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Kristin Roth @kristinroth.bsky.social · 1h

Can confirm.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 1d

Politico reporting OSC nominee Ingrassia changed TDY reservations so a junior female employee had to share a hotel room with him (big misconduct). Woman filed a complaint but then withdrew fearing retaliation.

OSC is the office that protects whistleblowers

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump watchdog pick faces scrutiny after hotel incident with female colleague

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

www.politico.com

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

Portland is so peaceful Republicans had to go all the way to South America to find photos from years ago for their bad memes.

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 4d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4d

My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 6d

This feels like evidence Trump's aides are deliberately gaslighting him, which is unfortunately very easy to do with dementia sufferers (Trump did it to his father) and which aides are using to seize control of the US military for their own purposes.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

The protests are on one block. Nothing is burning down. His justification for sending in troops is all based on lies.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d

The President of the United States is lying and/or delusional, and it seems like we should be talking about this and nothing else.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

The protests are on one block. Nothing is burning down. His justification for sending in troops is all based on lies.

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Kristin Roth @kristinroth.bsky.social · 6d

“Bathrooms for customers only” sign needed.

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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre conservative editors @originalist.bsky.social · 7d

Joy Reid and her ancestors arguably built and did more for this country than his:

"the typical black American has much deeper American roots than the typical white American. Trump himself, whose grandparents were all foreign-born, is an excellent example of relatively shallow white American roots."

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 7d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 7d

Research shows:
More H-1Bs → more patents
Fewer H-1Bs → more offshoring

Your choice, America.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 8d

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls

Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

people.com

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Adrian Monck @amonck.bsky.social · 11d

3 In July Hegseth put Lt Col Stuart Scheller in charge of reviewing how officers get promoted. Scheller was court-martialled in 2021 for attacking leaders over Afghanistan withdrawal. The Marines convicted him. Now he controls the promotion ladder. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-ma...

The unmaking of Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller

Part 2: What you didn't know about the "accountability" Marine.

www.militarytimes.com

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11d

The president is lying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump: "When you shut it down, you have to do layoffs. So, we'd be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected, and they're gonna be Democrats."

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 11d

The laws are to protect our own soldiers. This is the actual truth.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11d

The reason for military rules of engagement and adhering to laws of armed combat is not “political correctness,” it’s better strategy, serves long-term national interest, and is a way to make an awful part of the human experience a little less awful, based on lessons learned from centuries of blood.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 11d

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 11d

NEW: Statement from VoteVets Senior Advisor MG (Ret.) Paul Eaton on SecDef Pete Hegseth's bizarre gathering of hundreds of generals and admirals at Quantico, Virginia: "These are not serious people and they are making us less secure — not more lethal."

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11d

Rules of engagement is what protects our forces, and American civilians, as well

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11d

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 12d

Portlanders — show off your corner of war-ravaged Portland below.

Cats Pajamas @katzpeejays.bsky.social · 13d

Our corner of war-ravaged Portland.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 12d

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'

The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 14d

He lied. Gotta use the word

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14d

NEW: Trump falsely suggested today that rank-and-file FBI agents fomented the Jan. 6 attack that a mob of his supporters unleashed on the Capitol, leaning into conspiracy theories as he accuses a second FBI director of committing crimes

w/ @iriesentner.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Trump falsely suggests FBI agents to blame for igniting Jan. 6 violence

The president’s baseless claim continued a yearslong effort to rewrite the history of the Capitol attack.

www.politico.com

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This Day (A History Podcast) @thisdaypod.com · 15d

Announcing a good ol’ fashioned Teach-In in Washington, DC on Sunday, October 26th.

We’ll convene for a series of lectures, stories, and conversations to celebrate and stand up for the work of history and museums.

Shoutout to @natedimeo.bsky.social for bringing this idea to us.

See you in DC!

A poster announcing a teach-in in washington DC.

Sunday, October 26th - Sunup to Sundown
Washington, DC - The National Mall
“AMERICA’S FRONT YARD”

FEATURING KELLIE CARTER JACKSON, NICOLE HEMMER, DEREK MUSGROVE, NATE DIMEO, TRESSIE MCMILLAN COTTOM, AMANDA SEALES, JODY AVIRGAN, JAMES FALLOWS, MARTHA JONES, MARCIA CHATELAIN, PAUL BUTLER, NATHAN CONNOLLY, AND MORE

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Colectable @colectable.bsky.social · 14d

“Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle.” -Andor

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