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VeritasSword @truthsword.bsky.social · 1d

Mainstream news media is so bad and completely broken.
They are really out here “fact checking” or debating stupid purity questions of some political topic, while the president is mentally unfit and installing puppet shadow presidents daily to destroy our nation and attack the U.S. Constitution. WTF

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27m

PRITZKER: "I genuinely think there is something wrong with him. I wish that his family would intervene, because I do think he needs mental health help."

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 37m

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2h

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10h

Skattebo never stops

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HERMS. 🤠 @herms.bsky.social · 9h

good god, the combination of Cam Skattebo and Jaxson Dart absolutely smashes the vibes test.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 9h

"WOOOOOOOOOO ... FUCK YEAH!"
Cam Skattebo

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Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 9h

Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo are also going to have a multi-hour meeting after this game but it's just going to be them hitting wrestling finishers off the couch on each other

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 8h

We've gone full frat bro with Fitzpatrick & Skattebo

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Bruce Feldman @brucefeldmancfb.bsky.social · 8h

In honor of Cam Skattebo continuing to wow folks only now on an even bigger stage, read this if you haven't. Some of these stories just seem unbelievable, but with him at this point, they don't: www.nytimes.com/athletic/601...

Those who never doubted Cameron Skattebo share validation: ‘No one understood what we were looking at’

"We knew exactly what we were looking at and nobody else understood," said Cam Skattebo's high school coach of the Sun Devils star.

www.nytimes.com

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10h

The Eric Collins call of Cason Wallace's ridiculous over the backboard shot

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Nate Tice @natetice.bsky.social · 16h

loved this swipe and takedown from Josh Simmons (#71) on the backside of the Chiefs zone run. Opens up the hole for Pacheco to cut to.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10h

Wan'Dale Robinson, rag doll physics

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 9h

Flott picks Hurts

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 20h

"That's what the Blue Jays are. They're the American League version of the Brewers."

New Starkville! Eduardo Perez & Tim Kurkjian make us laugh & think with great October insight

They also talk future of baseball on ESPN - & booking copters, not Ubers!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX

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Skeety Davis Jr @bperry149.bsky.social · 9h

Jalen Hurts in the post game press conference:

In life we gotta face our poison, in order to poise on.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 16h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 12h

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h

Q: What is Trump’s plan for antifa?

A: He will create the organization, and then destroy it.

What To Know About NSPM-7

On Sept. 25, President Trump issued a directive called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 in which “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity” were described as “common threads...

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 8h

***Job Opportunity***

Tenure-track Assistant Professor - Black and Latino Studies, Baruch College

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Jobs | City University of New York

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 23h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Lindsay Rhodes @lindsayrhodes.bsky.social · 9h

This will, no doubt, be discussed in measured and rational terms tmrw in Philadelphia.

And morning sports TV programs.

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NFL Daily News @fantasynflnews.bsky.social · 9h

Cam Skattebo rushing tonight:

19 carries
98 yards
3 TDs
1 taunting penalty

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 9h

Sam Houston State takes the lead with 52 secs left

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Sheil Kapadia @sheilkapadia.bsky.social · 9h

Statistically (EPA per drive), that's the worst defensive performance by the Eagles since Vic Fangio became their defensive coordinator.

10 possessions: gave up 5 TDs and did not force a turnover.

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