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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8h

“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.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3h

Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h

Mockler: We saw this Nazi group chat which I’m sure you condemn right?

Kolvet: We can talk about it

Mockler: Do you condemn it?

Kolvet: I want to talk about it

Mockler: So, you’re like JD Vance? You won’t condemn this?

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NoINGSOC @noingsoc.bsky.social · 13h

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · Aug 29

The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it.

ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.

Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.

(c/o Caroline Codsi)

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

They arrested a giraffe.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

JD Vance when people makes jokes about Charlie Kirk: "call their employer."

JD Vance when Republican staffers say "I love Hitler" and fantasize about throwing political opponents in gas chambers: "that's what kids do...we're not canceling kids because they did something stupid."

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Raymond J. Mollica @raymondmollica.bsky.social · 8h

No one outside of the cult is fooled

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

Pretending to the world that you are the president of peace while waging war at home is diabolical.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

"Adding to the train wreck, Halligan’s appointment as US attorney may not even be legal, meaning that the indictment is a legal nullity … which may actually be the least embarrassing outcome here for the Justice Department." — @lizdye.bsky.social

The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!

www.publicnotice.co

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."

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Ray @rayharry.bsky.social · 1d

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Hesi @hunterhesi.bsky.social · 9h

His finger is in position to fire. I know most of these guys aren’t trained much but putting your finger on the trigger or within the trigger guard is only for when you are intending to shoot and have a target. It’s basic gun safety.

Zoomed in photo from the post, focusing on the Federal Agent’s weapon. The agent’s finger is on the trigger and within the trigger guard. There is a red circle drawn to highlight this.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 9h

This is Chicago, armed fascist thugs pointing guns at unarmed US citizens.

Photo by Anthony Vazquez at the Chicago Sun-Times.

Armed officers in military-style gear confront a group of civilians during a tense outdoor standoff; one officer points a rifle at a young man who raises his hands defensively while others shout in the background, with trees and houses visible behind them.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

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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Selina Grissom @lilrdvet2.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 11h

Hey Mike Johnson – the more you facilitate a cover-up and do everything in your power to prevent the release of the Epstein files – the more your constituents, the American public, and the whole world are going to believe you are guilty of the exact same types of crimes as Jeffrey Epstein.

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Raymond J. Mollica @raymondmollica.bsky.social · 8h

The Founders never counted (desired?) on permanent political parties, but seeing as that ship had sailed, what they never dreamed of in their darkest hours was the modern GOP, suffused with MAGA cultists, literally becoming a Fifth Column in power.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h

The Founders counted on Congress being interested in protecting its own powers vis a vis the executive. They certainly didn't foresee a speaker like Mike Johnson. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism

Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.

www.thebulwark.com

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 12h

It's going to be so funny when the "Hate America" rally, as described by the GOP, is attended by historic crowds of normies

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Raymond J. Mollica @raymondmollica.bsky.social · 8h

In that he viewed himself, a white man, superior to African Americans.

That's about the long and the short.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10h

these people are insane

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Brooke Rollins: "Charlie Kirk is in a way the modern day Thomas Jefferson."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

Topics Mike Johnson thinks are serious:

- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders

Topics he thinks are not serious:

- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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