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David E Manuel
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 10h
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October 14, 2025
The government shutdown, which started on October 1, is entering its third week.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 1d
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October 13, 2025
Last Tuesday, President Donald J.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 2d
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October 12, 2025
On October 9, President Donald J.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 4d
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October 10, 2025
All of President Donald J.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 5d
If you wait until I die before you read this, you won't be able to ask me who these characters were in real life.

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A Feast of Famine
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 5d
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October 9, 2025
Today Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan did what President Donald J.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 6d
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October 8, 2025
Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 7d
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The Great Chicago Fire
Today is the anniversary of several deadly wildfires that took place in 1871.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 7d
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October 7, 2025
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 8d
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October 6, 2025
If White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is at the head of the administration’s deployment of federal agents against undocumented immigrants, it appears that Office of Management and Budget...
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 9d
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October 5, 2025
On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense P...
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 11d
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October 3, 2025
Although President Donald J.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 12d
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October 2, 2025
At about 1:00 on Tuesday morning, federal agents from Border Patrol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) raided an apartment b...
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 13d
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October 1, 2025
Last night, as the government barreled toward a shutdown, President Donald J.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 14d
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September 30, 2025
Last Thursday, September 25, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suddenly announced he was calling about 800 of the nation’s top military generals and admirals, along with their top enlisted advisors, to m...
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 15d
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September 29, 2025
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) left a meeting with President Donald J.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 16d
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September 28, 2025
Late last night, President Donald J.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 17d
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September 27, 2025
Yesterday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released items from a third batch of documents associated with the criminal investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 18d
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September 26, 2025
Today Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that twenty men who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their participation in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre would keep their medals, despite more than ...
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 19d
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September 25, 2025
Today, with the popularity of President Donald J.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 20d
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September 24, 2025
Hours after delivering his delusional and offensive speech to the United Nations yesterday, President Donald J.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 20d
If Alice in Wonderland was the model for understanding the first time around, I fear this one is Dante's Inferno.

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Molly Malice in Alterland: We Wake Up Screaming
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 21d
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September 23, 2025
In New York City this morning, the United Nations opened its General Assembly, marking the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations itself.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 22d
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September 22, 2025
Conservative writer Bill Kristol took to social media today to say: “So many coverups.
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David E Manuel @davidemanuel.bsky.social · 23d
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September 21, 2025
On Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics postponed the release of the annual report on consumer expenditures—a key report for understanding inflation—without explanation.
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