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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 2h

I always assumed it was some kind of metaphor for relief.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 6h

This shit is crazy because they're just straight up on video hitting a car that was blocked in the street. The extent as to which DHS now just brazenly puts out lies is utterly obscene.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 7h

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 4h

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 3h

The founders in fact did NOT create the filibuster, but they DID give the Senate and House each the power to set their own rules, which includes changing rules to allow passage of appropriations bills with simple majorities

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 6h

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h

The US has finalized its $20 billion bailout for Argentina, a main US competitor in the soybean market.

This is a move that will only further screw over American soybean farmers, who're being priced out of their own market.

A 90-second crash course in Trump's betrayal of American soy farmers

Here’s the geopolitical beans.

www.motherjones.com

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 5h

Republicans left this door wide open for nearly a decade and still we haven’t intelligently figured this out

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 5h

Democrats need to go as hard branding protest as patriotism as Republicans are labeling it all insurrection.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 8h

By “this has got to come to an end” he means opposition to Republicans’ destruction of the country. They seek subjugation.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

We live in a country where the government honors insurrectionists who sacked the Capitol, and defines peaceful protest, even before it occurs, to be terrorism.
They know their position is weak, they know they are unpopular, which is why they are seeking to stamp out dissent.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 11h

This administration is selling off the country for spare parts and call it “America First.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 17h

Not a good day to be a Venezuelan fisherman.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17h

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after scrutiny surrounding committee and comments by Donald Trump * Nobel peace prize – latest Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado has won the Nobel peace prize. The committee commended Machado as a “brave and committed champion of peace” who “keeps the flame of democracy burning during a growing darkness”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 18h

Go fash, lose cash.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 18h

(Her birthday was October 7 so antisemitism confirmed, ADL reports.)

Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 18h

Plot twist: we are invading Venezuela, not Norway.

María Corina Machado, pro-democracy leader from Venezuela.

Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 18h

about to find out if we are invading norway

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 18h

Hey remember when Republicans claimed they were for "all of the above" when it came to energy?

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 18h

Nobel Peace Prize should be announced shortly.

Announcement of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

YouTube video by Nobel Prize

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 19h

Jesus Christ.

A model on President Trump’s desk showing a new monument across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial was photographed on Thursday during a meeting in the Oval Office with Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb.

The model arch had been placed on a map showing it and the Lincoln Memorial, with the Potomac separating the pair. A larger model of the arch, featuring a golden winged angel and two white eagles, was next to the map on the desk.

According to the AFP news agency, the model, which resembled the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, was “virtually identical” to a design shared in the ‘Donald Trump for President’ Facebook page in September. The Facebook page suggested the monument could be built to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States, which takes place in 2026.

A plan for an arch across from the Lincoln Memorial is seen on the Resolute Desk as US President Donald Trump meets with Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 9, 2025 (main) with a depiction of the arch produced by architecture firm Harrison Design (insert).

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

Combustion is the past, electricity is the future, pass it on.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 23h

Netflix announced this limited series 18 months ago and looked forward to it ever since. It looks fantastic with a stellar cast. Michael Shannon? Nick Offerman? Matthew Macfadyen?

Death by Lightning | Official Trailer | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

www.youtube.com

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 23h

I've been looking forward to this series since it was announced 18 months ago and made this very point.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 23h

The Network state technofascists love that idea.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 23h

The Administration

- raised taxes on clean energy with one big beautiful bill

- is stopping or making clean energy projects harder to be built

- is raising prices on materials with tariffs

- all while AI is spiking electricity demand

They are stopping supply while demand goes up

It’s a crisis

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 23h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 23h

No worries, I agree with you on the premise. I think you're wrong about this particular instance and we can definitely draw the line at sitting down with (or sharing content from) people who are antisemites, bigots, and otherwise hateful.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 23h

We do not need to share antisemitic materials.

I haven't chastised people like Buttigieg going on FOX News. (He's more adept at it than Khanna whose progressivism is rooted in opportunism.)

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 23h

Looking forward to his appearance on InfoWars then.

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