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Bruno J. Navarro

@brunojnavarro.bsky.social

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newsroom veteran, fledgling cellist, former emt | he/they | ally 🏳️‍🌈 | RT ≠ endorsement | ex CNBC, WWD, TODAY show, NBCNews, Associated Press, Arizona Republic etc

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · Jan 25

if you wanted to crash the economy, embolden criminals, aid our enemies and hurt people, these are the exact policies you’d enact

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 5h

October 7, 2025

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21m

I’m shocked.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 29m

any court that says otherwise has outlived its purpose

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 34m

New from me at The Dispatch: DHS says it's illegal to videotape ICE agents. That's not what the courts say. @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

thedispatch.com

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 14m

As this case lays bare, the court’s feints at evenhanded justice merely obscure its weaponization of constitutional liberties in service of the religious right’s agenda.

With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term

The justice stripped the veneer of constitutional principle from the court’s latest blatant culture war.

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Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com · 24m

Kemi complains about Labour's magic money tree on spending then less than a minute later makes three pledges to cut taxes without explaining how it'll be paid for.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 20m

And so long as the GOP controls the House and Senate, it won't matter if he does or doesn't.
Want to get rid of an incompetent president? Youre going to need both bodies to do it.
www.huffpost.com/entry/jb-pri...

2 Key Democrats Come Out And Say It: Trump Has 'Some Kind Of Dementia'

The comments come as the president faces growing questions about his health.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 5h

In a nutshell.

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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 19m

The central figure in Trump's push to silence Kimmel et al is now in full damage control, trying to rewrite the history of what just happened, while offloading onto Democrats blame for his unconstitutional campaign of censorship.

Free Press' @mattfieldwood.bsky.social exposes all of Carr's lies:

Another Carr Wreck

How the current FCC chairman is ignoring the truth about free speech

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 19m

Questions of party competence weren’t helped by Conservative-branded chocolate bars distributed at the conference on which Britain was misspelled as “Britian.”

Britain’s once-mighty Conservative Party is battling to avoid extinction

The Conservative Party once dominated British politics, but is struggling to remain a force after being ousted in 2024.

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 2h

Prospect’s latest issue hits newsstands today! Here’s a preview of what you’ll find inside... 🧵

Our cover story is by Israeli genocide scholar Omer Bartov, who argues that Netanyahu’s onslaught against Gaza has been genocidal—but Israelis refuse to see it:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...

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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 28m

Our latest edition is out, with @omerbartov.bsky.social's magisterial essay on the history of genocide denial and how Israeli denialism over atrocities in Gaza has roots in the country's own history
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 8h

Today in Politics Chat, I talked about how power sloshes around when a president is checked out, and noted that right now unelected officials like Stephen Miller are trying to grab it. But instead, We the People can take it back and create a better nation.

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 6h

Journalism? Podcast? Decades?? Lmao

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 9h

Some scoops in here: Adam O'Neal is telling people he will helm The WaPo's flagship opinion podcast, spending upwards of four hours a day on it. He's also indicated, per a source, that he plans to remain in his current job for decades. www.status.news/p/washington...

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 10h

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 20h

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14h

NEW: Pro-voting groups sue to block both Utah Republicans’ freshly passed congressional map, which they argue “unduly favors Republicans,” and an audacious new GOP law designed to make it harder for courts to strike down the gerrymander.

Utah Map ‘Unduly Favors Republicans,’ Claims New Filing Challenging GOP’s Two-Pronged Gerrymander Scheme

Read more here.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 48m

"Whatever they represented, in terms of policy, it's like, they won. Trans people are frightened. They have no ability to get health care anymore, and they're afraid of being alive and have no freedom left. That's done," Maron said on the podcast. "When do you stop with the jokes? Like immigrants, they're being ripped away from their homes, and they're all terrified."

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Chron.com @chron.com · 1h

"I don't want to hear 50 white guys come up to me and almost say the N-word."

Big-name comedians think Austin's comedy scene is a laughingstock

"I don't want to hear 50 white guys come up to me and almost say the N-word."

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 8h

Just have to take a beat to say that the people that have long warned about state violence and the militarization of law enforcement were right.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 54m

A study published in The Lancet journal in June said the U.S. funding cuts could result in more than 14 million deaths, including more than 4.5 million children under age 5, by 2030.

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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Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 1h

I'm not a quoter of scripture, but this seemed appropriate for the horror that has been unleashed because of the gutting of USAID.

“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me.” -Jesus

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.

apnews.com

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1h

Dutch merchant in 1647: “Yes I've sold my land for a handful of bulbs, but there is nothing especially alarming about price of tulips.”

Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 1h

Is AI a bubble about to burst, bringing down the economy? Although the spending is massive, at this point there’s nothing especially alarming.

The AI Spending Boom Is Massive But Not Unprecedented

The boom in capital expenditures related to generative artificial intelligence is generating lots of questions about whether it is sustainable. Coming up with definitive answers to them is something of a fool’s errand. Quantifying the size of the capex surge seems like a more productive endeavor — and one that may offer some hints as to its sustainability.

bloom.bg

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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 2h

no words

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

“.. 97% of Taiwan’s energy is imported by sea. If completely cut off, its LNG inventory would be fully depleted within days, crippling the island’s ability to produce electricity.”

@wsj.com
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Ethan Nichtern @ethannichtern.com · 1h

Gotta love the PDX

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 7h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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