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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 7h

The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad.

I made a video explainer about why.

Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1h

Reason, on all the shameless lying Tricia McLaughlin does.

reason.com/2025/10/22/h...

Homeland Security won't stop lying about who immigration enforcers are arresting

In case after case, Homeland Security's Public Affairs Office releases incorrect information about arrests carried out by federal immigration officers.

reason.com

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Chron.com @chron.com · 1h

"They're not just paint on steps, but a way to say that God's love will not be silenced."

Texas church challenges Gov. Abbott order by painting rainbow steps

"They're not just paint on steps, but a way to say that God's love will not be silenced."

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1h

As I note in this article, Proud Boys are encouraging members to sign up for ICE. This shows that they really are turning to actual gangs for "law enforcement."

As noted, this is also very much like the brownshirts being eclipsed by the SS.

www.salon.com/2025/10/22/h...

How the Proud Boys invented antifa

The far-right gang has been fully absorbed by Trump's White House

www.salon.com

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Dune @dune54.bsky.social · 1h

I wouldn’t be surprised if drug cartel members have already been hired into ICE.

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1h

I speculated that one reason they're hiding their faces is to keep people from outing criminal backgrounds. Well, I was right.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting

The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...

www.nbcnews.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 9h

Trump Extorts DOJ for $230M While Gov’t Workers Scramble to Make Ends Meet

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Trump Extorts DOJ for $230M While Gov’t Workers Scramble to Make Ends Meet | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 9h

6 years ago...

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Tweet from Trump War Room account on Nov. 2, 2020 showing the Washington Monument being demolished with the caption, "This would be Joe Biden's America."

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 9h

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Vote #YesOnProp50

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 10h

Oregon retirees receive bill - health insurance costs now quadrupled because Republicans cut the ACA/Obamacare subsidies. #FreeLuigi

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Dune @dune54.bsky.social · 5h

It was obvious the first day. When they didn’t use concrete saws to isolate the East Wing demo which would lessen the chance of concrete fracturing further in. I’m sure that $300 million cost will at minimum double because of the need for security measures & the thickness of the reinforced concrete.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 9h

"This is an absolute gut punch." Jen Psaki reacts to Donald Trump's demolition of the White House's East Wing.

Dune @dune54.bsky.social · 5h

How big will the gold plaque dedicated to him be? You know he’s going to name it after his self.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

Not a basketball court or a bowling alley.

Republicans sound ridiculous making that comparison.

This isn’t an “upgrade” to the White House, it’s a monument to himself. Trump has no intention of ever leaving — he’s building his own palace and tearing down the entire East Wing to make it happen.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 10h

On one day's notice, thousands of New Yorkers marched in NYC today for immigrants and against ICE.

More photos soon!

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Dune @dune54.bsky.social · 5h

A lot of the cost for beef comes from fed lots & middle men along the way to the stores. Ranchers really don’t make that much off them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

the king blames his subjects for complaining about his policies hurting them

The Cattle Ranchers, who I love, don’t understand that the only reason they are doing so well, for the first time in decades, is because I put Tariffs on cattle coming into the United States, including a 50% Tariff on Brazil. If it weren’t for me, they would be doing just as they’ve done for the past 20 years — Terrible! It would be nice if they would understand that, but they also have to get their prices down, because the consumer is a very big factor in my thinking, also!

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️

🧵Did you know that Black, Puerto Rican, and Japanese American soldiers were subjected to painful secret mustard gas experiments during World War II?

Material in this thread is disturbing.(cont)

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

www.grunge.com/465535/the-u...

The US Government's Secret Mustard Gas Experiments Explained - Grunge

While many have heard of the horrors of mustard gas during wartime, fewer know about the torturous experiments carried out on "volunteer" U.S. soldiers.

www.grunge.com

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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 13h

"The longer you are in an authoritarian state, it becomes more and more entrenched. And so we have to fight it in every possible way."

Thank you @merkley.senate.gov for ringing the alarm bells and calling on us all to unite and fight back to defend our democracy 🔔🔔🔔

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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 9h

Translation: no Democrat will ever be allowed, again, to gain control of the White House, House, or Senate.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 9h

Reminder that this man who is advocating for teenagers to have babies is the creator of Oculus which he sold to Facebook, a major Trump donor, and (ahem) the brother in law of Matt Gaetz.

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 11h

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"Let's not be politically correct. Let's just admit you're supposed to be having kids when you're 16, 17, 18. And be done by the time you're in your 20s."

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 8h

🤯 Rep. Jamie Raskin explains that Donald Trump's lawyers at the DOJ may have already reached a settlement with him on the $230 million he reportedly wants the DOJ to pay him, and we wouldn't necessarily even know.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 8h

Update: 12 hours later, after even worse photos of the destruction have emerged, Fox still has not published photos or a story. You can read old garbage about Charlie Sheen, and the link between gray hair and cancer, but nothing about how Trump has demolished the entire east wing of the White House.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 21h

I just went to look at foxnews.com to see if the conservatives are getting to see what Trump has done to the White House. The answer is no. I didn’t see a single photo. But also, the headlines are completely batshit, mostly about Democrats and the most obscure irrelevant garbage.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h

Trump is forcing all major firms pursuing quantum computing to surrender an equity state to the US Government. Another step in Trump's programatic move towards state monopoly capitalism. www.wsj.com/business/ent...

Exclusive | Trump Administration in Talks to Take Equity Stakes in Quantum-Computing Firms

The discussions signal Washington’s wider involvement in critical parts of the economy.

www.wsj.com

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9h

I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.

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💙❤️💙Mia💙❤️💙 @mommamia.bsky.social · 12h

Madness.

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Dune @dune54.bsky.social · 6h

Saying he’s too stupid to know anything about everything is Johnson in a nutshell.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Watch my supercut of things Mike Johnson doesn’t know. You can see the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 8h

The nation's second-largest measles outbreak this year is spreading beyond its epicenter along the Utah-Arizona border.

Measles spreading beyond the center of the Utah-Arizona outbreak

Cases are now popping up in more touristy areas of Utah, according to a health official.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 10h

FTW.

Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 10h

If given the chance, I'd lose my legs all over again to serve in our great military.

The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.

Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.

New York Times: Scott Perry Says Democrats ‘Hate the Military,’ Echoing Trump’s attacks.

The remarks by the Republican House member from Pennsylvania align with efforts by the president and G.O.P. leaders to portray the political left as un-American.

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