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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19h

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

projects.propublica.org

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AnnM @geektalk51.bsky.social · 2d

If ever there was a gleefully smug face championing destruction, cruelty and deflection....

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Aozora @aozorasf.bsky.social · 2d

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 2d

Along with the $20 billion U.S. taxpayer bailout to Argentina, the Trump admin announced another $20 billion for Argentina from private banks. But the banks won’t lend the money without a guarantee from the federal government. So it’s a $40B taxpayer bailout.

www.wsj.com/finance/arge...

www.wsj.com

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Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 3d

It's 2025 and The Jack Campaign opposes same-sex marriage.

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Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 3d

ENDORSED! The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board knows that my candidacy is the best choice to move New Jersey forward, citing my “welcome willingness to take on big challenges” and “actionable plans” on housing, transportation, energy, and education.

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Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 3d

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d

Now that Trump has illegally bombed a seventh boat in the Caribbean, please note this: Rep Adam Smith, ranking Dem on Armed Services, tells me that *at no point* have officials given lawmakers even the most basic information about these extrajudicial murders:

newrepublic.com/article/2019...

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AnnM @geektalk51.bsky.social · 3d

Trump is Putin's puppet

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 4d

"The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier"
on.ft.com/4n9nlNd

Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia

US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting

on.ft.com

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AnnM @geektalk51.bsky.social · 3d

He is so petty because NJ and NYC don't like him

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Julie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social · 6d

This year, the Jersey Shore, including in red counties, lost federal help from GOP Congress for beach restoration for the first time in 30 years. That’s millions gone that protected jobs, tourism, and homes. NJ beaches simply can't afford a GOP governor too. www.newsweek.com/jersey-shore... #votenj

Jersey shore GOP strongholds lose federal beach aid after decades

Some of New Jersey's most reliably Republican towns are now confronting an abrupt loss of federal beach replenishment funding.

www.newsweek.com

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 5d

Trump is all about normalizing corruption.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Former Representative George Santos of New York, the disgraced Republican, was released from a federal prison on Friday night after President Trump commuted his seven-year sentence for fraud.

Trump Says He Is Commuting George Santos’s Prison Sentence for Fraud

George Santos, the disgraced Republican congressman, had been sentenced after his web of deceit unraveled. He served less than three months in prison.

nyti.ms

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 8d

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 8d

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9d

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Federal officers delayed, threatened to ‘shoot and arrest’ ambulance crew at Portland ICE facility, report says

Willamette Week reported federal agents allegedly blocked an ambulance from quickly leaving with an injured protester on Oct. 5.

www.oregonlive.com

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 9d

"That policy prevents us from doing our job. Signing that document would make us stenographers parroting press releases, not watchdogs holding government officials accountable."

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12d

One feature or authoritarian movements: They get more extreme.

"The highly unusual request appears to have originated from a letter sent from 25 Republican members of Congress asking [the EPA] to investigate how mifepristone might be contaminating the water supply."

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

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills

www.nytimes.com

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 13d

19 workers missing as an explosion rips through a Tennessee munitions plant.

(Meanwhile, Trump is proposing to eliminate the Chemical Safety Board and most of NIOSH, while slashing OSHA's budget.)

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: 19 Missing After Blast Tears Through Tennessee Munitions Plant

www.nytimes.com

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 12d

Trump’s war on dissent weaponizes government power: after Kirk’s killing, aides draft terror playbooks targeting antifa, ActBlue, Soros; FCC bullies ABC over Kimmel; orders recast liberal speech as terrorism to intimidate, prosecute, purge.

‘They Need to Suffer’: Inside Trump’s War on Dissent

Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and the rest of the administration are waging a furious crackdown on dissent following Charlie Kirk's assassination.

www.rollingstone.com

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 12d

"An underrated strategy of surviving an authoritarian takeover is to seem like an absolute moron who can't figure out orders well enough to follow them."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 12d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 12d

1/2 A reminder to anyone who was RIFed.

💯 you do NOT deserve this.

Quick tips if you do get a RIF notice:
❌ Do not send a read receipt
❌ Do not respond right away - the union will probably provide language for response
✅ Forward notice to your personal email

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