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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1h

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 1h

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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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1h

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1h

So only OANN will be reporting about what a courageous swole masculine warfighter Pete Hegseth is.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1h

“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.
PPA

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

One commenter replied, “based song choice,” which was liked by the Border Patrol account. Another commenter wrote, “if you know you know.”

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs

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

gizmodo.com

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Montster G 🧟 @monteg.bsky.social · 1h

I read this in Nandor's voice

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2h

Gosh. The guy who promised "we're going to put kids in cages" and "it will be glorious" is still shitty? Who knew? www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-likel...

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 1h

Every time you see Mike Davis do Mike Davis things, think about Gorsuch reportedly helping land Davis a job at DOJ, then choosing him as a clerk when he was on the 10th Circuit, then choosing him as a clerk when he was on the Supreme Court.

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 3h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

Oh, look. Another billionaire dinner.

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 1h

PlayStation Studios – San Diego Studio (MLB The Show) is seeking a Senior PC Graphics Programmer for a "AAA PC title" job-boards.greenhouse.io/sonyinteract...

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 2h

This ought to be a line for absolutely every American that loves our constitutional form of government. The president claiming that he has Article II authority to do what Article I explicitly prohibits him from doing: drawing money from the Treasury not in consequence of appropriations made by law.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 4h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 1h

Hahaha. Enjoy the humiliation, you grifting charlatan.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6h

Elise Stefanik is scrubbing photos of herself accepting awards from the vile Young Republicans caught in the Politico group chat. She supported every single one of them in New York State.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2h

they called the cops ‘cause they’re trying to pin it on someone outside of the office

Politico @politico.com · 4h

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 7h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, no.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h

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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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 3h

WHAT THE FUCK FENTANYL IS NOT EVEN COMING FROM VENEZUELA

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Eric Trump: "Now every single time a boat goes out of Venezuela it's getting blown up into a million pieces. That's exactly what's happening every single day. I personally have 4 friends who have lost children to fentanyl."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

a real question for the roberts majority is what in their view distinguishes jim crow disenfranchisement from majority-minority districts? a related question is what in their view made the typical jim crow law — which was facially neutral — unconstitutional?

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 3h

Quite a day.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 3h

Brown rejected the compact!

www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

www.brown.edu

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2h

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 2h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 2h

well its more solidarity than white house reporters have shown vs administration abuses, thats for sure

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2h

BREAKING: Journalists exited the Pentagon after refusing to agree to the Trump administration's new restrictions on access.

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the seat of U.S. military power.

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 6h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 5h

Keep it up with the No Kings and the inflatable suits. They're really shitting their pants over this. As I've noted, I they expected the opposition to fold by now instead of strengthening.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

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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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, we see a lot of use of weasel words like "opinions" and "political disagreement," as though cheerleading for murder, torture, and a burgeoning police state is just another "reasonable minds can differ" issues, like EV tax credits or charter schools.

Scott Stein @sstein.bsky.social · 5h

"Political opinions." It's not like people are ending friendships because of disagreements about the minimum wage.

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 5h

A lot of people (mostly those horrified at the notion that one might be <gasp> morally judged for the things one says) purport to think it's awful and wrong to end friendships over "political opinions". But basically nobody ACTUALLY believes this.

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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 5h

A Ukrainian friend once described being next door to Putin as like living next to a monkey with a grenade. You know he's going to throw it at some point and just hope it misses.

The description might now be apt for the US and the Caribbean. www.bbc.com/news/article...

US strikes another vessel off Venezuela coast, killing six

President Trump said the vessel belonged to "narcoterrorists" and that it was "trafficking narcotics." US officials have not provided evidence to this claim.

www.bbc.com

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