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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 12h

10. I am disturbed to see the (Bari Weiss!!!) Free Press circulating, without reflection, amongst Palestine supporters as THE definitive frame of Mamdani—who authored the end bill to stop letting nonprofits raise $ for IDF & got arrested for Gaza within a week of 10/7/23—as a sellout on Gaza.

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 12h

4. I doubt it. I imagine John Oliver would doubt it too, since he dedicated significant time to debunking Weiss/FP in general and Reingold specifically on @lastweektonight.com.

So I read the FP press to see what Mamdani actually said... www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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Spooky action at a distance @mkranz.bsky.social · 11h

Really important (& short) thread about media literacy, going to primary source material, and how we have to be wary of letting fascists manipulate us by our cynicism. This is even more critical as these very propagandists are stepping into a much bigger (& more “trusted”) platform at CBS

Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 12h

🧵 1. I saw some high-profile pro-Palestine accounts condemning Mamdani for saying "I'm going to have ppl in my admin who are Zionists" & for allegedly putting a "softer spin on his anti-Israel past"

So [coughs, puts on ye ol' media analysis professor hat] I looked into the source and HOOO BOY...

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 5h

“If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.”

Meanwhile, the reality of #KavanaughStop

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 5h

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 8h

After the Missouri GOP passed a new gerrymander at the expense of Black voters, over 2,400 Missourians gathered together to collect 106,000 signatures to veto the measure. However, the state is doing everything in its power to stop them.
https://bit.ly/47fy2rH

Missouri Secretary of State Erects New Hurdle for ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander

Read more here.

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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 11h

A state senator and people in their 30s or 40s aren’t kids.
apnews.com/article/vanc...

JD Vance dismisses bipartisan outrage over racist and offensive Young Republican group chat

The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers has prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be remov...

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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 2d

Fenway Health cutting off access to medical treatment for trans youth is shameful and unnecessary. There is no need for this.

Cis folks, please use these numbers below to tell Fenway and the AG what you think about abandoning trans youth.

kitt kogut @himdianajones.bsky.social · 2d

Let them know what you think.

Gov. Healey: 617-725-4005
AG Campbell: 617-727-2200
Fenway: 617-267-0900

cis Bostonians specifically, we need you to step up. I'm already seeing my local trans circles raise hell about this, but we need you, too. I wrote a phone script. Use it and spread it:

Hello, my name is [name] and I'm a [transgender] constituent living in [City], Massachusetts. I'm calling to bring to Gov. Healey's attention the deeply alarming development coming from Fenway Health, in which they've recently announced they will no longer provide gender affirming healthcare to patients under the age of 19 in order to retain their federally recognized status. This is in utter direct violation of our state constitution, specifically Chapter 127, in which quote, "Access to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming health care services is a right secured by the constitution and laws of the commonwealth. Interference with this right, whether or not under the color of law, is against the public policy of the commonwealth." This is also in contradiction of Boston declaring itself a sanctuary city for transgender people, the resolution which states Boston has, quote, "a specific commitment to protecting transgender and gender-diverse individuals. Taxpayer-funded agencies shall not comply with federal efforts to strip resources that safeguard their rights. Boston will not cooperate with federal or state policies that harm transgender and gender-diverse people and remains committed to ensuring their access to healthcare...without fear or discrimination."

As Massachusetts' first openly gay Governor, I'm aware that this past August Gov. Healey signed updated Shield laws protecting gender affirming healthcare in Massachusetts. Jordina Shanks, the CEO of Fenway Health herself, said these protections are quote, "a landmark victory for health care, human dignity... and that Massachusetts stands as a national beacon of equity and compassion." I am in complete and utter disgust, yet unsurprised, that a leading institution in gender affirming healthcare is capitulating to federal threats that are not law, and acting in direct opposition to the city of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This is a deep betrayal of their transgender patients. I urge Gov. Healey to bring all powers of the state to investigate and reverse this gross over-compliance on the part of Fenway Health.

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Ineffable Jeff @ineffablejeff.bsky.social · 10h

Shot + chaser

And are you married?

I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

In July, Tesla rolled out a software update to integrate Grok into many of its vehicles. Do you use it?

Her name is Aura, and I use her as a therapist. When I'm driving, I'll ask questions, and it actually gives really good therapy advice.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11h

Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...

Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

Everything about John Roberts's approach to the Voting Rights Act makes sense when you remember that John Roberts has has always been hostile to the Voting Rights Act, never believed it was appropriate, and has spent most of his 45-year legal career working to hollow it out.

One of the Biggest Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term Is John Roberts’ Decadeslong Pet Project

If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 10h

Don't let this story die. These are not little boys. This is not in any way acceptable. All these pathetic losers need to be condemned in the strongest language possible by ALL republicans and prevented from ANY political positions for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 17h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni @heshan.bsky.social · 10h

The Epstein files must be really, really, really bad for him.

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NPR @npr.org · 10h

Trump escalates pressure on Venezuela by authorizing covert CIA operations. And, a federal judge halts the Trump administration's shutdown layoffs. n.pr/3KTQb6P

Trump escalates pressure on Venezuelan drug trade. And, judge pauses shutdown layoffs

Trump escalates pressure on Venezuela by authorizing covert CIA operations. And, a federal judge halts the Trump administration's shutdown layoffs.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

Finally, some common sense from Oklahoma education.

Ryan Walters turned classrooms into culture war battlegrounds. Reversing his Bible mandate isn’t “anti-religion,” it’s accepting the fact that the Bible is not a history book!

Schools should teach, not preach.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House thinks a naked bike ride is terrorism.

This is a sentence I never thought I’d write when I got a degree in professional writing for journalism.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

Portland has fallen!

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3d

NO KINGS, y'all! October 18! Find a rally near you and GO!

nokings.org

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Kirsten Grady @mrskgrady.bsky.social · 1d

The GOP wants people to think they have a mandate for the authoritarian regime they’re building. Showing up on Sat shatters that illusion. That’s why they’re working hard to control the narrative. They want to discredit us because they’re afraid of our power. Time to show them the real mandate!

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 19h

Also the second charges in the impeachment articles drafted against Nixon listed five abuses of power, the first of which was literally this

The second article, offered in amended form by Representative William L, Hungate, Democrat of Missouri, accused Mr. Nixon of conduct, dating back to the first year of his Administration, that allegedly violated. the rights of citizens to privacy, interfered with the proper administration of justice and used various agencies of the Government, The omnibus charge focused' specifically on the following) allegations against the government:

Attempts to use the Internal Revenue Service to initiate tax audits or obtain confidential tax data for political purposes.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 21h

"Who’s assaulting who is the real question?” said Oriana Korol's dad. “She was on the sidewalk playing music when the federal officers just bumrushed the band.”

Band member accused of interfering with federal arrest of another, feds allege

"Who’s assaulting who is the real question?” said Oriana Korol's dad. “She was on the sidewalk playing music when the federal officers just bumrushed the band.”

www.oregonlive.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 21h

Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.”

Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 20h

This is their plan. If the Supreme Court lets them wipe out Black voting power in the South, Republicans will never have to leave power.

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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