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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 9m

Please read.
Please.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 6m

Ridiculous.

He’s on Mars.

Untethered from reality.yet again

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar.bsky.social · 9h

How a City Awash in Garbage Is Trying to Take Out the Trash

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

How a City Awash in Garbage Is Trying to Take Out the Trash

www.nytimes.com

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CurmudgeonAtLarge @mistarogers.bsky.social · 9h

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

#resist #bluecrew #resistance #nazi #fascist #krasnov #coup

The Worst Way to Cut Government Spending

The Trump administration is culling the best and brightest from the federal workforce for a rounding error’s worth in savings.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 29m

To understand the Trump administration’s vision for American education, @megomatz.bsky.social and I studied dozens of hours of political appointees’ speeches and podcasts and essays. What emerged is a desire to dismantle the nation’s system of public schools.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18m

"While ICE is invading immigrant neighborhoods and kidnapping people by the thousands, the fact that a hugely popular artist would sing in Spanish at the Super Bowl is a sign that America is still a polyglot nation. And that is unacceptable." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show

Songs in Spanish? In America?

www.publicnotice.co

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🌹Weegie 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 18m

Chicago ain't gonna take y'all sitting down.
Neither is Seattle if they come here (try us).
Same for Portland.
This shit stops when enough of us say no.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMSAxRov/

live protest right now in Chicago @creator search insights @TikTok @Karoline Leavitt @President Donald J Trump #Trump #fypシ゚viral #trending #protest #chicago

TikTok video by I AM LIVEWIRE🔍

www.tiktok.com

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 18m

...I get that we sound like crazy people to anyone not online enough to know who Posobiec is, to know what QAnon is, to know what Pizzagate is. People who don't watch press conferences and roundtable and the insane fucking fascist shit being spoken out loud across the internet. I get it.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 18m

I'm really not sure that this is the best way to understand what's happening.

yes, billionaires *want* to erase workers...but AI doesn't really work. it's a stock market bubble.

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d

The artificial intelligence and robotics being developed by multi-billionaires will allow corporate America to wipe out tens of millions of decent-paying jobs, cut labor costs and boost profits.

What happens to working class people who can’t find jobs because they don’t exist?

AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 18m

Who drew this?

Cover art that says "Portland, 2025" showing a line of dark law enforcement figures confronted by a person in frog suit.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2h

REI is closing unionized stores. So many companies that like to pretend to be progressive remain still virulently anti-union at their core. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/b...

REI Co-Op’s Boston location is set to close next year - The Boston Globe

REI said it will close three locations on the East Coast, including a store in Boston, as it launches a new strategic plan.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 3h

Just before 6pm curfew, a bus pulled up to the ICE facility. It appears they pulled the front into their garage to unload whoever is inside.

Of course at the same time, Broadview PD dispersed press from the “free speech zone.”

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 3h

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3h

I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan. This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace. All Parties will be treated fairly! This is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: Iranian officials have threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, likely to try to discourage the United States from enforcing sanctions that target Iranian oil exports. (1/4)

Iran Update, October 8, 2025: isw.pub/IranUpdate10...

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Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 3h

We don't need no mulching mowers
We don't need no composting
No leaf-blowing in the backyard
Hey, raker, LEAVE THOSE LEAVES ALONE!

Less work for you and a billion times better for the soil, the buggies, and everything.

Leave those leaves alone!

gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/r...

Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard

www.nytimes.com

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2h

Q: Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday. You have been nominated. Do you think you will win?

DJT: We settled 7 wars. We're close to settling 8. I think we'll end up settling the Russia situation. Nobody in history has settled that many. Perhaps they'll find a reason not to give it to me

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 2h

Want to hear about a party that isn’t too keen on democracy, deporting people who side with their opposition and stifling the opposition press to remain in power?

The Alien and Sedition Acts have a LOT to say.

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 8h

America at 250: A History

Lecture 7: “What Kind of Nation? Democracy, Hamilton, Jefferson, and More” with Professor Joanne Freeman

The relevance of revisiting The Whiskey Rebellion will shock you

RIYL “Hamilton”

youtu.be/jMJLuErzYtg

DeVane Lecture, Class 7 – What Kind of Nation? Democracy, Hamilton, Jefferson, and More

YouTube video by YaleCourses

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2h

And somehow we ended up not having the hospital visit in the schedule for tmr

11:00 AM
hosts a Cabinet Meeting
Cabinet Room
White House Press Pool
THE PRESIDENT
3:00 PM
greets the President of the Republic of Finland
Stakeout location
Open Press
THE PRESIDENT
3:15 PM
THE
PRESIDENT participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the President of the Republic of Finland
Oval Office
Closed Press

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2h

I’m glad to see VA Dems resisting this “compact” and its effort to undermine academic freedom.

But my God, how miserable must it be to be a univ president at this time?

Do X, lose Fed money, save state money.

Do not-X, and flip it.

There’s a morally right answer—but also a budget to balance.

Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 10h

Virginia State Senate Dems just brought down fire and fury regarding the “Compact,” notifying the President and Rector that UVA would lose ALL STATE APPROPRIATIONS if it signs and cedes the University to “federal political control.” Notably, their letter directly restates points made here by @siva.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 12h

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1h

There's a betting pool out there, right?

Sitting in some vault is a huge pile of cash, waiting to be awarded to the headline writer who can write THE most preposterous both-sides headline?

Right? Please? I could at least accept that: that this is a competition gone awry.

Not sincere. No. no no.