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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 6h

One thing that I think we can scale back on as a society is this idea that if you have been on television one time, your opinions are important forever.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 12h

More. Of. This. Any city that allows a corporation to build a data center will be unlivable within a year of construction.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 14h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 11h

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 11h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 13h

You’ll never guess who is in charge of the Homeland Security Council….

(Miller. It’s Stephen Miller.)

Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.

DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case

A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.

www.wusa9.com

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 12h

If our TV networks had not been captured by the right wing, some very easy journalism would be to play this clip besides a very not on fire Portland and then tell viewers that the President of the United States is living in an alternate reality.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 12h

the president of the united states who has access to unprecedented levels of intel and up to the minute daily briefings is instead making statements based on fox news broadcasts from 2020 that his staff has convinced him is happening right now

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 12h

MAGA and its agenda are *wildly* unpopular, and media are hugely out of touch for not saying so. Politicians who tap into this reality will thrive, and media outlets that reflect this truth will earn enormous audiences.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 23h

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 13h

There have been many shameful moments on the part of the White House Press Corps in the last 9 months but the lack of meaningful pushback or follow-up questions to Trump’s constant claims that a major US city has been set on fire for weeks & most of its businesses have been destroyed is damning.

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Ricky Roo @rickyroo.bsky.social · 16h

literally calling them losers to their hidden cry baby faces has been wildly effective on the ground in Chicago

"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 23h

mocking authoritarians is the thing that drives them the most crazy, just ask john heartfield

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 13h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 13h

for a while, long ago, I wondered about a political party that catered to the desires of serial killers - getting basically 100% of the serial killer vote in order to run america

and now: that political daydream has become a reality

Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 14h

An endorsement’s an endorsement right?

Article about a serial killer’s last words before he was executed “Tell Trump to keep making America great.”

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 13h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 13h

The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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The Birds The Turtles and The Beast @turtlebee.bsky.social · 19h

The Frog Costume has gone from $25 to almost $40 on amazon over the last week. There's an army brewing.

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GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 14h

Dawg the farmers are never exporting another soybean

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15h

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

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kristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 1d

Tapping the sign..🫠

Micah
@rincewind.run
"your grocery prices are going up and they're spending 20 billion dollars to bail out Argentina" is the kind of shit people get very mad about

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 14h

The idea is that you're supposed to "grow out of" your youthful dalliance with Rage Against the Machine or The Clash or whatever, in order to graduate into adulthood, when you simply resign yourself to How Things Are. But you were right all along to believe in all that shit!

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 14h

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Rep. Gwen Moore on X.com:

So let me get this straight ... Republicans expect
Democrats to vote for a funding bill when
Republicans are openly admitting that they're
just going to come around behind us and claw
back funding after it's approved?

This isn't a "clean CR," it is a transparent game
of three card monty.

She's quote tweeting Eleanor Mueller who wrote:
On this press call with the House Freedom
Caucus, Johnson tells reporters: "We worked on
rescissions, and there'll be more of that, we expect,
in the days ahead."

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 14h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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NHATional Scissoring Day ✂️ @nhathanielh.bsky.social · 14h

10 BELTS MONE #AEW #wrestlesky 🤼‍♂️

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