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Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social · 4h

Struggling soybean farmer: "This is a man-made crisis caused by Donald Trump"
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Struggling soybean farmer: ‘This is a man-made crisis caused by Donald Trump’ | CNN Business

CNN’s Whitney Wild reports on The Lead

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING via WSJ

The Trump administration is planning sweeping changes in criminal division at the IRS.

Full Story: on.wsj.com/3LbVFtK

The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily, according to people familiar with the matter.
A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said.
The undertaking aims to install allies of President Trump at the IRS criminal-investigative division, or IRS-CI, to exert firmer control over the unit and weaken the involvement of IRS lawyers in criminal investigations, officials said. The proposed changes could open the door to politically motivated probes and are being driven by Gary Shapley, an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid," JD Vance. We checked.

By scanning public records and media reports, Mother Jones determined the ages of eight of the 11 participants in the abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday: They appear to range from 24 to 35.

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Jim Whitney @jimwhitney.bsky.social · 4h

Medicare doctor directory, a Trump team priority, launches with errors

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Medicare doctor directory, a Trump team priority, launches with errors

The directory, intended to help older Americans navigate Medicare Advantage open enrollment, produces conflicting responses about which providers are covered by health plans.

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Jim Whitney @jimwhitney.bsky.social · 6h

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Tariffs are pushing prices higher and consumers are feeling the hit, Fed's Beige Book shows

Companies are caught between absorbing the costs or passing them onto customers, according to a Federal Reserve report.

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Jim Whitney @jimwhitney.bsky.social · 6h

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Judge blocks Trump admin from laying off federal workers during government shutdown

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ruled that the administration isn’t following legal requirements for conducting reductions in force.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Jim Whitney @jimwhitney.bsky.social · 10h

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Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

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Jim Whitney @jimwhitney.bsky.social · 14h

How about those free market folks in the administration

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Trump administration will set price floors across range of industries to combat China, Bessent says

China has driven foreign competitors out of business over the past two decades by using its market dominance to slash prices, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

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Jim Whitney @jimwhitney.bsky.social · 15h

Your taxpayer dollars hard at work...

Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 15h

Axios: "The most expensive political ad campaign of the year is being run by the Department of Homeland Security."

DHS has spent "at least $51 million this year on ads thanking President Trump for securing the border, according to AdImpact."

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 16h

U.S. Says It Revoked Visas of Some People Who Criticized Charlie Kirk

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U.S. Says It Revoked Visas of Some People Who Criticized Charlie Kirk

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 1d

You can say amazing things if you know that the follow-up question will be "wow."

(Smith didn't plant anything at Mar-a-Lago because he was hired months after it was searched.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jeffries: "If Donald Trump can find $20b to bail out his right-wing dictator friend in Argentina, it's extraordinary to me that Republicans are unwilling to even have a discussion about how we address the healthcare crisis that they've created."

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1d

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

The entire first two months of the Biden administration were taken up by obsessive complaining about how he wouldn't do press conferences & wasn't taking policy questions (bsky.app/profile/mcop...).

This? Gone tomorrow. Totally different set of standards applied to two totally different parties.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes threatens legal action if Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in Adelita Grijalva. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Arizona attorney general threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Adelita Grijalva

The Democrat accused Johnson of playing “political games” by delaying the swearing-in ceremony.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

Donald Trump is giving $20 billion of taxpayer money to Argentina – to help his political ally stay in power and bail out Wall Street hedge funds – while Americans at home can't afford health care or groceries.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on Milei: "If he loses, we will not be generous with Argentina."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Tuesday brought a major and highly symbolic rebuke. Fox News, the very same network .. which employed Hegseth .. rejected his attempts to control media coverage of the Defense Department he now leads.”

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

PIMCO, on the #shutdown:

“.. At this point, this standoff feels like a war of attrition with neither side suggesting they will blink .. we think is likely to last until November and possibly extend to Thanksgiving.

“.. we are on the precipice of the longest full government shutdown in history.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

".. The outlets’ decision means their reporters will have to turn in their credentials on Wednesday and lose the ability to report from the Pentagon building and US military bases."

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News Organizations Refuse to Sign Onto Pentagon Press Limits

Several news organizations including Bloomberg News, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal refused to sign new reporting limits set out by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon.

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Jim Whitney @jimwhitney.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sure the 20+ million Americans who count on the subsidies don't see them as a boondoggle

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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., slammed the expiring Obamacare subsidies at the center of the government funding standoff a “boondoggle” as the shutdown approache...

Mike Johnson calls Obamacare funds a 'boondoggle' as shutdown drags on

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., slammed the expiring Obamacare subsidies at the center of the government funding standoff a “boondoggle” as the shutdown approaches the two-week mark with no end in sight.

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Jim Whitney @jimwhitney.bsky.social · 2d

I can't believe this would happen in the Trump administration, especially in an area that is 65% Republican.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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