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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 19h

Now let’s talk about federal tax revenue from thrse places www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 1d

When I was in grad school a family donated to my dept $500/semester for each grad student to buy books from a local independent bookstore. I got to start my own library of books I could annotate and branch out into an area I wasn't originally studying (in which I ended up minoring). It was awesome.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 3d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 2d

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2d

The New York Times knows crime is not “out of control” in major U.S. cities — in fact, crime is way down from past years and decades — but NYT amplifies JD Vance’s lie without a fact check.
It’s journalism malpractice that helps the fascists.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 3d

Would be a good time to shut down Dreamforce. If I have friends who are still speaking there, this is a good reason to cancel.

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 4d

Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 6d

To be fair, habeas corpus sounds like an immigrant

Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 7d

No news show should ever have him on to spew his spineless authoritarianism. He deserves no respect or for anyone to listen to what he has to say

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 7d

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

www.nobelprize.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Schiff gets Bondi so flustered that she starts blurting things out while he details what a farce this "oversight" hearing has been and the Republican members' lack of interest in doing their jobs

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 8d

How many of these farmers rail against "welfare" and all those supposed handouts to cities?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Trump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns U.S. Crops

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 8d

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 8d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 9d

This feels like the key point. A discussion over semantics as opposed to the accessibility of action in defense of democracy. And even, I would add, the potential for not only stopping the slide but fomenting a robust renewal of core democratic values.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 9d

You’re a straight up toadie & every Texan should be embarrassed by you. All it takes is for your Big Daddy to call you — whether to redistrict or send your National Guard to invade another state — & you snap to attention.

You’re a truly pathetic excuse for a leader/human being.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9d

Immergut: What I'll do is not modify my original TRO but issue a new TRO that prohibits the relocation or deployment of any federalized national guard to the state of Oregon....

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Kendyl Hanks @kendylhanks.bsky.social · 11d

“The law says he can’t do it so it’s not clear whether he can” is such a 2025 headline

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 11d

It is not clear that Mr. Trump’s image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy. Trump admin is planning to do it anyway.
By Alan Rappeport

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin

www.nytimes.com

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11d

They're questions that could be asked of any number of news outlets: Are you this fucking credulous or are you just saying this to make money? | Analysis

CNN @cnn.com · 11d

They’re questions that could be asked of any number of President Donald Trump’s social media posts: Was he telling the truth before? Did he just not understand that thing that he said earlier? Is he just trolling all of us? | Analysis

Analysis: Trump is finally ready to talk about Project 2025 | CNN Politics

They’re questions that could be asked of any number of President Donald Trump’s social media posts:

www.cnn.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14d

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 13d

We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.

Prince with “Slave” written on his face, in protest of his unfair recording contract, including lack of ownership of his master recordings.

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Myq Kaplan @myqkaplan.bsky.social · 14d

They just finished building a new Ikea store near me.

There are a few parts left over lying around that they didn't use, but it's probably fine.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 13d

Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.

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50501 Info and extras @the50501movement.bsky.social · 14d

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 14d

Who is this guy? Antifa? Well, in a literal sense....

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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 14d

“How far we have fallen,” @elliotkirschner.bsky.social laments.

"What we have seen today with an unprecedented gathering of senior officers called back to Virginia is a betrayal of all that should define our national security. . . . I can only imagine the incredulity of those in the audience."

General Stupidity

America is weaker today

substack.com

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