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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 2h

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 21h

amazing fact check from yesterday's senate oversight hearing

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 14h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social · 15h

People have lost it. www.golocalprov.com/news/top-ri-...

GoLocalProv | News | Top RI Realtor Threatens to Call ICE on Buyer, Then Offers $20,000 to Kill GoLocal Story

Kyle Seyboth, a prominent Rhode Island realtor, in a series of text messages, threatened to call United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on a family if they did not agree to conditions...

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 19h

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 22h

The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

This made me laugh so hard. Second screenshot is of the video posted by Benny Johnson of the event.

Benny Johnson « @bennyjohnson
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BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem stares down army of Antifa and a guy in a chicken suit from the rooftop of the ICE facility here in Portland.
Noem says:
"Hey; Guy in the chicken suit. You can do better.
Too bad they are uneducated and ill-informed."
Noem isn't chicken: [chicken emoji]

A view from the roof of the building. There are about 15-20 people visible in total, several of whom appear to be reporters. Most are holding signs. They aren’t even taking up the whole sidewalk. One guy is wearing a chicken suit.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social · 1d

Ok so I think this guy might have the wrong impression of gay people. www.usatoday.com/story/travel...

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Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah it is strange that that these "buy now pay later" companies don't have any regulations and then, ah of course: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/m...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

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A few yards away from Schiffman, Finn Cervino of Queens was defacing a poster with a Sharpie. He included a web address for a website predicting the future of AI and wrote “This is not science fiction. This is reality.”

“We’re living in a world where you got friends that are computers — that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard,” Cervino said. “They’re destroying the world for the dumbest invention I’ve ever seen in my life.”

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Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social · 1d

Legitimately big DC news today. www.washingtonian.com/2025/10/07/t...

Tom Sietsema Is Stepping Down as Washington Post Food Critic

He also publicly unveiled his face for the first time.

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Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social · 1d

Conversion therapy is torture and a bunch of kids will be hurt if they throw out these bans. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Supreme Court skeptical of state bans on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ kids

The court heard arguments in a case brought by Kaley Chiles, a Christian talk therapist in Colorado, who argues that the state's ban violates her First Amendment rights.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

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Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social · 3d

Tonight on 60 Minutes: Trans? (A 20-part series)

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 3d

Paramount buys the Free Press for $150 million and names its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News.

Paramount Buys Bari Weiss’s the Free Press for $150 Million

Weiss, who once said she was done with legacy media, is to take control of CBS News’s editorial vision, aiming for “news that reflects reality.”

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Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social · 5d

It happened to me: I was walking down U Street and a man stopped me to say “hey, looks like you dropped your smile.”

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5d

In dismissing one of the cases (Butler & Wilson) charged during the invasion of DC, Zia Faruqui compares how uncommon past MTDs from prosecutors were compared to the last 8 weeks.

20/4,000 cases in previous 10 years (including entirety of Jan6 prosecution) compared to 20/95 cases in last 8 weeks.

The term unprecedented is casually bandied about. But as Judge Sooknanan identified,
these recent weeks literally have been “unprecedented.” To contextualize how unprecedented
things have been, the undersigned had the clerk’s office run the numbers. Specifically, the Court
pulled every motion to dismiss filed by the government in cases charged by complaint for 10 years.
The results speak for themselves. Of the over 4,000 cases charged by complaint between 2014 and
2024, the government moved to dismiss less than 20 defendant’s cases. In the last eight weeks, the
government has charged 95 cases by criminal complaint. And in that time, the government has
moved to dismiss 20 defendant’s cases. See Exhibit A

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Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social · 5d

CoreCivic donated $500k to the Trump inaugural committee and its CEO gave $288,000 to his presidential campaign. www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...