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Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 10h

This is because CISA refused to agree with Trump’s false assertion that the 2020 election was rife with fraud.

BrianKrebs @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 14h

Trump, given an excuse to do what he's wanted to do ever since he got mad and fired my brother from another mother. Per the NY Post:

WASHINGTON — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is among the offices being permanently downsized as a result of the ongoing partial […]

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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tomgiberson.bsky.social @tomgiberson.bsky.social · 21h

Seems familiar

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

it's giving Germania

"On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial"

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Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 1d

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Danny Cooper @dannycooper.bsky.social · 1d

Future generations are gonna be really confused about the etymology of “trumped-up charges”

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William "Chip" Nagel @cto1usn.bsky.social · 1d

How Trump's research cuts affect a 4-year-old in heart failure : NPR share.google/UK37q1eiKgcx...

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 1d

My sense in talking to a bunch of controllers is that dismissal is a real fear largely preventing mass sick-outs.

At the same time, there's already a shortage of these folks, and it takes years to get trained up. They're borderline irreplaceable if they decide to take collective action.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

* U.S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY DUFFY SAYS FAA COULD DISMISS TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WHO REPEATEDLY FAIL TO SHOW UP FOR WORK -- FOX NEWS INTERVIEW

@reuters.com $XAL

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.

"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."

Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 1d

The federal vehicles on Alcatraz have proper plates, so there's no reason these vehicles can't have them too.

Lauren FitzPatrick @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social · 1d

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates.
@chicago.suntimes.com has documented 4 unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

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Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 2d

"A partially accurate historical account on how we finally arrived at passkeys as the ultimate solution to accessible and secure authentication from simple passwords." #InfoSec

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

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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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2d

ISPs created so many fees that FCC will kill requirement to list them all

ISPs complained about Biden-era rule, said listing every fee was too hard.

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Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 2d

It will be interesting to see how Trump will deal with someone who has enough "fuck you" money to not be afraid of him.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 2d

Fond of fermentation? Try surströmming!

Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 3d

Like this part at 20:12? youtu.be/JeClAoUTvFo?...

Andor | S1E3 “Reckoning” | Disney+ Original Series

YouTube video by Star Wars UK

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Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 3d

Or that they're supporting the machine that they're supposed to be raging against (referring to the trope that there's a lot of RATM fans in MAGA.)

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Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 3d

Over the weekend ICE abducted an NIH contractor when he showed up to a courthouse for his green card hearing. He is documented. His wife is a citizen.

He is also member of the skeleton crew of animal care staff that works through a shutdown, to ensure the health and wellbeing of research animals.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

NEW from me:

CBS News staffers literally rolled their eyes after new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss delivered a "cringey" rallying cry during today's editorial call, exclaiming: "Let's do the fucking news!"

"She's cosplaying as a broadcast journalist," one said.

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‘Let’s do the f***ing news’: Bari Weiss causes ‘eye rolls’ with CBS News rallying cry

EXCLUSIVE: Multiple CBS News staffers told The Independent that Bari Weiss’ ‘cringey’ comments on the editorial call literally caused eyes to roll.

www.independent.co.uk

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 3d

The South bucked transition yesterday morning when they opened fire on Fort Sumter, in what some have characterized as a shift in strategy in the growing national debate over state's rights.

NPR @npr.org · 3d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Paul Offit @pauloffit.bsky.social · 4d

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In the midst of a measles epidemic that killed 3 people, RFK Jr. reminds us that vaccines don't save lives.

RFK Jr.: “Vaccines Don’t Save Lives”

In a recent post on X, RFK Jr. said that vaccines are overrated.

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Seth Miller @wandrme.paxex.aero · 21d

World Aviation Festival kicks off in Lisbon in a couple weeks. The opening keynote is titled "Non-Bullshit Innovation Insight: What super-intelligent AI means for the passenger experience."

@linneaharts.bsky.social accurately notes that 20 minutes is a lot of silence to sit through.

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