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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 12h

"I really don't care, do you?" is now the new ethos ...

"Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World. Trump supporters are doubling down on AI sadism." gizmodo.com/fake-protest...

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 12h

Are you stopping them? Doesn’t look like it.

Analysis is 100% right but it’s important not to blow smoke when your citizens are getting brutalized. Maybe all the people saying the governor has no legit way of actually stopping them are correct! But if you can’t, then don’t claim you are.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Pritzker: "I think it's important to recognize that the Trump administration does not seem to respect any laws in the United States. They just do what they want to do and they'll keep doing it unless someone stops them. Here in Illinois we're stopping them."

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 12h

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The three agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Jack Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referenced.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 12h

Understandable mistake, most people named that are definitely Black

kate conger @kateconger.com · 13h

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.

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Sarah Scott Scire @sarahscire.com · 12h

great @columjournreview.bsky.social interview with the eic of @restofworld.org. Anup Kaphle was on vacation in Nepal when a revolution erupted. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

Anup Kaphle on how Gen Z's online discontent toppled Nepal's government.

The editor in chief of Rest of World was on vacation in his home country. Then a revolution unfolded.

www.cjr.org

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 15h

So much winning

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16h

news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/g...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters (1)

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 16h

It is an inexcusable omission, and editorial malpractice, for Reuters to omit mention that the President doing this kind of thing on a media platform he owns & has not divested is unprecedented, likely illegal and an ethical violation. The message itself is unprecedented and illegal. Why not say so?

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 16h

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 16h

#VeyIzMir

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 17h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 16h

Also published in the latest NEJM: "In the face of Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza’s health system and the catastrophic famine caused by the devastation, U.S. physicians have an ethical obligation to respond and support immediate changes." www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Standing by Our Colleagues in Gaza — A Plea to the U.S. Medical Community | NEJM

In the face of Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza’s health system and the catastrophic famine caused by the devastation, U.S. physicians have an ethical obligation to respond and support immediate ch...

www.nejm.org

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 17h

"It’s not much, but it sure beats the hatred, violence, and madness of angry men with their fingers pulling triggers and pushing buttons that could one day blow us all up."

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 17h

"But nurses and doctors in Gaza taught me this lesson: I can at least show up and do what I’m good at. I can serve a community, bear witness to its suffering, and then make some noise about it."

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 17h

"As I write this essay, there are still Israeli hostages in Gaza, and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are homeless, suffering, starving, and dying. Maybe we can’t save the world....Maybe we can’t stop criminals from taking hostages or governments from slaughtering civilians."

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 17h

Samer Attar, MD, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine:

"I counseled a father carrying the remains of his daughter in a burlap rice bag — all he had recovered was her head, her hand, and her leg after a bomb had obliterated his home. He couldn’t find any other container to bury her in."

On Bearing Witness | NEJM

Having worked at seven hospitals in Gaza since December 2023, an American surgeon finds value in doing whatever is possible to serve a community — and bearing witness to unimaginable human suffering.

www.nejm.org

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17h

The first episode of Collateral Damage, my reported podcast with The Intercept, went up today.

Hope you’ll check it out and, if you enjoy it, give it a favorable rating or review.

Eternal thanks to my producers @lauraflynn.bsky.social and Andrew Stelzer for making it happen.

Ep. 1 Dirty Business: The Atlanta Narcotics Unit’s Deadly Raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.

Podcast Episode · Collateral Damage from The Intercept · 10/08/2025 · 55m

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned

Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Must-read on Trump’s lawless Chicago invasion: “The president instructed federal agents to use extralegal violence against immigrants & citizens, pitting armed soldiers from 1 state against citizens of another… rubicons can’t be uncrossed.” www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

#WarRavagedPortland

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 19h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 19h

We at The Steady State have studied the indicators of authoritarianism for decades — usually dry words in intelligence reports. But sometimes, a single photograph says it all.

Authoritarianism doesn’t arrive all at once. It creeps in under cover of “order,” cloaked in uniforms, justified by fear.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 18h

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 18h

Prosecution of Comey looks headed to a dead end.

"Federal prosecutors ... determined that a central witness in their probe would ... likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury."

abcnews.go.com/US/central-w...

Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources

Ex-FBI Director James Comey is set to be arraigned Wednesday, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness would prove "problematic," sources say.

abcnews.go.com

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