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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 48m

Pretty sure that *NO KINGS* is a "foundational truth[] of this republic."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 51m

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3h

“they used only the logo of the targeted media outlet & a generic handle like “breaking_us” to trick users.”

Have to wonder if TikTok’s new owners will care about this or just let it rip. Trump’s media oligarch brigade doesn’t care about any content moderation …unless it’s an ICE tracker app.

Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 3h

NEW on @indicator.media:

I found 101 accounts impersonating Telemundo, Televisa, CNN and other media outlets spreading clickbaity falsehoods to millions on TikTok.

The company took them all down after I reached out.

101 TikTok accounts masquerading as real news spread misinformation to millions

Shallow impersonations of Telemundo, CNN, Fox News and other media got more than 200 million views posting fake ICE arrests and bombastic AI slop about geopolitics

indicator.media

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct 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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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3h

After the homeschooling ads, things quickly spiraled out of the education space, pushing broader distrust of institutions. Like, this reel from a homesteading mom, explaining why she will never get a mammogram (based on misinformation about mammograms causing breast cancer). 4/

Reel showing a woman squatting in a field, wearing an apron and a clashing red shirt with her hair in an impossibly high bun. The words across her chest say "Why I will never get a mammogram"

A screenshot from the reel, which shows first-person video from the woman's life as a homesteading mom. With the voice over, she explains that she won't get a mammogram, in part, because she believes that for every 10,000 people who get a mammogram, 8 will die of breast cancer caused by the mammogram.

The end of the reel video, which shows the woman holding her home-canned produce, with a banner saying "follow to homestead with me"

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3h

We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.

From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."

I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵

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Motorhead @bradmunchen.bsky.social · 7d

"Putin couldn't do a better job" of attacking America.

How do we know this isn't Putin's doing?

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 2h

We all know people with disabilities. We all know withing our families or friends families people who have benefitted from education programs now getting terminated. This is who they are? Who are we? Are we just going to let this happen?
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | Trump's mass firings strike a hammer blow against Americans with disabilities

The GOP once supported special education programs. Recent dismissals at the Education Department put an end to that support.

www.msnbc.com

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 5h

“There are few things more dehumanizing than being told by a machine that you’re not real because of your face"

For the last month, I've been speaking to people living with facial differences and disfigurements about how face verification tech is failing them. Spoiler: things aren't going well

When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face

An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services.

www.wired.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14h

A judge issued a protective order against a Republican congressman from Florida on Tuesday, forbidding him to contact a former girlfriend who in court proceedings said he had threatened her with revenge porn after she broke up with him.

Woman Is Granted a Protective Order Against Representative Cory Mills

Representative Cory Mills’s former girlfriend, Lindsey Langston, the reigning Miss United States, told a judge that he had threatened to release sexually explicit videos of her.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14h

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 15h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 12h

The erosion of norms, social contracts and rule of law has always been part of the plan. Nine months ago:
www.thebulwark.com/p/vice-is-a-...

Vice Is a Moat

If Pete Hegseth is confirmed, it won’t be in spite of his personal failings. It’ll be because of them.

www.thebulwark.com

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Mary Nasca @mnasca.bsky.social · 11h

I really want some great investigator to dig into Mike Johnson’s computer.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12h

The party dedicated to fighting antisemitism, folks

Politico @politico.com · 22h

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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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 14h

One person on this list is a school counselor at a high school down the street from me and she’s been purged from the website so fast Google cache doesn’t know about it yet

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct 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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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 15h

Anyway here's a picture of Mike Lawler hanging out with one of the Young Republicans who suggested putting their political opponents in gas chambers

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Mary Nasca @mnasca.bsky.social · 11h

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Salty Breeze @saltybreeze.bsky.social · 14h

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 15h

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 · 15h

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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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 12h

JUST IN: Kansas Young Republicans were deactivated after a Politico investigation uncovered racist messages in a group chat among young GOP members.

Chair Alex Dwyer reportedly reacted to “Great. I love Hitler” with a smiley face and heart-reacted to a message about killing political opponents

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 12h

Babies who are threat to DHS = 0

DHS teargas grenades thrown at babies = More than 0

(Before anyone blames adults for bringing baby there, video shows woman pull baby from her obstructed car to escape area. No indication she was there for a protest.)

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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