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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 3d

Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3d

This is a very good column by Peggy Noonan in weekend WSJ.

(No sarcasm.)

www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Opinion | The Embarrassing Pete Hegseth

The Pentagon needs sober, judicious leadership, not a drama queen who makes things jarring and fevered.

www.wsj.com

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

This victory supports what Oregonians already know: we don’t need or want Donald Trump to provoke violence by deploying federal troops in our state. I’ll keep working to stop Trump from fulfilling his perverse fantasy of making Portland the center of his assault on U.S. cities.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

A judge on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to halt its mobilization of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to protect the ICE building in Portland and its officers amid nightly protests.

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t think I understood that American democracy would be held together by chewing gum, a handful of judges, and a piece of scotch tape.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 4d

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 3d

Trump has been trying to shut down this government from the moment he took office.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported

About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

www.pewresearch.org

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago journalists are doing a helluva job staying on top of the ICE incursion here.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Happening now: at Kedzie and 40th, where Border Patrol agents just opened fire on rapid response this afternoon. A woman CFD says they found after the incident is reported in fair condition.

A growing number of outraged neighbors have gathered across from ICE/CBP agents who have closed Kedzie.

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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 3d

Great guide to what’s on the ballot in November - including three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court up for retention

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 3d

for the weekend crowd: take a moment today to explore what's on the ballot next month!

it's not all about NYC, VA, and NJ: i put together a guide of the 180+ key races you should know about, across 32 states.

explore, & find the ones that interest you the most, here: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

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S. Laurel Weldon @slweldon.bsky.social · 3d

This is quite terrifying. Someone needs to stop this guy

Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 3d

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10d

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Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 10d

As working families brace for a government shutdown, Trump cancelled talks with Democrats leadership, threatened to unlawfully conduct mass firings, and Republicans won’t even return to Washington to negotiate and pass a funding bill.

In a Republican-controlled Washington, this is their shutdown.

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Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social · 10d

This 1984 knockoff has really jumped the shark.

Jesse "Pecke in the Crowne" Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 11d

For context, downtown Portland is quiet (to the point of being boring), kids are going back to school, food carts and coffee shops are busy, people are gardening and riding bikes. Yes, there's some homelessness, but I don't think these guys are coming to build housing.

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!
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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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11d

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 10d

I'll say this once more:

@kairyssdal.bsky.social, of public radio (APM vs NPR), giving daily lessons on putting things clearly and honestly.

Enough of this "falsely" and "without evidence" and "departure from norms" wiggle talk.

The man lies. Is deluded. Steals. And constantly breaks the law

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10d

He lied. Gotta use the word

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10d

NEW: Trump falsely suggested today that rank-and-file FBI agents fomented the Jan. 6 attack that a mob of his supporters unleashed on the Capitol, leaning into conspiracy theories as he accuses a second FBI director of committing crimes

w/ @iriesentner.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 15d

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15d

Death by aid cuts: how a decision in the US led to the loss of a mother in Yemen

While the Trump administration claims no one will die over the axing of its overseas development budgets, aid agencies say the action will cost at least 3 million lives. Fatima and her baby were among the first

www.theguardian.com

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S. Laurel Weldon @slweldon.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks so much!

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 20d

Selling out democracy when they could easily win the fight

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20d

Cowards. Shameless, morally bankrupt cowards.

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 20d

I cannot think of a democracy anywhere in the world where this sort of thing could happen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure

www.nytimes.com

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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 20d

If you are not too familiar with the history of Central and Eastern Europe, this would be a good place to start - one of my fave books, an eye opener for those not from this corner of the world:

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20d

On this date in 1939, the USSR invaded Poland in cooperation with its ally, Nazi Germany.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...

Bloodlands

From the author of the international bestseller On Tyranny, the definitive history of Hitler’s and Stalin’s politics of mass killi...

www.hachettebookgroup.com

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