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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 19h

Notice her non-answer.

This is explosive. Should be explosive. The US AG who said she had the Epstein files on her desk cannot say whether or not the FBI has pix of Trump with half-naked women, which one witness who knew Epstein has said he has seen.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 8h

All these headlines saying “Bondi Goes on the Attack.” Really? She wasn’t in the octagon, she’s a public servant who was at an oversight hearing. Her job was to answer questions. She refused to do her job. Stop glamorizing and whitewashing this moronic, performative bullshit.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 12h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 7h

Perhaps you’ve noticed; the more immigrants they detain and deport…the more violent the United States is becoming. I see a clear connection.

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Stephen Soldz @ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social · 10m

Stephen Miller calls for "plenary (absolute, unlimited) authority, then freezes as he realizes he gave the game away. In a democracy, Miller would be gone tomorrow. We don't live in a democracy.

Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 6h

Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?

Oopsie, Stephen.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

SEN. HIRONO: “Did you approve shutting down the bribery investigation into Homan?”

BONDI: “Are you Antifa?” 🤡

(That’s a yes)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Hirono: "I have to conclude that, since no wrongdoing was determined, that Homan kept the money. And I hope he will put that on his tax returns as income."

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penelopepiztov @penelopepiztov.bsky.social · 8h

what they do to other people they will do to you

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Stephen Soldz @ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social · 9h

I'm sure he did.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

thank you brett kavanaugh!

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 10h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

very cool that if you are working on behalf of right-wing culture warriors, you no longer need standing to have your claim adjudicated by the supreme court

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 19h

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 19h

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 15h

Folks, it's happening.

We're releasing Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile this Thursday at 7 p.m.

Mark your calendars. Get excited to know even less about Jeffrey Epstein.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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eliza🌻 @elizas.website · 11h

ANTHROPIC: “artificial superintelligence will certainly cause the end of the human species, which is we must build it before OpenAI does so we can have some chance of inscribing human moral values on the post-human future”

OPENAI: “what if we put ads in ChatGPT?”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

“.. The strong growth usually seen due to shipments of holiday merchandise, “we are not seeing that,” said Dale Rogers ..

@cnbc.com #FreightRecession
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/s...

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💙🐶🚴🏻🏊‍♂️♊️ Victoria🌈💥☀️ @victoriaswimcycle.bsky.social · 11h

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19h

INBOX: The Chicago News Guild joined others in suing ICE for attacking journalists at the Broadview facility.

“Our members have a right, protected by the First Amendment, to do their jobs and report the news. They should not be targeted, injured or arrested for doing their jobs.”

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Stephen Soldz @ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social · 11h

Takeaway:Cannabis extract may be a promising nonaddictive option for chronic low back pain treatment.
www.mdedge.com/viewcollecti...

Neurology - MDedge

The source for latest medical summaries - Neurology

www.mdedge.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

Kash was begging for a Community Note

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Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · 12h

Now this is interesting….

China is racing to develop a new generation of wind farms that can not only survive tropical cyclones, but also harness their power. #WindPower #Renewables
www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The 'typhoon-proof' wind farms powering China's coast

China is racing to develop a new generation of wind farms that can not only survive tropical cyclones, but also harness their power.

www.bbc.com

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Y. Marie Stout @stoutpotentials.bsky.social · 12h

Kirk’s professor watchlist (= hit list) website is still up. These educators’ lives have all been threatened. I support them leaving the US, although that move is a huge burden. What choice do they have?

I hope one day that everyone who has threatened them gets prosecuted!

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Stephen Soldz @ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social · 12h

I love this!

Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 23h

We are all Dr. Brunkow 😴
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

www.nytimes.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 21h

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Two psychiatry organizations have released statements saying that the actions of the RFK Jr have increased stigma, instilled fear and hurt access to mental health and addiction care.

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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