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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 9h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 9h

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

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Tim Walz: "The biggest myth is that this guy understands business. He's an absolute abject failure at business ... the irony is calling Democrats socialists when I am begging for free markets here to allow capitalism to work. Donald Trump is the one with government interference."

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 8h

Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 8h

It's wild that when Trump talks about how they're getting rid of Democrat Programs and keeping Republican Programs he means "public health" and "Sicario Fantasy Camp: Chicagoland." Full polarization, to the point where anything aimed at keeping people alive or alleviating suffering is woke bullshit.

Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 8h

Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 8h

It really is important to note how much Bondi is on TV and how dissimilar this is from literally any other AG, R or D.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Bondi claims that cities aiding residents hurt by immigration raids is breaking the law

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 8h

Do you do this if your business is going well?

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 8h

OpenAI CEO announces they will soon allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 8h

normal pentagon.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 8h

so cool how republicans will be lockstep in defense of their pack of baby hitlers while democrats will oust any millennial or zoomer from their ranks for saying that maybe insulin should be free or that we shouldn't send 45 trillion dollars a month to israel's ethnic cleansing budget

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 12h

Man, gerontocracy gotta go.

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 7h

Does this guy have some kind of Producers situation where he only gets paid if there’s a junta

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7h

Extremely normal and not at all weird

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 7h

Great couple of weeks to remember that there is, in fact, still some money in journalism but it's just flowing to all the worst people

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 7h

oh good I was worried the utterly unearned Vanity Fair editor job was all she got for violating the most basic rules of journalism

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 7h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 8h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Jeffries: "I remind all of these corrupt individuals, these sycophants -- the statute of limitations is five years. The American people want accountability, deserve accountability, and will get accountability."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Tim Walz: "Here's what I'd challenge Trump to do: find three soybean farmers who will stand with you and say that's okay. Just three. I challenge you to do that because you're not gonna find them."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

I had to listen to the audio to confirm it, but yes, as troops are being deployed to American cities, as masked goons are disappearing citizens from our streets, as ICE agents are shooting pepper balls at priests ... Mike Johnson thinks nude bicyclists are "the most threatening thing I've seen yet."

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10h

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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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 11h

Trump is saying the quiet part out loud: he sent a $20B taxpayer-financed bailout to help his far-right buddy Milei cling to power.

Meanwhile our government is shut down, public servants aren't getting paid & we're barreling toward a Trump-made health care crisis. Sounds like Argentina First to me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

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

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 19h

I didn't watch CBS News before Bari Weiss got there. I doubt you did either. But the mainstream media moving right really does matter, because of the mainstream media's collective powers of 1. agenda-setting and 2. framing. newrepublic.com/article/2016...

The Mainstream Media Is Moving Right. Here’s What We Can Do About It.

At The Washington Post, CBS, and maybe CNN, the trend line is terrible. But liberals do have the power to reverse these trends.

newrepublic.com

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 10h

"we can't have regulation or we won't be able to grow to scale quickly why don't u understand!"

"well at our scale we can't be expected to regulate what happens with our products we are just growing too quickly surely u understand"

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 11h

Democrats need to put the same extended media consuming outrage into the Young Republican Nazi chats as Republicans mustered for Biden going for ice cream.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

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