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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 6h

I laughed way too hard at this 🤣🤣🤣

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Reuters @reuters.com · 7h

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Data darkness in US spreads a global shadow

The U.S. government shutdown that has turned off the official flow of data could begin clouding the view for policymakers in Japan and other countries where insight into the fortunes of the world's biggest economy informs the outlook for their own currencies, trade performance and inflation.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 12h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Jeffries: "If Donald Trump can find $20b to bail out his right-wing dictator friend in Argentina, it's extraordinary to me that Republicans are unwilling to even have a discussion about how we address the healthcare crisis that they've created."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Jeffries: "I remind all of these corrupt individuals, these sycophants -- the statute of limitations is five years. The American people want accountability, deserve accountability, and will get accountability."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

"To the extent Trump has the power to federalize troops, it stems from a law Congress passed. In other words, Congress could, were it not currently controlled by sniveling sycophants, just pass a new law that took away that power. So, by its very nature, that’s not a plenary power."

Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

This is not how the Constitution works.

www.publicnotice.co

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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 16h

🎁 GIFT 🎁

"Platforms have been especially flooded by racist comments about Indians, after Indian news outlets reported on the Chinese visa as a possible alternative to the highly popular H1-B visa in the United States, which now comes with a $100,000 fee."

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China Wants Foreign Scientists. The Public Says No, Thanks.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 17h

New: Both parties brace for a 'long conflict' as government shutdown hits two-week mark

5th longest shutdown in US history; neither side is showing any signs of moving off their position.

Here's why: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Both parties brace for a 'long conflict' as government shutdown hits two-week mark

The Senate is set to vote for the eighth time on a House-passed stopgap funding bill amid the fifth-longest shutdown in U.S. history.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 17h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 17h

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

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17h

A 38-year-old man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and arson for setting fires inside the official residence of Gov. Josh Shapiro.

What to know about the arson fire and attempted murder at the Pennsylvania governor's mansion

A 38-year-old man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and arson for setting fires inside the official residence of Gov. Josh Shapiro.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17h

Former government officials rarely write good books. Tomorrow Is Yesterday, a new book by veteran peace negotiators Robert Malley and Hussein Agha, is an exception.

It tells the story of how the two-state solution in Israel and Palestine failed, despite its authors trying to make it a reality.

How the two-state solution became a “big, expedient lie”

In a new book, Robert Malley, a veteran US peace negotiator, argues it is well past time to think beyond an idea he spent much of his career pursuing.

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 17h

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday at the White House that his administration planned to produce a list on Friday of "Democrat programs" that will be closed as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Trump says he will unveil list on Friday of 'Democrat programs' to be shut

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday at the White House that his administration planned to produce a list on Friday of "Democrat programs" that will be closed as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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

OBAMA: “Better’s good… we’re not gonna get to perfect. Do I think single-payer with no profit motive would’ve been smarter? Absolutely.”

President Obama tells Maron the ACA was a compromise because he didn’t have the votes for what he really wanted. #MedicareForAll

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

“…the story of progress is not so simple, especially when you consider what it took to make the world we know—who was included, and who was excluded and mercilessly broken.”

www.americaamerica.news/p/rethinking...

Rethinking Narratives of Progress

Asking on so-called Columbus Day: who has benefited from these narratives, who has not, and whether we still have a chance to make things better

www.americaamerica.news

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

maybe this will help some realize that you don’t need access to cover the government effectively. in fact, it’s actually better.

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 1d

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will not sign. Here's my latest >>> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...

Media outlets, including MAGA channel Newsmax, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules | CNN Business

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will n...

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 1d

Who will be left covering the U.S. Department of Defense after tomorrow at 5 p.m.? Almost no one.

Here's where things stand: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

Where is the Republican budget? By law it was required to be passed and in place by Sept 30th. Anyone seen it? Got any idea what might be in it? Why the f-ck is the House taking a month long vacation without getting their work done?

Dems ready to negotiate. Rs remain on vacation.

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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 1d

Find someone who looks at you like Jamie Oliver looks at his celeriac. 😍

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Most Delicious Winter Soup You'll Ever Make | Jamie Oliver

YouTube video by Jamie Oliver

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 1d

Sherrod Brown says he raised $7 million for his #OHSen comeback campaign during his first six weeks, plus another $1 million for a joint fundraising committee. mailchi.mp/sherrodbrown...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

🎶 The airplane caught fire over Los Gatos Canyon
A fireball of lightning that shook all our hills
Who are these dear friends all scattered like dry leaves
The radio said they were just deportees 🎶

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“The initial newspaper reports mentioned the names of the white crew members, but only referred to the Mexican passengers as ‘deportees.’ That lack of recognition moved Woody Guthrie to write a song …” www.kqed.org/news/1194127...

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

Recent polls, Trump approval, drop since last poll:

Ipsos/Reuters 40%-58% (-18) 1 pt ⬇️
Econ/YouGov 39%-56% (-17) 2 pts ⬇️
CBS 42%-58% (-16) 4 pts ⬇️
Civiqs 40%-56% (-16) 4 pts ⬇️
Morn Cons 45%-53% (-8) 2 pts ⬇️

So far shutdown ain't working for Trump.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Obamacare fight escalates as shutdown drags on

Speaker Johnson calls the expiring subsidies at issue a "boondoggle" that won't be extended in this bill—or without "real reform."

Democrats aren't budging, saying action now is urgent to avert a premium hike.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Mike Johnson slams Obamacare funds as a 'boondoggle' as shutdown drags on

Johnson also addressed conservative calls to repeal Obamacare, whose enhanced tax credits form the main dispute between the two parties that led to the funding impasse.

www.nbcnews.com

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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone with heart celebrates middle
East progress.
President Trump, you think you are a peacemaker, so call your goons off our people,communities, cities and states. Are you proud to see innocent people slammed to the ground & clergy gassed?
No peacemaker starts violence against his own people.

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