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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 4d

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Josiah Bates @josiahbates.bsky.social · 1d

40,000 words into the new book, this ish taking years off my life #booksky

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 1d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Josiah Bates @josiahbates.bsky.social · 1d

Aight we need to chill out a bit

NBA Stat @nbastat.bsky.social · 1d

NBA GMs voted Amen Thompson as the most versatile player in the NBA 🔒

#NBA

Josiah Bates @josiahbates.bsky.social · 2d

The season from hell

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 2d

Northwestern football pulled off shocking upset of James Franklin and No. 22 Penn State on Saturday, Oct. 11.

Northwestern football upsets No. 22 Penn State, gives Nittany Lions third straight loss

Northwestern football pulled off shocking upset of James Franklin and No. 22 Penn State on Saturday, Oct. 11.

bit.ly

Josiah Bates @josiahbates.bsky.social · 3d

I’ll never get over the death of the midrange

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3d

Some fascinating stuff in here for NBA nerds. Look at this shit!

#NBAsky

www.theringer.com/2025/10/10/n...

Two charts showing the top 300 shot locations in the NBA in 2005 and 2025, with the former having a lot of mid-range shots while the latter is only inside the paint and around the 3 point line. Charts by Kirk Goldsberry.

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Josiah Bates @josiahbates.bsky.social · 4d

They tossed the case and basically said “btw that track is straight fire”

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 4d

Drake’s lawsuit against UMG over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us" has been dismissed

"The Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in ‘Not Like Us’ are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is granted”

They also noted that the song had a ‘catchy beat and propulsive baseline’

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Josiah Bates @josiahbates.bsky.social · 7d

Sources: “just trust me bro”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Stephen Miller: "The Black people in Chicago are thrilled that we're getting the illegal aliens out of their communities who are stealing their housing, jobs, and resources."

Josiah Bates @josiahbates.bsky.social · 7d

"The raid underscores why many Black Chicago residents were wary of Trump’s threat of a federal takeover and the presence of ICE agents."

Chicago’s Black Immigrants Face New Wave of ICE Arrests and Uncertainty

Nearly 70,000 immigrants from African countries live in the city, making up 5.2% of the population, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

capitalbnews.org

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 8d

Looks like martial law is off…for now.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11d

Jeffries: In that Oval Office meeting, which lasted over an hour, the amount of time spent talking about health insurance for undocumented immigrants was less than 10 seconds. You know why? Because they know it’s a lie. They didn’t even bother to bring it up—because the cameras weren’t rolling.

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Parker Butler @parkerbutler.bsky.social · 11d

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.

Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.

Legacy media failed the country.

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Josiah Bates @josiahbates.bsky.social · 11d

“Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked, residents and witnesses said.”

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

Josiah Bates @josiahbates.bsky.social · 12d

This “both sides” ish ain’t gonna cut it. You either for democracy or not

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12d

Jimmy Fallon plans to “keep my head down” and avoid politics on “The Tonight Show”: “We hit both sides equally”

Jimmy Fallon Plans to ‘Keep My Head Down’ and Avoid Politics on ‘The Tonight Show’: ‘We Hit Both Sides Equally’

Jimmy Fallon says he plans to "keep my head down" and avoid politics on "The Tonight Show."

variety.com

Josiah Bates @josiahbates.bsky.social · 12d

@thetrace.org mapped two decades of high-profile shootings at Houses of Worship. It's a sobering timeline carefully reported by @jenmascia.bsky.social and @bychipbrownlee.com

A Timeline of High-Profile Shootings at Houses of Worship

The attack on a Mormon church in Michigan was one of many similar shootings over the past 20 years, according to an analysis by The Trace.

www.thetrace.org

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13d

Over a two-year period, prosecutors across 16 states charged more than 400 people with pregnancy-related crimes, with most of the charges originating in states with near or total abortion bans, according to a new report released Tuesday.

New study finds more than 400 pregnancy-related prosecutions after Roe's fall

Most of the cases involved allegations of substance use during pregnancy, a nonprofit legal group found.

www.nbcnews.com

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Josiah Bates @josiahbates.bsky.social · 14d

Baltimore's homicides have fallen to historic lows under Mayor Brandon Scott. Now comes the test of sustaining it. J. Brian Charles explains what's working and what's at stake.