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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 5h

After doing a brief theatrical tour, The Onion's very funny 20-minute send-up of true crime tropes is watchable online.
www.avclub.com/onion-jeffre...

The Onion's Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is now available online

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 10h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 7h

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival
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Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 10h

"Mr. Stitt on Thursday said, 'We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,' adding, 'Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.'"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 10h

"The changeover occurred on Friday, Oct. 3, coincidentally on College Radio Day. Under the public service operating agreement, Ideastream’s “JazzNEO” 24/7 jazz format replaced campus programming on 89.3 FM."
www.cleveland.com/open/2025/10...

Cleveland State transfer of WCSB radio to Ideastream sparks protest

As a student-run radio station, WCSB was known for diverse programming. Under a new partnership between Cleveland State University and Ideastream Public Media, that has been replaced with JazzNEO form...

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15h

lede = introductory section in journalism

bury the lede = hiding the most relevant pieces of a story within other distracting information

Allegedly, it’s spelled ‘lede’ to avoid confusion with ‘lead,’ which was the strip of metal that would separate lines of type.

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 11h

Gift link.
Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs
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Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs (Gift Article)

President Trump says striking drug traffickers from Venezuela will prevent deadly drugs from reaching the United States. But the major smuggling routes are elsewhere.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12h

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy.

A copy of the arrangement with Eswatini that Mother Jones reviewed shows that the US has agreed to pay the monarchy $5.1 million to take in up to 160 ICE detainees.

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 12h

"Then on Wednesday the hackers started posting Discord samples of user data. That included selfies of people holding up their ID documents. At least two of these are from people holding identity documents from the U.S. and Canada."

404 Media @404media.co · 14h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

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The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 13h

the discord hack is every user's worst nightmare www.404media.co/the-discord-...

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404 Media @404media.co · 12h

A data hoarder on Reddit used AI to create a searchable database of more than 8,100 files about Jeffrey Epstein released by the House Oversight Committee, making it one of the easiest ways to search through a very messy batch of files.

🔗 www.404media.co/data-hoarder...

Data Hoarder Uses AI to Create Searchable Database of Epstein Files

The open source project has been mirrored as a torrent file and represents one of the easiest ways to navigate a messy data dump.

www.404media.co

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 12h

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America
The right loves the accounts, which often rail against supposed voter fraud. They’re run by a Macedonian who illegally donated to a U.S. House candidate.
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The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 15h

We are doing politics with version of America in our heads that doesn’t really exist—or, at lest, not fully.

Trump’s portrayal of American cities as war zones is, of course, not based in reality. But neither is the persistent belief among many we have not already hurtled into authoritarianism.

Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 18h

I wrote about how hard it is to do politics in reality right now, both because of the fictions beings imposed on us and because of the fictions we maintain in our own minds. Read at @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/all-in-our-h...

All In Our Heads: On Losing Our Democracy and Life Beyond Our Imaginations

Our language has to meet the moment, and we have to be relentless about dispelling the fiction MAGA is selling.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 18h

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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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 1d

"Healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon and Southwest Washington are set to strike for five days beginning next Tuesday if they are unable to reach a contract agreement with the care consortium."
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/10...

Portland-Area Kaiser Permanente Workers Could Strike as Soon as Next Week

Healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon and Southwest Washington are set to strike for five days beginning next Tuesday if they are unable to reach a contract agreement with the care consort...

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 2d

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 1d

Hey there 😺 Portland's lovely and life is beautiful, I hope all's well in your part of the world.

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 1d

"Two U.S. officials, who were not authorized to discuss the sensitive matter publicly, also said that Colombians were aboard at least one of the boats recently destroyed by the United States."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...

Colombia’s President Says Boat Bombed by U.S. Was Carrying Colombians

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 1d

"To believe the populace can avoid conflict by not ‘taking the bait,’ or that we can submit our way out of Trump’s attacks, is foolhardy."
www.streetroots.org/news/2025/10...

Letter from the editor | Portland and Oregon electeds took the bait

By acting as though the Trump regime cares about truth or reasonability, some leaders fell for the con

www.streetroots.org

Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 1d

Groundbreaking Settlement in Lawsuit About Right to Nursing Care for Individual with Substance Use Disorder
www.lac.org/news/groundb...

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Drug Policy Facts @drugpolicyfacts.bsky.social · 1d

Recordings from the 2025 NDARC Research Symposium are now available
www.unsw.edu.au/research/nda...

2025 NDARC Annual Research Symposium

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Iowa Capital Dispatch @iowacapitaldispatch.com · 1d

U.S. House Democrats failed again Wednesday to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, Shauneen Miranda reports.

US House GOP delays seating Rep.-elect Grijalva, potential deciding vote on Epstein petition • Iowa Capital Dispatch

U.S. House Democrats failed again Wednesday to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d

"where's the left media?" "where's fact-checked reporting?"

lately @teenvogue.com has run profiles: of Assata Shakur's revolutionary history; a 23-year-old Palestinian journalist; what's happening in Chicago's ICE protests; and organizing supporting LGBTQ+ youth

📍 www.teenvogue.com/news-politics

Journalist Plestia Alaqad Is Publishing Her Diaries From Gaza: "A Dystopian World"
"Every time I read it, I just feel disbelief — is this real? Did I really live that? Are there still thousands of people in Gaza living that?”
By Lex McMenamin

Politics
Assata Shakur Was a Black Revolutionary Who Fought for Freedom Even in Exile
“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”
By Marian Jones

Politics
Inside Gen Z Candidate Kat Abughazaleh's Viral ICE Rally Tear-Gassing: "Fascism 101"
“If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.”
By Maia McDonald

Politics
Hurricane Helene Devastated Asheville. A Local LGBTQ+ Organization Is Supporting Youth — With Cash
“We know that [direct cash transfers] are the number one support for preventing youth homelessness.”
By Colleen Hamilton

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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 1d

"As part of her lawsuit, Crook is citing numerous political and religious social-media posts allegedly made by Creston Community School District Superintendent Deron Stender over the past five years and by school board president Don Gee."
iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/10/08/f...

Facing dismissal over Kirk comment, teacher cites pro-GOP posts by superintendent • Iowa Capital Dispatch

A teacher, facing termination for comments about Charlie Kirk, is suing the school district and citing pro-GOP comments by the superintendent.

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