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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 1h

This is so obscene. Create the conditions that put people on the street, then blame them for trying to survive.

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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 1h

Rare moment of complete f*cking unity between a Devils and Flyers fan (also, Gritty)

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 8h

Highly recommended (as is episode 1).

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Episode 2 of my Collateral Damage podcast is out today. Ryan Frederick killed a police officer during a pot raid on his home. He was tried for capital murder, but convicted of manslaughter.

We'd later learn that police informants were breaking into homes to obtain probable cause for raids.

Episode Two: A Death in the Dark

How the pre-planned no-knock raid — a violent, volatile tactic that became a common tool of the drug war — leads to tragic consequences.

theintercept.com

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 11h

“Every day, the formula is the same: The feds come out to clear the driveway, pushing nonviolent protesters out, they get in a stand-off with protesters, and eventually unleash a ridiculous amount of munitions—typically pepper balls and tear gas—and make brutal arrests."

Violence at Portland’s ICE facility is coming from one side: the officers

“People of all ages showed up on Sunday, some of which had a small picket line going, others blowing bubbles and using their voices to condemn [law enforcement’s] behavior. But it doesn’t matter what ...

therealnews.com

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 13h

Why do US infrastructure projects cost so much & take so long?

Consider the Hudson rail tunnel:
1995—Studies
2009—Construction
2010—NJ Gov Christie kills it
2011—Project relaunch
2015—Fed support
2017—GOP Congress kills funding
2021/22—Biden funds it
2023—Construction
2025—Trump claims to cancel it

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 22h

Trump announced today, seemingly at random, that he is cancelling fed funding for Gateway Tunnel, a tunnel for intercity & commuter trains under the Hudson River.

The motivation for the cancellation—which is likely to be contested—appears to be purely the president’s hatred of Sen Schumer.

Mark Abraham @markabraham.bsky.social · 22h

"If this system of transportation collapses, the Northeastern economy and the economy of the country collapses." The most important economic development project in the entire nation threatened with cancellation: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12h

Second article of impeachment of Richard Nixon:

“He has endeavoured…to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups

The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.

www.wsj.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

CHICAGO: “Feds chased a car through a residential neighborhood… intentionally crashed into the car.. responded to the crowd by hurling smoke grenades, shooting pepper balls and deploying 3 rounds of tear gas with children & seniors in the area…” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Discontented Bike Person @b1kes.bsky.social · 1d

They fully posted the meme but not the meme.

Image made by rovelo creative on behalf of the biking lawyer LLP. The text is it's getting dark out you sure had a bright coat of paint to your vehicle the subtext says remember road safety is a shared responsibility. In the middle of the picture is a black and yellow sedan on the black one with a red X under the green one with a a green check under it

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Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re like me, you sat up on your chair when S-tier character actor Kevin Tighe turned up in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. I had a wonderful conversation with him about it for The Reveal: thereveal.film/interview-ke...

Interview: Kevin Tighe on ‘One Battle After Another’ and a great career on stage and screen

The great character actor talks about his return to the screen in 'One Battle After Another' and a half-century journey in the business.

thereveal.film

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h

The CFPB is one of the most staunch financial watchdogs for the American people.

The agency has returned at least $20B to the victims of financial fraud and abuse since 2011.

It's no longer protecting consumers now...BECAUSE THIS REGIME DOESN'T WANT IT TO!

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

If your city’s trying hard to “stop the bleeding” in your downtown & waterfront, fill vacant buildings/spaces, and create positive momentum, this article might interest you. It’s more media from my work last week in Kingston, Jamaica, but it could apply to lots of struggling cities around the world.

Vacancy tax on idle properties proposed as part of waterfront’s economic revival - Jamaica Observer

Vacancy tax on idle properties proposed as part of waterfront’s economic revival

www.jamaicaobserver.com

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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, but it was listening to music

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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 1d

Didn’t they hire that guy from the Seattle Mariners to help with this?

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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 1d

This is a state of the art pedestrian island in a complete street by a park with speed camera in Chicago last Sunday.

Flexiposts and signs in a pedestrian island in Chicago destroyed by drivers

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 1d

Road to Canossa

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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 1d

Be all things to all people has its limits

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 1d

When it’s a 10 year old migrant, they’re treated like a murderer. For 25 year-old trust funded, kid stuff.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2d

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Families for Safe Streets @familiesforsafestreets.org · 1d

One neat trick to reduce speeding: Reduce lane width on streets

Graphic via Global Designing Cities Initiative

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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 1d

“The two have ties to North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik. Stefanik endorsed Giunta for the national leadership position earlier this year.

‘I was proud to support his campaign for National Young Republican Chair,’ Stefanik said”

Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 1d

Thread: Some good local public radio coverage of Young Republicans from various states involved in the racist antisemitic Telegram chat first outed by Politico. Here's NY 1/ www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...

Report: NY Young Republicans implicated in racist chat threads

Politico obtained text threads that had racist, antisemitic, and homophobic language.

www.northcountrypublicradio.org

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Families for Safe Streets @familiesforsafestreets.org · 1d

"New York, Seattle and Boston have all seen traffic deaths fall after lowering urban speed limits over the past decade." www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Are speed limits on the rise? As states OK 80 mph on highways, cities say '20 is plenty'

As city leaders urge drivers to slow down in urban areas, speeds on highways have steadily risen. Here's how speed limits are set and why.

www.usatoday.com

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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago and Illinois, meanwhile, is all about killing people for no reason.

Families for Safe Streets @familiesforsafestreets.org · 1d

"New York, Seattle and Boston have all seen traffic deaths fall after lowering urban speed limits over the past decade." www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Are speed limits on the rise? As states OK 80 mph on highways, cities say '20 is plenty'

As city leaders urge drivers to slow down in urban areas, speeds on highways have steadily risen. Here's how speed limits are set and why.

www.usatoday.com