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Strategist. Writer/author. Crafty thinker. Persuasive voice. Supportive shoulder. Ambitious AF. Very stable genius. Mad sarcasm skills. Gifs are my love language.

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💀💩L @jweland.bsky.social · Dec 7

The next four years are going to be deeply stupid and painful.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 9m

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:
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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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💀💩L @jweland.bsky.social · 1m

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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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💀💩L @jweland.bsky.social · 3m

Republicans control all three branches in DC.

If they wanted to fund the government, they would.

They can end this at any time.

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 4h

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5h

ICE official testifies that DHS “prematurely” sent Abrego Garcia a notice that he would be removed to Ghana.

Just this morning, Ghana’s foreign minister wrote on X that the country had “directly and unambiguously conveyed to US authorities” that Abrego cannot be deported there.

Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa &
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Ghana is not accepting Abrego Garcia.
He cannot be deported to Ghana.
This has been directly and unambiguously conveyed to US authorities.
In my interactions with US officials, I made clear that our understanding to accept a limited number of non-criminal West Africans, purely on the grounds of African solidarity and humanitarian principles would not be expanded.
Ghana strongly objects to these misleading media reports.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 4h

Speaker Mike Johnson just extended the House recess through next week, which means members of Congress will keep getting paid for doing nothing while essential staff like members of the military will work without getting paychecks during the shutdown.
That's Republican leadership.

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 4h

She's several posts into a full-on crash out over this btw.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 4h

Toldya.

Trump has lost Islamophobe Loomer on this.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4h

this is a recipe for a four year government shutdown

you simply cannot make deals with people who are telling you up front they are going to break those deals and claw back everything you won in them

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 4h

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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💀💩L @jweland.bsky.social · 4h

Republicans are really just done with the first amendment. They couldn’t make it more clear.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5h

Why aren’t more women using the deepfake site? 🤔

Sora 2 is drawing a huge crowd of teenage boys. This doesn't bode well — trust me.

Sora 2 seems to encourage people to make fun of each other. It's also attracting a lot of teenage boys. This could be a nightmare for Sam Altman.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 4h

If you want to understand why the ICE facility in Portland is such a hotbed of protest, this story is all the context you need...

Sean Woods @seanwoods.bsky.social · 5h

"They disappeared her." This story from @timdickinson.bsky.social is so upsetting. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump's Admin Disappeared Them Anyway

Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disappeared an immigrant mom living in Portland and her four U.S. citizen children.

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💀💩L @jweland.bsky.social · 4h

These lawless thugs are itching to use violence against anyone who protests against them.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 5h

UPDATE: Newsom has signed SB 79 into law!!

This is a great day for anyone who cares about ending California's housing and homelessness crisis, getting the state to net zero emissions, and recovering American democracy.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d

If you live in California, please call @gavinnewsom.bsky.social at (916) 445-2841 and urge him to sign SB 79. Here's my post about why the bill is so important: publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...

Newsom's Fateful Choice

Why the governor needs to sign SB 79

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 7h

The FCC is weakening rules making it easier for broadband monopolies to rip you off with bogus fees.

which is definitely something Trump's base was asking for!

Trump FCC Is Making It Easier For Your Broadband ISP To Rip You Off With Bogus Fees

When FCC boss Brendan Carr isn’t failing embarrassingly to censor comedians who make the President sad, he’s taking a hatchet to corporate oversight and consumer protection. From weaken…

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Anya Kamenetz @anya1anya.bsky.social · 23h

Yes. This episode of the Daily had me yelling and spitting. Vought is a Christian nationalist extremist, not a small govt conservative who happens to be Christian.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 7h

When I saw this headline, my first thought was, I'll bet dollars to donuts that this is Universal Health Services. And it is.

UHS owns hundreds of for-profit behavioral health hospitals, most of which deliver substandard care, and many under DOJ investigation for fraud and patient abuse.

An Arm and a Leg @armandalegshow.bsky.social · 7h

According to this @propublica.org investigation, psychiatric hospitals are denying care to patients they are legally required to treat. And 80% are owned by for-profit corporations.

For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.

Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 7h

It's so bad over at NYT Opinion.

Soltis Anderson is a Repub operative. Nate Silver is... well, Nate Silver, a gambling-addled reactionary centrist who has been a bad pundit (if a decent data person) his whole career. And Marc Rowan profits from destroying universities.

This is misinformation.

Joe Berkowitz @joeberkowitz.bsky.social · 8h

Incredible things are happening, as ever, at The Paper of Record.

two articles in a row that feel like very 2025 slaps in the face:

Frank Bruni, Kristen Soltis Anderson and Nate Silver

‘Democrats Fumbled This a Bit’: 3 Writers Assess Where We Are With the Shutdown

Marc Rowan

Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

New in PN: The impossibly dumb reason for Trump's invasion of Portland

"Trump’s confusion isn’t just darkly comical (and a troubling reminder of the president’s growing senility) — it’s a stark illustration of the whiplash-inducing disconnect between his rhetoric and the reality on the ground."

The impossibly dumb reason for Trump's invasion of Portland

It'd be hilarious if he wasn't the commander in chief.

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💀💩L @jweland.bsky.social · 9h

This is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 10h

You're never going to believe this, but the Trump administration's claim that assaults on ICE officers have gone up 1,000% turns out to be bullshit

www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 18h

Holy shit, they finally did it (for those who don't know, this has been used as the legal justification for a SHITTON of unrelated stuff since)

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 21h

Senate adopted by voice vote: Kaine amendment #3337 to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.

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