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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 3h

Sooooooooo psyched!

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 8h

This is almost as bad as the infestation NYC saw in the 1970s, in which violence would often break out between the Baseball Furies and the Gramercy Riffs or you'd be caught in a rumble between the Lizzies and the Boppers. Terrifying times.

Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 9h

that's right Kash and all we have are Mids

Screenshot from twitter that shows Kash Patel on Fox News. The post states "Breaking FBI Director Kash Patel has just revealed nearly 5% of Chicago's 2.5 million residents, approx 110,000 people are active gang members."

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woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social @woopdiddyscooppoop.bsky.social · 8h

I too am struggling to understand why this would be a problem.

Schrodingers AI: Simultaneously some of the most valuable companies in human history yet too poor to pay their dues.

Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 8h

And that would be a problem how?

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

www.theverge.com

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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 8h

Good thing Musk and the DOGE Bros were on the scene.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 8h

CBO fy2025 projections for deficit/spending/etc are out

Some issues make simple comparisons apples-to-oranges, so I'll do apples-to-apples & explain in the thread

Relative to pre-Trump projections:
-Primary deficits ⬆️ $34 bn
-program spending ⬆️ $97 bn
-revenues ⬆️ $63 bn
www.cbo.gov/publication/...

2025 (January estimate, adjusted to fix issues) 2025 CBO estimate (remove student loan one-time revaluation) 2025 (adjusted for student loans) vs. 2025 projection (adjusted to fix issues)
Spending 7061 7166 105
Program spending 6108 6205 97
Interest 953 961 9
Revenue 5163 5226 63
Primary deficit 945 979 34
Total deficit 1898 1940 42

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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 8h

And that would be a problem how?

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

www.theverge.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 8h

I think we should just call the administration’s approach to oversight hearings the yo momma strategy.

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Jalopnik @jalopnik.bsky.social · 8h

GM Abruptly Cancels $7,500 EV Lease Credit Extension After Republican Senator Complains

General Motors created the program just over a week ago to help customers who wanted to benefit from the now-dead $7,500 federal tax credit on EVs.

www.jalopnik.com

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StanDude-JustStan @standude-juststan.bsky.social · 2d

So, what do latest details show about the actual "criminal and domestic terrorist threats" to US cities ? Is federal intervention really the solution, or is it part of the problem ?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

“We’re going to hold them fairly to account, and by that we mean we’ll use the propaganda term they invented and not the legal name for the department. In short, MAGA.”

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 10h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 8h

My Mexican grandmother put ground chilis—or something very spicy—in with each bulb. Not sure if it worked, but she claimed it did.

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 10h

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 8h

President Trump says some federal workers “don’t deserve” to get back pay when the government shutdown ends. That could have a big impact in the Denver Metro area where the Federal Center in Lakewood has the largest concentration of federal agencies outside of DC. #copolitics

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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 10h

Umm. That’s impossible. The Mar-a-Lago search was in August. Smith wasn’t appointed until November.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Eric Trump accuses Jack Smith of "planting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago"

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ljoeckel.bsky.social @ljoeckel.bsky.social · 1d

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 11h

MAGA is freaking out & splintering over a leaked text chain—which TPUSA’s Andrew Kolvet says is real—where Kirk wrote “Just lost another Jewish donor…Jewish donors play into all the stereotypes. I cannot & will not be bullied like this. Leaving me no choice but to leave the pro Israel cause.” 1/

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Carla @cwalworth.bsky.social · 11h

First we pay increased prices because agriculture is being deported. Then we pay tariffs. Then we pay for the bailout.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, in Des Moines:

“.. One of those sources said the bailout would total somewhere between $10 billion and $15 billion ..”

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/...

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 12h

There's a lot going on here.

"Last week, an American Journal News report tied [his] account to Nazi-themed pornography, including content fetishizing slavery and white supremacy.." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Gay Virginia Republican plagued by Nazi porn scandal brags running mate is ‘100% against’ marriage equality

It's a statewide political ticket of extremes.

www.yahoo.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 17h

Banning “dangerous gain-of-function” pathogen research is actually just banning pathogen research. TB causes chronic disease, the supposed cornerstone of the MAHA movement. Hard to see ending TB research on treatments as anything but another targeted attack on science in service of destroying it.

Rock Lab @rocklabtb.bsky.social · 18h

Ditto. Thanks for this Sarah. www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/g...

The NIH ordered me to stop my ‘dangerous’ gain-of-function research. It isn’t dangerous at all

Safe gain-of-function research is necessary to identify new treatments for diseases like for tuberculosis — but the NIH has imposed unfounded stops.

www.statnews.com

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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 17h

This is a pretty good summary of where we are. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 17h

You don’t say.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18h

BoE flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI on.ft.com/3WqHK5t

BoE flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI

Financial Policy Committee warns equity prices are at levels comparable with dotcom bubble

on.ft.com

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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 18h

Reminder: RFK is a former IV drug user.

TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 1d

"RFKJr is trying to eliminate the agency responsible for supporting states & localities w/ overdose prevention," says Dr. Eric Rafla-Yuan.

The doctors are also concerned about his attacks on psychiatric medications.

Let's not forget that he's a fan of viruses, too.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

www.npr.org

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[The Great War & Modern Memory] @ps9714.bsky.social · 18h

US #scientist Dr Fred #Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

He told the BBC his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize [for medicine]” was: "I did not."

Read more about his reaction: bbc.in/3KFAtMM

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h

Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...

A picture of Sergio Garcia and George W and Laura Bush. It is signed, To Sergio Garcia with best wishes.

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