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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 13h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

I *teach* on an Ivy League campus and I don't care as much about the day-to-day happenings at Harvard as the New York Times.

But the middle-aged white guys who run the paper are obsessed with the campus, almost to the point of creepiness. Harvard ought to get a restraining order.

foofahrah.bsky.social @foofahrah.bsky.social · 16h

ive said this before but I cancelled my times subscription when I realized I frankly don’t give a shit about what’s happening on Ivy League campuses

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 17h

Shocked, just shocked, by this important scoop on front page of today's NYT. /s/

Based on report that came out ... nine months ago

And behavior long predating that

("Skip a class? Perish the thought!!" Says anyone who ever worked on a college newspaper, which covers a lot of people in the media.)

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onion person @junlper.beer · 15h

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

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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The Independent @the-independent.com · 15h

ANALYSIS | Trump just hosted an ‘Antifa roundtable’ at the White House ... it was so much worse than you’re imagining

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

www.independent.co.uk

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 15h

White House policy is increasingly driven by (and aimed at) an increasingly small echo chamber of terminally online right wingers, which includes far too many of the administration’s own top officials. No one else can make sense of what they’re talking about much of the time.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 15h

Notable about today’s WH roundtable on Antifa, IMO: not just one outside law enforcement/public safety official brought in for it. Bondi, Patel for administration, but no police chief, state Public Safety Secy, sheriff, etc. Just a dozen right-wing “journalists”. …

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 15h

This is the strongest response against “the compact” that I’ve seen. There’s no way for a u over with to give up guaranteed state funds for the promise of possible access to (unknown) federal funds. cc @profmarkovic.bsky.social

CBS19 News: Charlottesville News First @cbs19news.bsky.social · 18h

#JustIn: Democrats in the state Senate say "future budget considerations" could impact UVA if it signs onto the Trump administration's education compact.

State Senate Democrats tell UVA to not consider education compact

Democrats in the state Senate write that if UVA signs the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, “there will be significant consequences in future Virginia budget cycles.”

www.cbs19news.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 15h

We need more leaders, Dems and (come ON!) even Republicans to speak up this way.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 17h

fuck him

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 17h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 17h

Is it good when the commander in chief is untethered to reality?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

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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Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social · 19h

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 17h

Alarming prediction market estimates of the probability of the Insurrection Act being invoked:
-15-24% in 2025 www.metaculus.com/questions/34... polymarket.com/event/trump-...
-45% by 2026 / 55% in 2027-2028 www.metaculus.com/questions/39...
-65% before January 20, 2029 kalshi.com/markets/kxin...

Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social · 19h

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17h

I prefer governments that don’t try to “take the freedom of speech away.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

Republicans 2026: "We took the freedom of speech away."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

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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Steve, Uncle to the Dead @the-barely-jew.bsky.social · 16h

They killed JFK. The least we can do is trade Aaron Judge to the Marlins for cash considerations.

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 17h

What www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

POLITICO
"They killed Charlie Kirk — the least that we can do is go through a legal process and redistrict Indiana into a nine to zero map," Sen. Jim Banks, the Republican of Indiana, told POLITICO last month.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 17h

What www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

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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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 17h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 16h

In definitely unrelated news, we know that:

– Trump seems to have thought 2020 footage of Portland was from this year.
– The president has been fooled by AI videos of *himself*
– AI videos of protesters are going viral among MAGA supporters.

Gee I wonder what "movies" might be duping him now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump on Portland: "It's like the movies you see for the kids, I guess not only the kids, adults also, where you have these bombed out cities and these bombed out people. It's like, worse than that."

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 16h

Oh this is not great

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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 16h

Wow, tell me more about Weimar Germany and what came after?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 20h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 21h

One of the (many) legal gaps that needs to be filled after this nightmare is over is to prohibit federal law enforcement agencies from using federal funds to create propaganda videos with anyone in custody. This is all about spectacle and content creation, remove the incentive and the means

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 23h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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