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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 2h

Would love for a MAGA to explain to me why this is good for anyone but oil cos

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 6h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 6h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 6h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 2h

Task delivering exactly as it should #goodtv

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 6h

The homeowner saw on the security camera that a bear was playing on the outdoor swing every day, but couldn't get on.
So he had a bigger swing built, and this was the result.😎🤣💙☺️

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3h

These watches appear to be ripoffs of famous designs. Likely from some factory that normally produces "homage" watches and they just swapped out the branding.

Comparison of Trump watches to similar looking models from Patek Philippe

Comparison of Trump watches to similar looking models from Rolex

Comparison of Trump watches to similar looking models from Rolex and Hublot

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 3h

Took a minute, but live sports finally coming to Vision Pro: Spectrum will broadcast some Lakers games captured on the fancy “immersive” Blackmagic cameras

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8h

The Trump admin reportedly plans to deploy the FBI, DHS, DOJ, IRS and the Treasury Dept. against left-wing groups it accuses of 'funding and organizing political violence'

INSIGHT-Trump’s War On The Left: Inside The Plan To Investigate Liberal Groups

The Trump admin plans to deploy America's counter-terrorism apparatus against left-wing groups it accuses of funding and organizing political violence, the officials said.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

they can see the polling

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 16h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

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

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 14h

There's nothing at all wrong with being Palestinian, and using "Palestinian" in this way is deeply racist against Palestinians, but it is also antisemitic, because it defines Jewishness as something that can be granted and removed for political reasons.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 10h

lol this is crazy i mean this guys the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

Chat is it good when a lawyer for DOJ says this

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 15h

Hamilton: “The president’s power is unreviewable.”

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15h

Like a lot of things with RFK Jr if someone just said this to you and wasn’t in charge of medicine in America you’d go: ooooooookay and keep pressing the elevator button

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 16h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 19h

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 15h

Would’ve made 🏦

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Ubisoft canceled an 'Assassin's Creed' game set after the Civil War

• Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave

• Would fight the emerging Ku Klux Klan

• Leadership canceled it — concerned with US political climate & Yasuke backlash

(via Game File)

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 17h

First trailer for 'Breaking Bad' creator Vince Gilligan’s upcoming sci-fi series ‘Pluribus'

It follows 'the most miserable person on Earth' who 'must save the world from happiness'

Releasing November 7 on Apple TV+

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 15h

Bradley Cooper is on board to star alongside Margot Robbie in the 'Ocean's 11' prequel movie 🎥

Filming starts next year

(via Deadline)

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 16h

They lie, over and over again

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 21h

A woman who was shot multiple times by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents did not ram them with her car and had her weapon stored in her purse at the time of the incident, according to her lawyer, contradicting accounts by the Department of Homeland Security.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22h

They list @chirla-org.bsky.social as one of the groups they’re going to go after. CHIRLA has been fighting for immigrant rights since the Reagan admin. I’ll be standing by them if the admin comes after them.

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 22h

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 22h

This remains the most important piece i’ve written about the goals and ideological principles of the second Trump administration www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 17h

Trump treating the federal government like those apartments he owned with his daddy: No Blacks Allowed!

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17h

Without comment.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

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🌰 Noah Chestnut @noahchestnut.bsky.social · 1d

In today’s email, @teamziller.bsky.social captures something I’m hoping to be true!

NBC will to be my favorite spot to watch the NBA!

Combo of the broadcast team, production design, and most importantly they will evolve TNT’s sitcom of Chuck, Kenny, and Shaq www.teamziller.com/giannis-ante...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah I agree, he should listen to the president and his advisers speak everyone once in a while, they have made it very clear that's their whole thing bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Scalise: "When a good day for you is defined by how much suffering you can impose on other people, maybe you need to look in the mirror and check yourself at the door and wonder what it is you're up here trying to accomplish."

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 21h

The replies on the editorial include many versions of “thanks for finally convincing me to cancel.”

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 17h

15 small states with 41 million people elect 30 GOP senators

California with 39 million people elects 2 Democratic senators

Listen to how US political system violates one person, one vote & how voting rights under attack on new episode of @npr.org Code Switch www.npr.org/2025/10/08/n...

Voting rights are at risk. Here's why. : Code Switch

Next Wednesday, the Supreme Court hears a case that could further weaken the Voting Rights Act, which was passed to ensure fair districting and voting practices across different racial groups. Meanwhi...

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