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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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Kat @skyridgemeadows.bsky.social · 1h

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Kat @skyridgemeadows.bsky.social · 1h

Damn straight.

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Kat @skyridgemeadows.bsky.social · 1h

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Kat @skyridgemeadows.bsky.social · 1h

I’ve gotten the same impression watching them.

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 6h

This is capitulation. It is not the "Department of War." If CNN concedes on this point, they'll concede on any point.

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 6h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 5h

Once a content thief, always a content thief www.theverge.com/news/674366/...

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

www.theverge.com

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 5h

Folks, the oath of enlisted people and officers are two different oaths. The officer's oath does not include the stuff about the president.

Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 5h

Again, the oath has mentioned obeying orders of the President since 1789. Here it is as established by Congress in 1962, in Public Law 87-751 (codified then in 10 USC 501, codified after 1968 in 10 USC 502):

Public Law 87-751
October 5, 1962
AN ACT
(H. R. 218]
To provide that individuals enlisted into the Armed Forces of the United States shall take an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Armed Forces.
Enlistment oath.
70A Stat. 17.
National Guard.
70A Stat. 602.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 501 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:
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"Each person enlisting in an armed force shall take the following oath:
-→ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that
I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, accorang to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 6h

I’m deeply grateful to everyone who supports my mission
to show Ukraine to the world.

This week’s gratitude for you –
my travel diary from the palaces of Vinnytsia region,
little-known, non-touristic places
in the heart of Ukraine:
www.patreon.com/posts/travel...

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 7h

People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 1d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

boltsmag.org

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h

Last night, my team filed a motion to defend voters in California.

DOJ sued 8 states. My firm has filed to protect voters in all 8 states.

We will never back down from the fight to protect free and fair elections.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7d

DOJ has sued 8 states for refusing to turn over their full, unreacted voter files.

My team has now filed motions to defend voters in 7 of those cases in ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, OR and PA.

I suggest that DOJ monitor the docket in the remaining one in CA.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 9h

These paintings were made
on boards from ammunition boxes
by Ukrainian soldier
Serhii Herasymenko in 2023.

Seen today at the exhibition
Callsign: Artist

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Kat @skyridgemeadows.bsky.social · 8h

The intelligence agencies, the judicial system, and the military must be free from authoritarian control. Tom Nichols addresses the current civil-military crisis.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Kat @skyridgemeadows.bsky.social · 8h

I reworded it wrong. Tom said “intelligence agencies”, not the press. It’s quite a bit different. I think the press is also important, but that’s not what the article was referring to. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Gabbard Ends Intelligence Report on Future Threats to U.S.

www.nytimes.com

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 10h

Only the military remains outside Trump’s grip. Despite the firing of several top officers—and his threat to fire more—the U.S. armed forces are still led by generals and admirals whose oath is to the Constitution, not the president. But for how long?
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Trump calls for arrest of Illinois Governor and Chicago Mayor, Trump calls for investigation and silencing of Democratic Senator, Air Traffic slows as Government Shutdown lengthens, and more.

The news you missed this morning. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

BREAKING: Trump Demands Arrest of Illinois Governor and Chicago Mayor

Trump calls for arrest of Illinois Governor and Chicago Mayor, Trump calls for investigation and silencing of Democratic Senator, Air Traffic slows as Government Shutdown lengthens

open.substack.com

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Kat @skyridgemeadows.bsky.social · 11h

I think about what it was like to evacuate in front of a large wildfire. I needed enough fear to move but not so much that it shut me down. It was the difference between life and death.

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Kat @skyridgemeadows.bsky.social · 11h

I’ve been thinking this a lot lately. Then I ask myself what normal means in this context. (I have internal debates like this all the time.)

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 11h

Greetings from Kyiv,
where I’m having a warcoffee
after visiting an exhibition
(don’t know if anyone else shows you all this Ukrainian art).

Kyiv lives.

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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 12h

Morning folks! We will have live coverage of the targeted prosecution of former FBI director @jamescomey.bsky.social starting at approx. 9am ET. Experts on hand to discuss including @oliviaoftroye.com @milestaylor.bsky.social and @glennkirschner.bsky.social - live on Substack and YouTube.

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Kat @skyridgemeadows.bsky.social · 12h

The press, the judicial system, and the military must be free from authoritarian control. Tom Nichols addresses the current civil-military crisis.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

Only the military remains outside Trump’s grip. Despite the firing of several top officers—and his threat to fire more—the U.S. armed forces are still led by generals and admirals whose oath is to the Constitution, not the president. But for how long?

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

www.theatlantic.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 21h

Today in Politics Chat, I talked about how power sloshes around when a president is checked out, and noted that right now unelected officials like Stephen Miller are trying to grab it. But instead, We the People can take it back and create a better nation.

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Kat @skyridgemeadows.bsky.social · 12h

This. I’m looking for people who know more than I do and have useful things to say.

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