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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 8h

Remember when this was just “one narco-terrorist boat”? Now it’s multiple strikes, foreign nationals dead, and no oversight. At what point will Congress demand answers from this Administration?

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Mrs W @bracing.bsky.social · 4h

They weren't white enough for Hegseth.

Patricia Zengerle @reuterszengerle.bsky.social · Mar 18

Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser

Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 6h

The US today. We gotta change it. 🧪

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 14h

By rebranding genocidal rhetoric and violent misogyny as “edgy jokes,” JD Vance provides a permission structure for extremism. And he’s signaling to the next generation of Republican leaders that this language is not a career-ender but an acceptable way to signal loyalty to the MAGA base.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."

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Reuters @reuters.com · 4h

Family of Trinidadian man believed killed in US strike demands proof of drug trafficking reut.rs/3WdFRJo

Family of Trinidadian man believed killed in US strike demands proof of drug trafficking

Relatives of a Trinidadian man who say he was killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean this week are demanding evidence to back up allegations by U.S. President Donald Trump that those who died were trafficking drugs.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Aug 25

Interviewer: why did you invent the Allen wrench
WG Allen: because I love the people
Interviewer: and why did you make it in eleven different sizes
WG Allen (crosses his legs): well I also hate the people

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.

We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

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🎃 Trick or Pete 🎃 Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 1d

We need to be absolutely clear

The President is claiming authority to violate the law, and the Constitution

The law in question is exceedingly clear. The Constitution is equally clear

What the president is claiming authority to do and has already done is unambiguously illegal and unconstitutional

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 4h

Call for papers for the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit.

www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 4h

Probably worth noting that both Vance and Trump have been “joking” about murdering fishermen in these strikes.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h

The U.S. military has destroyed five boats it has alleged were ferrying drugs into the U.S., killing 27 people. No authority has publicly released the names of any of the dead. One family is believed to be the first to publicly say they believe a relative is among those who were killed.

U.S. Military Killed Venezuelan Fisherman in Suspected Drug Boat Attack, Family Says

For the first time, one of the 27 people killed in U.S. airstrikes on suspected drug vessels has been publicly identified.

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NFL @nflbot.bsky.social · 4h

FINAL: Flacco gets his first win with the @Bengals.

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 14h

For the Epstein-th time, Oversight Dems are demanding no pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. Release the files!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6h

more of this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 17h

in case you missed it, they accidentally turned off the nation’s health care for a second there

J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 21h

UPDATE: Hours after saying they were pausing all payments, Medicare says they’re NOT pausing all payments.

More ➡️ www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

Medicare backs off plan to pause doctor payments amid shutdown

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services backed off a plan to pause Medicare payments to doctors amid the government shutdown.

www.statnews.com

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Italian in Nola @italianinnola.bsky.social · 5h

Her campaign sent 10 texts in two days asking for money. I marked them all as spam…

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Disgraziato @primaryschool.bsky.social · 7h

god I hate that Chuck Schumer is retroactively making Rotating Villain Theory true but how else do you describe actively recruiting a late-seventies filibuster supporter for the top offensive opportunity on the map

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 8h

absolutely the fuck not. this needs to be a red line.

Janet Mills would support keeping filibuster if elected to the Senate

The Democratic governor’s stance is shared by Sen. Susan Collins, the Republican whom Mills entered the race to defeat earlier this week.

www.bangordailynews.com

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Italian in Nola @italianinnola.bsky.social · 5h

This is even better than not showing the video…

Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 5h

Today at Detroit Metro Airport.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 12h

Relevant: In one of the few longitudinal (pre/post) studies of critical thinking skills around, Arum and Roska found that business majors showed no change, on avg, in critical thinking, complex reasoning, or communication skills after 4 years. Other majors did better.

This was well before GenAI.

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

www.forbes.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

Flight attendants on board ICE Air were instructed to follow strict rules:

Don’t talk to the detainees.

Don’t feed them.

Don’t make eye contact.

“You don’t do nothing. Just sit down in your seats and be quiet.”

(Published April)

Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”

Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 5h

In calling out Cuomo for only visiting a mosque AFTER he lost to a Muslim candidate, Mamdani perfectly illustrates what’s wrong with Centrist Dems. They are:
•Elitist
•Reactionary
•Out of touch
•Transactional
•Consultant driven
•Offended when shown how to do better
They’ve learned Nothing since 2016

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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 6h

“What’s less clear is how a man with no private-sector resume, no known business ventures, and no discernible talent outside of writing xenophobic policy memos, ended up in a multimillion-dollar property in one of Arlington’s wealthiest enclaves.”

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Sidewalk Chalk Messages Force Stephen Miller to Flee Arlington, Put Home Up for Sale

Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff and architect of some of the Trump administration’s most hardline immigration policies, has listed his Arlington home for $3.75 million — just two yea...

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 5h

The founders assumed a guy like Trump would come along. They never assumed a congress would so willingly give up their power

This arch thing is bat shit loonery