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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14m

Immigrants have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000. nfap.com/research/new...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

“.. 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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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

Rasmus Jarlov: When Russia attacks the next country because they were allowed to take Ukraine, we Danes will hold our heads high knowing we did our part where others were free riding and made up excuses for the Russian aggression. Note that the US is at the bottom of the list of NATO donors.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 7h

NEW: At least 6 in 10 Americans say Trump has improperly...

–used his office to punish people who say things he doesn't like (66%)

–encouraged federal investigations of his political opponents (62%)

–used his office to enrich himself and others (61%)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Bar chart showing that majorities of Americans believe Donald Trump has improperly used his office in several ways since returning to the White House in January. The chart is based on a September 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 23h

Many analysts are wondering whether the administration is actually pursuing regime change in Venezuela under the guise of fighting the war on drugs. That certainly seems to be what Rubio wants. The administration could even try to kill or capture Maduro. wapo.st/4o9ZEVW

Opinion | Trump is turning the ‘war on drugs’ from metaphor into an actual war

Beyond the question of whether blowing up boats off Venezuela is legal, what’s the military objective?

wapo.st

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 7h

The White House has said the ICE facility is “under siege.” Newly released police reports filed in federal court describe how the protests that began in June were dwindling before Trump’s order. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

What’s Really Going On in Portland, According to Police Reports

Protests outside an ICE facility were dwindling in size and at times ”low energy” in the days and weeks before President Trump called in troops, according to official law-enforcement logs.

www.wsj.com

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 7h

Russian drone operators have turned daily life in Kherson into a terrifying gauntlet…. Ukrainian authorities, civilians and human-rights groups say it has become a systematic effort to keep people off the city’s streets under threat of execution from the skies. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Russian Drones Turn the Streets of Kherson Into a Civilian Kill Zone

The attacks on Kherson are part of Russia’s growing strategy to terrorize civilians in an effort to sap Ukrainians’ strength to resist in the fourth year of war.

www.wsj.com

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 1d

Rubio claims that blowing up boats is necessary because “interdiction doesn’t work.” But if stopping 19 vessels over seven weeks “doesn’t work,” it’s hard to know what blowing up four more will achieve. wapo.st/4o9ZEVW

Opinion | Trump is turning the ‘war on drugs’ from metaphor into an actual war

Beyond the question of whether blowing up boats off Venezuela is legal, what’s the military objective?

wapo.st

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 18h

“We’re going to stop drug trafficking,” Trump said on Sunday.

News flash: The US has been trying to “stop drug trafficking” since Nixon declared the “war on drugs” in 1971. wapo.st/4o9ZEVW

Opinion | Trump is turning the ‘war on drugs’ from metaphor into an actual war

Beyond the question of whether blowing up boats off Venezuela is legal, what’s the military objective?

wapo.st

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 1d

The administration is turning the “war on drugs” from a metaphor into an actual war. Shouldn’t such a momentous decision require the consent of Congress? If Trump wants a Gulf of Venezuela resolution, he should say so. If he doesn’t, he should stop the kinetic strikes. wapo.st/4o9ZEVW

Opinion | Trump is turning the ‘war on drugs’ from metaphor into an actual war

Beyond the question of whether blowing up boats off Venezuela is legal, what’s the military objective?

wapo.st

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 23h

Many analysts are wondering whether the administration is actually pursuing regime change in Venezuela under the guise of fighting the war on drugs. That certainly seems to be what Rubio wants. The administration could even try to kill or capture Maduro. wapo.st/4o9ZEVW

Opinion | Trump is turning the ‘war on drugs’ from metaphor into an actual war

Beyond the question of whether blowing up boats off Venezuela is legal, what’s the military objective?

wapo.st

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 1d

“We’re going to stop drug trafficking,” Trump said on Sunday.

News flash: The US has been trying to “stop drag trafficking” since Nixon declared the “war on drugs” in 1971. wapo.st/4o9ZEVW

Opinion | Trump is turning the ‘war on drugs’ from metaphor into an actual war

Beyond the question of whether blowing up boats off Venezuela is legal, what’s the military objective?

wapo.st

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 1d

Rubio claims that blowing up boats is necessary because “interdiction doesn’t work.” But if stopping 19 vessels over seven weeks “doesn’t work,” it’s hard to know what blowing up four more will achieve. wapo.st/4o9ZEVW

Opinion | Trump is turning the ‘war on drugs’ from metaphor into an actual war

Beyond the question of whether blowing up boats off Venezuela is legal, what’s the military objective?

wapo.st

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 1d

The administration is turning the “war on drugs” from a metaphor into an actual war. Shouldn’t such a momentous decision require the consent of Congress? If Trump wants a Gulf of Venezuela resolution, he should say so. If he doesn’t, he should stop the kinetic strikes. wapo.st/4o9ZEVW

Opinion | Trump is turning the ‘war on drugs’ from metaphor into an actual war

Beyond the question of whether blowing up boats off Venezuela is legal, what’s the military objective?

wapo.st

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 1d

With less publicity and less pushback than the high-profile deployments of the National Guard to U.S. cities, the Trump administration has undertaken another legally dubious, and strategically problematic, use of military force: against narco-cartels in the Caribbean wapo.st/4o9ZEVW

Opinion | Trump is turning the ‘war on drugs’ from metaphor into an actual war

Beyond the question of whether blowing up boats off Venezuela is legal, what’s the military objective?

wapo.st

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“Not following the day to day on that.”

Smooth. 🤡

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Jon Hance @jhance.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, this is just funny.

isportlandburning.com

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Just go ahead and delete article 1 entirely while you’re at it.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 2d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

About 1 in 3 US Nobel prize winners are immigrants.
About 1 in 4 were government employees at some point.
About 44% of all Nobel prize winners were educated in US higher education.
As Trump demands a Nobel prize, he is destroying the means by which America came to dominate the prizes.

Sources below

Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 2d

Two things of note in today's announcement of the 2025 Nobel physics prize (besides the work being honored).

1: The US institutional dominance of the prize continues.
2: 2 of the three laureates are immigrants, drawn here decades ago by the then-unmatched opportunities for science here...

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Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics

www.nytimes.com

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 2d

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 2d

“A clear visual clue that the photograph was not taken in Portland was that the first officer’s shield is marked “Policia”, the Spanish or Portuguese word for police.”

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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 2d

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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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 2d

Kristi Noem was the governor of South Dakota when Biden was President. Guess what she said regarding Biden potentially federalizing the Guard.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3d

⚡️Ukrainian drones reportedly target oil infrastructure in Siberia, over 2,000 km away from frontline.

Ukrainian drones reportedly attacked the city of Tyumen in the Russian region of Siberia late on Oct. 6, local officials reported.

Ukrainian drones reportedly target oil infrastructure in Siberia, over 2,000 km away from frontline

Officials from Russia's Tyumen Oblast claimed on Telegram that three Ukrainian drones were shot down over an "industrial facility" in the city, adding that no fire, casualties, or explosions occurred ...

kyivindependent.com

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