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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17h

News footage from Portland shows a calm, tranquil city. But an AI video that Stephen Miller texted to Donald Trump shows the city as a burning hellhole. The truth may lie somewhere in between.

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Kyle Trowbridge @kyletrow.bsky.social · 17h

Depends on the day! But I’m not sure if that’s the plastic, or if that’s the 40s

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Kyle Trowbridge @kyletrow.bsky.social · 18h

Yes, Ryan. I track this along with my macros. I’m 7% plastic now.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

FROGS TOGETHER STRONG is fucking incredible

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

So, Tom Homan can straight accept a bag of $50K in cash from the FBI in a sting operation, have the investigation dismissed by this corrupt Justice Department, but all of Trump's critics somehow face indictments?

Cool, cool. Cool.

A desperate, weak Administration overplaying its hand.

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Kyle Trowbridge @kyletrow.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re skeptic, it may delight you in how different it is in parts from The Master or TWBB, or it may affirm all of your suspicions anyway.

Skeptics should watch it. It’s got a lot of gas behind it, and if it’s as great as some are suggesting, it will need to stand up to scrutiny and criticism.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

I might end up talking about this graph all day.

I think one thing Dems need to realize is that "Americans" are not buying into the "cities on fire" lies of this admin.

It's JUST Republicans. So if you're a governor of a solidly blue state, or a blue-city mayor, the national story is NOT YOURS.

Gallup poll showing a wild divergence in "is crime rising" over the past two years, w GOP at 90, independents at 68, Dems at 29.

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Kyle Trowbridge @kyletrow.bsky.social · 1d

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

oklahoma AG just filed an amicus brief on behalf of the state of oklahoma supporting the deployment

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

"For Democrats, this particular moment of cartoonish graft presents a huge opportunity to unify around an anti-corruption platform.…Their agenda must meet the moment and include game-changing initiatives that let voters know they recognize corruption is pervasive."
www.thebulwark.com/p/anti-corru...

How Anti-Corruption Can Be a Winning Issue for Democrats

It’s a powerful, unifying theme—and it’s tied to the crisis of democracy under Trump.

www.thebulwark.com

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 1d

there was a ceasefire when trump came in. he let israel blow that up, let famine spread, let his goons murder starving people, before using the power he'd had since he took office. grotesque to call this peacemaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-mideast-visit-israel-gaza.html

(from the nyt obvi) With Mideast Deal, Trump Is on the Brink of a Major Diplomatic Accomplishment

For President Trump, success in brokering a cease-fire is the ultimate test of his self-described goal as a deal maker and a peacemaker.

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KFF @kff.org · 4d

⚡ A new analysis by KFF’s Jared Ortaliza finds that more than half of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in Republican congressional districts, concentrated in the South. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/48bH774

KFF map titled “At Least 10% of the Population in All Congressional Districts in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina Are Enrolled in the ACA Marketplaces.” The map shows the share of population that is enrolled in the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces in 2025 by congressional district, 119th Congress.

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Kyle Trowbridge @kyletrow.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine if, on mic, in the White House, a Democratic President said “we took away the second amendment.”

Wall to wall news coverage. Weeks/months/years of right wing hysteria.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2d

Fantastic & informative thread on determining how rich/poor someone was in the past

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2d

A good example of why direct inflation adjustment of this sort is more deceptive than clarifying when applied over very long stretches of time where consumption patterns are very different.

Basic foods (bread/grain) probably devours a third of Cratchet's income, but not the modern worker's.

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2d

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Kyle Trowbridge @kyletrow.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a suit and tie says cubs win on a screen

ALT: a man in a suit and tie says cubs win on a screen

media.tenor.com

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2d

In any event, this confuses ideological leanings with organization. Have there been people who identified as “anti-fascists” since the 1920s? Sure. Were they all the same people or organization? Of course not.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 2d

Losing the war on woke

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

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Kyle Trowbridge @kyletrow.bsky.social · 2d

My dad used to play Mother Goose on the guitar ALL. THE. TIME.

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 2d

ngl when the hostile takeover first started I was not entirely certain how the VA Dems would respond, but they are not fucking around and I truly appreciate that.

CBS19 News: Charlottesville News First @cbs19news.bsky.social · 2d

#JustIn: Democrats in the state Senate say "future budget considerations" could impact UVA if it signs onto the Trump administration's education compact.

State Senate Democrats tell UVA to not consider education compact

Democrats in the state Senate write that if UVA signs the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, “there will be significant consequences in future Virginia budget cycles.”

www.cbs19news.com

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Kyle Trowbridge @kyletrow.bsky.social · 2d

12% brainpower. Completely disconnected from reality

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

Kyle Trowbridge @kyletrow.bsky.social · 2d

Assume you’re on this one @jaketapper.bsky.social

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Kyle Trowbridge @kyletrow.bsky.social · 2d

Brainpower at roughly 14% here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Kyle Trowbridge @kyletrow.bsky.social · 2d

A secret, third thing imo

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign.

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

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

www.rollingstone.com

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