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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10h

WHCA where u at?

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 12h

Reps for CNN, Reuters, The AP, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic and NPR all say that journalists from their newsrooms are not signing the new paperwork about Pentagon access. Newsmax says it doesn't intend to sign, either — a potentially significant sign of MAGA dissension.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

Harvard should apply for it, just for laffs

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 13h

After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 14h

Holy crap

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16h

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 16h

JFC

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16h

Good lord social media people

Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 20h

lol they're doing the thing again

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 17h

In the United States. Not another country. Happening right now.

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 21h

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 21h

Gold surges above $4100/oz for the first time. www.apmex.com/gold-price

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 21h

In the last 70 years, federal jobs fell from 4.5% of all employment to below 2%.

Civil servants aren't what's driving government debt, and firing them won't address it.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1N1kt

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 21h

Wut?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

BTIG: Trump tariffs were “the match that lit the selloff, but .. kindling for a fire was set over the last few weeks .. private equity and credit names were really selling off,” discretionary was weak. “There is enough damage below the surface .. to suggest this is the start of a deeper pullback ..”

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 2d

A big deal for inflation and also whether you’ll have reliable food supplies, due to Trump policy choices.

Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 2d

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

wapo.st

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 2d

Same

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

Correction. Taking down prior posts.

eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 2d

The DoD is allowed to transfer this money per statute apparently (though this is outside of my area). The CR in March upped it to 8 billion.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2d

Oh sure why not www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

And also, this headline? Inadequate

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

AI videos being sent to him by Miller, Noem et al, right?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: It looks like the number of federal layoffs -- so far -- is over 4,000, we've learned from court documents

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

White House Signals Federal Layoffs Have Begun During Government Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

Clueless

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3d

TRUMP: WE THINK OIL WILL BE UNDER $2 PER GALLON SOON

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, America - the president is telling you you’ll be paid to take your meds.

FFS

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

The beatings will continue until morale improves

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

She's very concerned, I'm sure...

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3d

New from Susan Collins: “I strongly oppose OMB Director Russ Vought’s attempt to permanently lay off federal workers who have been furloughed due to a completely unnecessary government shutdown caused by Senator Schumer.”

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

Wut?

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3d

LECORNU RE-APPOINTED FRENCH PRIME MINISTER - ELYSEE

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

Balderdash.

Claudia Grisales @cgrisales.bsky.social · 3d

Senate Majority Leader John Thune responds to OMB head Russ Vought’s post “the RIFs have begun,” telling @jordainc.bsky.social and I:

“Well… I think they held off for as long as they could.”

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 3d

🚨🚨"BLS will publish the September 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Friday, October 24, 2025, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time" - BLS

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