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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 4h

"She should be doing the job I'm literally preventing her from doing."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 22h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15h

ICE's military raids and masked kidnappings are resonating deeply/negatively in the cultural spaces we keep hearing Dems need to reach: Manosphere, Joe Rogan, country music, disengaged voters. That's rare and it gives Dems a big opening to engage.

Thoughts on this:

newrepublic.com/article/2018...

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A.A. Dowd @aadowd.bsky.social · 14h

59. Zu, CARBONIFEROUS: Mike Patton-approved, and Dowd-approved too. Zu's skronky, jazzy freakouts bend the definition of metal without breaking it. The most moshable saxophone this side of Bruce Lamont! youtu.be/F7y9xOJVpqw?...

Zu - Chthonian

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Liberalyogi @liberalyogi.bsky.social · 1d

THIS IS OUR MONEY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE APPROPRIATED BY CONGRESS!!!!!

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Nathan Bernard @nathantbernard.bsky.social · 1d

the "kids" were mostly 30+ years old and said they love hitler

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

incredible

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

absolutely unthinkable to help pass a budget as long as he feels comfortable saying this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We're just at the start. We're going to go into other cities that we're not talking about purposely. We're getting ready to go in."

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Elise Stefanik is scrubbing photos of herself accepting awards from the vile Young Republicans caught in the Politico group chat. She supported every single one of them in New York State.

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A.A. Dowd @aadowd.bsky.social · 1d

60. Bolt Thrower, THOSE ONCE LOYAL: How many veteran bands get tighter and meaner with age? Bolt Thrower refined their war-themed blitzkriegs on this final album, with guitars like machine-gun fire and drums like artillery to fit the theme. youtu.be/tJ_R1gnOpSg?...

The Killchain

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Politico @politico.com · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social · 2d

from me -- a profile of Jafar Panahi, a filmmaker whose work has perfectly met our age of surveillance and interrogation and asks the imperative question of: Who are we, and what comes next? IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT = masterpiece, imo.

Vulture @vulture.com · 2d

Since his 2010 imprisonment, the director has been in an endless game of chicken with the Iranian regime. In his defiant new film, ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ a group of Iranians consider killing the man who tortured them in prison.

Jafar Panahi’s Cinematic Rebellions

Since his 2010 imprisonment, the director has been in an endless game of chicken with the Iranian regime. In his defiant new film, ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ a group of Iranians consider killing the man who tortured them in prison.

www.vulture.com

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A.A. Dowd @aadowd.bsky.social · 2d

61. Witch, WITCH: I've joked before that many of my mutuals wouldn't be caught dead listening to anything heavier than Dinosaur Jr., but J Mascis didn't deserve the stray: He rocks the kit on this instant classic, a downright Sabbathian slab of old-school stoner metal. youtu.be/f5von-_FI0U?...

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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David Anthony @dbanthony.bsky.social · 4d

For you longtime Former Clarity heads, you may remember the medical issues I wrote about six years ago. Well, they're back. But it's okay, because I mostly wrote about the Seattle Mariners instead.

It's happening again

I'm having surgery in nine days. But, more importantly, the Seattle Mariners.

www.formerclarity.com

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A.A. Dowd @aadowd.bsky.social · 3d

Thinking about you, bud.

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

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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A.A. Dowd @aadowd.bsky.social · 3d

62. Liturgy, RENIHILATION: The Liturgy sound emerged fully formed, resembling nothing but itself – a high-pitched blur of ecstatic noise to infuriate the purists and send everyone else north of Hell. youtu.be/DMUbyv_PJV0?...

Beyond the Magic Forest

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 4d

It’s so fucking irritating how these people unaccountably exert power but then also demand we bless it as legitimate. You’re the ones tearing up every contract, we don’t owe you shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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A.A. Dowd @aadowd.bsky.social · 4d

63. Russian Circles, ENTER: No vocals, no problem. You won't miss singing when listening to the crisp, snaking anthems of Russian Circles — one of a couple tremendous outfits who have made Chicago the instrumental metal capital of the world. youtu.be/w3njT2eswO8?...

Russian Circles - Micah

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 4d

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 5d

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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Andrew Perfors @perfors.net · 5d

Heartbreaking reading, but this Reddit thread gives a sense of the relentlessness of the horror inflicted by ICE, and the damage being done to so many innocent people that doesn't make the news.

From the AskReddit community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the AskReddit community

www.reddit.com

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R. Emmet Sweeney @robert-emmet.bsky.social · 8d

Vadim Rizov gets the full picture of Ken Jacobs in his memorial for @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy:

Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)

Ken Jacobs wasn’t just a single (albeit huge) formative force in experimental film, but a river through which an array of streams flowed to their own artistic destinations. For New Yorkers…

filmmakermagazine.com

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 5d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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