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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 4h

I come to you this morning to say nice things about @jedediahberry.bsky.social's KILL ALL WIZARDS, out next year, which is inventive and irreverent in ways that remind me of the work of a certain @scottlynch78.bsky.social...

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 4h

For today’s bonus “One First,” I wrote about the Supreme Court’s 1827 decision in Martin v. Mott—and how, despite what the Trump administration and its supporters claim, it doesn’t come *close* to precluding courts from reviewing a President’s claim that circumstances warrant domestic use of troops:

Bonus 183: Martin v. Mott

The Trump administration claims Justice Story's 1827 ruling establishes the President's unreviewable power to decide when domestic use of the military is needed. It doesn't come close to saying that.

www.stevevladeck.com

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 4h

Meanwhile…back on X I have to deal with this nonsense. It’s interesting how on several occasions now, Grok has backed me up. They seem to respect AI as an honest arbiter.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

The con worked, until it didn’t?

ROGAN: “I really thought they were just going to go after the criminals… I really thought there was enough gang members.”

ME: He still doesn’t get it. That’s what Trump wanted everyone to believe. They’re not even trying to go after “the criminals”.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

Crazy how these guys just keep showing up everywhere

ICE Agent in skull mask Broadview Illinois

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 10h

the excuses here are pathetic & unconvincing:

we're supposed to believe (1) an intruder came into the office & put the swastika on a bulletin board; (2) no one in the office noticed; (3) during a Zoom call, a staffer stood in front of the swastika by accident

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

American Flag With Swastika Is Found in Republican Congressman’s Office

www.nytimes.com

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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 1d

It’s important in all this to remember: official press conferences are a minuscule part of the job and exist to present one side and control questioning.

Much reporting, often the best reporting, happens without ever having to flash a press pass

Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 1d

Soliciting information from officials is a journalist's job.

The Pentagon's new press policy would make reporters "stenographers parroting press releases, not watchdogs holding government officials accountable," explains @npr.org's Tom Bowman.

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 13h

Senators Kelly & Gallego are out of give of fucks for Johnson’s excuses for delaying Adelita’s swearing in.

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DemiChimeraMadre @demichimeramadre.bsky.social · 13h

What Epstein , Maxwell and their " clients" put her and the other girls through. 💔
The late Virginia Giuffre tells of the horrors endured by herself, the other victims and survivors of these conniving psychopathic sexual deviants.

STOP PROTECTING THE PEDOS.
Release THE EPSTEIN FILES.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 17h

Read this. Especially the final paragraph to understand what Mike Johnson, Trump, Bondi and damned near every elected Republican are afraid of. Who they refuse to stand up for, and who they bow down to. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 17h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 21h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 13h

‼️ this is one of the reasons why the Musk shutdown of USAID broke me, like

Congress said 'we're allocating these funds to save lives'

a random asshole with too much money and unresolved bitterness about the end of Apartheid said 'no you're not'

so the funding disappeared??

and people are dying??

Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 17h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 21h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 18h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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Shirley Jennings 🇨🇦 📎 @canteach.bsky.social · 18h

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nsward.bsky.social @nsward.bsky.social · 13h

This is the Portland mom who ICE considers to be a threat to their safety
youtube.com/shorts/GV0KX...

Band’s clarinet player speaks out after her federal arrest

YouTube video by The Oregonian

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 13h

Jordy created a website where visitors can contribute $35 to “provide an inflatable costume for a True American.™”

He initially hoped to collect enough to buy a couple dozen suits.

But as he put it -- “This whole thing has blown up a lot.”

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 15h

🚨Jim Carrey’s fresh out of fucks, and we are here for it!

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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 13h

Well ladies, they're onto us. We're going to have to start dressing like bears.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 13h

Russell Vought creates a crisis and then uses it to abolish agencies, and undermine Congress’s appropriations powers. He does has three vulnerabilities. One, Congress appropriates his salary. Two, as a civil officer, he can be impeached. Three, executive orders can be overturned.

Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 15h

If it wasn’t obviously already, the shutdown has no relationship to the layoffs and ongoing destruction of public safety agencies. They’ve been smashing the regulatory state from day 1.

Reuters @reuters.com · 21h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19h

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...

www.thewrap.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 18h

The "anti-woke" backlash was always about white collar labor competition from nonwhites, not hr bullshit. bsky.app/profile/phil...

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19h

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...

www.thewrap.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

AOC: I don't care if someone likes me or not. That will never change the fact that I'm going to fight for them to have health care. I want MAGA to have health care. I want MAGA to be paid a living wage.

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David @david414.bsky.social · 14h

America moves ever closer to the lack of freedom and transparency present in Russia.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

🔥 @aoc.bsky.social says Republicans have been successful with a clear message of division, which helps Trump, Musk and the Billionaires keep us divided as they “get away with highway robbery” — and to counter that Dems need to be equally clear in their message of solidarity.

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