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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

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

www.nytimes.com

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 4h

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 1h

Just toying with your career on accident. What a bunch of dolts. #hhs #firings

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING: HHS official says in a court filing:
"As a result of data discrepancies and processing errors, RIF notices were issued on October 10, 2025, to approximately 1,760 employees instead of to the 982 employees who were intended to receive RIF notices.” 1/3

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 1h

Commentary: Airports have seen significant flight delays recently because of a shortage of air traffic controllers, who are required to work without pay during the government shutdown. Two Ohio State University aviation experts discuss the consequences ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/14/h...

Government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays • Ohio Capital Journal

Airports have seen significant flight delays recently because of a shortage of air traffic controllers, who have been required to work without pay during the government shutdown. Two Ohio State…

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 3h

“Why you running?” the federal agent asks the young Black man underneath him.

As the young man attempts to answer, a person can be heard in the video screaming, “he’s a citizen!”

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

Feds gas Chicago neighborhood, detain young Black man amid day of Southeast Side raids • The TRiiBE

For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods. Nearby, they detained a young Black man onlookers insisted was a U.S. citize...

thetriibe.com

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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 1h

Commentary: Airports have seen significant flight delays recently because of a shortage of air traffic controllers, who are required to work without pay during the government shutdown. Two Ohio State University aviation experts discuss the consequences ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/14/h...

Government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays • Ohio Capital Journal

Airports have seen significant flight delays recently because of a shortage of air traffic controllers, who have been required to work without pay during the government shutdown. Two Ohio State…

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

The ability of journalists to work inside the building is not a cosmetic perk. It is the mechanism by which citizens keep eyes on the largest single slice of discretionary federal spending and the institution that sends their loved ones into danger.

Locking Down the Pentagon Press Is Dangerous

Pete Hegseth’s proposed restrictions would harm the people whom both the military and the press are meant to serve.

www.thebulwark.com

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California Faculty Association @cfaunited.bsky.social · 1h

Rise up, fight back! ✊🏽http://edsource.org/?page_id=742822

UPDATE: Faculty union sues CSU to shield personal information from Trump

The latest education news updates from EdSource.

edsource.org

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 3h

If I were a journalist, I would be trying to find the names of people in the chain of command.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 4h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2h

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-

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Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN) @judigunn.bsky.social · 1h

And jfc go out of your way to do it!! I mean, don't get me wrong, it's bad no matter what, but the sicko opened the bathroom door! Like, made a special trip just to shoot the dog!

I've been pissed off about what ICE is doing for weeks now but this made me burst into tears. It's just awful.

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Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN) @judigunn.bsky.social · 3h

Yay you!! Very brave!!

I am a total dentist wimp. "Gimme ALL the Novocaine!!"

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 5h

LIVE: Israel shoots dead at least 9 Palestinians in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli soldiers kill at least nine Palestinians trying to return to their homes in northern Gaza City and southern Khan Younis

‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills 9 Palestinians despite Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN) @judigunn.bsky.social · 7h

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CNN @cnn.com · 7h

For 87 years, the Murdaugh family name represented a legal dynasty in South Carolina, where three generations controlled the prosecutor’s office.

But now the family is connected to a bloody tragedy, embezzlement and a murder-for-hire plot to score millions in life insurance. https://cnn.it/3JaKwJ6

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 7h

The Washington Post’s daily circulation has fallen below 100,000. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 11h

NPR's veteran defense reporter Tom Bowman: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon Pass

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22h

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22h

My belief is that Kamala would have won last year if they’d let Tim Walz keep calling Vance and Trump “weird.” But the professional Dem consultant class closed off the one attack that actually resonated with voters.

Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 22h

Endlessly attacking Trump as depraved and support for him as a form of moral failure actually made people stop supporting him. Shame and disgust are very powerful weapons.

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Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN) @judigunn.bsky.social · 20h

Oooh my. The forehead whiskers! 🥰

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Sarah Kelly @sarahkelly.bsky.social · 20h

Having a “faith” breakout section at a journalism conference is already weird, is it not?

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 1d

This year's MediaFest - a conference for student journalists has a Faith breakout section that includes speakers from the Alliance Defending Freedom - a SPLC designated Hate Group (oddly CJR's article doesn't mention that).

I hope attendees and sponsors pull out.
www.cjr.org/feature/stud...

But in recent weeks, MediaFest’s schedule has been amended to include people from other religious backgrounds. There will be more than twenty faith track speakers, on panels tackling such questions as “Can the Bible inform reporters on how to cover the news?” and discussing censorship on the basis of faith. “We even have a Muslim coming,” said Naomi Balk—who

Thursday, October 16th
Freedom to report with faith
Faith Central
1:00 PM – 1:50 PM
Cabin John
Description
As culture shifts away from religion, reporters are caught in a paradox: non-religious reporters report on topics of faith, and reporters of faith report on non-religious topics. What does it look like to report with objectivity in an age where not all perspectives are viewed as valid? Hear from Tyson Langhofer, director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom, as he shares lessons from history about freedom of the press.
Speaker
Tyson Langhofer, Alliance Defending Freedom, Senior Counsel, Director of Center for Academic Freedom

Alliance Defending Freedom
SPLC Designated Hate Group
Related: Anti-LGBTQ
Founded: 1994
Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 20h

What Trump is doing is very bad. But I want to push back against some of the numbers here.

ICE did not hire 10,000 agents. It WANTS to. That it keeps running ads suggests it is struggling. And when it does, it seems to cannibalize local police, who don't like that.

More significantly:

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 21h

"(Officers) refuse to recognize local or court authority. A judge says you can’t arrest journalists. Watch us. A judge says we have to wear badges. No. State law says we can’t drive around in unmarked vans? Too bad. Elected officials who want to see what is going on should prepare to be arrested."

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 21h

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 23h

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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