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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · 8d

A lesson one learns over and over again in defense procurement is that facts are usually fitted to service and policy preferences. The USAF wanted a new, blue ICBM so new silos are too expensive for the Trident D5, but a cost- and time-saver for Sentinel.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 17h

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 1d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2d

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Loren. @lorenbb.bsky.social · 2d

Yay for Maine!
Just to clarify, 'Eastern Egg Rock now hosts the only ATLANTIC puffin colony in the United States' is more accurate.
West coast has horned puffins and tufted puffins.
All three types are true puffins (genus fratercula).
wdfw.wa.gov/species-habi...

Tufted puffin

wdfw.wa.gov

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Loren. @lorenbb.bsky.social · 3d

An excellent and deeply empathetic story about the varied motivations of new Army recruits. This is some of the best writing I've seen in NYTimes in a while.
120% worth your time.
No paywall. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

This Program Rescued Army Recruiting

www.nytimes.com

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Loren. @lorenbb.bsky.social · 3d

A really excellent story about recruits' motivations. Thank you!

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Greg Jaffe @gregjaffe.bsky.social · 4d

This program rescued Army recruiting.
My story from a really inspiring week at Ft. Jackson, S.C.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

This Program Rescued Army Recruiting

www.nytimes.com

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 4d

Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

BREAKING: A federal judge finds that there is evidence Kilmar Abrego was VINDICTIVELY PROSECUTED. The judge GRANTS Abrego's motion for discovery and a hearing, and the government must now PROVE it did not vindictively prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 7d

House Republicans are refusing to seat Dem Adelita Grijalva, who won a special election more than a week ago. She's the last signature needed to force a vote on the Epstein files.

The soonest the GOP will act is Oct. 7. In three prior specials this year, the winners were all sworn in a day later.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d

Just gonna keep tapping the sign*

*𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 7d

WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"

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Gautham Rao @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 8d

Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.

My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.

a.co/d/29c7EIP

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 9d

I am a well educated, pretty media literate person whose job it is to be professionally annoying. I cannot figure out if my cancer medication, which costs $17k a month (I do not pay anything thanks to a combo of insurance/access programs), is going to be tariffed 100%.

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 9d

ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 9d

On this day in 1915, Alabama passed a law forbidding public and private medical facilities from letting any "white female nurse" provide care to a Black man.

Sep. 29, 1915 | Alabama Forbids White Nurses to Treat Black Men

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

calendar.eji.org

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Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 9d

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9d

79. American citizen.

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 10d

person in chicken suit and us flag cloak holding cardboard sign: PORTLAND WILL OUTLIVE HIM standing in front of the ICE building.

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 11d

As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 11d

Monty Python responses to the troops patrolling our streets are the best responses to the troops patrolling our streets

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Rico Quirindongo @ricoque-opcd.bsky.social · 12d

I was truly honored to present at the 18th Federal Congress on the National Urban Development Policy at the University City of Rostock, Germany, earlier this month. I delivered a 15-minute TED-talk-style presentation on the transformative work happening in Seattle and our region. bit.ly/46DRsq1

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Loren. @lorenbb.bsky.social · 12d

Or convert the foundations to a skate park?

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