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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 27m

"Oh, I don't follow his every social media post."

They ALL follow his every social media post, intently, because they know their political survival depends on it. They can't afford to contradict him.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28m

If the Speaker of the House can't answer basic questions about what's going on in American politics that day, maybe he shouldn't be giving press conferences.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 41m

The Speaker's default argument is to plead ignorance about things it's his job to know.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

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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Shannon, Mistress of Shenanigans @shay3322.bsky.social · 30m

The sourcing is more regulated than our current news

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 22h

No shit I'm furious. I spent eleven years learning to write well about complex topics in ethical ways, often for criminally low rates, because I believe that work's important. It's deeply insulting to see a total dipshit get fabulously wealthy for telling the rich what they want to hear!

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

Top candidates:
1) Lindsey the Insurance lawyer is DQed w/in days, making the indictment a nullity
2) Statute of Limitation problems
3) Discovery problems
4) Vindictive prosecution
5) Kash Patel melting down on the stand

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

I feel like we should have a betting pool not on WHEN the Comey case blows up in spectacular fashion, but the specific means by which it does so.

abcnews.go.com/US/central-w...

Prosecutors further expressed concerns about the department's ability to take the case to trial quickly due to problems identifying all the relevant materials that would need to be handed over to Comey's lawyers, sources said. They also raised alarms over the potential for Comey's defense to cite the statute of limitations for the case, which derives from testimony in 2017 and was only reinforced by Comey during his 2020 testimony in response to a question from Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...

A picture of Sergio Garcia and George W and Laura Bush. It is signed, To Sergio Garcia with best wishes.

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Shannon, Mistress of Shenanigans @shay3322.bsky.social · 5h

From the man who said we need to stop attacking pedophiles.

WIRED @wired.com · 18h

In a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Cruz accused the beloved online resource of being too liberal. www.wired.com/story/ted-cr...

Ted Cruz Targets Wikipedia Over ‘Ideological Bias’

In a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Cruz accused the beloved online resource of being too liberal.

www.wired.com

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 1d

As a historian, I truly like the "foreverized pastness" part of this. And I agree, on a daily basis we are floating towards a permanent establishment of badly manipulated memories. A plural of nonsense histories. #skystorians

Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 1d

So-called #genAI means the abolition of the future through the proliferation of endless streams of stochastically rendered generic pasts. Having turned large parts of the cultural archive into training data, it now traps us in a foreverized pastness, a 24/7 nostalgia for a past that never existed

QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 1d

have just come across a YouTube account that has been using Sora to upload reels of fake, AI-generated “90s sitcoms” every few hours

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 15h

After law school, only one thing is gonna keep me from prosecuting murders in my home town, and that is prosecuting the shameful federal ‘law enforcement’ officers who are so proudly violating the law. Save your signing bonuses for defense lawyers. You’ll need them.

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Shannon, Mistress of Shenanigans @shay3322.bsky.social · 6h

They scream about hating socialism…until they need it. It won’t change anything, they still need markets for their crops.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 6h

Dutch courts fighting to make Facebook and Instagram useable again.

Ramsha Jahangir @ramshajahangir.bsky.social · 7h

Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to give Facebook & Instagram users the right to set a chronological feed by default - one of the first EU cases applying the DSA in civil proceedings.

To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:

www.techpolicy.press/what-a-dutch...

What a Dutch Court Ruling Against Meta Signals for Private DSA Enforcement | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press spoke with Rejo Zenger, Policy and Advocacy Lead at Bits of Freedom, to better understand the significance of the ruling.

www.techpolicy.press

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s video of the incident

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Rob. @who43.bsky.social · 13h

Under "Trump ..., the Justice Department has... disbanded a task force devoted to foreign election-influence operations, and..., the administration has significantly reduced the number of prosecutors and FBI agents working on public corruption cases."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...

What I Learned By Watching Every Pam Bondi Speech

The Trump loyalist is a new kind of attorney general.

www.politico.com

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 1d

To the undergrad who walked up to 3 people, 2 of whom were partners at a law firm,

Proceeded to introduce herself,

Describe her academic interests,

cold pitch us on an internship.

Let me say this:

Train your friends. That was bold and awesome. I’m hand carrying your ask to the Houston office.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 17h

By all means, indict Jack Smith on bullshit allegations and give him the trial that SCOTUS denied him.

Poke the bear, Donnie. See what happens.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 12h

The Constitution did not foresee the position of presidential chief of staff, so it’s hard to see what legitimate constraints could prevent Stephen Miller from becoming an all-powerful dictator.

by Jonathan Turley

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 16h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 17h

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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Ben Edwards @bostonhistory.bsky.social · 15h

While Johnson continues to play his childish games refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, a Republican should step forward, honor the courageous victims of sexual abuse, and sign the discharge petition.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

“We’ll schedule it as soon as she wants”?

She’s been demanding it for weeks but Republicans keep blocking her.

They really really really don’t want the files to come out

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Shannon, Mistress of Shenanigans @shay3322.bsky.social · 15h

It wouldn’t surprise me after losing her husband.

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

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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