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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6h

Reggie Williams was walking to a corner store when armed authorities aggressively asked him if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana, he said

He and other Black Memphis residents have been reporting harassment by Trump’s police task force: "I don't feel safe"

“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force

A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 3h

Gutting the @teenvogue.com politics section feels... intentional.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 9h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Lakota Lander @lakotalander.bsky.social · 15h

Unpaid government workers are being fed by World Central Kitchen…let that sink in just how dire things are.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 2h

Again Mackenzie Scott ftw www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/11/03/s...

Spelman College receives $38 million ‘unrestricted’ gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott

The university says Scott’s gift lets it address expanding financial aid and scholarship support and investing in a state-of-the-art technology infrastructure “to enhance the academic experience.”

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Rep. Jake Auchincloss @repauchincloss.bsky.social · Sep 4

Corporations are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to capture this reward system.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...

Opinion | Digital Dopamine Is Consuming America. It’s Time to Fight for IRL.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 9h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 11h

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Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules

Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of Presid...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 13h

We've got you 👍

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 13h

'Federal prosecutors opposed Dunn’s lawyers’ motion to dismiss the charge, writing that Dunn was “recorded throwing a sandwich at a federal officer at point-blank range".

POINT BLANK RANGE. A SANDWICH. LMAOOO

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 13h

the sandwich guy is a political prisoner www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Jury selection begins in the trial of D.C.'s 'sandwich guy'

Sean Dunn went viral this summer for throwing a salami sub at a Customs and Border Protection agent.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 12h

I’m in Florida this morning to take this health care fight directly to people most affected.

Nearly 1 in 3 Americans in Florida with ACA coverage could lose their health insurance because of Donald Trump and Republicans' cuts.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 12h

I’m sorry… but this is insane

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 16h

Good morning, friends! Happy Monday!

Meme image of a roadside sign for construction that says "It's Coming. It's Bad."

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Grist @grist.org · 1d

For a struggling Iowa ranch, the government shutdown may be the last straw.

A family farm’s fight to recover from a devastating flood shows how the gridlock in Washington is only making it harder to grow and sell food.

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#Farms #Farming #Iowa #IA #Food #Agriculture

For a struggling Iowa ranch, the government shutdown may be the last straw

A family farm’s fight to recover from a devastating flood shows how the gridlock in Washington is only making it harder to grow and sell food.

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Councilmember Charles Allen @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social · 12h

We have 2 free tickets to give away for Wednesday evening's hockey game, when the Caps take on the St. Louis Blues!

Just email your proof of Ward 6 residency to [email protected] by 3 p.m. Nov. 4 for a chance to get the tickets. The resident who gets the tickets will be selected at random.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 12h

Jury selection is underway in the trial of the DC “sandwich guy,” but Judge Nichols is doing the whole thing with hushers. Closing voir dire has previously been a violation of 6th Amendment. @nbcnews.com and other outlets have raised objections. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Jury selection begins in the trial of D.C.'s 'sandwich guy'

Sean Dunn went viral this summer for throwing a salami sub at a Customs and Border Protection agent.

www.nbcnews.com

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 20h

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Obamacare enrollee sees premium spike over 300% as sign-up period begins: 'This will devastate us'

Millions across the country will discover just how much their plans will cost when open enrollment for Affordable Care Act insurance plans begins on Nov. 1.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 14h

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 14h

A great question. The roll out of dynamic pricing in low margin bargain retail has me more worried than the expansion of afterpay, I swear.

lelac.bsky.social @lelac.bsky.social · 15h

This will be interesting when grocery stores, Walmart, Target, etc start using dynamic pricing. Hw is that gong to square with SNAP regs?

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 14h

"Reuters has discovered a mass grave near Damascus that was created in a clandestine campaign to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad. From 2019 to 2021, thousands of bodies were dug up from a known mass grave and trucked to a vast new site in the desert... This is the story of how it was done."

Assad-era plot to hide dead bodies turned Syria desert into mass grave

For two years, Syria’s Assad government secretly trucked thousands of bodies from an exposed mass grave to the desert, trying to hide evidence of atrocities.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 14h

🧾 Factchecking Trump on '60 Minutes'

In today's 'First Draft', @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the president's lies, unpacks the failure of our mainstream media, and has the latest from Gaza, as well as Trump's 'Great Gatsby'-esque Halloween party.

Read it here:
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🧾 Factchecking Trump on '60 Minutes'

Mehdi debunks the president's lies, unpacks the failure of our mainstream media, and has the latest from Gaza, as well as Trump's 'Great Gatsby'-esque Halloween party.

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 14h

This week's @runforsomething.net feel-good update: Meet some of the 223 (!!) endorsed candidates we're tracking in elections tomorrow. They're SO GOOD!!!
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RFS feel-good update (11/3): Happy Election Day Eve!!

The next generation of leaders is about to win big

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

So there were, y’know…edits?

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 1d

Only about a third of the Trump interview aired on "60 Minutes." CBS has published the transcript of the complete interview here —> www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...

Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h

This quote continues to rattle me to my core:

"So what you’re telling us is you need less evidence to kill somebody than you do to hold them."

That's Rep Adam Smith to Pentagon officials in a briefing on Trump's illegal boat bombings. As he told me in this piece, they didn't answer his objection:

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!

Lots of fresh info in my new piece:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14h

"It became necessary to destroy the town to save it."
–U.S. military officer during the Vietnam War

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

DHS's Tricia McLaughlin: "They will deploy tear gas to control that crowd as a method to make sure the public is safe."

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 14h

🎥 “It's not about public safety. It's about optics and immigration enforcement, plain and simple.”

Former acting ICE Chief of Staff @dtfleisch.bsky.social warned that operation "Midway Blitz” is only the beginning.

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