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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

christ almighty what is this guy doing

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

Important to note that it's New York STATE that brought charges against the J6er that threatened Hakeem Jeffries. Not the DOJ.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 13h

DOJ declined to bring charges against two people who threatened to kill @ericswalwell.bsky.social this year, @nbcnews.com reports: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

there are good & worthwhile historical & legal arguments for why the unitary executive is nonsense but to my mind the most straightforward argument is that it makes no logical sense that the president has absolute removal power over the people whose job it is to keep the executive branch accountable

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

The Inspector General system is basically broken now. Most IGs have been fired, most positions remain vacant. Those who remain or would take the job pose no risk to holding the regime accountable.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 12h

The federal department threatened to cut grant funding by this coming Monday unless states remove any reference — even a passing one — to inclusive gender ideology.

Judge likely to block federal cuts to inclusive sex education funding

The federal department threatened to cut grant funding by this coming Monday unless states remove any reference — even a passing one — to inclusive gender ideology.

www.oregonlive.com

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Politico @politico.com · 19h

“Put America first”: GOP senators are fuming at Trump’s idea to import Argentinian beef to lower US prices.

Lawmakers face blowback from angry ranchers who were already alarmed by Trump’s $40 billion bailout of Argentina — even as the country undercuts US soybean farmers over trade with China.

‘Put America first’: GOP senators fume at Trump’s idea to import Argentinian beef

Farm-state lawmakers and allies of the president are rushing to get him to reverse course.

www.politico.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Raskin with Jeffries: "It's an alarming situation where now we have many of these January 6 defendants who have been picked up on other defenses. The Department of Justice is not zealously prosecuting them for other crimes they have committed ... it's a very dangerous situation."

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bladenp.bsky.social @bladenp.bsky.social · 12h

bladenp.bsky.social @bladenp.bsky.social · 13h

And the left would post 1000 skeets about how Jeffries and Schumer just let it happen because they didn’t lay down in front of the wrecking ball and backhoes.

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bladenp.bsky.social @bladenp.bsky.social · 13h

Lindsey Graham would be out there with a hard hat and a sledgehammer.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 14h

Honestly I think they could just keep demolishing the White House bit by bit until it was completely gone and no one would even stop them

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17h

NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."

Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Standing with Immigrants
Oct. 21, 2025
My dear brothers and sisters, today I speak to you as your shepherd, but also as a fellow pilgrim who shares the pain of many of our immigrant communities. Families are being torn apart. Children are left in fear, and communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants.
We stand with a mother who crosses borders to feed her children. We stand with the father who labors in silence to build a better future. We stand with the young person who dreams of safety and a better future. Our parishes and schools will not turn away those who seek comfort, and we will not be silent when dignity is denied in the enforcement of the law, it is essential that we respect the dignity of every human being.
Now I want to say something directly to those immigrants without documents. Most of you have been here for years. You have worked hard. You have raised families. You have contributed to this nation. You have earned our respect. As the Archbishop of Chicago, I will insist that you be treated with dignity. Americans should not forget that we all come from immigrant families.
You are our brothers and sisters. We stand with you.
God bless you all.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 16h

Is using DOJ to loot the US treasury faithful execution of the laws?

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 14h

I don’t really know how to say this more clearly.

If your party is ok with murdering unidentified civilians, known links to child sex trafficking, and taking hundreds of millions of dollars from the treasury, they are down for ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING anyone in history has ever done plus some other shit

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bladenp.bsky.social @bladenp.bsky.social · 13h

Hopefully Troy is willing to be Wisconsin’s next Athletic Director.

bladenp.bsky.social @bladenp.bsky.social · 13h

a man with his arms outstretched says whoopsie daisy in front of a red curtain

ALT: a man with his arms outstretched says whoopsie daisy in front of a red curtain

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 16h

I know everyone’s following the Louvre heist but I would like to point your attention to the California LEGO LOOTER

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Police Break Up Lego Theft Ring, Recovering Hundreds of Beheaded Figurines
Officials said they had discovered tens of thousands of Lego pieces at a California home and arrested a man who trafficked in the stolen collectibles.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

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bladenp.bsky.social @bladenp.bsky.social · 13h

You’d think a Court would have to sign off on this.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 17h

Surprised to learn that I had an anti-American tilt.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

NEW: Trump is going to steal $230M in taxpayer dollars by having his DOJ pay him a settlement for his legal trouble. Watch. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Adelita Grijalva: "There is so much that cannot be done until I'm sworn in. So every moment that passes that I'm not able to provide constituent services or be a voice for Arizona, I cannot bring the issues forward that they send me here to do."

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 14h

"Do we not care about them?" Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told The Hill, adding: “Let’s not be punitive to Americans just to score political points.”

These GOP Senators Are Breaking With Trump Over Punishing Blue States Amid Shutdown

"Do we not care about them?" Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told The Hill, adding: “Let’s not be punitive to Americans just to score political points.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

the other thing i’ll say here is i am a bit frustrated with the narrative of online radicalization that treats it as akin to brainwashing. it lets individuals, families and communities off the hook for the choices they make and the environments they foster

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

this also drives me insane, this idea that it is the most normal thing in the world for a young (white) man to have a nazi curious phase. it isn’t!

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Politico @politico.com · 19h

Vulnerable House Republicans are urging Mike Johnson to extend Obamacare subsidies.

Vulnerable House Republicans press Johnson on Obamacare subsidies

The GOP lawmakers want a plan for extending the tax credits after the shutdown ends.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18h

"Young 'conservatives' have no conception of conservatism outside of the MAGA movement... They are utterly untethered to reasonable discourse...in a perpetual, hateful adolescence."

- Peter Rothpletz, with his first 'First Draft' newsletter for Zeteo:

🐢 Teenage Mutant Nazi Turtles

Peter Rothpletz on the GOP's latest racist group chat scandal, Trump demolishing the White House, Fox comparing Portland to Gaza, and the latest in Sudan.

zeteo.com

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