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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 1h

Not a stable equilibrium, id imagine

Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 4h

It does start to call into question the value of the union, when the blue cities and blue states who pay all the taxes aren't doing anything but funding their own oppression and propping up welfare for thugs and shitty conservative economies.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 5h

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Jesse Goes to Hell @killgoldfish.bsky.social · 1h

Has his name been “Denis” the whole time? DENIS??

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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 1h

Snazzy

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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 1h

Um she is saying that it’s reasonable of Dems not to trust the the Republicans because the Republicans can’t make credible commitments because trump will just impound.

And she is right.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

Wait one damn minute‼️

I know Lisa Murkowski isn’t up on her high horse talking about the lack of trust between Republicans and Democrats after she cast the deciding “Yes” on the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill and slipped in backroom deals for Alaska.

She’s part of the problem & needs to own it!

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 2h

I just watched this whole clip and oh my god Kathy??? The way she also takes the opportunity to boost Zohran and drag Mike Lawler????

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 2h

What kinda car you got

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 2h

We play a game where we see pickup trucks: guess the owner farmer/contractor/asshole

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The Cleric @thecleric.bsky.social · 2h

All criticism of me is now a circular firing squad.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 2h

Yes

Jordan Nafa @jordannafa.bsky.social · 7h

If you are driving a truck as a commuter vehicle rather than as a work vehicle/hauling things, you should buy the much cheaper sedan! People who drive large trucks/SUVs for no apparent reason kind of deserve to get fucked on interest 🤷‍♂️

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2h

Hahaha come on haha

Cory Booker laughing but really it’s the worst thing ever

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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 9h

Kind of amazing that the photo Politico used of one of these folks -- the one who made a joke about gas chambers -- is from an event that Politico sponsored last summer.

Peter Giunta participates in a CNN-POLITICO Grill discussion at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July 16, 2024. | Rod Lamkey Jr. for POLITICO

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 9h

There is no statute of limitations for murder, including under UCMJ.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 10h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 14h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 13h

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Tweet from Pam Bondi:

Today following outreach from
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target
@ICEgov
agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 14h

Trump and Miller will probably get the blood in the streets they want eventually. We don’t know when or how it will unfold, or how the public will come to perceive it. But we do know that no matter how it unfolds or is perceived, it is already their fault. All we can do is our best.

It'll Be Trump's Fault

Donald Trump created this unstable equilibrium; no matter how it breaks down, it will be his fault.

www.offmessage.net

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 8h

Gonna be so bleak when the Trump administration and GOP Congress arrange the truck dealer bailout of 2026.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13h

“Once rare, 7-year car loans are fast becoming the norm. They’re often the only way buyers can afford new rides, with average sale prices surging 28% in 5 years to approach $50k.”

Designed-in car dependency, surging car prices, longer loan periods with more interest.

Sound like “freedom” to you?

Cars are so expensive that buyers need 7-year loans

Once rare, seven-year car loans are fast becoming the norm. They’re often the only way buyers can afford new rides, with average auto prices nearing $50,000.

www.seattletimes.com

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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 8h

Thread

Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 9h

You know what? I have time today. Let's have a look.

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 10h

Frying brains online

Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 9h

I was hoping specifically for the press releases that propublica used to have

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 10h

Somehow today I got a notification from YouTube asking me to rate *the notification itself* and now my phone keyboard is asking me to rate it, and I feel like Google has lost their mind

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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 14h

As we showed in a @brennancenter.org report, and a forthcoming paper at the Journal of Politics, this led to a major expansion in the racial turnout gap in parts of the country now free from preclearance
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 11h

Extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean in our name, with our tax dollars.

The US Navy could easily interdict these vessels and seize persons/goods.

That Trump II is instead playing judge, jury, and executioner from the sky despite any imminent threat is antithetical to a democratic republic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 11h

Now that @propublica.org's Represent and Congress API are deprecated (which were incredible resources!), is there a successor API that people use?

cc @dwillis.bsky.social @americalabs.org

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