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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 9h

They had to buy the Post, gut the newsroom, and restaff with reactionary grifters that don't deserve to carry their predecessors' dirty socks; that was the only way to remake the paper, because they were never gonna get through the front door on merit.

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 10h

This little twerp, who’s been there a few months, axed two of the lions of WaPo??

Fisher is an investigative champion and had been at The Post for 39 years. Hoffman had been there for 42, and he won a Pulitzer LAST YEAR.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 11h

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 10h

This little twerp, who’s been there a few months, axed two of the lions of WaPo??

Fisher is an investigative champion and had been at The Post for 39 years. Hoffman had been there for 42, and he won a Pulitzer LAST YEAR.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 11h

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Post Traumatic Disorder

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

www.status.news

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 9h

I think I had a post a while ago that was like “I’ll take Bill Kristol if I must but I’ll be damned if I’ll take Frum”

anyway,

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 9h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 9h

Whew. Breathe.

www.wsmv.com/2025/10/08/i...

‘I didn’t mean to scare anyone’: Dolly Parton’s sister says after asking for prayers

Dolly postponed her first Las Vegas residency in more than 30 years late last month, saying she was dealing with health challenges.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 11h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 13h

Here’s video of the incident

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Four Seasons Total Landscaping (not really!) @4seasonstl.bsky.social · 12h

This is quite good. Are we sure this is actually Schumer??

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 13h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 13h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 13h

¯\_(⊙︿⊙)_/¯

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 13h

Stetson school of law? You made that up.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 13h

I sure hope Hegseth sees this.

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 15h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 13h

Omg those poor elephants!

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 13h

Your money. My money. Taxpayer money dangled by the FBI in a successful sting.

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 14h

Pam Bondi won't say if Tom Homan kept the $50,000 in the Cava bag, so it's safe to assume he did.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 19h

We're now hearing threats about withholding post-shutdown pay. They first threatened widespread new firings? So why hasn't that happened. As I noted last week despite all the threats none of the firing machinery had actually been started up. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-...

Don’t Believe the Hype: Trump Bum-Rushing DC Reporters Edition

News comes today that Russ Vought is now threatening not to pay...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h

Thanks, New Yorker

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 18h

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 14h

If you were determined to devastate places like the Arkansas Delta, where I grew up, you'd be hard pressed to come up with a more destructive set of policies. It's soybeans and rice as far as the eye can see. It's not an incidental fraction of the local economy, it is the entire foundation of it.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

Soybean Farmer: So now I've got a tariff war that's killing my market. I don't have any money from grain we're sending to other countries for USAID. I mean, I've got a compound problem. I don't know how you plan for next year because we don't know where we're at.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 14h

How many times did you get murdered by homicidal gay gangs?

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 14h

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 14h

Yes it’s me, inept student artist, making fun of my forebears.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 14h

When it’s the 1130s and you live in Spain and you’ve never actually seen a camel.

Fresco transferred to canvas of an animal that is apparently supposed to be a camel, painted in the 12th century for the monastery of San Baudelio de Berlanga, near Soria. Now in the Cloisters museum of medieval art in NYC.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 14h

Loving New Yorkers instead of hating on us is so refreshing.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the Bronx and Harlem at our paper shredding events — we cleared out old junk mail, built community, danced, took family portraits and enjoyed frozen treats (it still felt a lot like summer). Thanks to everyone who joined.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 15h

Another indication that these people are terminally online and increasingly disconnected from the real world.

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 16h

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

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Eric Schmeltzer @ericschmeltzer.com · 16h

Yeah look, it's a slick move, using WIC, because who hates WIC? But the precedent is:

1. The president can just unilaterally levy tariffs and
2. Use those dollars to fund ANYTHING, circumventing Congress.

Functionally, it is an autocracy.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 17h

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 19h

I’m not on TikTok. Anyone have screenshots?

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 20h

Kind of wild to see republicans bring up Epstein!

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