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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

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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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 2h

Trump says he’s slapping a 100% sales tax on top of the rest of his tariffs, forcing you to pay that much more for just about everything.

This would mean chaos and pain for any small businesses that rely on China for trade & business.

Republicans could end these tariffs today.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

Department of Justice lawyers, from Main Justice to AUSAs in the districts, have ALWAYS enjoyed a sort of aura of truth and justice and trust. That was arguably always unjustifiable but Trump DoJ has absolutely pissed it away with compulsive lying.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 8h

There goes another Trump admin talking point.

Claim: Abrego told an immigration judge that he fears persecution in Costa Rica.

Judge Xinis reads the immigration judge's ruling, which doesn't say that.

"That's very troubling to me," Xinis tells Ensign.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 4h

At least there's a silver lining to this toxic, gaseous Taco cloud.

www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Steve Rattner warns the GOP: Health care cuts will hit red states the hardest

The former Treasury official said the data, which shows GOP-led states use ACA subsidies at a higher rate, has put Republicans under pressure.

www.msnbc.com

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 5h

"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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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 5h

"Career prosecutors determined that there was no evidence to support these charges. They were pushed out and replaced with individuals whose only qualification is their loyalty to a single man, not to the Constitution or the law. That is corruption. That is abuse of power...we must all speak out."

Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 7h

INBOX: National Bar Association President Ashley L. Upkins calls the charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James “unjust and dangerous” and a representation of "the continued weaponization of our nation’s justice system for political gain."

Full statement below:

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

Is Kid Rock ok? He's looking like an ad for a place called Thrifty Dialysis

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

bsky.app/profile/acyn...

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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 5h

Gavin Newsom:

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h

UPDATE: Judge Perry issued an opinion explaining why she blocked the Texas National Guard deployment in Chicago.

She begins with Alexander Hamilton’s rejection of a “preposterous” idea that the Constitution lets a President deploy a State’s militia to a different State for political retribution. 🧵

OPINION AND ORDER
Since this country was founded, Americans have disagreed about the appropriate division
of power between the federal government and the fifty states that make up our Union. This
tension is a natural result of the system of federalism adopted by our Founders. And yet, not even
the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal government believed that one
state's militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution, calling such
a suggestion "inflammatory," and stating "it is impossible to believe that [a President] would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs." But Plaintiffs contend that such
an event has come to pass, and argue that National Guard troops from both Illinois and Texas
have been deployed to Illinois because the President of the United States wants to punish state elected officials whose policies are different from his own.

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CNN @cnn.com · 4h

President Donald Trump traveled for an unusual second trip to Walter Reed Medical Center. CNN's Alayna Treene reports from the White House.

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 4h

I’m talking to Democrats and Republicans in the Senate every day, but the House is critical to solving this shutdown too. Mike Johnson needs to get House Republicans back to Washington so we can actually work together to stop health care costs from rising dramatically.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 5h

I love this image.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 9h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 5h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h

This is absolutely disgusting

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

It’s a free country.

Right?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 4h

Arizona’s 7th district overwhelmingly voted to send @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social to Washington to represent them.

Speaker Johnson won’t swear her in because she would be the final signature to turn over ALL of the Epstein files.

Stop covering up for pedophiles and swear in Rep. Grijalva.

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Matthew Wilding @matthewwilding.bsky.social · 13h

Fun fact: Bluesky is outperforming Twitter on conversions for my Kickstarter by 900%.

Despite it having the most followers of any platform for me, Twitter is converting at lower numbers than EVERY OTHER social media platform I'm using (Facebook, Threads, Instagram, Bluesky).

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 4h

They shut down the government with a partisan plan that has us barreling toward a national health care crisis — and they won't even come to the table.

Oh, and House Republicans have been on a paid vacation for weeks. They just don't give a damn about anyone other than their billionaire buddies.

White House declines to engage Democrats as shutdown drags into second week

The White House has yet to engage Democrats on ending the government shutdown, despite the potential political ramifications of the closure.

www.washingtonpost.com

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 9h

ANY CHICAGOLAND ACTIVISTS interested in observing ICE Air activities around “Operation Midway Blitz” contact me on Signal:

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 15h

📣 CHICAGO: We expect a surge of ICE Air flights to your area in the coming days, to clear out space at the infamous Broadview Detention Center for more captured migrants.

👉 To observe & report on ICE Air activities at Chicago-Gary go to the parking lot at 5701 Industrial Hwy next to the airport 👀

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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 11h

NOW: Unions representing hundreds of thousands of federal workers have asked a judge to immediately halt mass layoffs that the White House announced on Friday amid the government shutdown. Seeking emergency action ahead of Oct. 16 hearing
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: The White House says it is making good on threats to fire thousands of federal workers amid a government shutdown: buff.ly/wgQdZk1

Announcement comes hours before a judge's deadline for DOJ to submit info on the status of layoffs, previously: buff.ly/kDrhgP6

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 4h

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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