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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

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

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 18h

I mostly see anger that Democrats managed to play politics at better than replacement level. I don't see fear yet, and blaming Trump for what Congressional Rs want to do anyway is tactically flawed.

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 20h

If you look closely, you can see signs of GOP lawmakers fearing the long-term political consequences of paying more attention to Trump's demands than to the voices of their own constituents - or consciences.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 19h

The ease with which officials lie in 2025 is honestly terrifying

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She was arrested for throwing objects at law enforcement.
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BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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patrick @redford.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote about Bari Weiss as the grim future of mainstream media under billionaire control: defector.com/bari-weiss-s...

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector

On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

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Justin Klugh @justinklugh.bsky.social · Nov 10

JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 1d

The clearly untrained thugs manhandled her culminating in one of them wrapping his hands around her neck and face.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

A producer and editor for WGN-TV was violently forced to the ground this morning by two Border Patrol agents, before having her hands cuffed behind her back, during an ICE action in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Debbie Brockman has worked for the local television station since 2011.

WGN-TV producer violently detained during Chicago ICE enforcement action

A DHS spokesperson said that Debbie Brockman was placed under arrest for ‘assault on a federal law enforcement officer,’ claiming the WGN employee threw objects at the agent.

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LauraD-in-Indy @laurad-in-indy.bsky.social · 1d

I've said it dozens of times. City government should put up live cams around the ICE facilities, the downtown area, and have them broadcast live feed, 24/7, on the city's website so people can go look for themselves whenever they wish.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

If I lived in Portland I’d be filming daily videos of the reality there and sending them to every single person in my contacts.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 1d

Cincinnati: leading the nation in shelf stable chili innovation ™

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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 1d

trump take xmas presents.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hi VP Boss Baby

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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 1d

New from @cathyyoung63.bsky.social

www.thebulwark.com/p/bari-weiss...

Bari Weiss, CBS News, and the Triumph of Faux Balance

The record of the Free Press shows her journey from independent to MAGA fellow traveler.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 1d

The RIFs seem like they might further entrench the Democratic position and prolong shutdown

Rep. Beyer: "harder to get the bipartisan deal that is needed to end this shutdown"

Sen. Murray: “A shutdown does not give Trump or Vought new, special powers to cause more chaos"

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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 1d

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

Caitlin Flanagan
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I’ve missed hearing Woody Allen’s voice - I’d been so rattled this week and there he was, his full self.

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⁩ is the perfect interviewer. She seemed almost like a daughter to him - in a way she is. We all are.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like a bad idea to fire air traffic controllers when there's already a shortage but what do I know

Sean Duffy Threatens to Fire Air Traffic Controllers as 10% Call Out Sick During Shutdown

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Techbrahs are not normal.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 2d

I was working on the story and he just came out and said it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 2d

Having end-stage-of-the-republic good airport food at Fiolina in Dulles Concourse A.

Highly recommend.

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 3d

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 3d

Great turnout here in DC for @thebulwark.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

It’s so funny that we finally got confirmation it was an accident and even funnier that we didn’t know for sure because he tweets such crazy, criminal shit all the time

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 3d

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 3d

Coming around to the theory that they're Truman Showing him

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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