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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 4h

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

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 55m

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1h

In the cities Trump is targeting to “combat crime,” violent crime was down year-over-year by July. www.pbump.net/o/a-quick-re...

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Mary Garvey Washington @3riverspa.bsky.social · 1h

Good list but definitely missing this GOAT.

Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 3h

How is Pittsburgh going to create a whole Walk of Fame and not include Gene Kelly in the first class?

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Virginia Montanez @ginny.bsky.social · 3h

How is Pittsburgh going to create a whole Walk of Fame and not include Gene Kelly in the first class?

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 4h

From the Turning Point USA alternative halftime show website.

I don't know about you, but "Anything English" is my favorite musical genre.

Love that we're supposed to, out of respect or tolerance or whatever, pretend that these people aren't gutter racists of the lowest order.

Survey question: "what music genres would you like to see featured? Select all that apply " "anything in English" is the first choice.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 4h

"'Until [a] quick administrative review is complete, project reimbursements [for the Gateway Tunnel & 2d Ave Subway] cannot be processed.… The remaining federal funding for these projects totals nearly $18 billion,' [a USDOT] spokesperson said."

Sorry, New Yorkers: had to give that to Buenos Aires.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 4h

Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 5h

I uttered “what the actual fuck” after nearly every paragraph of this insanity www.dailynews.com/2024/09/28/l...

LAPD officer lost rifle to MRI device during bungled raid, lawsuit alleges

Van Nuys medical imaging company alleges its constitutional rights were violated by officers who mistargeted the business for an illegal pot operation.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

Context matters

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 21h

Totem Inschrift, by Carl Heidenreich, 1963, 📸 by @GoslingPhoto

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Mary Garvey Washington @3riverspa.bsky.social · 19h

CarNEGie

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement

Joey Mannarino in a dark brown tailored jacket. The low armhole is causing his jacket to lift.

Someone in an inflatable frog costume. The high armhole allows them to raise their arm without disturbing the rest of the garment

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 1d

Just to be absolutely clear:

The President of the United States has absolutely no power to “take away” any right enumerated in the Constitution from any person.

And that is how every single article, blog post, and social media commentary should start when discussing this ludicrous statement.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 1d

thanks to mike here and his buddies the odds are pretty good that if you’re a young pregnant woman who shows up at an ER you’re not going to get treated at all

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

McGovern: Republicans love to advocate for more work requirements for poor people… Let's have a work requirement for Republicans to show up to congress and do your god damn job.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

This will go absolutely nowhere, but, I'm glad they're asking it, and I hope it gets coverage as part of DeSantis's ugly bloodlust execution spree.

If Florida kills Samuel Smithers next week, it will be the state's 14th execution this year — nearly 3 times more than the 5 carried out in Texas.

In the Supreme Court of the United States
SAMUEL LEE SMITHERS, JR.,
Petitioner,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT
PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI
CAPITAL CASE
DEATH WARRANT SIGNED
Execution Scheduled: October 14, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. ET

CAPITAL CASE
QUESTION PRESENTED
1. Does the execution of the elderly violate the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment based
on the evolved standards of decency?

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

- @andrewperez.bsky.social reporting from Portland, Maine:

“Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.”

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

NEW, via @andrewperez.bsky.social. Our @zeteo.com senior politics editor’s latest: zeteo.com/p/leonard-le...

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.

zeteo.com

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Mary Garvey Washington @3riverspa.bsky.social · 1d

😭❤️😭❤️

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 1d

Defiant L's and Resist the Mainstream are both run by Rumen Naumovski, who donated $3k to "QAnon candidate" Ron Watkins' 2022 House primary race, before realizing he wasn't allowed to, he said. Naumovski allegedly pays other influencers to promote his content. /

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

They’re just gonna do a little lite slavery.

In addition, the new rule allows farm employers to charge H-2A workers for their housing, which was not allowed before. "It's a way for employers to continue to house workers and also charge them, and bring down effective wages," said Marcos Lopez of the Labor and Community Center at the University of California, Davis.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

This is all bullshit, by the way. There is no imminent risk of rotting crops, according to experts and farmworker unions. It's a ploy to cut wages (even below state minimum wages) for foreign workers, which will eventually hit U.S. workers too.
So much for America First!

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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