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Ian Landsman @ianlandsman.com · 14m

Imagine if Biden bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 38m

several Watergates-per-day

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Ian Landsman @ianlandsman.com · 2h

Let’s be honest. Trump is right. I have in fact never seen anything like it. bsky.app/profile/carl...

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Ian Landsman @ianlandsman.com · 10h

If you play poker but aren't that confident in how to think about hands this is a fantastic video. You may want to stop it at times to think things through as it moves pretty fast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsXT...

I Gave a $5M Poker Pro 10 Seconds to Make Perfect Decisions

YouTube video by hungry horse poker

www.youtube.com

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 10h

The federal government logged a $1.8 trillion budget deficit for the 2025 fiscal year, little changed from 2024 despite a surge in tariff revenues

US Annual Budget Deficit Steady at $1.8 Trillion, Despite Surge in Tariff Revenue

The federal government logged a $1.8 trillion budget deficit for the 2025 fiscal year, little changed from 2024 despite a surge in tariff revenues, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 13h

Trump (1) reveals he doesn't know what habeas corpus is and (2) punts to Noem, who famously revealed her own ignorance at a Senate hearing when she defined habeas corpus as "a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."
www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Ian Landsman @ianlandsman.com · 13h

Got some skinny on Wire:Live today. If you haven't gotten your tickets yet you should come hang out and say hi! wire-live.com

Wire ⚡ Live - A Chill & AWESOME Livewire Community Event

Join us in Buffalo, NY on October 28-29, 2025 for Wire Live. Let's hang out and talk all things Livewire, Flux, Alpine, and Filament.

wire-live.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

All current WSJ headlines

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nunomaduro @nunomaduro.com · 17h

mega laravel tip: if you have a class that gets resolved out of the ioc container, but you need the current authenticated user injected via constructor, just add this beautiful #[CurrentUser] attribute..

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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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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 18h

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

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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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 22h

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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Ian Landsman @ianlandsman.com · 18h

🤷‍♂️ bsky.app/profile/atru...

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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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 20h

Today's arrest of 29-year-old Florida resident Jonathan Rinderknecht marks an important step toward determining how the horrific #PalisadesFire started and bringing closure to the thousands of survivors whose lives were upended.

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 21h

Authorities have made an arrest in connection with the deadly Palisades Fire that ravaged part of Los Angeles earlier this year, now believed to have been caused by arson, officials said.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 22h

With the stroke of his pen last week, President Donald Trump offered the tiny Gulf nation of Qatar a prize many nations have sought but few have been given: a security guarantee pledging US help if it comes under attack.

Trump Gave Qatar a Security Guarantee and Isn’t Explaining Why

With the stroke of his pen last week, President Donald Trump offered the tiny Gulf nation of Qatar a prize many nations have sought but few have been given: a security guarantee pledging US help if it comes under attack.

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Mostly Technical Podcast @mostlytechnical.com · 22h

This week @aaronfrancis.com talks to @ianlandsman.com about two key insights he gained during his vision quest:

1) He's lost the ability to focus sometime over the last five years.

2) He's addicted to Twitter.

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Ian Landsman @ianlandsman.com · 23h

To people worried about AI and access to real information. We already live in a world where Trump got elected AND re-elected through a 100% disinformation campaign, and he didn't need AI to do it. You can just lie, the news will put you on, and that's it! bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Eric Trump: "Why did Jack Smith plant classified manilla folders and take photoshoots on the floor of my father's office? Why?"

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Ian Landsman @ianlandsman.com · 1d

Someone is going to build this social network when the costs get a bit cheaper and it’s going to be huge (well at least for those of us who prefer text based social). Filter all the crap so you never see it.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

The U.S. armed forces may soon face the choice of whether to refuse illegal and unconstitutional orders, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. What will they do?

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

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

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 1d

“Trust in media” keeps falling because the media environment offers more choice and more competition than ever before and each outlet’s marketing pitch is that it is the only trustworthy source.

Only Slow Boring will tell you that mainstream news is pretty good!

www.slowboring.com/p/why-you-ca...

Why you can't trust the media

More competition means it’s better than ever, but you hear more about the flaws

www.slowboring.com

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Ian Landsman @ianlandsman.com · 1d

I’m sure no Trump voters will be impacted 🤣 bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Miles was chief of staff at DHS in Trump’s first term 👇🏽

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Ian Landsman @ianlandsman.com · 2d

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