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Kakistocalypse Now @donachaidh.bsky.social · 20m

Hoo boy does that check out

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4d

When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”

John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 4d

It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25m

This was during Mark Mosier's arguments in Hencely v. Fluor Corp. today.

A former clerk to Rehnquist and then Roberts, Mosier had just answered a question from Gorsuch, then this happened:

JUSTICE GORSUCH: All right. Let me
-- let me ask you --
JUSTICE KAVANAUGH: You should fight
back a little harder than that.
JUSTICE GORSUCH: If I might just
finish.
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Justice
Gorsuch.
JUSTICE GORSUCH: Thank you. You're
going to have your shot, my friend.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 33m

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

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Rachie PNW has haunted legs @rachelpnw.bsky.social · 27m

Hitler at the 1936 Olympics. Rocking back and forth and agitating uncontrollably. Yes, exactly. He was incredibly high on Pervitin (meth).

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

My latest is about the latest revelations on the failed prosecution of Donald Trump, and why you should blame Merrick Garland more than the Supreme Court.

You Should Blame Merrick Garland

Garland's incompetence gave the Supreme Court the chance to set Trump free

stringinamaze.net

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 28m

Former FBI guy doing his part for the Resistance.

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Frank @frank43689.bsky.social · 1h

Follow up question should be, you accused Biden of pardoning people without knowing what he was doing. But you just admitted you did the same thing.

Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 20h

Ten days after pardoning Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering, Trump told 60 Minutes: “I don’t know who he is.”🙄

A $4.3 billion DOJ settlement, a confessed crime, and Trump plays dumb. Elizabeth Warren called it what it is: corruption, pure and simple.

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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 3h

60 Minutes Removes Trump’s Threat to ‘Walk Away’ from Interview During Corruption Questioning

www.mediaite.com/media/tv/60-...

60 Minutes Removes Trump’s Threat to ‘Walk Away’ from Interview During Corruption Questioning

Trump threatened to leave his interview with 60 Minutes' Norah O'Donnell, which was not only omitted from broadcast, but also the extended version release.

www.mediaite.com

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 3h

In 1963 New York’s Bronx Zoo showcased an exhibit titled

‘THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE WORLD’

It was a mirror.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 3h

big you can't make me energy

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 3h

Trump Admin Tells Judge It’ll Disburse Half of SNAP Benefits for Eligible Households in November, With ‘Significant’ Delays talkingpointsmemo.com/news/snap-50...

Trump Admin Tells Judge It’ll Disburse Half of SNAP Benefits for Eligible Households in November, With ‘Significant’ Delays

The Trump administration told a federal judge on Monday that it plans...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 23h

Teen Vogue possesses more integrity and professionalism than NYT and WaPo combined.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 23h

dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?

great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com

Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People

“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”

www.teenvogue.com

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 3h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 5h

Gates doesn't "have a point" New York Times (see: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...)
Oh, and pollution isn't good for anyone by the way.

Looking forward to your next installment in the series, "Climate Change IS a Chinese Hoax" by Donald Trump

New York Times op-ed "Turns out Air Pollution Was Good for Something"

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Andrew Flanagan @af68.bsky.social · 4h

"If they let more people vote, repugs would permanently lose!" is certainly 'unique' take on democracy😡

Heaven forbid we give American DC & Puerto Rico citizens, who pay taxes & fight in US wars, vote in government that governs them. How blatantly partisan!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Johnson: "If they had no filibuster, they would pack the SCOTUS. You'd go from 9 to 17 or however many liberals they could pack. You would make DC & Puerto Rico into states, which would give 4 additional Democrat senators & make us a permanent minority. You'd see massive restrictions of 2A rights"

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 5h

This!
THIS is how we and the rest of the world must treat this disgusting MAGA infection.
Cut it off at the knees.
Don't let them treat every public appearance like a MAGA rally to spew their vile lies.

(The irony of Cuba calling him out is not lost on me.)

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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 4h

60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris

60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is…

60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris

60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is currently being described as “nuts.” There are all sorts of crazy moments to call out, but let’s start with the recursively meta nonsense. 60 Minutes edited out a segment where Donald Trump tells them to edit out a segment in which he brags about getting CBS to pay him because of them editing out part of an answer by Kamala Harris, and he notes that CBS clearly did the wrong thing in editing Harris in the same fucking sentence he tells them to edit out what he’s saying.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 17h

A Mississippi mother has shot and killed one of the lab monkeys that escaped a wrecked truck last week, fearful after hearing rumors the monkeys were infected.

The Mississippi Free Press debunked that last week—but not before dozens of national & international publications reported the false claim.

Mississippi Mom Kills Escaped Lab Monkey, Citing Disease Rumor

Jessica Bond Ferguson says she shot and killed a lab monkey that escaped after a truck accident in Mississippi last week to protect her kids.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 17h

“I did what any other mother would do to protect her children,” Jessica Bond Ferguson, who has five children ranging in age from 4 to 16, told The Associated Press.

“I shot at it and it just stood there, and I shot again, and he backed up and that’s when he fell.”

Mississippi Mom Kills Escaped Lab Monkey, Citing Disease Rumor

Jessica Bond Ferguson says she shot and killed a lab monkey that escaped after a truck accident in Mississippi last week to protect her kids.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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cdlane.bsky.social @cdlane.bsky.social · 5h

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 8h

I’m doing research for a project and found out about the “don’t buy where you can’t work” movement during the depression, where Black people boycotted and picketed places that wouldn’t hire us. Shout out to everyone who’s not going back to Target!

"Don't Buy Where You Can't Work" | National Museum of African American History & Culture.

<p>“Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work” campaigns of the 1930s used effective direct-action tactics, such as boycotts and picketing. </p>

www.searchablemuseum.com

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 7h

Good news!
You have power!

Tomorrow is election day & in areas where elections are going on, your vote can help save democracy & send a huge message.

If you don't live somewhere where elections are happening, you can volunteer to contact voters.

It's fun, easy & empowering!
Link in 🧵.
#YesOn50

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 4h

one of those funny little things where a one-term democratic administration picking the wrong lawyer with an inflated sense of doing things as written rather than as intended leads to catastrophic downside (in this case, Carter, 1980, and government shutdowns) www.govexec.com/management/2...

That Time a Lawyer Invented the Government Shutdown

For nearly 200 years, shutdowns simply didn’t happen, even when Congress didn’t finish spending bills.

www.govexec.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

I LIKE BEER

We live in a unserious circus.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 5h

Brett Kavanaugh's behavior during today's second oral arguments has been incredibly obnoxious and rude. He is so eager to kill a service member's lawsuit against a negligent government contractor that he keeps interrupting other justices, raising his voice, and getting emotional. Weird and erratic.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 5h

Brett Kavanaugh's behavior during today's second oral arguments has been incredibly obnoxious and rude. He is so eager to kill a service member's lawsuit against a negligent government contractor that he keeps interrupting other justices, raising his voice, and getting emotional. Weird and erratic.

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Point Blank Sandwich Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

ICE is thug trash.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 9h

NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability

The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.

www.chicagotribune.com

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