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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h

Crucial from former prosecutor @kristyparker.bsky.social: Trump might have immunity, but those who commit corrupt or illegal orders for him do not. That's why DOJ insiders are leaking word that cases against Comey and Letitia James are collapsing.

All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2015...

Trump Threats to Jail Foes Take Darker Turn with Damning New DOJ Leaks

As ugly new information emerges about Trump’s efforts to prosecute James Comey and other enemies, a former federal prosecutor explains how his corrupt schemes are running into stiff internal resistanc...

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 26m

Yes and much of the rising was on bullshit, like: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 24m

The Wall Street Journal ruthlessly turned on Trump, using the newest Nobel Prize winners to deliver a sharp rebuke to his immigration crackdown.

Murdoch Paper Trashes Trump With Immigrant Nobel Prize Winners

Trump policies will lead to fewer U.S. Nobel wins, the WSJ Editorial Board wrote.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

“Milei wants to avoid a peso devaluation because it would fuel inflation just ahead of midterm elections on Oct. 26, in which half of the seats in Congress are up for grabs.”

Argentine Rates Soar Above 80% as Peso Crisis Sparks Cash Crunch

Argentine short-term interest rates soared on Wednesday as the government stepped up efforts to defend the peso, deepening a cash crunch that’s throttling an already fragile economy.

www.bloomberg.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

🤞 @ericswalwell.bsky.social

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

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Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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WK Britt @wkbtravels.bsky.social · 12h

He is so fucking stupid. When you think he can’t be any more ignorant, wait a few minutes.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

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 · 14h

“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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

The percentage of coverage the New York Times devotes to things that could have easily been an angry letter dashed off to the Harvard Alumni Review is disturbingly high.

No one else gives a shit, you weirdos. No one at all.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 17h

Shocked, just shocked, by this important scoop on front page of today's NYT. /s/

Based on report that came out ... nine months ago

And behavior long predating that

("Skip a class? Perish the thought!!" Says anyone who ever worked on a college newspaper, which covers a lot of people in the media.)

NYT front page headline: "Harvard Finds Skipping Class Part of Culture."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 15h

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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WK Britt @wkbtravels.bsky.social · 17h

Yes world, Mango Mussolini is a legal eagle. 🤣

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: Have you asked the DOJ to look at possible charges against Pritzker and Johnson?

TRUMP: I've seen the law ... I've understood that and I read it today in numerous journals that that's illegal ... that's a criminal offense

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

Democrats should go on TV to say they need to impeach Trump because of the cocaine-fueled pedophilia parties that he holds in the East Room of the White House with his friends in MS-13.

I mean, if he gets to lie shamelessly, why not them?

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19h

"Antifa-led hellfire"

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

www.whitehouse.gov

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Jonathan Choe to Trump: "Another group right now that is behind antifa and working with antifa very closely based on the research that we have right now that we're gonna give to you and your team are the Democratic Socialists of America."

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 17h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump to a right-wing influencer: "Do you know the name of any of the funders? Because if you do, I'd like you to give them to Kash or Pam or Kristi as soon as you can. That's all of you. These are people that do not have good intentions for the country. That's treasonous, probably."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

the revenge of woke

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump's mouth starts drooping as he struggles to stay awake during this antifa roundtable

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WK Britt @wkbtravels.bsky.social · 17h

maybe one reporter could ask who the head of "antifa" is and where the hq is, who all is in antifa, what has antifa done in the last month and how can you prove it's a organized group....JUST ONCE! FFS!

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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WK Britt @wkbtravels.bsky.social · 18h

You can tell the soul has left Pamela Jo Epstein...

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WK Britt @wkbtravels.bsky.social · 18h

that syphilis induced dementia is going strong today.

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