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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 13h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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

In Chicago, Defense Secretary Pere Hegseth screened the arriving 400 Texas National Guard troopers for "fatties" and "beardos". To the three women who remained the Secretary proposed marriage.

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𝔻𝕒𝕟 [spooky pun] 🎃🍻🐦‍⬛ @danmynrd.bsky.social · 15h

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 15h

Did he think that “habeas corpus” was a person?

Kinda seems like it.

The old man is not okay.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump is fighting for his life to stay awake during Andy Ngo's speech

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic news to wake up to!!! Fairbanks, Alaska has dumped their Trumpian Mayor and a Dem flipped that Mayoral office last night!

We love to see it! 😍😍👏👏

Mayor David Pruhs concedes mayoral race to Mindy O'Neall

City of Fairbanks Mayor David Pruhs conceded the mayoral race to candidate Mindy O’Neall Tuesday night during a watch party at Bobby’s Downtown Restaurant.

www.newsminer.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

I did not know this:

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 7d

A little-known part of Jane Goodall’s legacy is that she helped place Roots + Shoots chapters inside jails in the U.S. and Italy. Some of the participants went on post-incarceration to careers in environmental protection. I met her in 2015 at the Boulder jail—still my all-time favorite assignment.

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 1d

Not every day you see a four-way primary finish 28-25-24-23!

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Blueskyist (Third-Worldist [Revolutionary Ocasio Thought]) @takemyadvice.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoy this issue of Seventeen Magazine, which contains interviews with Bill Cosby and J. R. R. Tolkien

Blueskyist (Third-Worldist [Revolutionary Ocasio Thought]) @takemyadvice.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoy this issue of Seventeen Magazine, which contains interviews with Bill Cosby and J. R. R. Tolkien

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Blueskyist (Third-Worldist [Revolutionary Ocasio Thought]) @takemyadvice.bsky.social · 1d

Making all the doubters, from Chuck Schumer himself down to the lowliest poster, write "Shutdowns are bad for Republicans" on a chalkboard 100 times before I let them go to recess.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

(Politico) - One week into the government shutdown, top Republican leaders appear to have lost the plot.

#RepublicansInDisarray @politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Trans people should take heart in these numbers. It proves that anti-trans messaging doesn't decide elections or doesn't automatically sway swing voters to Republicans. Republicans anti-trans messaging is a proxy for "Democrats care more about social issues than they care about you."

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Winsome Earle-Sears has consistently hit Abigail Spanberger on transgender issues. But a new poll from Christopher Newport University shows that voters say Spanberger would do a better job handling transgender policy by 13 points. #VAPol #VAGov
cnu.edu/wasoncenter/...

Spanberger Leads Earle-Sears by 10 Points in the Race for Governor

Hashmi Leads Reid by 9 points in Lt. Governor Contest; Jones Leads Miyares by 6 Points in Attorney General Race

cnu.edu

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat https://theonion.com/u-s-military-carries-out-strike-on-scuffy-the-tugboat/

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat
Pentagon Claims Little Red Vessel Working With ‘Narco-Terrorists’

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 2d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Blueskyist (Third-Worldist [Revolutionary Ocasio Thought]) @takemyadvice.bsky.social · 2d

Wokelahoma

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST

Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.

Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST

Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.

Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2d

The 5th circuit is poised to affirm a requirement to display the 10 commandments:

Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 2d

CA5’s going en banc likely to uphold Louisiana’s law requiring the 10 Commandments in the state’s public schools in defiance of pre-Roberts precedent

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Before ELROD, Chief Judge, and JONES, SMITH, STEWART, RICHMAN, SOUTHWICK, HAYNES, GRAVES, HIGGINSON, WILLETT, Ho, DUNCAN, ENGELHARDT, OLDHAM, WILSON, DoUGLAS, and RAMIREZ, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
A member of the court having requested a poll on the petition for rehearing en banc, and a majority of the circuit judges in regular active service and not disqualified having voted in favor,
IT IS ORDERED that this cause shall be reheard by the court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs. Pursuant to 5th Rule 41.3, the panel opinion in this case date June 20, 2025, is
VACATED.

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 2d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square

Stephen Miller in a gray suit, white shirt, and gray tie.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Jake Tapper, who eviscerated Biden for the sin of growing older, has done everything but help install a chair lift in the White House to cover up Trump's deepening dementia and utter feebleness.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2d

Jake Tapper did a whole interview with Trump by text message? Which means he can't actually confirm it was him. And now everyone's asking even more than before very reasonable questions about the wannabe dictator's health.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The CNN anchor did not explain how he verified that it was the president — not any of his aides — who authored the written responses to his questions.

He also did not explain whether he’d made any effort to speak with the president by phone, something that has become commonplace for reporters covering the second Trump administration because Trump has maintained use of his personal mobile phone since returning to the presidency and frequently uses it to contact reporters directly.

The president’s purported text message exchange with Tapper was also unusual because Trump is not known to be a frequent user of his phone’s text message capacity.

He also famously eschews email and other written forms of communication and during his first term he openly complained when attorneys working for his administration took notes during meetings.

Trump’s unconventional use of text-based communications to purportedly respond to Tapper comes as questions continue to swirl about the state of his health

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Blueskyist (Third-Worldist [Revolutionary Ocasio Thought]) @takemyadvice.bsky.social · 2d

The famously bad restoration of an antique painting of Jesus

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 2d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 3d

New poll on the California redistricting amendment has it at 54% yes, 36% no.

punchbowl.news/article/camp...

Majority of Calif. voters back Prop 50 in new poll

News: We’ve got some fresh polling on California’s redistricting ballot initiative ahead of the Nov. 4 election.

punchbowl.news

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Meatball Rob @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 3d

“I’m Mexican, I’ve tasted spicier”

protect him at all costs, Portland 🥹

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 3d

Portland Frog updates about getting pepper sprayed in his fan intake 🐸🫡

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 3d

It's a theory the same way gravity is a theory

JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 3d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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