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Daniel Bastiaanse @indodragon.bsky.social · 3h

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2h

4 day lag before the commentariat picks up on my point 🤣

Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 4d

The design of the judiciary itself (the court of first hearing is localized), means It's hard for the Trump Regime to argue Portland is burning when the _district_ judge hearing the case can see with their own eyes that it clearly isn't.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 5d

VERY chill out here tonight at ICE processing facility south of downtown Portland. Federal Judge (Immergut, appointed by Trump) just made ruling from the bench no federalized Guard to Portland from anywhere period.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 6h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 4h

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 2h

Take the sheet off your face, boy
It's a brand-new day

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respect yourself the staple singers

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Nathan Lauster @lausterna.bsky.social · 2h

The Chicago story, as many have noted, rhymes an awful lot with some pretty terrible history.

But evidence also reminds me of the Aurora, CO, landlord who really amped up the Venezuelan gang story at his buildings seemingly to get out of code violations. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c429982...

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 11h

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 6h

NPR nearly made me shit my pants just now.

NPR @npr.org · 10h

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch. n.pr/48przga

Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch.

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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 6h

No Qatari military bases on U.S. soil.

NFW

And give that white elephant of a plane back, while you're at it.

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 8h

Just flown in from Riyadh, and boy are my excuses tired

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 8h

In under-the-radar news: a GOP-aligned former election official just bought Dominion Voting. He wants to mirror trump’s election directives. His other company, KnowInk, has been tied to multiple voting failures. Now he controls the machinery & our votes. That should scare everyone.

Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 8h

This is truly BONKERS.

Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social · 8h

The NYC Department of Correction is extremely serious about projecting an image of reform, lawfulness, and considered, sober judgment these days, so it has decided to rename its Lower Manhattan jail complex after... multiply disgraced criminal Bernie Kerik.

hellgatenyc.com/city-jail-na...

Adams Administration Quietly Renames the Tombs for Disgraced Criminal Bernard Kerik

The Lower Manhattan jail facility briefly bore Kerik's name once before, until he was convicted of corruption.

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 8h

I’m so sick of these rotten evil bastards and what they’re doing to my country.

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Randy Roller @tristan1949.bsky.social · 9h

Sharing this complete and important article.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

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PJ walker @pj1304.bsky.social · 9h

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Portland council member makes CNN anchor laugh with snarky response to Kristi Noem claims

“There is no terrorism happening here,” the council member told CNN.

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ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 9h

538-0 sweep for Dems if they did this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

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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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 9h

I know she doesn’t know what she’s doing because there’s no way you have time read all those memos, have detailed meetings with each individual, AND run the network.

rudetuesday @rudetuesday.bsky.social · 9h

This Bari Weiss memo reminds me of all the times I needed to find a new job because the place I originally set out to work got bought by people who didn't understand the business and ended up tanking the place (after making work extremely unpleasant).

ALT text:

Dear colleagues,

It's been a whirlwind week. I appreciate all the warm welcomes and those who have served as unpaid tour guides through the labyrinth of this building

CBS is a big place with functional titles and reporting structures that I'm learning. But more than the hierarchical niceties, I'm eager to get to know you.

I hope that you are as excited as I am about the prospect of elevating CBS News to its rightful place as No. 1: the most trusted and most consumed news source in the nation, So, I'm interested in any particular ideas you have to achieve this goal.

By the end of day Tuesday, I'd like a memo from each person across our news organization. I'm not looking for a JD or words like synergy. I want to understand how you spend your working hours-and, ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of. I'm also interested in hearing your views on what's working; what's broken or substandard; and how we can be better. Please be blunt--it will help me greatly.

I'll read all of them carefully. And they will be held in the strictest of confidence.

Then I'll use your memo as a discussion guide for when I meet with most of you (ideally, all of you if time permits) in the coming few weeks.

The goal is simple: I want to familiarize myself with you--and I want you to do the same with me--to know that we are aligned on achieving a shared vision for CBS News.

Yours,
Bari

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

Trump doesn’t like data. He wants investors, consumers, and everyone else to be in the dark, so he can lie without fear of factual contradiction. He can create even more of a fantasy world. He can pretend that he’s been wildly successful even when he’s been a terrible failure.

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 9h

He has that nasal rage crease so many of these troglodytes have.

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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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 9h

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Isi Baehr-Breen @isibb.bsky.social · 15h

Thinking about that time I got quoted in the National Review about Bari Weiss

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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 9h

Keep this in mind as he blathers on about "killing drug smugglers."

Just Lynn 💙🦋✌️🇺🇦 @shoredweller7.bsky.social · 1d

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OldLadyInAZ 🌵 @oldladyinaz.bsky.social · 1d

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty confused by how TRON became a big-budget movie franchise. Was it a bit hit when it came out? No. Did it become a big hit on video/TV? Also no. Do people have fond nostalgic memories of it? Eh kinda but not really. Was it secretly great and critically acclaimed? No again

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Upstate Bozo @stuntbirdarmy.bsky.social · 10h

Simultaneously trying to recruit new agents and also convince the whole country that your agents are getting wholesale slaughtered by antifa guerrillas seems like a bad plan

NPR @npr.org · 14h

ICE claims assaults on its officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

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