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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

New in PN: The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

"Dismissal is probably the best result for the government, since it would spare the DOJ having its dirty laundry aired in court before getting spanked for having brought such a garbage case. But even so, it'd be very, very funny."

The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13h

“The upcoming No Kings has set off klaxons for Republican lawmakers…Some in party leadership are going further by branding it a pro-terrorism demonstration—an unambiguously false allegation meant to get ahead of a potentially massive protest against the president.”
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‘No Kings’ Has Republicans in Disarray

Why GOP lawmakers are spreading fear about the upcoming rally.

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herostratus356.bsky.social @herostratus356.bsky.social · 10h

"We welcome Kansans of every ethnicity into our party."

Suuuure...

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KS GOP’s fake post of Gov. Kelly in sombrero crosses the line to blatant racism | Opinion

Kansas Republican Party shows its white-supremacist underbelly in Facebook post on SNAP, mimicking President Trump’s racist online antics.

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 3h

The government shutdown, which started on October 1, is entering its third week. As Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) explained this morning, the Senate is in session, and it keeps voting on two bills to reopen the government. Majority leader John Thune (R-SD) keeps having the Senate vote on the measure….

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 9h

October 14, 2025

The government shutdown, which started on October 1, is entering its third week.

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The Kimberly Krautter @kimberlykrautter.bsky.social · 10h

@bluestein.bsky.social Great article. So weird that, of all places, Atlanta’s Mayor is waffling over a permit for a peaceful protest march.

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Atlanta ‘No Kings’ protesters vow to march — city permit or not

Atlanta 'No Kings' demonstrators decry city's refusal to deny them a permit to march.

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NPR @npr.org · 3h

More than 1,300 staffers at the health agency got notices they were fired — but more than half were reinstated. The cuts will hobble some divisions, employees say. n.pr/4n1JBbJ

With new cuts at CDC, some fear there's 'nobody to answer the phone'

More than 1,300 staffers at the health agency got notices they were fired — but more than half were reinstated. The cuts will hobble some divisions, employees say.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 4h

I’m at a loss for words, and it’s not because I’m surprised; rather, I’m in near despair at the sheer level of coarseness and vulgarity to which large swathes of our polity have sunk. There is an entire portion of our population with absolutely no urge to decency, and it’s heartbreaking.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 3h

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/its-no...

'It's Not A Peace Deal': BBC Expert Delivers Brutal Reality Check To Donald Trump Over Gaza

Jeremy Bowen said the accord signed by the president was "almost devoid of content".

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 14h

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Josh (@severeweatherus) on Threads

CNN reports lack of weather data due to budget cuts impacted forecast for deadly Alaska storm. There was a gaping hole of weather balloon coverage in western Alaska and it likely impacted forecasts. ...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

New in PN: Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

"Miller’s contention about ICE officers 'having to street battle against antifa every night' is objectively absurd. Courts cannot possibly be required to accept anything Trump says, no matter how disconnected from reality."

Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

This is not how the Constitution works.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

The NYT finally noticed:

"... Mamdani didn’t just beat the odds; he blew the door off the hinges, reshaping the electorate & taking advantage of ranked-choice voting to claim a commanding 12.8 pt victory that reverberated through the country’s politics."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/m...

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 1d

Last Tuesday, President Donald J. Trump showed to Canadian officials a plan for a triumphal arch that would sit on the banks of the Potomac River opposite the Lincoln Memorial in a traffic rotary at the Virginia end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge below Arlington National Cemetery. The idea,….

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

October 13, 2025

Last Tuesday, President Donald J.

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 1d

UPDATED: One woman has been found dead in the village of Kwigillingok, where another two people remain unaccounted for, after a devastating storm battered Western Alaska over the weekend.

Woman found dead, dozens rescued and over 1,000 displaced after storm devastates Western Alaska

Winds over 100 mph and record tidal surges pounded the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Sunday as the remnants of Typhoon Halong inundated some Bering Sea coast communities.

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 1d

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

This is a searing read from @donmoyn.bsky.social
about Trump’s growing war on America.

“The Trump administration… wants a government that rules by fear, where we cannot even question the masked and armed gunman that invade our neighborhoods.”
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

• Purge - eliminating those deemed not to be aligned with Trump.
• Merge - combine different components into a single omniforce.
• Surge - impose Trump's control over Democratic cities; instigate enough unrest to justify escalation; find examples to brutalize and tamp down any dissent.

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

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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...

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bombaycrone.bsky.social @bombaycrone.bsky.social · 1d

I keep putting this up all the time but this is only a portion of what is going to hit when this bill takes effect. Look it up on @House.gov. read the whole bill it'll scare the shit out of you.

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 1d

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“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

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Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 1d

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John Oliver Warns Viewers to Keep a Close Eye on CBS News in Wake of “Alarming” Bari Weiss Hire

The 'Last Week Tonight' host described the newly appointed editor-in-chief as someone "who has spent years putting out work that, in my opinion, is at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading...

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 1d

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He's never "just joking"

And Republicans know it, even as they play dumb.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"If they could snap their fingers and eliminate the ACA marketplaces altogether, they would. And they haven’t arrived at a consensus on what the insurance system would look like in their preferred world, beyond a bunch of vacuous bromides about 'choice' and 'patient-centered care.'"

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve all worked with people like this: they fuck up, and blame anyone else, no matter how ridiculous. Except in most jobs the stakes aren’t so high 😳😳😳

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: Did Tom Homan give the $50,000 back?

VANCE: He did not take a bribe. It's a ridiculous smear

STEPHANOPOULOS: You didn't answer the question

VANCE: Did he accept $50,000? I'm sure that in the course of Homan's life, he's been paid more than $50k for services.

(So, no, he didn't)

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