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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 34m

With their press badges confiscated Pentagon reporters will have to break stories the old-fashioned way, being accidentally added to Pete Hegseth’s Signal chats.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4h

“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.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 6h

there’s a subset of people who, if you point out something bad happening now, will basically reply “it was always like this and anyone who disagrees is just privileged.” it parades as savvy but nine times out of ten it’s just an ahistorical oversimplification.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 10h

"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 10h

there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly

and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 8h

Core to playing this down is pretending that "Young Republicans" aren't 40 years old with top positions in both the party and government. One's a state senator.

Nathan Bernard @nathantbernard.bsky.social · 8h

the "kids" were mostly 30+ years old and said they love hitler

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Bon Hanson @bonhanson.bsky.social · 3h

Nancy wields one hell of a bitch slap. 👏

TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 3h

Last tweet of the day. Do not f*ck with @teampelosiofficial.bsky.social

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Mary C @maco415.bsky.social · 4h

The floodgates are open
We've let the demons loose
The big guns have spoken
And we've fallen for the ruse

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

Feels like this will be a useful meme for the next few years

Peacemaker looks at a mural embedding Hitler into American symbols

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Mary C @maco415.bsky.social · 5h

Benioff and Musk are not government officials. They don’t even live here you jagoff

Politico @politico.com · 5h

Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco.

The president claims the suggested deployment comes “at the request of government officials.”

Trump is considering sending National Guard to San Francisco

Trump's deployments in other cities have faced high-profile legal challenges.

www.politico.com

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Empathy @constant-tummyache.bsky.social · 12h

Behold! The Young Republicans “Master Race” whose chat was exposed revealing heinous ideologies.

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Mary C @maco415.bsky.social · 7h

Awwww. See? It’s the little things that have a big impact. For you and the kids

Mary C @maco415.bsky.social · 7h

You don’t need teacher training to make an inpact on their lives. And being a school librarian must be way more difficult than a public librarian! I’m sure you’re appreciated and the kids just can’t express it ❤️

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 10h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 7d

If "never leave your drink unattended" were a person.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h

#4 👍

Zohran sitting in the corner seat on a subway.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Frost: Trump knows that when they passed the big, ugly bill that rips away healthcare from 17 million people, you usually don’t win elections when you do something like that…

So instead of undoing that, he’s pressuring states to give him more seats.

What California is doing is responding to that