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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 3h

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3h

filing this under my “statements the entire rightwing media apparatus would have a brain aneurysm over if this was even suggested by anyone on the left” folder

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

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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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 4h

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 4h

In Trump's America, you're a hell of a lot more likely to be kidnapped off the street and beaten by masked goons cosplaying as ICE agents than you are to be assaulted by an immigrant.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 9h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 17h

sherman, for the love of god!

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16h

No money flowing to USAID and hardly any to PEPFAR despite their duly enacted funding; well north of twenty billion dollars being deployed for other weird hair autocrats. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, treasury secretary confirms

The U.S. Treasury has finalized a financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country’s central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 16h

Read the piece: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

www.politico.com

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 18h

After doing a brief theatrical tour, The Onion's very funny 20-minute send-up of true crime tropes is watchable online.
www.avclub.com/onion-jeffre...

The Onion's Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is now available online

www.avclub.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Jason Foote @infjdesign.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you!

Jason Foote @infjdesign.bsky.social · 17h

Can we get a breakdown on what that’s made of?

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Jason Foote @infjdesign.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/K2zxkA95PQc

Seinfeld On Circumcision

YouTube video by Charles Gross

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Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

Marjorie – I call bullshit. Your votes put us here, and you own it. Now that your daughter is affected, you’re suddenly concerned. Not good enough.

You’ve been hearing from your constituents all along. You never listened until it hit your own house.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile debuts tonight on The Onion's YouTube channel at 7 p.m. ET.

Finally somebody will release some dang Epstein Files if you know what I'm sayin'!!!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

yeah, trump has made very clear that he doesn’t think black people deserve to be in jobs of influence! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

It’s important to note that invoking the phrase “white pride” in Portland has particular meaning. In 1988 a group of neo-Nazi skinheads called “East Side White Pride” murdered an Ethiopian immigrant in SE Portland. www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/ser...

Mulugeta Seraw (1960–1988)

Near Laurelhurst Park in Portland, above the street signs at Southeast Thirty-First Street and Pine, is a two-sided topper featuring the smiling face of a youn…

www.oregonencyclopedia.org

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K. Liakos @kliakos.com · 1d

America 2025:

The facade of a store in a Delaware strip mall called its fashion but the lights on the o n and exclamation point are out so it says it’s fashi

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Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather.bsky.social · 1d

The Harvest Super Moon BEAMS over the Bay Bridge.

This photo was taken by Kim Kowalewski on Monday night. With clearing skies, you can check out the moon again tonight. Moonrise is at 722p in DC. The moon will be about 98% full.

Wear a jacket... it's getting chilly out there!

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