violence through the lens of partisan political ideology.

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

This does provide some insight into how the Truth Social sausage gets made.

The note in front of Trump says: "We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first."

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 1d

"Also included in the folder was a bulleted list of comebacks. Apparently, Bondi needed to prepare the remark 'You are a total hypocrite' in advance."

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Her notes for the Senate Judiciary Committee had nothing to do with her work leading the DOJ, or even the embattled border czar. Rather, Bondi had collected screenshots of social media posts, prewritten comebacks, and handwritten notes she hoped could give her a good “gotcha” moment.
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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 1d

This is probably the best thing I've read all year. This is the kind of article I want to discuss with friends over beers at the bar, or on a cool evening around a campfire.

Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 1d

looked at this article on stream today - highly recommended if you're trying to make sense of why so much of the discussion on political violence taking place right now feels . . . off.

www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...

What Is Political Violence? - Boston Review

Pundits and politicians conceal the truth: it’s all around us, perpetrated by our political system itself.

www.bostonreview.net

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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to laugh uncontrollably if Trump calls the Senate Armed Services Committee, filled with Republicans, "woke" or "traitors" for daring to-

*checks notes*

-do their job. Hopefully they continue to press this or get loud about the blatant obfuscation.

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 1d

“Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine said Wednesday that he and other members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a classified briefing this week, were denied access to the Pentagon’s legal opinion about whether the boat strikes adhered to U.S. law.”

apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump has yet to provide Congress hard evidence that targeted boats carried drugs, officials say

The Trump administration hasn't provided evidence to lawmakers that recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats were justified.

apnews.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

If this deal holds, if it goes beyond the 1st phrase, if all of the hostages on both side are released, if Israel withdraws its troops & doesn't resume bombing, if aid gets in, then I'll give Trump credit.

But I count 5 "ifs" above. Let's see. Trump always tends to disappoint.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: Israel and Hamas reach agreement on "first phase" of plan to stop fighting, release hostages and prisoners, Trump says.

Israel, Hamas agree to 'first phase' of plan to end fighting, release hostages, Trump says

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

bit.ly

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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 1d

Latest from the fascist dipshit jamboree:

"Let's kill American citizens without accountability based on the word of a prolific liar"

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

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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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

If the WH and its hangers-on are going full Nazi and the rest of the GOP continues to show nothing but full-throated support for the WH then well that’s no different from the rest of the GOP going full Nazi

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yes Chicago

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 2d

After watching the whole hearing, it's stunning how brazenly Bondi ducks and weaves the simplest of questions. She literally chuckled while reciting her non-answers again and again.

I doubt anything will come of this, nor will anyone be held in contempt for refusing to answer anything asked.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

“First of all, is there a tape that has audio and video of the transfer of the $50,000?” Senator Sheldon Whitehouse asked Bondi, referencing reports that such a recording indeed exists.

“You would have to talk to Director Patel about that,” Bondi replied.

“No, I’m talking to you.”
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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 2d

"Never before has so much money been spent so rapidly on a technology that, for all its potential, remains largely unproven as an avenue for profit-making."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 2d

The folks at Fox News did their best to lie for Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party. Undocumented immigrants are NOT eligible for government subsidized health insurance programs.

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Cosmonautilus5 @cosmonautilus5.bsky.social · 2d

“[T]he State does not lose its power to regulate commercial activity deemed harmful to the public whenever speech is a component of that activity.“

Where did that come from? A 1978 opinion of the Supreme Court — cited positively in the 2018 California case

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2d

The first Law Dork oral argument report of the new Supreme Court term is a doozy: Chiles v. Salazar, over Colorado’s conversion therapy ban.

Supreme Court likely to strike down Colorado's conversion therapy ban

A lesson in how defining the case often resolves the case.

www.lawdork.com

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