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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 19h

Social Security got hit with more body blows this week: its commissioner is moonlighting as the made-up "CEO" of the IRS, and 750,000 applicants could be denied disability benefits. More from Bob Kuttner:
prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

More Sneak Attacks on Social Security

Today on TAP: It's hard to kill America's most loved program outright—so Trump is strangling it by stealth.

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DEI or Bust @joebob7.bsky.social · 11h

Justice!

Free article, no paywall.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

www.nytimes.com

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 6d

wizard frog is insane

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kit4peace.bsky.social @kit4peace.bsky.social · 18h

These too from yesterday.

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Anne-Marie W. Clark 👩‍👧‍👦🐶⚖️😷🌎🚢📚🌦️⚜️ @amwclark.bsky.social · 17h

Portland is awesome.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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DEI or Bust @joebob7.bsky.social · 12h

Wow

Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 16h

You never see the back of the Nobel Peace Prize in news reports, presumably because of the nudity. I took this shot in the Peace Prize museum in Oslo. Designed by Gustav Vigeland, who made 200 nude sculptures on display in the city.

DEI or Bust @joebob7.bsky.social · 12h

Did RFK Jr. advise him to do that

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 15h

President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

www.cnn.com

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 3d

@lollardfish.bsky.social with a 🧵that pretty much says it all. Key point:

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3d

Why are your healthcare costs higher?
Why is your electricity bill tripled?
Why is everything you buy so much more expensive?
Why are your neighbors gone?
Why can’t your mom get a cancer treatment?

Republicans.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3d

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 5d

Song of the day youtu.be/goEYzRtnX00?...

Slash feat. Chris Stapleton "Oh Well" - Official Audio

YouTube video by Slash

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DEI or Bust @joebob7.bsky.social · 5d

NEVER normalize this shit.

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 5d

Reup

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · Sep 6

“The senior administration official, as well as other Trump officials, note that it is a priority of the president’s that these kinds of military deployments — in L.A., and now D.C., in times of relative calm — become normalized in American political culture”

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

DEI or Bust @joebob7.bsky.social · 5d

Or her

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5d

It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.

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David Wesley @david-wesley.bsky.social · 5d

“Public discourse is being weaponized for political gain with incendiary rhetoric that stigmatizes and dehumanizes minorities, migrants, refugees, women and any so-called “other”.”

www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...

Hate speech and incitement to hatred or violence

Hate speech In May 2019, the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech was launched highlighting that a disturbing groundswell of xenophobia, racism and intolerance is being observed a...

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Philo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.social · 5d

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DEI or Bust @joebob7.bsky.social · 7d

Good for him!

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7d

Breaking on MSNBC:

An FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey.

This news was first reported by Reuters.

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DEI or Bust @joebob7.bsky.social · 8d

I did not know people who spoke Quechua were Hispanics.

I thought they were First Nations members, mostly from Bolivia and Peru.

This is Washington, DC, Museum of the Bible, trying to support Hispanic Heritage month, and not doing a very good job of it

A phone screenshot of a Museum of the Bible page, highlighting a Quechua Bible, by wishing a quote, "Happy Hispanic Heritage Month: A Quechuan New Testament."

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 8d

isn't this the guy who all but called Ta-Nehisi Coates a terrorist for criticizing Israel?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

DOKOUPIL: Republicans says what you're really fighting for is taxpayer dollars for illegal aliens. I know that's not strictly true--

ELIZABETH WARREN: Excuse me, not strictly true? It is a flat out lie!

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Jeremy Lindenfeld @jeremotographs.bsky.social · 9d

If you want to better understand the ACA subsidies Democrats are trying to protect, check out this article I wrote about this exact topic almost a year ago. capitalandmain.com/election-may...