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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1h

Jeff Bezos set out to destroy one of our main newspapers that held billionaires like him to account and it worked!

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 17h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 1h

This was completely predictable as it has happened with every previous ceasefire w/Hamas, as well as what happened in southern Lebanon. Once Bibi get's his immediate ask, or what the US has pushed on him as his immediate ask, in phase, stage, or part 1, nothing ever proceeds past it. 1/

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

(ABC) - The Israel Defense Forces said its troops opened fire on Palestinians, killing five, after they allegedly violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement.

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Israel-Gaza live updates: 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza City for alleged ceasefire violation, IDF says

Israel on Tuesday identified two of the people whose remains were returned.

abcnews.go.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 37m

Speaker Mike Johnson just said he's completely fine with ICE agents shooting priests in the head with pepper balls and roughing up journalists.

I'm sure he'll tell us soon about how it's the Democrats who are waging a war on religion and free speech though.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 47m

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 26m

Long game.

Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 47m

As @ajbauer.bsky.social points out, the American Right has for *decades* had a hit list of allegedly liberal media outlets. Even the outlandish concessions these outlets often made couldn't assuage them; their dream has always involved vengeful destruction: Rule AND ruin. time.com/7318570/cbs-...

CBS Has Been in Conservative Sights for Decades

It was once deemed the "Communist Broadcasting System" by conservative activists.

time.com

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 1h

We should get this number to zero. (NYT too)

AP & Guardian are relatively better general news sources. Don’t sleep on Teen Vogue & Rolling Stone. Bolts, Balls & Strikes, & Pro Publica are better on democracy niches. New Republic, Boston Review, Liberal Currents are better on analysis & commentary.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 17h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 1h

Always has been.

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 1h

What if destroying the Washington Post was actually the goal

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 9h

The face of someone who just discovered the air has…flavor.

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 3h

It’s just a matter of time before they begin routinely murdering people.

NPR @npr.org · 4h

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

n.pr

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 6h

There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
www.facebook.com/100000960660...

Screenshot of a Facebook post. Photo is an elderly woman holding a child on her ap on a couch with flood water around them. Both are wearing jackets inside. Text says: This was after our 1st drift.. staying put for awhile. Our 3rd and final drift was terrifying. House moving fast then we started spinning in circles. While we were spinning in circles my oldest daughter was just staring at me while I held onto my younger two. Kipnuk doesn't look like kipnuk anymore, like more than 3/4 of the homes displaced, power poles fallen. It smells like stove oil outside. Contaminated

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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 3h

More and more, I’m convinced NYC’s lack of public restrooms should be a bigger scandal than it is.

bsky.app/profile/jmar...

Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social · 3h

WHAT A RELIEF: With just 112 stands where TLC-licensed drivers can station their vehicles for up to 1 hour, the Taxi Clubhouse helps meet their No. 1 need — a place to go potty.
🚕 🚽
“I’m a human being, not a dog who can do it in the street.”

NEW in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/14/t...

Taxi Drivers Hail Chelsea Rest Station

The Taxi Clubhouse features urinals, a prayer room, gym and more — giving drivers relief from the road.

www.thecity.nyc

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 8h

Thinking fondly of all the pre-election fact-checks that said we couldn’t possibly know whether Republicans wanted to get rid of pre-existing condition protections.

• New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said that Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, "want to ... repeal the Affordable Care Act and elim nate protections for preexisting conditions." It's unclear what Trump would do, since he hasn't released a plan to replace the ACA. He said he would do so, if "we can come up With something that's better."

Schumer, meanwhile, was wrong to
say, as he did on the Senate floor April 28, that the bill goes "back to the day when insurance companies could deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions."

perorats and Republicans have made
competing claims on whether the latest version of the GOP health care bill maintains protections for people with preexisting medical conditions. President Trump has said, "Pre-existing conditions are in the bill. And I mandate it." Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer has said that
"insurance companies could deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions."
Neither of those comments quite gets it right. The latest version offers lesser protections than the Affordable Care Act, but it doesn't allow insurers to deny coverage to someone with a health

Who's right? Like everything else in health care, it's complicated.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 12h

We are living through the most consequential shift in the constitutional government of the United States in over a hundred and fifty years and nobody seems to have even noticed yet.

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 12h

Congress no longer holds the power of the purse, the executive can just do whatever they want with federal monies

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 3h

THIS IS IT, THE BREAK IN THE DEADLOCK

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 20h

Here's the Replacements' Tommy Stinson playing guitar with Tim Kaine on harmonica

The Replacements’ Tommy Stinson Joins Tim Kaine And Amy Klobuchar For Virginia Gubernatorial Canvass

The Democratic nominee for Virginia’s upcoming gubernatorial election is Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA case officer who more recently represented the state in Congress. Canvasses for the election j...

www.stereogum.com

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 3h

Deleted, what was?

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Pandy Fackler 🎃 @thatbrenna.bsky.social · 8h

(Duck church)

Duck preacher: give us this day our daily bread

*duck parishioners start going wild and quacking HALLELUJAH*

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 3h

ABC = Always Be Crying

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

They showed his neck vagina. That’s what he’s really upset about.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

Traditionally that’s the trade off — the cop proves their authority and then expects people to respect it.

ICE refuses to give us proof but demands we respect them as if they had.

That’s not how this works

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 11h

Time to tune in to some analysis from Antifa expert…Chef Andrew…Gruel?…founder of…American Gravy Concepts?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

I need a montage of famous cops in movies and TV shows flashing their badges and announcing their names, followed by a stream of masked ICE guys refusing to give theirs.

a woman is getting out of a car with the nbc logo on the bottom

ALT: a woman is getting out of a car with the nbc logo on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

Big roar for AG Letitia James at the ZOHRAN rally👇🏽

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bjkeefe @bjkeefe.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah, bullshit.

"In a statement, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said media outlets have 'decided to move the goal post.' The policy doesn’t require reporters to agree, Parnell said, but just acknowledge they understand the policy, and he criticized reporters for speaking out against it."

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 19h

Remember we're already in a world of Kavanaugh stops based solely on ethnicity. If you are from a targeted group, this can happen to you no matter what your citizenship status is. What if you forget your wallet at home? You could end up in detention for days or worse.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 20h

Do you want to live in a "papers, please" country?

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Torch Antifa Network @torchantifa.bsky.social · 13h

rt if you are the founder of antifa

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 17h

Who was president in 2020? There appears to be a concerted effort to get you to forget

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...

‘Who was president in 2020?’ Trump and GOP want you to think it was Biden | CNN Politics

If you asked people what the worst one-year period in recent American history was, it’s a good bet that many would choose roughly between January 2020 and January 2021.

www.cnn.com

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