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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 2h

Great piece on it in last week's Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/a...

How Jane Goodall’s Death Initiated Netflix’s Newest Show

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Persisting @persistingiam.bsky.social · 3h

Our taxes paid for these departments and agencies that have been looted and we're still forced to pay for the husked-out shells. Aside from our money, they're stealing the futures of our children and the viability of our country.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h

"The rest of us are in a panic. I think I may have been fired and I don’t have a way to find out. They sent the RIF notices to our official government emails which we don’t have access to.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Panic as US federal workers scramble to find out if they’ve been fired: ‘I don’t have email access’

Education department staff say they can’t access work emails amid the shutdown to check for layoff notices

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h

"The rest of us are in a panic. I think I may have been fired and I don’t have a way to find out. They sent the RIF notices to our official government emails which we don’t have access to.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Panic as US federal workers scramble to find out if they’ve been fired: ‘I don’t have email access’

Education department staff say they can’t access work emails amid the shutdown to check for layoff notices

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h

The Jane Goodall episode of "Famous Last Words" (Netflix) is a great watch. What a creative premise for a series.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4h

10/10

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZUR...

Seth for Massachusetts - "Lesson"

YouTube video by Seth Moulton

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4h

A good campaign launch video leaves you feeling inspired and not thinking, "Wait, what's the name of that controversial 1990s music video filmed from the perspective of a person going clubbing?"

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4h

And they are right to say no to playing illegal party propaganda.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US airports refuse to air Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown

Airports in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle and elsewhere cite laws barring partisan political content at TSA checkpoints

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4h

It's shameful that Johnson has refused to seat Adelita Grijalva. A direct attack on the people of the district, who deserve representation.

Kevin Johnson is trying to protect Trump from the release of the Epstein files and is subverting democracy to do so.

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.

www.politico.com

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Forbestonow @forbestonow.bsky.social · 18h

When I studied the Second World War I genuinely could not understand how the Germans found so many people to participate in their worst excesses. And I mean across the whole war, not just concentration camps.

I don't have a problem understanding it any more...

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4h

I like horror films as much as they next person, but I wouldn't use The Blair Witch Project as the style for my campaign launch video. Just saying...

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 4h

Imagine the New York Times front page if some rando Dem in rural New Mexico said "I love Osama"

There are zero stories about Kansas Republicans exchanging racist and klan notes. Note that the Texas GOP chair also said similar stuff

The Republican Party are proud nazis. We ignore it at our peril

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 16h

Say what

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 17h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Sean Hecker @sean-hecker.bsky.social · 12h

“Extrajudicial executions” is the right description.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 12h

Maybe if you are so obsessed with a Peace Prize you should stop all the murdering for one of many starts. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump says six were killed in US strike on another boat allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela

UN has condemned US strikes on small boats it believes to be trafficking drugs as extrajudicial executions

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 12h

Maybe if you are so obsessed with a Peace Prize you should stop all the murdering for one of many starts. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump says six were killed in US strike on another boat allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela

UN has condemned US strikes on small boats it believes to be trafficking drugs as extrajudicial executions

www.theguardian.com

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madre21.bsky.social @madre21.bsky.social · 14h

Los Angeles County is home to over 3 million immigrants, according to supervisors, who said the ICE raids have "caused widespread fear" and led to "decreased attendance at workplaces, disruption of local economies, and strain on critical services such as schools, hospitals, and places of worship."

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 14h

ICE goons are terrorizing LA to the point where elected officials need to treat it akin to a public health and safety emergency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

LA to declare state of emergency over Ice raids to assist affected families

Move will allow county board of supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants amid immigration crack down on city

www.theguardian.com

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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 13h

shit the vice president races to defend

They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14h

The more GOP officials and right-wing hacks try to spin and pivot from their Young Republican leaders praising Hitler and racism and gas chambers for their enemies, the more it puts the story in the spotlight.

Keep at it!

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KC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social · 13h

These are our communities. Our neighbors. In our own country. These people matter. Imagine if a foreign government did this to our communities?!? Why would we accept this abuse from this Administration.?

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 14h

ICE goons are terrorizing LA to the point where elected officials need to treat it akin to a public health and safety emergency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

LA to declare state of emergency over Ice raids to assist affected families

Move will allow county board of supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants amid immigration crack down on city

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 14h

ICE goons are terrorizing LA to the point where elected officials need to treat it akin to a public health and safety emergency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

LA to declare state of emergency over Ice raids to assist affected families

Move will allow county board of supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants amid immigration crack down on city

www.theguardian.com

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 19h

i had a client once who was arrested because the cop insisted his signature was a fake signature. he watched the guy sign the summons and insisted he was ... faking a signature?

we lost

T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 20h

This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid

It's racism all the way down

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 16h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 21h

This is the second time in 24 hours he's said something like this. Yesterday he made that quip saying about Karoline Leavit, "those lips --- they move like a machine gun."

He's losing all inhibitions. Not that he ever had many to begin with.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

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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