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Dale Murphy
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Dale Murphy @dalemurphy.bsky.social · Aug 10
Thiel–Trump MAGA is a right-wing Cultural Revolution: purge elites, gut education, science, culture; replace w loyal unqualified appointees everywhere.
E.g. MAGA hires now run Kennedy Center—permanent damage is done.
Same playbook as Mao’s—smash institutions, enforce loyalty, remake culture.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h
Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”
Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills
A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · May 29
SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda."

My report:
State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’
The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h
X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate." 3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025
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Richard Steigmann-Gall @notoriousrsg.bsky.social · 5h
“I know a lot of people don’t agree with me, but I am the only one that matters.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘I am the only one that matters’: Trump deals praise and insults at Gaza summit
Self-styled world’s greatest peacemaker calls Meloni ‘beautiful’ and Erdoğan a ‘friend’, but takes jab at Iraqi and Canadian leaders
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 19h
1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.
Quid Pro Presidency
Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h
JD Vance claims Trump is deploying the National Guard because crime in Chicago and Portland has gotten "out of control."

But crime rates were already falling in both cities.

This is all a power grab — and a pretext for something much worse. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/31X8vrfgHqs
The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland
Robert Reich
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h
The Pentagon’s new press policy bars journalists from reporting anything that hasn’t been approved by the Trump regime.

The NYT, Washington Post, Atlantic, and NPR are refusing to sign the agreement.

Kudos to the media outlets standing up to this blatant authoritarianism.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h
First the Trump regime fired 1,300 CDC workers. Then it rehired about half of them.

Those who remain fired include key officials working on injury and violence prevention and crucial health statistics.

This hurts federal workers and puts us all at risk in a public health emergency.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h
Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”

But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.

Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.
Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h
Donald Trump thinks he’s all powerful. It’s up to us to remind him on October 18th that he’s not.

We will show him who really has the power in this country — and we will do it peacefully. nokings.org
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h
Nearly all the staff in the Office of Special Education have been fired as part of Trump’s sweeping layoffs.

These are the people responsible for protecting the civil rights of students with disabilities and ensuring they receive an equal education.

More needless cruelty on display.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h
If we don’t speak up for the communities that Trump is terrorizing right now, we will be next.

His authoritarianism will come for all of us in the end. https://youtu.be/tkaBlgXR8tY?si=bJcUxXZWMrae4kwx
No One Is Safe From Trump's Authoritarianism
Robert Reich
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6h
Do they seriously not hear how ridiculous they sound? Of course their audience isn’t really people in Chicago. It’s people watching Fox News from Red States.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Bondi: "Pritzker in Chicago doesn't care about the people of Chicago like Donald Trump does"
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h
‘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/news/2025/10...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12h
The entire first two months of the Biden administration were taken up by obsessive complaining about how he wouldn't do press conferences & wasn't taking policy questions (bsky.app/profile/mcop...).

This? Gone tomorrow. Totally different set of standards applied to two totally different parties.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."
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Steven Martin @stevenmartin.bsky.social · 9h
Donald Trump made a deal w/ the billionaires running Big Tech, Wall Street, Big Ag. In return for unlimited support, he pledged to cut their taxes by cutting your health care. We can’t let them win. YES on Prop 50 is our best shot to fight back. Follow the heroes for Prop 50 go.bsky.app/Jiw4LDg
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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Debby Williams 💙♐️ @dwilliams1210.com · 18h
When they asked to speak to their attorney, he said, the officers refused and straitjacketed the already-shackled men in full-body restraint suits called the WRAP, then loaded them onto a plane for the 16-hour-flight to West Africa.
ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.
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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 4d
While separating AI fakes from legit video clips is hard, it's possible. #NewsLiteracy tips:

- Notice watermarks
- Get a 2nd source
- Check for copycat content

👉🏾 Read more: go.newslit.org/PepperAI
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 4d
Freelance reporter @leighgiangreco.bsky.social was on assignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social, covering Sept. 19 protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, when federal officers shot her with pepper balls.

The newsroom has since filed suit and won a temporary restraining order.
Freelancer struck by projectiles at Illinois anti-deportation protest
Freelance reporter Leigh Giangreco was shot with multiple pepper balls by federal officers while covering protests outside a U.S. Immigration …
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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 5d
"they are focused on performative fairness to Trump and to MAGA — even while this president and his allies are trying to destroy what journalists do." - @sulliview.bsky.social margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/legacy-med...
Legacy media's destructive addiction to describing Trump's 'winning'
Plus: Why disillusioned Democrats are abandoning traditional news outlets
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 21h
“there are a lot of people in this country …who are disgusted, appalled & frightened”by the Trump admin.
@sulliview.bsky.social is right: where’s the news coverage on these folks & the No Kings march? There are countless stories to be told…
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The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here's why.
Plus: Watch George Stephanopolous pushes JD Vance with follow-up questions, cringe at Bari Weiss's pep talk to CBS journalists; and more
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 21h
"I often complain about the syndrome known as 'both-sidesing' — in which unequal sides are given equal treatment in the press. But this failure of coverage is worse than that." - @sulliview.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2025/10/tues...
Margaret Sullivan: "The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here's why." "What’s the reason for this silence? As usual, I believe, it’s the mainstream media’s fear of appearing to sympathize or identify with those who oppose Trump. I often complain about the syndrome known as “both-sidesing” — in which unequal sides are given equal treatment in the press. But this failure of coverage is worse than that."' https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-media-is-largely-ignoring-the
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