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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 11h

1. ICE has sharply increased its spending on weapons in 2025, according to an analysis of federal gov't data by Popular Information.

Records reveal ICE has increased spending on “small arms" — a category that includes guns, armor, chemical weapons, and explosives — by 700% compared to 2024 levels

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 50m

“In 2016, Tesla proudly announced that all its vehicles produced onward are equipped with ‘all the hardware for full self-driving,’ which would be delivered through future software updates.

“.. The automaker turned out to be significantly wrong about that.”

@electrek.co
electrek.co/2025/10/20/t...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

Watch my supercut of things Mike Johnson doesn’t know. You can see the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1h

Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.

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Christie Golden @christiegolden.bsky.social · 1h

The whole thing was so disgusting I hesitated to give it any traction at all, but folks should know that Kenny Loggins wants nothing to do with that, er, shit.

Stace RN Resists 📎💙 Portland Strong @stacernresists.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you Kenny Loggins!
💙🫶💙

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 3h

🚨 National Guard troops are not needed or welcome in Portland. Trump Occupation is war on American business.

www.adweek.com/brand-market...

How Nike, the WNBA, and NWSL Pitched Women's Sports in Portland

How Nike, the WNBA, and NWSL pitched women’s sports in Portland as a summit held by soccer and basketball team owners RAJ Sports made the case.

www.adweek.com

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 2h

We almost made it 250 years.

Trump is at war with our nation's citizens.

Elections will be suspended; it's not a matter of if, but when.

At least we're getting a $200,000,000 ballroom.

That's a plus.

National Guard

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 4h

The "factual background" begins with something irrelevant and erroneous. Dallas is not in Oregon, and the Dallas shooting wasn't connected to any ICE protest.

If that's enough for the President to federalize a different state's National Guard and deploy them elsewhere, then the power is limitless.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 2h

The USA is basically becoming El Salvador in real-time.

Sending another state's National Guard to beat down citizens in Portland.

An invasion in all but name.

The US is at war with itself now.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 55m

National Guard deployment in DC is costing $1 million/day www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/p...

They’re there each time I step out of the Metro, idling in groups with nothing to do

Meanwhile, around the corner, people are sleeping on the street, nowhere else to go, as Trump cuts funding for homeless people

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moonwalkerranch.bsky.social @moonwalkerranch.bsky.social · 34m

Can either of them remember?

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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 1h

SWEAR-IN ADELITA GRIJALVA NOW!

#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1h

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

BREAKING: The MeidasTouch Network has officially been named the #1 publisher in the country and The MeidasTouch Podcast the #1 podcast overall according to new industry data released by Podscribe, the leading independent audio and video analytics firm.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 1d

No notes

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 19h

Well, at least you know where they stand.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

Good thing the military isn't woke anymore and is willing to take the fight to our enemies, like Colombian fisherman and Interstate 5.

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moonwalkerranch.bsky.social @moonwalkerranch.bsky.social · 10h

It bothers him so much. 🤣

moonwalkerranch.bsky.social @moonwalkerranch.bsky.social · 16h

Straight up murdering for funsies.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

moonwalkerranch.bsky.social @moonwalkerranch.bsky.social · 16h

JD, think you could ask him this one?

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike

It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

www.huffpost.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

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moonwalkerranch.bsky.social @moonwalkerranch.bsky.social · 16h

Legalized killings is what they want. Plan and simple.

Natty🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🏐🏈🐕🐴📎 @grillnatty.bsky.social · 22h

They want immunity to be cruel

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.

Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.

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사랑은 밝은 별빛이다…Love is Stardust Bright @summertrance.bsky.social · 19h

The people that built their heaven on your land are telling you yours is in the sky

—Nina Simone

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