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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 8h

The Trump administration won't spend $7.1 billion to prevent millions of people from dying from AIDS but is happy to drop $40 billion to bail out a political ally and the right-wing investors who bet on his flawed economic policies.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6h

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 12h

I'd like to share a brilliant example of the asymmetrical warfare that has achieved astonishing results for Ukraine: about $12 billion destroyed Russian equipment.

Pavlo "Lasar" Yelizarov used to be a TV-show producer before the full-scale invasion. In February 2022, he started defending Ukraine.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 5h

seems bad

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5h

“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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Joé McKen @joemcken.net · 5h

So weird how one major US political party keeps getting caught electing nazis and hiring nazi staffers and hanging out in nazi group chats and displaying nazi symbols and using nazi talking points and stuff

Anyway, let’s put them in charge of the government for a while, I’m sure it’ll be fine

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 8h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 5h

you can feel the enshitification happening in real time there…

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 7h

This is a program to resettle neo-Nazis in the US.

“Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
The proposals would transform a program aimed at helping the most vulnerable people in the world into one that gives preference to mostly white people who say they are being persecuted.”

“The proposals also advise Mr. Trump to prioritize Europeans who have been “targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.”
That appeared to be a reference to the European far-right political party Alternative for Germany, whose leaders have trivialized the Holocaust, revived Nazi slogans and denigrated foreigners. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany for trying to suppress the views of the group, which is known as the AfD.”

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Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 18h

🧵What’s the biggest lie the surveillance industry tells? That they only sell to legal clients. That there are red lines. But what do these companies say when they think nobody is watching? We went undercover to find out

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10h

It turns out that making things more expensive makes them more expensive.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...

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Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · 8h

“I’m so scared from Taliban,” he said in a call to his attorney after another hard night at the immigrant detention center in Virginia. “Right now, my body is shaking. My hands are shaking, if I am thinking about them.”

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

He supported the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Now he may be deported to the Taliban.

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 8h

One of them was a Catholic high school guidance counselor!

Nathan Bernard @nathantbernard.bsky.social · 9h

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

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 8h

Speaking of NOCs can you reach out to Matthew Hedger via either Jim Lawler or Shawnee Delayne and get him on the team house. He has one of the fucking craziest stories I’ve ever heard.

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Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 8h

“The video is very short, making it clear that the choice of lyrics was the intentional focus. Viewers are obviously meant to hear the antisemitic aspects, since it’s more or less the only audio in the 13 seconds being presented. “

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 9h

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs

The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 9h

i hope this guy is ok but also this imagery is perfect to undermine the fascists

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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 11h

Not to be a dick, but when was the last time a member of the press corps asked a pertinent question and got a substantive answer from a government official, and you were like damn I learned something today? I can't remember this happening.

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 17h

Apologies… I’m immediately retracting that. I missed this. Assuming this is truly state of the art that isn’t viable based on this disclaimer.

Pulse-Fi also maintained sufficient accuracy despite the person’s posture (for example, sitting or walking) or distance from the recording device (up to 10 feet away).

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 17h

Not here to defend the claim per-se as it’s way beyond my level of expertise but wifi could absolutely reach those distances and would appear to be consistent with this for example no? spectrum.ieee.org/wi-fi-signal...

AI-Powered Wi-Fi Heart Monitoring Is Here

Can Wi-Fi signals really track your heartbeat? Dive into the world of Pulse-Fi and find out how it works without wearables.

spectrum.ieee.org

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING

The US State Department has revoked the visas of citizens from Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, and Paraguay for comments they made in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

- An Argentine national who said Charlie "devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric" and deserves to burn in hell.
- A South African national who mocked those grieving Charlie saying "they're hurt that the racist rally ended in attempted martyrdom"
-A Mexican national who said Charlie "died being a racist, he died being a misogynist" and stated that "there are people who deserve to die."
- A Brazilian national who said "Charlie Kirk was the reason for a Nazi rally where they marched in homage to him" and that he "DIED TOO LATE."
- A German national who celebrated Charlie's death + wrote
"when fascists die, democrats don't complain."
- A Paraguayan national who said "Charlie Kirk was a son of a b**** and he died by his own rules."

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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine the incentive structure at play to get your hands on data that can tie users with their real names and payment details to typing in horny shit. that is going to get breached at some point and exploited either as a public leak or blackmail.

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly what a malignant narcissist would say at the memorial for a man killed by a sniper.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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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Mdh @mdh2.bsky.social · 1d

It’s bigotry, age of consent laws and tax evasion in that order.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

It’s been fun being attacked for years for saying bigotry motivates these people more than low taxes and small government

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