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Tyler Wilcox @tylerwilcox.bsky.social · 7h

RIP JACK DEJOHNETTE. One of the best.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4h

1. Binance founder pardon after enriching Trump family
2. DT Jr. enmeshed in firms getting DOD contracts
3. Trump trying to extract $230 million for himself from DOJ

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 8h

1. Last week, there were 3 Trump corruption scandals in 4 days that would define any other presidency.

Most people are probably not even AWARE of all three scandals.

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3 Scandals in 4 Days That Would Define Any Other Presidency

During the second Trump administration, corruption scandals that would typically define a presidency receive a day or two of coverage.

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cassiusmclay.bsky.social @cassiusmclay.bsky.social · 4h

American greed is a disease.
www.businessinsider.com/list-of-bill...

cassiusmclay.bsky.social @cassiusmclay.bsky.social · 19h

So handouts work.

a man in a suit and tie is throwing money in the air and holding a stack of money .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is throwing money in the air and holding a stack of money .

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

If Dems can’t come up with a “Pocahontas” equivalent on this one .. 🙄

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1d

Forbes estimates Scott Bessent is worth around $600 million.

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cassiusmclay.bsky.social @cassiusmclay.bsky.social · 1d

Citing Megan mccardel is an instant sign you have know idea what you’re talking about.

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cassiusmclay.bsky.social @cassiusmclay.bsky.social · 1d

a man says that 's the discipline in front of a crowd of people

ALT: a man says that 's the discipline in front of a crowd of people

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cassiusmclay.bsky.social @cassiusmclay.bsky.social · 1d

Might have to unfollow with your horrible and idiotic criticism of Heat. Go watch Barbie or the notebook.

cassiusmclay.bsky.social @cassiusmclay.bsky.social · 1d

Wrong.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 1d

The tariffs aren't quite a Trump v. United States issue but still, I don't think even at the time we fully appreciated how that decision just destroyed the country's centuries-old political order, ushering in regime-based strongman politics.

profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly as James Madison had envisioned it.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Crypto was supposed to free us from the chains of government control, but now it is finally revealing what that freedom really means: removing all checks on the power of the wealthy to do what they want, discharged at last from law .. and civic obligation ..”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 2d

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, a TN sheriff had a 61-yr-old man arrested for posting a meme on Facebook, which the sheriff absurdly construed as a threat. It was pretty clearly bullshit but I dug into the case using FB & public records and now it looks even worse. My latest @theintercept.com:

The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme

Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.

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cassiusmclay.bsky.social @cassiusmclay.bsky.social · 1d

He’s good in everything. Very underrated

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2d

Small steps towards an alternative reality on.ft.com/42YBA0e | opinion

Small steps towards an alternative reality

Our imagination can shape the way we see the world and then act within it

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cassiusmclay.bsky.social @cassiusmclay.bsky.social · 2d

That might be a reach. But there certainly are 🚩

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 3d

Ok. This is Jared Huffman. US Representative. HE is the one who wants to cut to the chase and just name the planet Trump. Brilliant.

Watch and Share and make him famous like Senator @michaelgarrett.bsky.social!

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3d

deeply wild clip of a fossil fuel economist on norway's state broadcaster claiming

- 3 degrees of warming is a "problem we can live with"
- Extreme weather is not a threat to human welfare
- We need to dig up Norwegian oil and gas to help 'poor Africans in huts' get rid of polluting cooking fuels

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Pablo @un5toppabl0.bsky.social · 3d

White people can always be more cruel 😭😭😭😭😭

Ben Conarck @conarck.bsky.social · 4d

New: Correctional staff at a Western Maryland prison shut off the water to a mentally ill man’s cell, then allowed him to suffer for eight days before he finally died of dehydration, according to a recent court filing.
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

How a Maryland prisoner died an ‘excruciating’ death from dehydration

Lamont Mealy died of dehydration in an isolation cell at Western Correctional Institution in 2023. A lawsuit claims state officials covered it up.

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Wheredafukarwi @wheredafukarwi.bsky.social · Mar 14

Terrifying.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 3d

EXCLUSIVE: The British government is preparing to roll back on its pledge to make Big Tech companies pay for scams in its upcoming fraud strategy.

Banks furious as UK shies away from making Big Tech pay for fraud

Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged before the election to put tech giants on the hook for fraud.

www.politico.eu

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

absolutely shameful that the university has embraced the administration’s demand that it discriminate against its students. this is the board of visitors telling UVA students that if they aren’t white and cisgendered then they don’t belong.

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 4d

The University of Virginia has capitulated to Trump on transgender and race (affirmative action) issues.

The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

That includes any race-based scholarships and programs, including any promotion of external scholarships that consider race, and DEI trainings and workshops. Institutions were also told they should no longer prioritize “underrepresented groups” for admissions or hiring, and they must prohibit transgender students from playing on sports teams and using facilities designated for women and girls.

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 3d

This is crushing Virginia.

Let’s take it out on Republicans in November.

NPR @npr.org · 3d

Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay. n.pr/4ngKyx3

It's supposed to be payday for many federal workers. Instead, they're getting nothing

Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay.

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cassiusmclay.bsky.social @cassiusmclay.bsky.social · 3d

Forever