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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

ah but i was told the administration would be good on antitrust

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 13h

Not simply fascism. Monarchism.

Fox Business reporter Charles Gasparino, via Twitter:

https://x.com/cgasparino/status/1981496719863955913

SCOOP: A Trump official tells
@nypost
that the administration favors Paramount Skydance to buy Warner Bros. Discovery – and a number of rival bidders are likely to face stiff hurdles from US regulators in the blockbuster auction. “Who owns Warner Bros. Discovery is very important to the administration,” a senior Trump administration official told On The Money. “The Warner board needs to think very seriously not just on the price competition but which player in the suitor pool has been successful getting a deal done. And that points to the Ellisons.”

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

A not insignificant number of people knew the demolition was coming, including people at the White House Historical Association, and did nothing to stop it.

John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 17h

I see that @whitehousehistory.bsky.social put out a statement yesterday stating that they were able to complete a “comprehensive digital scanning project” to document the East Wing, and that the historic artifacts have been preserved and stored.

Oct 22, 2025 Washington, D.C. —
Since 1961, the mission of the White House Historical Association has been to document and share the history of the White House while providing private, non-taxpayer funding to preserve and enhance the White House Collection of furnishings, fine art, and decorative objects, maintaining the museum standard set by our founder, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. While the Association has never had a role in reviewing or approving changes to the physical structure of the White House building, we remain dedicated to advancing the public’s understanding of The White House and its history — from when the cornerstone was set in 1792, to present — ensuring that all of its stories are preserved and shared for generations to come.

Upon announcement of the Ballroom construction project by the White House, the White House Historical Association supported the preservation of East Wing history through a comprehensive digital scanning project and photography to create an historic record. The East Wing and gardens have been captured in detail for the benefit of our nation and historic artifacts from the East Wing have been preserved and stored. The White House Historical Association was able to support swift completion of this important work thanks to the generous philanthropy of our donors.
November 1 marks 225 years since John and Abigail Adams moved into a White House that has undergone scores of changes and many additions over 47 presidencies. Our important role will continue with the support of thousands of Americans who cherish the historic White House and the history of those who have lived and worked there for 225 years.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting

The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...

www.nbcnews.com

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 1d

if i had a time machine one of the things i would do is go back and either convince jrr tolkien to burn his manuscripts prior to publishing and become a butcher for the rest of his life or give him a lobotomy

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

Uh x.com/tbpn/status/...

TBPN
@tbpn
"Let's not be politically correct. Let's just admit you're supposed to be having kids when you're 16, 17, 18. And be done by the time you're in your 20s."

@PalmerLuckey
says we should be having kids in our teens 👇
Storyboard panels show multiple frames of a live podcast interview on TBPN with Palmer Luckey as guest, wearing a Hawaiian shirt, seated at a desk with a can of soda, discussing topics; lower thirds identify Palmer Luckey as founder of ModRetro and Anduril; subtitles include statements like Lets not be politically correct and admit youre supposed to be having kids when youre 16 17 18; background displays sponsor logos like Julius, Torso, and others; date shown as 10/24/25.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 2d

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible what a great Rorschach test the Platner tattoo is. Almost no one I have respect for is defending it and almost everyone I think is a dishonest hack is coming up with excuses. Like, cutting across ideology even!

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 2d

Surest sign that there's worse to come is Ryan Grim signing up to defend him for free

Ryan Grim € @ryangrim
I will take the internet's word that that's a Nazi symbol but if you're just looking at it on the wall of a parlor without the internet it looks more Grateful Dead than Nazi.
11:00 AM • Oct 21, 2025 • 49.7K Views

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🧨 primary everybody 🧨 🌻 @prowhaledad.bsky.social · 2d

would love to know how far up the chain this went before the DOD said it was safe to fire live munitions over the freeway, apparently deviating from standard procedures to do it

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

Really under discussed how the phrasing of polling itself is actually indicative of quite a lot in terms of steering people towards a particular answer. Compare NYT polls to Brookings polls for example. The former are designed to elicit a particular narrative, the latter are designed to gain insight

Henry Snow @henrysnow.bsky.social · 2d

these are not "lethal strikes on suspected drug smuggling boats" they are "extrajudicial murder that violates international and maritime law"

YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 2d

NEW Economist/YouGov Oct 17-20: Drug smuggling
% who approve | disapprove of the U.S. military making lethal strikes on boats suspected of containing drugs being smuggled from the Caribbean
U.S. adult citizens 48% | 38%
Democrats 23% | 62%
Republicans 87% | 6%
today.yougov.com/politics/art...

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

“i liked what they had to say at first but changed my mind after i learned more about them” is, like, the most bog standard of normal behaviors for an informed voter that gets you yelled at on social media

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

sorry, man, but this is breathtakingly, shockingly corrupt in every fucking way it can be, and an open and shut and uncomplicated case for impeachment. he didn’t even pay for these lawyers, his donors did, for fuck’s sake.

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

ask every republican in congress whether they think the treasury should pay donald trump almost a quarter billion dollars while federal workers are in their third week of not getting paid

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 2d

Six percent of *all children* in America are US citizens who have at least one undocumented parent.

(Not a typo, source in thread)

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2d

“CNN identified more than 100 US citizen children, from newborns to teenagers, who have been left stranded without parents because of immigration actions this year …” americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/the-americ... #FamiliesBelongTogether

The American Children of Mass Deportation: ‘The New Family Separation Crisis’

One report has identified more than 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents due to mass deportation—and there are likely more out there.

americasvoicecnn.substack.com

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

lmao the MOONIES are reporting this?

spherical-cow.bsky.social @spherical-cow.bsky.social · 2d

Let's check in on how the regime consolidation is going.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oc...

‘He lost us’: Generals, senior officers say trust in Hegseth has evaporated

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has lost the trust and respect of some top military commanders, with his public “grandstanding” widely seen as unprofessional and the personnel moves made by the former ...

www.washingtontimes.com

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 2d

We're back to sharks and batteries, folks.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Buttigieg spent billions fixing the air traffic control. They used copper wire going into glass wire. Any union electrician here or any non-union electrician would say you can't hook copper into glass. It doesn't work. They spent billions, turned on the system & it was stone cold blank"

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daryl "treehouse of hormones" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 3d

"separation of powers isn't real", I assure myself as I close my eyes and ram the white house with my shitty excavator

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 3d

it is ALL of our failure, collectively as a society, that JD Vance Is the Way He Is. if we had rules and accountability and consequences for actions he would be living such a more meaningful and happy life. we have failed all the musks and zucks and vances. we have to do better

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 3d

all of these morons are surrounded by yes men and can buy and swindle their way through life. it makes their dumb AI businesses bad, their marriages bad, encourages them to do stuff like extrajudicially murdering fishermen, making their very souls bad. they are crying out for accountability

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 3d

corruption is such a helpful lens for understanding so much of what is broken right now. all of these people actually need accountability. allowing them to act with impunity just lets them make all manner of bad decisions. we need to help them rediscover boundaries

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 3d

Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered.

levernews.com/book

Supreme Court ruling: "This Court now concludes that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption. That speakers may have influence over or access to elected officials does not mean that those officials are corrupt. And the appearance of influence or access will not cause the electorate to lose faith in this democracy."

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thicc husband and father @lukeisamazing.bsky.social · 2d

they aren’t an opposition party and don’t care about releasing the Epstein files

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

why the hell are they confirming trump's judges when trump's speaker of the house won't swear in Grijalva?

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 2d

By a vote of 66-32, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Harold D. Mooty III to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.

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man in bloom @thebloom.bsky.social · 2d

welp, it sure sucks that Platner turned out to be a busted flush!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

the year is 2030. the white house remains half demolished because president trump refused to pay construction workers and musk gutted government spending. two thieves sneak into the white house using a truck mounted ladder and steal the constitution

The White White East Wing has a big gaping hole.

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man in bloom @thebloom.bsky.social · 3d

It demoralized the hell out of base and official Republicans and made their “hate America rallies” bullshit look particularly foolish