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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Eric Trump admits that Indonesian President Subianto was caught on a hot mic talking with his dad about Trump family business deals in Indonesia

(so much for the supposed firewall between Trump's business and the federal government ... )

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

NEW: Bolton has been hit with 18 felony charges for retention and transmission of national defense information under the espionage act. You can read the indictment here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.com

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 5h

For @spitfirenews.com, I found that increasingly realistic AI-generated videos are being deployed to harass, smear, and create endless offensive content of influencers, whose likenesses are already readily available online. It’s happening to private figures, too.
spitfirenews.com/p/ai-generat...

AI-generated influencer scandals are here

Now anyone can play with the hyperrealistic likenesses of public figures.

spitfirenews.com

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DataMB @datamb.football · 11h

Most successful dribbles per 90 in the Premier League 🌪️

◉ 5.71 — Xavi Simons (Tottenham, 22)
◎ 4.85 — Mohammed Kudus (Tottenham, 25)
◎ 4.61 — Jack Grealish (Everton, 30)
◎ 4.46 — Jérémy Doku (Man City, 23)
◎ 4.42 — Bukayo Saka (Arsenal, 24)

📊 datamb.football

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2h

Just an incredible opening to this NYT interview with Zohran Mamdani:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...

You sit, according to the polls, on the cusp of a historic political victory. You would be the youngest mayor in a century. You’d be New York City’s first Muslim mayor. You’d be its first democratic socialist mayor.

I wouldn’t actually be the first democratic socialist mayor.

Who would it be?

David Dinkins was a member of D.S.A., he identified also as a democratic socialist.

Thank you for the correction.

Very welcome.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

The Golden Age of Corruption.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

It is sick

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

“Grossly illegal. Immoral. Delusional. Trump appears unhinged… listless… in decline —cognitively & physically. The rantings of someone who needs an intervention. Needs help. Needs to be stabilized.”

- Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social on Trump threatening to invade SF next

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

God bless @thegoodliars.bsky.social

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4h

“Two sources say Weiss has said to others that she doesn’t own a television herself.”

Inside Bari Weiss’s First 10 Days as the Controversial Head of CBS News

After a softball Netanyahu interview, newsroom sources tell Zeteo the start of Weiss's tenure at CBS has been chaotic and has underscored her own pro-Israel biases.

zeteo.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

huh, wonder what this was about

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 3h

Whether he jumped or was pushed, this seems like a big deal. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Newsom: We were under the understanding that we were going to close I-5 — up to 80,000 vehicles tomorrow and Saturday. They seemed to have backed off of that. They were going to move forward with a display, but they’re not clearly sharing that with state officials.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Newsom: This president appears unhinged… seems listless… he seems, dare I say, in decline—cognitively, and… physically. These are just the rantings of someone who needs an intervention, needs some help, needs to be stabilized.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Murphy: "If we want to win the argument nationally on the economy, then we've got to break our addiction to incremental economic change. And we've got to talk about big, bold ideas that reorder power in this country."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Hochul: "They promised to extract revenge on their political enemies & apparently any state that has a D gov. Tell me how Florida & Texas could receive these same funds w/o having to go to court? They're playing politics, but more than that, they're playing with people's lives. And that's abhorrent"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Letitia James: "The indictment is baseless. It's nothing more than retribution. Retribution for basically doing my job ... I will defend these charges. And I want everyone to know that it is completely baseless and I am totally innocent."

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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 3h

Wow has any other president ever created an extra day in a week just to stop another war?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Rep. John McGuire: "We had an epic week. He stopped 8 wars in 8 days."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "Pergerverious. Pergoverous. And uh -- thatsanisame. Pergoverous. We can't you name them nice simple names?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "Drug prices went down for the year by 1/8 of 1 percent. Now I'm getting them down, Maria, 500, 600, 800 percent. In some cases even more than that. It's hard to believe."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

"Bobby, should I stand or sit?" -- in an unusual move, Trump takes a seat while other speakers speak (usually he stands behind them)

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4h

Lol that the London No Kings event is called No Tyrants because…you know…

www.nokings.org#map

A box overlaid on a map showing southern England, with London prominently marked. The box features bold black text reading:

"NO TYRANTS
INDIVISIBLE
LONDON UK"

Below this heading, the event details are listed:

Date: Sat, Oct 18

Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

Location: US EMBASSY LONDON (UK)

The time and date information is accompanied by red calendar and map pin icons. At the bottom of the flyer is a large red button labeled “RSVP” in white text.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 3h

yes we know about your issues with the math dude

NOTUS @notus.com · 4h

Politicians whose campaigns still owe large sums, according to October FEC filings:
- Newt Gingrich: $4.6 million
- Al Sharpton: $925,000
- Rick Santorum: $983,000
- Mehmet Oz: $25.5 million
- Mike Pence: $127,000

via @davelevinthal.com & @taylorgiorno.bsky.social
www.notus.org/money/politi...

Deadbeat Political Campaigns Still Owe Creditors Millions

Old campaigns of also-ran politicians remain hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in debt. Will they ever pay?

www.notus.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Dr Oz: "You'll notice, President Trump, these are discounted from $242 to $10. I don't know what the math is on that. We can't even calculate it. It's too high to calculate."

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