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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 42m

ICE has been deployed to *provoke* civilians, not to protect them. They want to throw tear gas canisters and get people on the streets riled up, all to create footage for Fox News and Newsmax, et al., that will be used as a pretext for imposing martial law to lower voting rates in Democratic cities.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1h

Unprecedented corruption

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

“That sounds terrible.”

“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 42m

WaPo joins NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, Guardian and others, according to @ScottNover, in announcing it won't sign the Pentagon's controversial new press policy.

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Paul Gundlach @paulsgundlach.bsky.social · 5h

Happy Monday! It’s a new week and we’re in the second of two days of some nasty weather, so here is the sky last Tuesday ten minutes before sunrise. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 3h

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2h

oh. right.

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 2h

Worse that useless

Actively harmful to American democracy and the rule of law

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2h

I think tariffs hurt consumers, police shouldn't wear masks, and the President must obey the law - and shouldn't use his office to run personal profit-making schemes on the side.

This apparently makes me a radical Marxist.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1h

Ah yes, air traffic controllers must show up for work without pay, but Congress can take the day off. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he’ll be making “necessary cuts” to the department, because nothing fixes staffing shortages quite like firing more people.

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narceducator.bsky.social @narceducator.bsky.social · 6h

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 7h

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 3d

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3h

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 2h

Any journalist of color, I know working at a major institution like this, would instantly be reprimanded or possibly even fired.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3h

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

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Carl Gombrich @carlgomb.bsky.social · 3h

Diplomacy as trolling. We've never seen anything like it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump on the leader of Egypt: "The first time we met it was at a hotel and I was going to meet him and then Hillary Clinton was following me. Remember? Hillary Clinton. And he liked me so much he never even got to see Hillary...he didn't want to waste a lot of time. He knew what was going to happen"

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 4h

More important than WWII?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

MARCO RUBIO: This is probably one of the most important days for world peace in 50 years. That's not an exaggeration

TRUMP: Only 50?

RUBIO: Maybe 100

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Brett Olmsted, PhD 🗃️ @brettolmsted.bsky.social · 4h

The is dictator talk.

How have we gotten to a place where the U.S. president is praising and siding with dictators and autocratic strongmen?

How the US has fallen😢

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump in Egypt: "This country is doing very well. It has good leadership. It's nice when you say, 'How is your crime situation?' and they don't even know what you're talking about. Because if he has crime he puts it out very quickly. Some people think that's not nice, but I think it's great."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

But we cant have healthcare. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Sean Duffy: "If we go to the south pole of the moon, we can set up a base. We want to put up fission power. We think we can have longterm stays on the south pole of the moon."

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3h

- It is legal to organize and fund protest.
- That someone organizes and funds promotion of a protest does not mean most, some, or any protesters are paid.
- Even if all protesters are paid, that is also legal
- It is good to oppose kings and fascism
- That's not what what "begs the question" means

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 3h

It's like when Dr. Evil had the button that sent you into the fiery pit

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

MARCO RUBIO: This is probably one of the most important days for world peace in 50 years. That's not an exaggeration

TRUMP: Only 50?

RUBIO: Maybe 100

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Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 12h

The Scientist in Chief has spoken

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12h

Trump calls climate science a ‘con job’. That could make tackling the crisis a whole lot easier | Francesco Grillo

Europe and Brazil have a rare opportunity, unimpeded by the US, to make a success of Cop30 – and reshape the world order, says Francesco Grillo of the European University Institute, Florence

www.theguardian.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 4h

Republicans who are somehow unaware that the administration is gutting programs for special needs kids are totally up to speed on the Super Bowl halftime show.

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Jeanne Brennan @jeanneenabottle.bsky.social · 3h

#IndigenousPeoplesDay

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