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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks to @andycraig.bsky.social for prompting this exercise.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10h

"a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority"

The phrasing you're looking for is that he's suspending parts of the Constitution by decree.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 11h

The Daily Show’s Statement Regarding New Pentagon Press Restrictions

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11h

"In unison."

Amen.

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Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 1d

So many calls to the show about this today.

Just when Trump thought he'd tamped down calling him and the GOP nazis

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 21h

Every day this country sinks further into fascism and everyone who voted for Trump caused it and will be stained in history. They will have to answer to their children and grandchildren.

But I still welcome those who apologize to me for their vote and join the fight when they call my show.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21h

fail upward brunchlords do not get punished for sexting a source

After Kennedy Scandal, Olivia Nuzzi Lands a Leading Role at Vanity Fair

After a year spent away from the cameras, Olivia Nuzzi is preparing to reemerge on the American journalism scene. The

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 19h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

RFK Jr. greenlighted Vought further gutting the CDC, which no longer has any scientists or public health specialists in leadership.
RIFs were so chaotic (firing disease detectives during an Ebola breakout) than many were reversed.

Shutdown shitshow. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-shutdo...

Lets break this down a bit. Because of the way RIFs work, entire units were cut. Once the administration found that people they knew and liked, including people who had decades of experience in managing what to do when shit hits the fan, were being fired, they restored the entire unit. This speaks to the arbitrary nature of the RIFs. Someone who does not know the core tasks of the agency, or the science behind what they do, decided “hey, we don’t really need this.” Then they realize that they do. This is echoes the firing of nuclear weapon security staff that happened a few months ago. These are careless people, but sometimes they cuts are so obviously dangerous that they have to walk things back.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

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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PINKERITE @pinkerite.com · 1d

New on Pinkerite:

Steven Pinker: still undefeated as the "World's Most Annoying Man."

www.pinkerite.com/2025/10/stev...

Steven Pinker: still undefeated as the "World's Most Annoying Man"

Pinker's June 2025 appearance on Aporia podcast owned by neo-Nazi Emil Kirkegaard Everything I've heard about Steven Pinker's latest book...

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NGMcClernan @nmcclernan.bsky.social · 1d

Watch this everybody.

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Kathy Griffin: My Life On the PTSD List | Full Comedy Special

YouTube video by Kathy Griffin

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Kathy Griffin @kathygriffin.bsky.social · 1d

Elections aren’t every 4 years or every 2 years, they’re every year. In California we have a special election for prop 50 and it’s a YES. If Texas can gerrymander then we should be able to. I know my comments will be filled with bots, but I won’t be intimidated. Our democracy is vanishing❤️

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

An honor to receive the endorsement of
of nearly a dozen Black clergy leaders in Crown Heights today, including Bishop Orlando Findlayter.

I’m grateful for their support, and this powerful and humbling prayer.

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NGMcClernan @nmcclernan.bsky.social · 1d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF2R...

Good stuff - just released.

Kathy Griffin: My Life On the PTSD List | Full Comedy Special

YouTube video by Kathy Griffin

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Joel Cardwell @joelcardwell.bsky.social · 1d

Young Americans, 2025

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

They all look like failed clones of Blake Farenthold

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

my life's ambition is to be used as a powerless prop by a company with no ethics seeking to validate its relentless quest for maximum engagement in a country too corrupt to have functional regulators

OpenAI unveils “wellness” council; suicide prevention expert not included

OpenAI reveals which experts are steering ChatGPT mental health upgrades.

arstechnica.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 2d

Cuomo cannot answer the question! He refuses to condemn Trump.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

I used to think people just didn’t understand what Columbus did but now I think some are really attached to him (as opposed to other worthy italians to celebrate) because their whole thing is not only getting away with doing horrible things but forcing everyone to praise them for being horrible

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Mangini In A Bottle @manginiinabottle.bsky.social · 2d

I think it's incredibly brave of you to be this stupid, in front of so many, truly inspiring

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PINKERITE @pinkerite.com · 2d

New on Pinkerite:

Bee-yoo-ti-ful takedown of Bari Weiss by John Oliver's "Last Week Tonight"

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Bee-yoo-ti-ful takedown of Bari Weiss by John Oliver's "Last Week Tonight"

Normally when I post Youtube videos here, most are from excellent but fairly obscure content creators. To be sure, I have posted content fr...

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globalhublet.bsky.social @globalhublet.bsky.social · 3d

John Oliver Warns Viewers to Keep a Close Eye on CBS News in Wake of “Alarming” Bari Weiss Hire

John Oliver used his main segment on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight to take a close look at Bari Weiss, the newly appointed editor-in-chief of CBS news. Earlier this month, Paramount announced that it had…

John Oliver Warns Viewers to Keep a Close Eye on CBS News in Wake of “Alarming” Bari Weiss Hire

John Oliver used his main segment on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight to take a close look at Bari Weiss, the newly appointed editor-in-chief of CBS news. Earlier this month, Paramount announced that it had officially acquired The Free Press, the digital publication founded by Weiss, and would bring Weiss into the fold of CBS News, which, as The Hollywood Reporter recently reported, had been expected but also was greeted with dread inside the news division. Weiss works outside of the current org chart by reporting directly to Paramount CEO David Ellison, while…

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