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The Verge @theverge.com · 6h

OpenAI allegedly sent police to an AI regulation advocate’s door

OpenAI reportedly wanted to find out if the advocates received funding from Elon Musk.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 7h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 6h

Michael Fanone on the January 6 rioters Trump pardoned: Daniel Rodriguez, he was sentenced to over 12 years in prison, for driving a stun gun into my neck while I was restrained and being beaten. Kyle Young, who attempted to take my firearm. Thomas Sibick, who stripped me of my badge and my radio.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 6h

He cannot admit he played himself and American consumers.

As Trump likes to say “you don’t have the cards.”
China has moved on.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

More tariff policy evolution — via one man’s whim.

$SPX $FXI

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 7h

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 6h

Having heard the hotel room cancelation story, unfortunately only from one source, and gotten scooped, I don't understand the Politico story to be a vexatious political attack.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11h

Paul Ingrassia is now threatening to sue Politico:

“This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.”

October 10, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Re: Statement on behalf of my client Paul Ingrassia regarding last night's story, Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment, POLITICO (Oct. 9, 2025), https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/09/ingrassia-trump-harassment-dhs-
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POLITICO's hit piece about Mr. Ingrassia is calculated to cause maximum harm to his promising career — and torpedo his nomination for Special Counsel. This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.
To be 100% crystal clear, so that there is zero room for doubt: Mr. Ingrassia did not engage in any wrongdoing in connection with the matters reported. As POLITICO itself reported: "The woman, whom POLITICO is not naming, said in a statement that she 'never felt uncomfortable' about Ingrassia's behavior and said she had never made a complaint." This is one of the only accurate parts of POLITICO's otherwise fantastical and fictional partisan fairy tale.
Accordingly, one last time, I call upon POLITICO to publicly apologize and issue a full retraction of this disgraceful and partisan sludge.
/s/ Edward Andrew Paltzik
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 8h

So they are adding new wrinkles to the #KavanaughStops

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 2d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 5h

: insert angry goose meme :

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Q: What happens in Gaza the day after the hostage release?

TRUMP: Day after what?

Q: The day after the hostage release, what happens?

TRUMP: Hopefully you're gonna have great success for -- I call it everlasting success

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 12h

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a tan puppy sits on a gray surface and looks at the camera. she has a bump in the middle of her forehead with a tuft of lighter colored fur, and her eyes are wideset. she's a magical unicorn.

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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 6h

Someone has to have told him how math works by this point, right!?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 6h

Don't get me wrong, there's plenty to be severely outraged about with Trump and his admin, but I'm just not sure this is one of those things.

Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 6h

I would have to see the exact wording on that to differentiate from what has already been happening with training for the pilots from Singapore who also bought planes. Until then I'm chalking this up to Trump and Hesgeth claiming victory on something they had very little hand in.

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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 6h

Please correct me if there's more info and it's actually a separate military base, but what I have seen suggests it's actually only for training the pilots on the planes they have bought.

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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 6h

A facility (in this case for training on the planes they bought) is not the same as their own private military base on US soil. I think this is a case of hearing a thing and thinking it's something worse because Trump.
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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 9h

Here's more on the deal from a couple of years ago:
www.stripes.com/branches/air...

$12 billion deal may bring hundreds of Qatar, US Air Force members to Idaho base

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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 6h

Like I said, Trump and Hesgeth absolutely may have made it worse, but a facility (in this case for training on the planes they bought) is not the same as their own private military base.
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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 9h

Here's more on the deal from a couple of years ago:
www.stripes.com/branches/air...

$12 billion deal may bring hundreds of Qatar, US Air Force members to Idaho base

www.stripes.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

Re-upping this piece on news that Vought is firing federal employees:
*Vought lying that shutdowns compel layoffs, never have before.
*Layoffs are a choice, the shutdown is an excuse.
*Comes on top of existing RIFs, will make restoring govt services harder post-shutdown.
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Shutdown hostage taking

Russ Vought's threatens more mass firings; SCOTUS blesses his de facto impoundment

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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 8h

You're correct. The sale and planning for this training happened under Biden.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 10h

I will forever find the idea that you can't find equally qualified (maybe even more qualified) people for half the price in pretty much any of these positions, such as CEOs for state agencies, university presidents, etc. etc. etc., to be total bullshit. Overpaid and unjustifiably so.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 10h

Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/10/c...

Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

Democrats has a trifecta in 2021 and did not do any of these things. Maybe Dems should be taking notes on power politics here.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Mamdani: "Trump ran on 3 promises - punishment of his political enemies, easing cost of living crisis, & mass deportation. It's that second promise that brought so many to his campaign. And yet he's unable & unwilling to deliver bc he's beholden to the very billionaires that are profiting off of it"

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 10h

Bill C-11, which strips military jurisdiction over the investigation of sexual offences and puts them under civilian authority, is long overdue, say opposition MPs.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Military justice reform bill ‘a major step forward,’ but needs work at committee, say Bloc MPs as Tories favour more debate

Bill C-11, which strips military jurisdiction over the investigation of sexual offences and puts them under civilian authority, is long overdue, say opposition MPs.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11h

It should inspire those engaged in similar struggles around the world - and remind those of us lucky enough to live in America that we have a solemn responsibility to constantly preserve and defend our own hard-won democratic traditions.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 10h

the subtle shade here

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11h

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 9h

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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 9h

This is actually a part of Biden's presidency instituted to allow the Qatari pilots to train on the F-15s they are receiving as a part of a $12B sale. It's certainly possible Trump and Hesgeth have made it worse, but more likely they're just taking credit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 9h

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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 9h

This is actually a part of Biden's presidency instituted to allow the Qatari pilots to train on the F-15s they are receiving as a part of a $12B sale. It's certainly possible Trump and Hesgeth have made it worse, but more likely they're just taking credit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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