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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 1h

Well golly it sounds like you should let long-standing precedents stand until you rule on the merits, then. That is not what you’re doing!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

and this is in turn tied to what they think america is supposed to be: a rigidly hierarchical and patriarchal society dominated by a religious and business elite

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3h

He fundamentally does not believe liberalism or "the Left" could authentically exist in America without some sinister "globalist" elites propagating these essentially foreign ideas from the institutions (federal agencies, universities...) they have taken over and turned into "leftist" power centers.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 4h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 6h

An assault on the livability of the planet, the vitality of local economies, and the livelihood of workers because Trump wants to further enrich fossil fuel barons

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

Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy

Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have produced enough energy to power 2m homes

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

gonna keep reposting this until i don't have to

www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

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

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 1d

"[Weiss'] August 2017 New York Times column about the hijacking of the Women’s March by far-left radicals acknowledged that 'the nightmare of the Trump administration' was by far the bigger story" man do you even hear yourself

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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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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 2d

White House staff should just make and show him an AI-generated video where he wins, fly him to Duluth and tell him it’s Oslo, and dare the New York Times to say anything more than “Experts disagree about whether Mr Trump was awarded the Nobel Prize”.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

"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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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 2d

Slow Horses has replaced The Blacklist as the show your gen x coworker has most likely "been getting into". the blacklist held onto the title from 2021 to today. it is the first time an apple tv show has held this honor, and joins ted lasso as the second apple tv show to earn broad coworker approval

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d

A good example of Dems not adapting to MAGA war mindset is that they keep telling reporters they can't engage on Trump's military occupations because it's a "trap" to entice them into a losing debate about crime. That concedes too much up front and plays by old rules.
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 3d

new snakehandling just dropped

Juliette Rihl @julietterihl.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t usually cover breaking news, but this story is truly wild.

A pastor in central PA brought an AR-15 to church and pointed it at people during his sermon. Gun safety experts and internet commentators are, predictably, not happy!

(Paywall free link below)

www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10...

Dauphin County pastor under fire for pointing assault-style rifle during sermon

In a move experts called a serious safety violation, he pointed the unloaded weapon at churchgoers, while asking for a 'violent action of faith.'

www.pennlive.com

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Ben @coxsportsohio.bsky.social · 3d

nice, have been meaning to pick up a copy of RINGO www.thevinyldistrict.com/storefront/t...

TVD Radar: Ringo Starr reissues first four solo LPs, in stores 10/24 - The Vinyl District

VIA PRESS RELEASE | Today, UMe announce the reissue of Ringo Starr’s first four solo albums out October 24, 2025. Brand new limited-edition pressings of Sentimental Journey on buttermilk yellow color ...

www.thevinyldistrict.com

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 3d

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 3d

When they do stories on young tories, do they make them put on the twerp outfits for the photo shoot or is that just how they show up

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Ben @coxsportsohio.bsky.social · 3d

last night’s slow horses was exquisite

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

No clearer indication of the right’s moral rot than the swift evolution from angrily denying any association with buffoonish bigots like like Posobiec and Fuentes, to “there’s no harm in having a conversation,” to openly praising and promoting them.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

Not the least surprised by this. I’d hope it might finally wake up some mainstream libertarians to what Smith is really about. But it probably won’t.

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billypilgrim65.bsky.social @billypilgrim65.bsky.social · 3d

Aside from Murc’s Law the “congress did/stalled/deadlocked etc” formula has been one of the most damaging journalism formulations that has made GOP anti-governance possible.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Ben @coxsportsohio.bsky.social · 3d

they’re gonna shoot that frog

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d

This is maybe the most insulting thing you could say about a human being lol

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 4d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 3d

had never before considered that the inflatable costumes offer pepper ball protection

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 6d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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