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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 3h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "This president is unstable, unhinged, a double-minded individual that quite frankly is a threat to our democracy. It's certainly not the first time that Donald Trump has called for the arresting of a Black man unjustly."

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 3h

The devil’s PR man. That descriptor is working for me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 3h

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7h

Otto and Elise Hampel were Berliners who, in the early 1940s, used postcards to urge resistance against the Nazi regime.

They were arrested, convicted and beheaded.

(Their story is the basis for "Every Man Dies Alone," a brilliant novel.)

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Armed investigators visit man who sent postcard critical of Florida CFO Ingoglia

The politically active couple expected a knock on their door because of their criticism of Trump and DeSantis, but not over a seemingly innocuous postcard.

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 4h

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Professor who teaches about antifascism moves to Europe after death threats

A Rutgers University professor who wrote a book about antifa received the threats after he commented on President Donald Trump designating the movement a “domestic terrorist organization.”

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 4h

He’s here for all of it. Satan’s genial PR man.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 8h

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 4h

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 4h

Mad king.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Takes Aim at Illinois Governor and Chicago Mayor

www.nytimes.com

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 17h

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 17h

These war fighters don’t appear likely to pass muster with our war-fighting Defense Secretary.

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 18h

On our dime.

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 19h

The cruelty and the terror are the point.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 20h

“I’m just trying to find any clues, ideas, see where they took him, why they took him. And what’s the whole purpose for this?”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

I wouldn’t advise anyone in Portland to walk your dog near this building.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 20h

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.

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Matt Belloni @mattbelloni.bsky.social · 19h

Can Prime Video finally get its act together in TV? Says one producer: "I haven’t made a show with Amazon, but I would now.” New @kimmasters.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/can-peter-fr...

Can Peter Friedlander Fix Amazon TV?

At Netflix, Friedlander was beloved for greenlighting blockbusters and passion projects, alike. At Amazon, he’ll need to work within new constraints—and he’s never been a guy who likes saying no.

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 19h

I was walking my dog and we passed this dude hanging out on the street. He held up his phone and said, “Look at this. A lady found two baby Bigfoots. [Bigfeet?]. She took them home and cared for them. They’re part of her family now.”
And that makes more sense than anything else I’ve heard lately.

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 20h

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning everyone

Good morning California
Ballots are out !!

Vote YES on PROP 50

The special election is November 4th but early voting is underway NOW
Ballots mailed
Vote now and tell your neighbors and friends
Our Country thanks you!
VOTE YES ON PROP 50

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 21h

Paywall, but here you go. (Worth every penny! Worth $149.9 million.)

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What I’m Hearing: Amazon’s TV Reboot, Altman’s Walk-Back & An MJ Movie Update

Oct 6, 2025 Matthew Belloni Welcome back to What I’m Hearing, and a big welcome home to everyone returning (limbs attached, I hope!) from the Riyadh Comedy Festival. Nobody talked about you while you ...

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 21h

If you scroll down to the bottom of Puck’s What I’m hearing column from last night, I had some thoughts about what David Ellison is doing with CBS News. Here’s a little taste.

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 23h

Amazonians were relieved when nice-guy Peter Friedlander, after 14 years at Netflix, was announced as the new head of TV. The Duffer brothers love him, while some think he’s a little too talent-friendly. Which kind of echoes the failings of the Salke era.

puck.news/can-peter-fr...

Can Peter Friedlander Fix Amazon TV?

At Netflix, Friedlander was beloved for greenlighting blockbusters and passion projects, alike. At Amazon, he’ll need to work within new constraints—and he’s never been a guy who likes saying no.

puck.news

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 1d

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 1d

There are people watching this travesty thinking, “Wow, she really handled that guy like a champ.”

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