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Noah Joad @noahjoad.bsky.social · 9h

I declare OFF THE RECORD!

Michael Scott yelling, “I declare bankruptcy!”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h

Oh my GOD.

At 4:10 p.m., she texted me: "By the way-everything | ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know."
I responded: "I'm sorry, but that's not how this works.
You don't get to say that in retrospect."
Halligan was unpersuaded: "Yes, I do. Off record."
"I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked," I said. "But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story?
To my surprise, she kept going: "It's obvious the whole convo is off record. There's disappearing messages and it's on signal. What is your story? You never told me about a story."
I didn't respond. It was time to publish my story. I'II text it to her.

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Tricky2U 🌊 @mirrorpond.bsky.social · 5h

Renovation?
FFS NYT!
No bidding disclosed
No approval by Congress
No one asked for it
We have no idea where the money comes from.
Historical building being torn without any of the permits being questioned.

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otherguyfromwham.bsky.social @otherguyfromwham.bsky.social · 5h

The guy is literally tearing apart the White House and posting videos of himself wearing a crown and shitting on Americans. Seems like anyone still supporting this is dumb as a sack of hair at this point.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h

Amazon controls over a third of the global cloud computing market.

Its customers include Capital One, United Airlines, and the US Army.

Today's outage should be a wakeup call: Dependence on a handful of powerful corporations is a threat to economic and national security.

Morning Brew ☕️ @morningbrew.extwitter.link · 17h

BREAKING: Amazon Web Services

A massive AWS outage early this morning sent major websites and apps down for several hours

Tracking site Downdetector has received over 8 million reports around the globe

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 6h

Nice of Mike Johnson to take time off from checking his porn app to tell us all this

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 10h

How to Join ICE

theonion.com/how-to-join-...

STEP 1
Be born with something just…missing

STEP 2
Try deporting a few neighbors without the constitutional authority to do so, to see if it’s for you

STEP 3
Unlearn any secondary languages you may know

STEP 4
If filling out the application form presents a challenge, candidates may instead demonstrate how hard they can punch a dog

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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 18h

The first look at the scale of Disney backlash after it suspended Kimmel. Wow>>

“Antenna estimated a total of 3 million cancellations for Disney+ and 4.1 million for Hulu in September. Both of those figures far exceeded the trailing three-month averages for the services”
www.wsj.com/business/med...

Customers Ditched Disney+, Hulu After Kimmel Suspension

Cancellation rates for both Disney’s streaming services doubled in September from a month earlier.

www.wsj.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 11h

OMG! In Comey's motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution, he points to others who have lied to Congress that were NOT prosecuted. Number one is JEFF SESSIONS when he said "I have been called a surrogate at a time or two, but I did not have contact with the Russians." 1/

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

That’s seven.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/uni...

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Patrick Andrus @sitchuationallefty.bsky.social · 5h

Good for Saikat. Why is Nancy Pelosi running for re-election. She's a million years old. She was recently seen pushing a walker around town following hip surgery. Is she there to monitor the progressives and make sure they don't do anything politically popular? Retire, Nancy!

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 5h

Pelosi primary challenger @saikatforcongress raises NSPM-7 on CNN just now:

"NSPM-7, which says any anti-American or anti-capitalist or anti-Christian speech is extremist speech. We have a task force of 4,000 agents...being put on prosecuting those people who are saying anti-capitalist things"

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sli99erycoder.bsky.social @sli99erycoder.bsky.social · 4h

#Healthcare #PharmacyDrugPrices #Americans #AmericanVoters #USTAXPAYERS #AmericanTaxpayer #USVOTERS #USCITIZENS #AmericanWorkers #AmericanFarmers
youtube.com/shorts/rBtAd...

Trump has a plan to bring down drug prices. Does it make sense? No, but he has a plan! #DailyShow

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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sli99erycoder.bsky.social @sli99erycoder.bsky.social · 5h

#Veterans #Gestapo #ICE #Americans #AmericanVoters #AmericanTaxpayer #USTAXPAYERS #USVOTERS #USCITIZENS
youtube.com/shorts/cbGbz...

Veterans demand ICE stop 'harassment' of protesters after arrest of retired U.S. Air Force member

YouTube video by Chicago Sun-Times

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Otto ⚛️ @noacttoosmall.com · 18h

Fewer rights.
Less freedom.
More fear.

The future isn’t shrinking by accident — it’s being stolen in plain sight.

Fair Lakes, Fairfax, VA Oct 18, 2025

#NoKings #resist #protestsign #documentaryphotography

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Punchbowl News @punchbowlnews.bsky.social · 20h

Arizona is gearing up to sue Speaker Mike Johnson over his refusal to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

The deadline for Johnson to act has passed and AG Kris Mayes is expected to file suit this week.
punchbowl.news/article/hous...

Crunch time for Grijalva lawsuit

The fight over swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva is escalating this week. The state of Arizona is poised to sue to force Johnson’s hand.

punchbowl.news

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Judi Impeach Krasnov! @judi999.bsky.social · 10h

Absolutely true!
#FuckTrump

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sli99erycoder.bsky.social @sli99erycoder.bsky.social · 7h

#Ai #MovieIndustry #Americans #AmericanVoters #USTAXPAYERS #AmericanTaxpayer #USVOTERS #USCITIZENS #AmericanWorkers
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AI Actress Tilly Norwood “Scarlett Johansson” Situation Is Worse Than You Think

YouTube video by PDS News Clips

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

Hundreds of new homes for veterans are coming to California through voter-approved Prop 1 funding.

707 permanent supportive homes — including 231 for veterans — will be built across the state through the Homekey+ program.

California stands with those who’ve served our country.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

Beyer: I don’t like to do ad hominem attacks, but I’ve served with four different speakers. This is the fifth one—by far the weakest speaker, I think, in American history.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 14h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

Trump hosted a dinner last week for donors helping fund his ballroom project.

Today, crews are starting construction and literally tearing down parts of the White House.

It's day 20 of the government shutdown and this is what he's prioritizing?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h

🚨BREAKING: Former FBI Director James Comey Monday asked a federal judge to throw out the felony charges against him, asserting that the Department of Justice (DOJ) violated his rights by pursuing charges against him on President Donald Trump’s orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Comey Says DOJ is Prosecuting Him On Trump’s Orders, Asks Judge to Throw Out Charges