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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 6h

"This is clearly the mask-off phase of Trump 2.0.

Trump is past triangulation. He’s past argumentation and persuasion. He’s in the raw-power business now. Pam Bondi went to Congress yesterday to let them know."

www.thebulwark.com/p/bondi-host...

Bondi to Congress: 🖕

The attorney general came to the Hill to deliver a message to Democrats: Your ‘oversight’ couldn't matter to us less.

www.thebulwark.com

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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 6h

This, 100%

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 6h

It took me a second to figure out the person on trial is the victim of the shooting and not the ice agent who shot somebody

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 1d

It's not looking good for DHS's account of yet another shooting theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

If you think today's news media picture is grim, take stock of how Chicago's local journalists are getting at the truth despite Homeland Security's campaign of lies and intimidation.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.

The press steps up as Trump targets Chicago

Local journalism is under siege, but still makes itself indispensable

www.stopthepresses.news

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 13h

Memes serve as a tool of dark participation and are used purposefully “to disrupt, undermine, attack, resist or reappropriate discursive positions pertaining to public affairs narratives in the news” (Peters & Allan, 2021, pp. 2–3)

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 7h

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 21h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 1d

“It’s utterly depressing. Somebody who has zero experience in television news or even hard news for that matter... but with a clearly defined political agenda,” said another staffer. “It’s hard to see this as anything more than an attempt to bend the knee completely.”

Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 1d

“A throwing up emoji is not enough of a reflection of the feelings in here,” one particularly incensed CBS News employee said in a text message.

CBS News staffers react to Bari Weiss being named editor-in-chief: ‘It’s utterly depressing’

Six network employees expressed a mix of emotions over the appointment in conversations with the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 22h

The @nydnunion.bsky.social is outside the SLT gym on Flatbush Ave, where Private Equity raider Heath Freeman is an investor.

Heath has money to fund gyms, marinas and restaurants, but not to give Gotham’s hometown reporters a fair and decent contract.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 23h

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 20h

Here’s video of the incident

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Daily News Union @nydnunion.bsky.social · 22h

THE HUNT FOR HEATH: Tonight we’re outside a Brooklyn pilates studio passing out flyers about our contract fight. Why? Because these studios are bank-rolled by Alden Global Capital’s Heath Freeman and owned by his sister.

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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 22h

The @nydnunion.bsky.social is outside the SLT gym on Flatbush Ave, where Private Equity raider Heath Freeman is an investor.

Heath has money to fund gyms, marinas and restaurants, but not to give Gotham’s hometown reporters a fair and decent contract.

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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 1d

The letter were sent on the heels of the Daily News reporting last week that Adams' recent decision to announce support for a horse carriage ban came after he and Mastro met with a prominent donor to the mayor who's seeking to build electric carriages. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/07/n...

NYC transit union preparing to sue Adams’ donors, top aide over push to ban horse carriages

New York’s largest transit union is making preparations to launch legal action against Mayor Adams’ top aide, Randy Mastro, and several other politically-connected individuals amid an e…

www.nydailynews.com

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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 1d

The exact allegations aren't clear, but the union sent records preservation letters this week to the expected defendants, including ex-Council Speaker Corey Johnson, in anticipation of a suit about unregistered lobbying and other violations. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/07/n...

NYC transit union preparing to sue Adams’ donors, top aide over push to ban horse carriages

New York’s largest transit union is making preparations to launch legal action against Mayor Adams’ top aide, Randy Mastro, and several other politically-connected individuals amid an e…

www.nydailynews.com

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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 1d

New: NYC's largest transit union is taking steps to sue Mayor Adams’ top aide, Randy Mastro, and other politically-connected people over allegations they engaged in a “deceptive enterprise” to ban NYC's horse carriage industry.

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www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/07/n...

NYC transit union preparing to sue Adams’ donors, top aide over push to ban horse carriages

New York’s largest transit union is making preparations to launch legal action against Mayor Adams’ top aide, Randy Mastro, and several other politically-connected individuals amid an e…

www.nydailynews.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

PADILLA: Do you believe govt officials are obligated to follow court orders whether they agree with them or not, yes or no?

BONDI: I wish you loved your state of California as much as you hate President Trump

PADILLA: I asked a simple yes or no question

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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 1d

A D train operating on the F line hit spalled concrete in the roadbed this morning under Downtown Brooklyn, causing sparks and smoke along the third rail.

Service on the G and F lines is partially suspended until the wounded train can be returned to a yard.

Service on F and G subway lines partially suspended after smoke condition in Brooklyn

F train service was suspended between W 4 St. in Greenwich Village and Coney Island Tuesday morning, after sources say a Brooklyn-bound D train operating on the F line dragged debris along the thir…

www.nydailynews.com

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 1d

A thought I keep having: what if I just log off all social media and subscribe to a few paper magazines and newspapers instead

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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 1d

That is truly magic, and I will follow almost anyone who has it straight into battle

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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think normies properly understand just how much of the respect that reporters have (or don’t) for their editor is a function of how much the editor has done “the work”

Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

I remember joining the NYT as a web news editor in 2000 and being constantly reminded over my 13 years there that I had not done the “stations of the cross” of working as a reporter on metro and national and fore… whew. Good night and good luck!

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 1d

I remember joining the NYT as a web news editor in 2000 and being constantly reminded over my 13 years there that I had not done the “stations of the cross” of working as a reporter on metro and national and fore… whew. Good night and good luck!

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor

Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like “60 Minutes,” “Face The Nation” and …

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 2d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

“People over Papers, a crowdsourcing project that maps sightings of US immigration agents, was taken offline yesterday by Padlet, the collaborative bulletin board platform on which it was built. It’s just the latest ICE-tracking initiative to be pulled by tech platforms in the past few days.”

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline

People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

www.technologyreview.com

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