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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h

we're now a hair away from it being "treason" to utter a single critical syllable about Dear Leader on any topic whatsoever

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11h

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 23h

FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.

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DEI Virologist @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social · 8h

This is a tragedy. Plain and simple. People are going to die and not just in Florida.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 23h

FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.

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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 10h

So many people are going to die and it’s all preventable

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 23h

FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 10h

FBI slams House proposal to grant Tulsi Gabbard leading role on counterintelligence www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

FBI slams House proposal to grant Tulsi Gabbard leading role on counterintelligence

The CIA and other intelligence officials share many of the FBI’s misgivings about the House proposal, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

www.nbcnews.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

Two more deaths have been reported in the listeria outbreak tied to prepared pasta, bringing the total to six.

More illnesses, deaths reported in listeria outbreak tied to recalled pasta salads, meals sold nationwide | CNN

Two additional deaths have been reported in a listeria outbreak that’s been linked with recalled ready-to-eat pasta salads and prepared meals sold at major grocery chains including Trader Joe’s, Sprou...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19h

During a press conference, Kristi Noem claimed that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. This isn't true.

The reality is that at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents, including two kids with cancer.

More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents

ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.

www.motherjones.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 13h

“The Trump administration has fired about a dozen officials within Fannie Mae’s ethics and internal investigations unit, removing some guardrails meant to address and head off misconduct, according to people familiar with the matter.”

Exclusive | Trump Administration Fires Fannie Mae Ethics Officials

The dismissals come after the chief ethics officer was recently pushed out, according to people familiar with the matter.

www.wsj.com

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 11h

It's become de rigueur among a certain kind of commentator to suggest that the whole world hysterically overreacted to a pandemic that killed at least 7 million people, including over a million Americans, because it was actually no big deal.

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 13h

we have now reached the point where Astead is dunking on libs for… getting vaccinated during a global pandemic

seriously what is wrong with him?

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Libs now know they were annoying af during the pandemic but I'd like to clarify that it was wholly clear at the time
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id get a third dose if I could

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 15h

“They have fun while doing it, which is deeply disturbing. We expect some level of decorum from government officials,” says Phoebe, a member of Harbor Area Peace Patrols.

The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...

By Aisha Wallace-Palomares

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

“…seeing the agents in Halloween masks felt different than the behavior she is used to from agents–who usually wear masks to hide their face for anonymity.

The agent with the Chucky mask, on the other hand, went out of their way to roll down the window, seeming like they wanted to be seen.”

We Asked DHS if Federal Agents Wore Horror Masks on Raids. They Responded ‘Happy Halloween! ~ L.A. TACO

“They have fun while doing it, which is deeply disturbing. We expect some level of decorum from government officials,” says Phoebe, a member of Harbor Area Peace Patrols, who snapped the photo of the ...

lataco.com

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 13h

WATCH: FBI Director Kash Patel—who once railed against officials’ private jet use—is facing backlash after reportedly using a government plane to watch his country singer girlfriend sing the National Anthem at a pro-wrestling event.

Kash Patel slammed FBI jets—then used one for date night

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

One way to think about the tariffs is as a means for Trump (and his family) to establish leverage over other countries, which he can use to enrich himself and establish a separate base of power from Congress.

Scott Levy @scott-levy.bsky.social · 1d

$550 billion in Japanese funding.
Directed by the President.
Outside Congress’s control.

My new @justsecurity.org piece explains how the agreement bypasses the Appropriations Clause and violates the laws that safeguard Congress’s power of the purse.

www.justsecurity.org/123478/trump...

Trump’s Japan Deal and the Disappearing Appropriations Clause

The deal circumvents the Appropriations Clause and congressional safeguards, creating a system answerable only to the White House.

www.justsecurity.org

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 12h

Two years ago, Nick Fuentes was so toxic that, after I reported on a secret meet he had with a top Texas GOP donor, the party was engulfed in scandal and voted to explicitly ban Holocaust deniers/Neo Nazis.

Today, Heritage Foundation effectively said that "no enemies to our right" includes Fuentes.

Heritage president backs Tucker Carlson after interview with Holocaust-denier Nick Fuentes

Kevin Roberts denounced the “venomous coalition” that has criticized the former Fox News host.

www.politico.com

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a scary floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 12h

This person is a troll, full stop.

Tara Palmeri @tarapalmeri.bsky.social · 20h

I just had a Katie Porter moment with congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh. The interview lasted 3 minutes.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: “…BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD “CRAZY,” THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE “NUCLEAR OPTION,” GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 19h

An important piece on Trump's further arrogation of Congress's power of the purse.

Scott Levy @scott-levy.bsky.social · 1d

$550 billion in Japanese funding.
Directed by the President.
Outside Congress’s control.

My new @justsecurity.org piece explains how the agreement bypasses the Appropriations Clause and violates the laws that safeguard Congress’s power of the purse.

www.justsecurity.org/123478/trump...

Trump’s Japan Deal and the Disappearing Appropriations Clause

The deal circumvents the Appropriations Clause and congressional safeguards, creating a system answerable only to the White House.

www.justsecurity.org

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12h

"Local authorities apprehend immigrants. Private contractors deliver them to either a local jail...or a detention site run by a private corporation... turning immigration enforcement into ... a continuous, privatized, and largely unseen system capable of moving detainees hundreds of miles overnight"

dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 22h

NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

Early planning documents reviewed by WIRED describe a statewide transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers across Texas, with ICE estimating each trip to average 100 miles. Every county would have its own small, around-the-clock team of contractors collecting immigrants from local authorities deputized by ICE. It is a subtle transfer of the physical custody process into the hands of a private security firm—authorized to carry firearms and perform transport duties “in any and all local, county, state, and ICE locations.”

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

I really wish he wouldn’t use the term “nuclear option” after announcing via tweet yesterday that we’re restarting nuclear testing.

Trump: ....BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD
"CRAZY," THE CHOICE IS CLEAR - INITIATE THE
"NUCLEAR OPTION," GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 12h

The Heritage Foundation created an entire program, Project Esther, to use antisemitism as a pretext to shut down US higher education. They are now defending a guy who has friendly chats with Holocaust deniers.

Never take these people seriously when they say they care about fighting antisemitism.

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 19h

Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts stands by Tucker Carlson after the former Fox News host release his controversial interview with Nick Fuentes.

"The Heritage Foundation didn't become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people" x.com/KevinRoberts...

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jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 12h

Is this ... is this real?

Daryl Maguire’s tractor @daryltractor.bsky.social · 13h

Yet another elegant scene unfolding at the White House

Trump and Melania at the White House for a photo opp with a family dressed up as … a McDonald’s drive-thru

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Jeffrey Vagle of the Carcosa Vagles @jvagle.me · 13h

New euphemism alert: It’s not a detention camp, it’s a Mandatory Services Campus

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

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bonque, ben @kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social · 12h

I've seen the legal context for this, and I *still* thought this was an Onion article.

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 12h

ICE agents insist on being costumed as themselves while trick-or-treating.

www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...

Kristi Noem refuses state's request not to use tear gas near children on Halloween

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is ignoring a request from one state official to give trick-or-treating families a break on Halloween.The Daily Beast reported Thursday that durin...

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 19h

Listeria is nothing to mess around with: "Since the last CDC case count update on September 25, a total of 7 new illnesses from 3 states have been reported, with 2 additional deaths reported.  Of the 26 people with information available, 25 have been hospitalized and 6 deaths have been reported."

Outbreak Investigation of Listeria monocytogenes: Prepared Pasta Meals

Do not eat or serve certain pasta salads or meals containing pre-cooked pasta. FDA’s investigation is ongoing.

www.fda.gov

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 13h

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