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K🤦‍♀️𝙑 @kv417.bsky.social · Jan 28

Heed these words!
“It is NEVER a good time, to bow down to a tyrant…don’t give in to the lies.”- Jim Acosta, Jan 2025

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 28

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 1h

Seeking to bolster its ability to power bases, the Army plans to place commercial nuclear microreactors on some of its posts in the coming years under a private-public partnership it has dubbed the Janus Program, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll announced Tuesday.

Army moves forward with project to place nuclear microreactors on installations

The program seeks to bolster the Army’s ability to power its bases as the service anticipates expending drastically more energy in the coming years.

www.stripes.com

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 1h

Some of America's most valuable companies are now leaning on OpenAI to fulfill major contracts, notes the FT.

OpenAI has five years to turn $13 billion into $1 trillion | TechCrunch

Some of America's most valuable companies are now leaning on OpenAI to fulfill major contracts, notes the FT.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1h

Over 12 civilians killed in attacks on Afghanistan by Pakistani forces, Afghan Taliban say reut.rs/3WI1ce0

Over 12 civilians killed in attacks on Afghanistan by Pakistani forces, Afghan Taliban say

More than 12 civilians were killed and 100 others wounded in attacks on Afghanistan by Pakistani forces on Wednesday, the Afghan Taliban spokesperson said in a post on X.

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 1h

Wednesday briefing: The new, devastating flood risk facing nearly all of Britain #Climate

Wednesday briefing: The new, devastating flood risk facing nearly all of Britain

In today’s newsletter: Flooding across Britain is predicted to become so bad that some towns may need to be abandoned, and it’s not even campaigners raising the alarm – but insurers

www.theguardian.com

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, this was a real post. No, it’s not a typo. It’s white nationalist language from a government account.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1h

ASML sees significant China demand drop, Q3 bookings above estimates reut.rs/3WEVVUC

ASML sees significant China demand drop, Q3 bookings above estimates

ASML , the world's biggest supplier of computer chip-making equipment, on Wednesday warned that it expected a significant fall in demand from China next year despite its third quarter bookings beating market forecasts.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1h

On Friday I’m going to have a premium newsletter with a generous (2600 word) free intro about the nasty demands of Sam Altman and OpenAI. They need $161 billion in the next six months - it’s the only way for them to complete any of the plans they have agreed to. A truly nonsensical time.

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 1h

Nothing about Unite the Right was funny, but I did just remember a light moment.

At the end of the day, I was walking by some officers, and one was absolutely covered in a comical number of … Tear gas? Smoke? … canisters. Like, head to toe.

All I could think was, that guy trips and we’re all done.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2h

“Defense lawyers who have clients caught up in the case have expressed bafflement at what possible crime could have been committed…”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2h

“Dozens of prominent artists and cultural organizations will participate in a series of artistic demonstrations to protest what authoritarian overreach by the Trump administration.

The protests, known as Fall of Freedom, will take place on the weekend of Nov. 21...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’

www.nytimes.com

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K🤦‍♀️𝙑 @kv417.bsky.social · 46m

I sure as hell would rather my taxes go to children with disabilities getting a fair chance at an education, than some tacky gold gilded billionaire fantasy ballroom at the WH, that us taxpayers will never get to use, nor did we get to vote on.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2h

Spot on.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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K🤦‍♀️𝙑 @kv417.bsky.social · 51m

A well-known Sacramento Democrat is taking on this suddenly vulnerable California Republican

👏Dr. Richard Pan announced his candidacy for Kevin Kiley’s district seat.

Source: CalMatters

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A well-known Sacramento Democrat is taking on this suddenly vulnerable California Republican - NewsBreak

Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley has garnered his most well-known Democratic challenger yet in Dr. Richard Pan, the former state senator who once made national

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K🤦‍♀️𝙑 @kv417.bsky.social · 2h

[Video] California caps insulin copays at $35 under new law signed by Gov. Newsom
Source: ABC10

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California caps insulin copays at $35 under new law signed by Gov. Newsom - NewsBreak

The best local & breaking news source in the US, featuring local weather, alerts, deals, events and more.

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K🤦‍♀️𝙑 @kv417.bsky.social · 2h

Supreme Court won’t weigh California takedown of ‘misleading’ 2020 election video
Source: The Hill

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Supreme Court won’t weigh California takedown of ‘misleading’ 2020 election video - NewsBreak

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a conservative legal group’s bid to revive its lawsuit against California over its secretary of state’s re

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

Heard about this earlier, and my jaw didn’t drop. You know who else isn’t surprised? Pretty much every Republican.

As someone who’s been a frequent target, none of this shocks me. I don’t expect real consequences from the right because I doubt today is the first day they heard about it.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3h

Remember when you tried to tell us “the younger generations don’t think that way.” And “the young people will save us.” There are a lot of great, humane, decent, bright young people out there. But there are also a lot of these young people. And they’re not going anywhere.

Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 12h

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 3h

Mike Johnson fears 218.

Swear-in Rep. Adelita Grijalva. Now. Release the Epstein files!

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K🤦‍♀️𝙑 @kv417.bsky.social · 2h

😱 Honestly, we were better off when kids were sneaking around getting high, than publicly displaying firearms like we’re going to be invaded by hordes any moment.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 4h

Which chapter of Trump’s authoritarian playbook is this?
• Undermine Congress’s constitutional power of the purse
• Invite troops to shift loyalty from the state to a private benefactor
• Normalize oligarch rule over democratic government
• Blame Democrats to justify an authoritarian “rescue”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3h

Was Brilyn Hollyhand speaking to an empty room here?

He posted this clip so it’s not like it’s been altered or anything.

Strange.

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 3h

In an interview with @semafor.com, Janet Mills doesn't outright say she'd side with #MESen Angus King and vote for the GOP's funding bill, but she comes close.

(The only other Dem senators who've done so are John Fetterman and Catherine Cortez Masto)

www.semafor.com/article/10/1...

In her interview with Semafor, the governor criticized the dysfunction that led to the shutdown and the lack of a plan to revive expiring health care tax credits. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, and Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, are among the few Democratic caucus members who have joined Republicans in voting for the House’s stopgap funding bill.

Mills did not say directly whether she would join them.

She replied that “it isn’t rocket science to be able to do at least a continuing resolution and preserve health care, preserve the tax credits on which thousands of Maine people rely for their health insurance. I think they can do both.”

“I would vote for continuing health care. I would vote to extend the tax credits, whether it’s a separate bill or part of the current negotiations to extend the continuing resolution. But I think it’s strangely dysfunctional that Congress and the White House can’t get this done,” Mills added.

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lickmeimacid @lickmeimacid.bsky.social · 3h

giving people who work at the Pentagon assigned viewing homework of your stand up set that bombed in front of their bosses and saying there will be quizzes on it is the true warrior spirit, thank goodness Pete is here to guide us down that path

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K🤦‍♀️𝙑 @kv417.bsky.social · 2h

Gruel and floggings until morale reaches an acceptable level of ass-kissery.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

I can’t wait to find out if the deal Trump gave to the Hamas leaders was as good as the one he gave to the Taliban.

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