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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 4h

When Russell Vought pushes something into the news on Friday night of a long weekend, is that a sign of strength — of a battle for public opinion he thinks he can win?

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4h

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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Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 7h

25 days out and we’re making every one of them count!

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 7h

The Republicans don’t want to pass their budget on their own. It’s full of ugly and unpopular stuff. They want Dem cover. We cannot give it to them.

Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 7h

The founders in fact did NOT create the filibuster, but they DID give the Senate and House each the power to set their own rules, which includes changing rules to allow passage of appropriations bills with simple majorities

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 10h

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 7h

The Kremlin was forced to postpone its summit with Arab leaders at the last minute because almost no one agreed to attend, — Bloomberg. Kremlin invited 22 Arab heads of state to the forum.

Hey, there’s Trump Gaza for grabs. No time.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 12h

So glad to know the First Lady is having lovely chats with a genocidal murderer to ask him to return the children he abducted.

Do we even have a State Department anymore?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 9h

We’re outside of the Broadview ICE facility.

It’s clearer than ever before.

What’s happening in Illinois is an unprecedented, unlawful abuse of power.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 8h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 8h

Trump has gone totally mad. It's 25th Amendment time all day, every day. He's living in a totally invented, fictional world. And he's old and in ill-health.

It's outrageous, reckless, choose your word that Republicans haven't done more to deal with this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "The restaurants were all closing, now you can't get into a restaurant. They're opening up new restaurants. It took 12 days for us. We sent in not politically correct military. We sent them in based on merit."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 8h

How can anyone think someone this insecure is strong?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 10h

I know Mike Johnson says there is nothing for the House to do but there is.

You see by law a budget was supposed to be in place by Sept 30th, but Rs haven’t passed one. The reason? There isn’t a GOP budget. They haven’t even started working on one. This is what the House should be doing FFS!

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10h

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 15h

Addled, ailing and idiotic, Trump sides with Maduro’s backer, Putin, in denigrating Venezuelan pro-democracy opposition.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

“Thank you to President Putin!”

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11h

It wouldn't be tolerated for even a day if the Democrats controlled the House. The national outcry & front page coverage would be nonstop & the seat stealing would end immediately. The national media has two completely sets of expectations for the two parties.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 11h

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism ... you don't say www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

www.nytimes.com

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 14h

Democrats are winning the big arguments with Trump and need to keep fighting - My latest, video and analysis, 👇

www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/democrats-...

Democrats Are Winning The Big Arguments With Trump, And Need To Keep Fighting (New Video And Analysis)

Leon Krauze joins us live at noon ET today to discuss what Marina Corina Machado winning the Nobel Peace Prize means for Venezuela and the Americas

www.hopiumchronicles.com

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Hopium Chronicles @hopiumchronicles.bsky.social · 15h

Today, 12pm ET - @simonwdc.bsky.social is joined by journalist Leon Krauze to discuss the Nobel Committee’s awarding of the Peace Prize to María Corina Machado. Leon will reflect on the significance of the award for the people of Venezuela and the Americas.
open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 15h

Addled, ailing and idiotic, Trump sides with Maduro’s backer, Putin, in denigrating Venezuelan pro-democracy opposition.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

“Thank you to President Putin!”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 15h

Mike Johnson, one of the great cowards in American history, has cancelled votes again.

A reminder that by law a budget was supposed to have been passed and in place on September 30. There is no Republican budget; no process to create one; and Johnson is preventing Congress from working on one.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 15h

UNREAL

Democratic Whip Notice: The House GOP Leadership have made the following change to the House Floor schedule:

Members are advised that votes are no longer expected in the House on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

Pending Senate action on FY26 Funding, Members will receive 48 hours' notice prior to any potential votes in the House. Further information regarding the Floor schedule will be provided as soon as it becomes available.

This is a change from the House GOP Leadership's previously announced schedule.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15h

The correct response to Republicans widely depicting the coming protests as terrorism is to go out and protest. Each person should get 10 more people to do so. If Republicans are going to hint at violent state responses to legitimate protest, the only answer is bigger numbers.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 16h

They make up lies about paid agitators doing violence, and attach them to the name of a prominent Jewish person. This is antisemitism, and it infects every part of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h

White House loyal podcaster Benny Johnson launched his career with a series of six-figure funding boosters from the Russian Ministry of Propaganda (Роскомнадзор). He is always the go-to source to learn what Putin thinks about anything, though he rarely actually attributes it to Putin.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 16h

“Thousands of US-bound packages shipped by UPS are trapped at hubs across the country, unable to clear the maze of new customs requirements imposed by Trump.
As packages flagged for customs issues pile up in UPS warehouses, the company told NBC News it has begun “disposing of” some shipments.”😱

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

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