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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 20h

20 billion dollars from the US Treasury **was not enough**. So now it's 40 billion dollars! And why stop there?

All while the US government is shut down.

"America First," amirite?

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bessent says bailout for Argentina will double to boost U.S. influence in region

The Trump administration is working to arrange private sector financing for Argentina that would double the total U.S. financial lifeline for the embattled Latin nation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 19h

This is happening even quicker than I could have foreseen: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20h

"Over the 12 months ended in August, the price of coffee increased 20.9%, Labor Department data showed; ground beef was up 12.8%, and bananas rose 6.6%. Dairy, fruits and vegetables and cereals have all become pricier."

Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt.

Record beef prices and coffee that costs $1 more per pound since May have shoppers cutting back on some foods, stockpiling others.

www.wsj.com

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 20h

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the Trump admin are arranging ANOTHER $20B cash infusion for Argentina through banks and wealth funds. ANOTHER. Meanwhile, seniors at home are begging for COLA paperwork just to see if they’ll be able to afford groceries.

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 20h

"Tu sei Bella " " Fregarti"
"Vaffanculo" (Italian take a guess)

She is 85 years fierce
This is how it's done
I love you Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi

This woman reporter
Seriously "stogots` "

She wasn't authorized to call up the guard

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 20h

"In unison."

Amen.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 20h

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out of the Pentagon rather than comply with its restrictive policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19h

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 23h

The Supreme Court's Republican appointees sound ready to transform the 14th and 15th Amendments into a weapon against the very racial minorities they were meant to protect—handing Republicans 15-19 additional House seats in the process. A disaster for democracy.
slate.com/news-and-pol...

Is it racist to remedy racism? That’s the question at the heart of Callais v. Louisiana, which the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday. The case asks whether the Voting Rights Act gives Black Louisianans too much political power—and if so, whether the landmark law violates the Constitution. Unsurprisingly, the Republican-appointed justices seem eager to rule that it does. Throughout oral arguments, they suggested the VRA protects minority voters too effectively, dragging the government into race-conscious considerations that offend the equal protection rights of the white voters who sued in this case. And they floated various ways to gut what remains of the statute by twisting it beyond recognition or striking it down altogether. The result would be a windfall for Republicans, who stand to gain at least 19 seats in the House of Representatives if the Supreme Court frees them to gerrymander Black communities into oblivion. Such a decision would also devastate minority representation in Congress, eliminating up to 30 percent of the Congressional Black Caucus.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

It's always 7%
www.businessinsider.com/nbc-news-cut...

NBC News cuts 7% of staff as it prepares to separate from MSNBC and CNBC

NBC News began cutting 7%, or about 150 of its roughly 2,000-person staff, as it gears up to operate independently of MSNBC and CNBC.

www.businessinsider.com

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 23h

he’s so, so good at this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 23h

Trump is DOUBLING the amount of the Argentina bailout, to $40 billion. Nothing's been done to lower your cost of living right here, in America. America last.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina.

Elon Musk does too.

Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come.

There is zero oversight. Congress not involved.

One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

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Leila Belkora PhD, astrophysics @leilabelkora.bsky.social · 2d

I see that @kelbadry.bsky.social has won a MacArthur Foundation fellowship (Genius award)! Congratulations 🧪🔭

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/a...

MacArthur Foundation Announces 2025 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners

www.nytimes.com

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Susan Gross @pricklyeater.bsky.social · 23h

Do other people find themselves just feeling melancholy on their birthdays?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

Again, this is not what needs to be done. "Why are you breaking the law & violating the Constitution & your oath of office?" is the question. When he doesn't answer it, the next journalist needs to ask it, & then the next one, & the one after that. Stop giving him & John Thune free passes every day.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

New York health officials have confirmed the first locally transmitted case of the chikungunya virus which causes high fever, joint pain and fatigue.

It’s usually a tropical virus, but there are now infected mosquitoes spreading in New York. (NYT)

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Susan Gross @pricklyeater.bsky.social · 1d

Huh.
That guy reminds me of Rolf from The Sound Of Music.

Susan Gross @pricklyeater.bsky.social · 1d

6:00 am on east coast. So little sleep worrying about this country, my family. Listening to that -- twice so far -- I needed that. Now I'll go listen to it again. I need to find some fucking hope. That was a glimmer.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 1d

This made my dark heart soften a little bit

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 1d

🇮🇱 limits aid into Gaza in dispute over hostage remains as ceasefire faces test
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... 😱 More💣were dropped on Gaza by🇮🇱from 2023-2024 than on Dresden, Hamburg, & London combined during WWII. Obvi finding & IDing remains will take time—& resources! Gazans are starving!

Israel limits aid into Gaza in dispute over hostage remains as ceasefire faces test

Hamas accused of breaching agreement by withholding bodies of hostages but Palestinian militants say they face obstacles in retrieving them

www.theguardian.com

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Susan Gross @pricklyeater.bsky.social · 1d

That voice? That horrible, gritty, bizarre voice?
You know, she really got the short end of the stick here but, damn, Olivia....his VOICE? Ugh...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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