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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 9h

We’ve known for forever that they don’t think gendered violence is a really serious thing but it’s still wild to hear them say it so plainly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d

Vice President JD Vance downplayed the severity of racist texts leaked from a Young Republican group chat, dismissing the criticism as "pearl clutching" and attempting to draw attention to a Democrat texting scandal instead.

JD Vance Hits Out at ‘Pearl Clutching‘ Over Racist GOP Group Chat

The vice president defended the “college group chat” in a post made to X.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16h

Breaking: Capitol Police have been called after a Republican congressional office was just caught displaying a swastika.

This comes one day after group chat messages were leaked of young GOP officials saying “I love Hitler” and calling to put Democrats in “gas chambers.”

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 22h

I am begging people outside the book industry to understand that what we’re experiencing is not merely a surge in book banning but a coordinated effort to end libraries and librarianship in America. 4/4

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 22h

🧵It has been clear for years that a key difference between past instances of book banning and the present censorship cataclysm is that the banning happening now targets not only books, but librarianship as a profession and libraries as an institution. 1/4

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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 17h

The cost of holding down ACA premiums for a year is less than this…

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 18h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 17h

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.
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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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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 17h

Groyper Occupied Government www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 5d

Firing federal employees during a shutdown is not only illegal but must be seen for what it is: blatant extortion.

The Trump Administration is using working people and their families as pawns in a power play with no concern for who gets hurt.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

"They know that in a functioning one-person-one-vote democracy, they could never pass the unpopular self-enriching policies they want. So they know they must focus on preserving and expanding the precedents that permit them to buy American democracy."

🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 1d

If Hunter Biden went on MSNBC and said Joe Biden was "saving God," the head of every pundit and influencer in right wing media would simultaneously explode. Half of Manhattan would be covered in Fox News head debris.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

If your God needs to saved by Eric Trump, it’s time to start asking questions

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Scotty B @scottyb.bsky.social · 1d

Saving God, eh?

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Scotty B @scottyb.bsky.social · 1d

I can't recall anything of that one, but I do know it was the last one published while he was still alive. Late stage Heinlein is indeed a mess. He's lost completely in his fetishistic obsessions, and is trying to cross connect ideas and people with his other works but does not explain any of it.

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Scotty B @scottyb.bsky.social · 1d

"Now that we haven't had a new story about chat GPT encouraging suicide for a couple of weeks, we can declare the mental health problem done and get on with what we were going to do anyway."

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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 1d

Winning back suburban women

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Scotty B @scottyb.bsky.social · 1d

I'm guessing he doesn't have a golf course in Argentina yet?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump to Milei: "Do you need any Tomahawks in Argentina? You need them for your opposition, I guess, because in this country they use Tomahawks on the opposition. I don't do that. I'm much nicer. The Democrats would use them if they had the chance. They're sick people."

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 4d

I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 1d

The library "Turns Out Becoming Rich and/or Famous Can Make You a Dumbass" display is evergreen, easy to find items for, and has both historic and current implications.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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