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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 18h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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bri-ll🎃-ween @briween.bsky.social · 22h

holy shit, a journalist asked my joke as a real question

bri-ll🎃-ween @briween.bsky.social · 1d

wait wait guys, maybe thousands of young republicans are just a few thousand bad apples

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

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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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 15h

Spot on.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

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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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 20h

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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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 1d

MEASLES ON THE MOVE AS VACCINATION RATES DECLINE

1563 documented cases but the actual number could be as high as 5,000...and counting.

Measles can lead to pneumonia, encephalitis, immune dysfunction, deafness, and even death.

It is preventable by a safe vaccination

www.npr.org/2025/10/12/n...

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

www.npr.org

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Andrew Farago @andrewfarago.bsky.social · 22h

a woman in a red dress is braiding her hair and making a face .

Alt: a woman in a red dress is braiding her hair and making a face .

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Andrew Farago @andrewfarago.bsky.social · 22h

Ouch!

Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 22h

BREAKING: President Donald J. Trump's run on Nightwing has been cancelled by DC Comics

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 22h

BREAKING: President Donald J. Trump's run on Nightwing has been cancelled by DC Comics

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Andrew Farago @andrewfarago.bsky.social · 22h

This is just like that Kristen Wiig SNL character who one-ups everybody about everything. "I dodged TWO sniper bullets. Got assassinated three times."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 23h

He really put a "but I'm different" in his eulogy. What a mind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h

MAGA is breaking all records in the number of protective orders issued against its members of Congress over acts of violence against women

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

1. In a major capitulation to Trump, Fenway Health, a center ostensibly dedicated to LGBTQ+ healthcare, has ended its trans care program under 19.

It could have fought for its patients. It chose instead to roll over.

Community members are devastated.

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Fenway Health Restricts Treatment for Patients Under 19 In Capitulation To Trump

“This is a fundamental betrayal to the core mission of Fenway and the patients they serve.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 22h

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro challenges Americans not to become "numb" to political violence, speaking after the man charged in the April arson attack at Shapiro’s residence was sentenced to decades in prison after pleading guilty to several charges.

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 23h

It's unacceptable that firefighters who die or are permanently disabled from work-related cancers don't receive the same benefits as others in the line of duty.

I'm working across the aisle to pass my bill to honor our commitment to these first responders and their families.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hey, check this out. They talk the same way in their private chats as they do on Twitter www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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Andrew Farago @andrewfarago.bsky.social · 1d

Visit Shaenon at the @cartoonart.bsky.social museum by Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco this Sunday! I'll be there, too!

Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday SUNDAY Sunday!

Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 20d

I'll be at the Cartoon Art Museum on October 19 to celebrate THE NEFARIOUS NIGHTS OF WILLOWWEEP MANOR, my new graphic novel written by me and drawn by the great Christopher Baldwin!
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 1d

Layoff notices at JPL are going out today.

About 11% of the Lab, or 550 people, are being let go.

I'm thinking of my friends and colleagues there, some of whom will still be employed after today and some of whom won't.

I'm sorry you're having to deal with this.

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Andrew Farago @andrewfarago.bsky.social · 1d

Did you enjoy my new Snoopy book? If so, please take a couple of minutes to leave a nice review online. I'd like to rack up some positive comments before the inevitable one-star reviews because of Amazon's cardboard boxes show up. Thanks!

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Snoopy, the Story of My Life: The Myth, the Legend, the Beagle! (Peanuts)

“[Snoopy] can do anything. He drives a Zamboni. He’s an attorney. He’s a World War I flying ace and he’s a surgeon. He’s all those things.” —Charles M. Schulz Learn all about Snoopy’s family, his ea...

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 1d

The world lost a genial man, a genius communicator and a supreme artist. I lost a friend - beloved Drew.

Andrew 🐻 @awd.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in Peace, Drew Struzan

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 1d

Further premeditated, lawless killing in the Caribbean.

Making at least five such US strikes.

Against unidentified "narcoterrorists" affiliated w/ an unspecified "designated terrorist organization" allegedly trafficking unspecified narcotics.

POTUS is asserting a license to kill outside the law.

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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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

and I think this is a big part of the story bsky.app/profile/ryan...

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 8d

more and more I am convinced a good share of why Trump 2 is so much worse than before is because of what Elon did to Twitter. it's like those group chats where people gassed themselves up to join ISIS, scaled up a millionfold

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