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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 18m

And now she's high as a fucking kite on her own supply.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 21m

“It's chaos. She would admit that she can be difficult to work with. Even for people who totally agree with her.”

@nataliekorach.bsky.social speaks to former Bari Weiss colleagues about her management style.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

A Bari Trying Time

While Bari Weiss faces skepticism inside CBS News, former colleagues describe her management style to Status as chaotic and abrasive—raising questions about how she’ll lead one of America’s most stori...

www.status.news

Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 19m

I struggle to name a time Congress slapped SCOTUS upside the head since Lily Ledbetter.

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 23m

[facepalm]

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 27m

REPORT | Donald Trump phoned into Fox to claim credit for what he calls “peace in the Middle East,” tying the Gaza deal to his trade wars, military strikes, and his pressure on Iran. He presented himself as the architect of a global realignment—one that brings Israel, Arab states, and even Iran...

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 24m

Jeffries can be fucking disappointing but I don't see AOC playing along with this and it's dead without her. Jeffries needs Mamdani more than the other way around and not because of a primary challenge.

Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 24m

This like perfectly distilled Thompson. Ossé says he's not running, but still we have a whole chunk of "smart brevity" to gnaw on.

Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 3h

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 27m

Illinois should have demanded on Monday out of state NG be TRO'd and let the IL NG go until Thursday. That's effectively what the 9th Circuit did today. Now the feds have a harm to whine about

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 35m

[Bluesky looking at Bari at CBS, in due time]

Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 41m

Eighth Avenue just refuses to accept that @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social has permanent title to the Times's lunch wrt Harvard.

Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 16h

Hey, folks, did that Harvard settlement ever happen? I was told it was going to happen imminently.

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 5h

Just say he does not remember anything after 1987.

You know it. I know it. Everybody knows it.

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 5h

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 1h

Megan McArdle took all of nine months to move from reluctant Harris voter to full regime apologist.

Must have something to do with being unemployable in any competitive position.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 1h

The med bed thing plus this has me convinced Miller is feeding him an orgy of AI slop depicting US cities fallen to antifa super soldiers

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump on Portland: "It's like the movies you see for the kids, I guess not only the kids, adults also, where you have these bombed out cities and these bombed out people. It's like, worse than that."

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 52m

The 2020 #MA1 primary is the one story I covered that I'll never escape.

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 1d

www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davi...

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 1h

Savage

Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 1h

👍 Blue Jays

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 1h

#Springfield and its co-plaintiffs are appealing a DC judge's decision to dismiss their case that sought to recover environment and climate funds the EPA had swiped. #mapoli #Spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/brie...

Briefings: Springfield & Co-Plaintiffs Try to Be Appealing in Another Court… — Western Mass Politics & Insight

Springfield and parties attempting to restore an environmental block grant program filed an appeal with an appellate court in Washington

wmasspi.com

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 1h

This but also a lot of people confuse energy and/or enthusiasm with charisma.

Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 1h

Savage

Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 2h

Congrats to @jaketapper.bsky.social on cracking into the top 5,150 books on Amazon.

Jake Tapper's latest book, published yesterday, ranked #5,149 on Amazon books with two 1-star reviews.

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 1h

Here are the Subway/Metro Station design guidelines that were compiled by UMTA/USDOT in the 1970s in an attempt to prevent WMATA-style cost overruns again.

It got shelved when everyone at UMTA got laid off and we forgot it. But it's prescient about cost drivers -- rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11352

DOT ROSA P

ROSA P serves as an archival repository of USDOT-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by USDOT ...

rosap.ntl.bts.gov

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 1d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6h

Spotted a Rule 11 sanctions poster in the wild today

Man stands with poster that says “rule 11 sanctions”

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 2h

Results from Brazil on fare free transit. While it did increase public transportation trips, the substitution was mostly changing walking to transit rather than car to transit.

Really cool research design as well.

Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @urbandemog.bsky.social · 5h

A tarifa zero pode ser uma política eficaz para tirar as pessoas do automóvel privado e usarem o transporte público? A gente mostra que a resposta é não nesse estudo que saiu publicado hoje no @jeem-econ.bsky.social
Link para o estudo abaixo, segue o fio 🧵

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 2h

This is why the people showing up in animal costumes for dance parties are doing it right.

Trump wants the image of violent confrontations. Give him frog costumes.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

www.nytimes.com

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 3h

He’s never been a very smart Nazi

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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 4h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 3h

Jesus Christ. Is this the motion panel AGAIN for the DC Circuit? (This isn't a stay request, but a motion to expedite. Order dated Oct 6). @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @stevevladeck.bsky.social

Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 4h

Gonna break some enamel grinding my teeth saying "Je suis Bolton," but there's no choice.

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