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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

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Rep. Emily Randall @repemilyrandall.bsky.social · 22h

Adelita! Swear her in!

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30m

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h

$40 billion for Argentina now. America First!

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1h

Cleveland Throws a Dance Party on a Bridge In Support Of Portland

www.thedailypoliticususa.com

Cleveland Throws a Dance Party on a Bridge In Support Of Portland

twp.ai

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 19h

The call is coming from inside the house, Darlin’ ☎️🫣

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Julie @juliewb.bsky.social · 17m

So glad it’s coming out like this, though I wish Virginia Roberts was still alive.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Erika Lee Sears @erikaleesears.bsky.social · 4h

Mood. #art #oilpainting

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Julie @juliewb.bsky.social · 2h

His job, as he sees it, is to destroy government & cull the population.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Vought: "We're gonna keep those RIFs rolling throughout this shutdown ... think the Minority Business Development Agency that divvies up business grants on basis of race. Think Environment Justice at EPA ... "

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 11h

🚨RFK Jr. Misses Mark in Touting Rural Health Transformation Fund as "Historic Infusion of Cash". Senator Bernie Sanders CALLS out the LIES.

RFK Jr. re: BBB "“It’s going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history.” 🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

RFK Jr. Misses Mark in Touting Rural Health Transformation Fund as Historic Infusion of Cash - KFF Health News

The health secretary’s statement doesn’t consider the impact that the Medicaid cuts advanced in the same law will have on health care in rural America.

kffhealthnews.org

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 3h

Spanberger on Youngkin-Sears Coverup: “Making a blatant, concerted effort to conceal what should be public information is insulting to Virginia taxpayers, particularly those affected by these devastating cuts.” bluevirginia.us/2025/10/span...

Spanberger on Youngkin-Sears Coverup: “Making a blatant, concerted effort to conceal what should be public information is insulting to Virginia taxpayers, particularly those affected by these devastat...

From the Spanberger for Governor campaign: NEW: Spanberger Statement on Youngkin-Sears Administration Concealing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Canceled Federal Grants for Virginia Spanberger: “Ma...

bluevirginia.us

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3h

I swear, the bar is in hell.

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Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social · 3h

The party of infantilized men.

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 3h

Also a reminder these weren’t “Kids”! Some of these “Young Republicans,” which includes ages up to 40, were elected officials or government appointees.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 11h

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Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social · 9h

Marilyn Monroe studied “The Thinking Body: A Study of the Balancing Forces of Dynamic Man” to perfect her walk and movement. She famously edited her contact sheets to only preserve the images she saw as most perfect. Marilyn was an artist who studied craft and devoted herself to it. I’m sad for her.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 5h

They're SO weird.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 21h

Update from the empty halls of Congress:

The Speaker has still not sworn in Rep. Grijalva.
The House doors remain locked.
The Epstein files are still sealed.
The Republican health care crisis is still weighing on millions of Americans.

Speaker Johnson needs to do his job so WE can do ours!

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Sean for Congress (VA-01) @subletteweather.com · 8h

As a meteorologist running for Congress, I am often asked who influences me.

In a time where legacy media is failing, here are the top 10 voices I value right now.

I might not agree with all of them.
But I value what they bring.

If that sounds good to you, join us at:
seanforva.com

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Julie @juliewb.bsky.social · 3h

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h

The New York Times, disclosing that the CIA is authorized to overthrow Venezuelan dictator Maduro, says “the CIA’s history of covert action in Latin America and the Caribbean is mixed at best.”
That’s like saying John Dillinger’s history of visiting banks was “mixed at best.”

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Julie @juliewb.bsky.social · 3h

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

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the King’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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icookfood2023.bsky.social @icookfood2023.bsky.social · 4h

The only status quo and institutions that need to be acknowledged that continue to harm and fail us is whiteness. Until that happens, this country will remain in darkness.

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 6h

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

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Julie @juliewb.bsky.social · 4h

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... This is cool.

4,270-year-old human skull found along Indiana river

The human remains date back to about 2300 B.C., according to the Fayette County Coroner's Office.

www.nbcnews.com

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Julie @juliewb.bsky.social · 4h

music.apple.com/us/album/wil... Willin’

Willin' (2023 Remaster) by Little Feat on Apple Music

Song · 1970 · Duration 2:56

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