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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13h

DHS just got caught telling multiple lies about federal agents shooting a US citizen multiple times

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 13h

"Here are 40 instances in which the former president incited or praised violence against his fellow citizens." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

NBC just gutted the very teams that gave marginalized voices a seat at the table—then called it “restructuring.”

The cuts:

📌NBC BLK (Black community coverage)

📌NBC Latino (Latino community coverage)

📌NBC Asian America (Asian American community coverage)

📌NBC Out (LGBTQ+ community coverage)

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 1d

This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal

To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

KARL: Don't you have questions about Venezuela?

JOHNSON: What about it?

K: The targeting of these boats. You have no questions about how they're doing it?

J: No. I believe in peace through strength. You take out one boat full of fentanyl, you save hundreds of thousands of American lives

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

UPDATE: Israel said Sunday it responded after “terrorists” attacked troops operating in the Rafah area with gunfire and an anti-tank missile. Hamas said it was unaware of the clashes.

Israel strikes Gaza as both IDF and Hamas accuse each other of breaching ceasefire

Israel said Sunday it responded after “terrorists” attacked troops operating in the Rafah area with gunfire and an anti-tank missile. Hamas said it was unaware of the clashes.

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Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 1d

The Kids Who Sued Trump Just Lost Big in Court. Or Did They? A federal judge threw out their climate lawsuit against the president a few days ago. But legal experts say there was a silver lining in the judge’s opinion. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/c...

The Kids Who Sued Trump Just Lost Big in Court. Or Did They?

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Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 2d

Air Force Academy alumni board withdraws motions to honor Charlie Kirk www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

Air Force Academy alumni board withdraws motions to honor Charlie Kirk

The decision came after several hundred academy graduates and family members contacted the alumni group to share their opinions on the motions.

www.militarytimes.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

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

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

www.nytimes.com

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

A crime so bad you need not prove it in a court of law! Your punishment? Death or a very stern warning before going home.

It boggles the legal mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

U.S. to Repatriate Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel

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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 3d

Next year's A.C.A. health prices are now available in about a dozen states, giving Americans their first look at the sharp increases many will pay for coverage if Congress does not extend subsidies.

Via @reedabelson.bsky.social and @sangerkatz.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...

Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 3d

Huge health care premium increases being announced in states as a result of the policies of Donald Trump & JD Vance. The premium increases for families range from $13,700 per year in Maryland to $23,700 in Kentucky. All because Donald Trump & JD Vance put the wealthy above ordinary Americans.

Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States

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Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 4d

lawrencekstimes.com/2025/10/15/k...

Judge orders ex-police chief who led raid on Kansas newspaper to stand trial for deleted texts

Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody probably committed a felony crime when he told a witness to delete text messages they exchanged before, during and after he led raids on a newspaper office and t...

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Reuters @reuters.com · 5d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5d

The "anti-woke" backlash was always about white collar labor competition from nonwhites, not hr bullshit. bsky.app/profile/phil...

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

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Don Haider-Markel @dhmarkel.bsky.social · 5d

Trump Rattles Vaccine Experts Over Aluminum. The president’s call for removal of the metal from childhood inoculations set off alarms. About half of shots for polio, whooping cough and other diseases would be affected www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/h...

Trump Rattles Vaccine Experts Over Aluminum

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5d

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6d

"The Pentagon should not fear scrutiny by the press corps that walks its halls. It should welcome it and rise to it. In a free country, the Army defends the people—and the press ensures the people know what is being done in their name." www.thebulwark.com/p/locking-do...

Locking Down the Pentagon Press Is Dangerous

Pete Hegseth’s proposed restrictions would harm the people whom both the military and the press are meant to serve.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6d

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 6d

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6d

As the intensity of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has risen, residents of Chicago are increasingly pushing back. Federal agents repeatedly have been observed releasing smoke bombs, tear gas and pepper balls to disperse residents who gather or capture videos.

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

Residents have begun forming volunteer groups to monitor their neighborhoods for federal immigration agents. Others honk their horns or blow whistles when they see agents nearby.

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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 6d

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 6d

Before Alaska flooding, Trump & Vance’s EPA had cancelled a $20 million flood protection grant.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 6d

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 6d

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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