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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 4h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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ide1.bsky.social @ide1.bsky.social · 3h

Liar! Liar!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

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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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h

Meiselas: Trump says he’s focusing right now on laying off the Democratic agencies and government employees, whatever that means. Again, completely pathetic behavior, and in normal times, this would be impeachable and/or 25th Amendment territory.

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ide1.bsky.social @ide1.bsky.social · 4h

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

8 people arrested in case of Texas midwife charged with performing illegal abortions

The eight people were indicted and accused of practicing medicine without a license under the supervision of midwife Maria Margarita Rojas, the state attorney general said.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 7h

We took the freedom of speech away

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15h

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

www.nytimes.com

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ide1.bsky.social @ide1.bsky.social · 4h

www.mysanantonio.com/food/article...

A 47-year-old taco joint appears to be closing multiple S.A. locations

At least one location of the San Antonio-born taco joint was completely boarded up, and signs were painted black.

www.mysanantonio.com

ide1.bsky.social @ide1.bsky.social · 4h

www.mysanantonio.com/business/art...

Another round of mass layoffs hit Texas, this time in San Antonio

The military medical center cut ties after 20 years contracted with a Texas company.

www.mysanantonio.com

ide1.bsky.social @ide1.bsky.social · 4h

www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Texas city may demolish iconic building featured in 1980s film classic

The building was designed by foundational architect I.M. Pei.

www.chron.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 4h

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes near Russia's Kamchatka, GFZ says reut.rs/3KJktt0

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes near Russia's Kamchatka, GFZ says

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck near the east coast of the Kamchatka region in Russia's far east on Saturday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 4h

They believe Americans need to be culled and that it can be done passively by allowing a greater prevalence of infectious disease.

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 6h

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 6h

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

www.nj.com

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 8h

Release the Epstein Files.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

🤷🏽‍♂️ 🇺🇸 💰

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New York Post @nypost.com · 5h

Alexis Lafreniere helped set tone in Rangers’ first win

The first Rangers goal of the 2025-26 season belonged to Alexis Lafrenière on Thursday night in Buffalo.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 7h

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

She just lays into Johnson

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

VIRGINIA CALLER: “As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party, and I'm very disappointed in you… I am begging you to pass this legislation. My kids could die... the audacity of someone who makes 6 figures a year to do this to military families is insane.” #TrumpShutdown

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 1d

‘No backsies’: The REAL reason Mike Johnson won’t swear in new Dem rep

@chrislhayes.bsky.social explains precisely why Mike Johnson is stalling the new Dem rep's swear-in over the Epstein vote.

‘No backsies’: The REAL reason Mike Johnson won’t swear in new Dem rep

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Greene on the Epstein files: "I can't conclusively say that's why the House isn't in session, but the House should be in session...there is a new Democrat that's been elected that deserves to be sworn in...if it's to avoid the discharge petition, why drag this out? It's going to have 218 signatures"