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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 14h

I really just once a reporter would reply “oh are you gonna cry about it”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 12h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 17h

What a shock!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17h

BREAKING: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire with slow release of dead hostages, AP sources say.

Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 13h

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11h

President Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the nation has ever seen, giving his budget office rare authority to pick who gets paid or fired, which programs are cut or survive — in an unprecedented restructuring across the federal workforce.

Trump and budget chief Vought are making this a government shutdown unlike any other

President Donald Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the nation has ever seen. The White House's budget office headed by Russ Vought is deciding who gets paid or fired in an unprecedented restructuring across the federal workforce.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15h

Sadists. Truly sick people.

ICE is thoroughly un-American.

Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

apnews.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h

In Rogers Park, Chicago, ICE GOONS pulled over a woman who was filming and blowing a whistle at them, and then upon leaving, they harassed and pointed guns at a man who was trying to protect his neighbors...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h

Man escapes ICE while handcuffed, bystanders use pliers to free him.
Salt Lake City, UT

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

Based on the video shared by Univision (they've paired it with overhead from ABC), today's attack might be the most chemical gas we've seen feds launch into a neighborhood so far. The clouds are enormous/that's a lot of canisters. Completely engulfing cars and homes.

instagram.com/reel/DPzWnGCklvl

unichicago on Instagram: "Operativo federal termina con gases lacrimógenos en Chicago. Esto es parte de lo que se vivió en la escena. Tienes más información …"

Operativo federal termina con gases lacrimógenos en Chicago. Esto es parte de lo que se vivió en la escena. Tienes más información en nuestra biografía.

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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 13h

Hey remember when Lawler and his flunkie Republican trolls tried to weaponize anti-semitism against actual Jewish people like me?

Yeah, fuck off forever.

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 22h

20 STILL MISSING IN ALASKA 🚨

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Emmer: "These guys are playing to the most radical, small, and violent base in the country. You'll see them on Saturday on the Mall. They just do not love this country."

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 21h

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15h

Marine's parents kidnapped at camp
Pendleton

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 1d

Whoa! This came after! 👏🏼

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Truth Social(ist) @twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social · 16h

This idiot keeps bragging about the 20 hostages being released in another country while he's kidnapping thousands of people a day here in America.

Fuck him and the fascism he rode in on.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

They all look like failed clones of Blake Farenthold

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 14h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

I remember when Joe Biden traveled to 8 cities for 14 appearances in 9 days after the June debate and then did a 90 minute UN brief but the media still relentlessly hounded him. Where's that media? At a Jake Tapper book talk?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump had a lot of travel the last two days and he looked it today (Getty)

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14h

i'm a traditionalist but sponsored content should be better labeled

Politico @politico.com · 14h

The White House is pledging to fire more federal workers — the next salvo in Trump’s push to pressure Dems to sign onto the GOP’s continuing resolution and end the government shutdown.

White House to continue RIFs as shutdown drags on

The pressure is on Democrats to end the shutdown, the White House argues.

www.politico.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 14h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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NPR @npr.org · 14h

Larry Ellison has a lower profile than other tech billionaires, but his influence over media is about to be immense. His family's empire could soon own CBS, Paramount, CNN and TikTok. n.pr/478XSOb

Who is Larry Ellison, the billionaire Trump friend who's part of the TikTok takeover?

Larry Ellison has a lower profile than other tech billionaires, but his influence over media is about to be immense. His family's empire could soon own CBS, Paramount, CNN and TikTok.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h

People rightly complain that a lot of TV dramas are "copaganda," but those shows have set some expectations in the general public about how law enforcement is supposed to act. Lean into that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

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

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