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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 6h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 7h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 10h

Kind of amazing that the photo Politico used of one of these folks -- the one who made a joke about gas chambers -- is from an event that Politico sponsored last summer.

Peter Giunta participates in a CNN-POLITICO Grill discussion at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July 16, 2024. | Rod Lamkey Jr. for POLITICO

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11h

The entire first two months of the Biden administration were taken up by obsessive complaining about how he wouldn't do press conferences & wasn't taking policy questions (bsky.app/profile/mcop...).

This? Gone tomorrow. Totally different set of standards applied to two totally different parties.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12h

Imagine the media reaction if a single Democrat ever said anything like this ever once in history.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 13h

Shit must be bad for republicans if Politico is starting to care about racism

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13h

“At least one person in the Telegram chat works in the Trump administration: Michael Bartels, who, according to his LinkedIn account, serves as a senior adviser in the office of general counsel within the U.S. Small Business Administration.”

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

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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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 14h

The Cankles Shake
It’s Tuesday. There are 385 days until the midterm elections. Airports say no thanks to Noem, the Pentagon goes to war with the press and about that ceasefire.

The Cankles Shake

It’s Tuesday. There are 385 days until the midterm elections. Airports say no thanks to Noem, the Pentagon goes to war with the press and about that ceasefire.

www.thealtmedia.com

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 15h

Damn

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 15h

I am about to go for the longest walk. Heartbreaking. balleralert.com/profiles/blo...

D’Angelo Dead At 51 After Battle With Pancreatic Cancer

Neo-soul legend D’Angelo has died after a private battle with pancreatic cancer. Read Baller Alert’s exclusive report celebrating his life, music, and impact.

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 15h

They shot a pastor in the face with a pepper ball.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15h

Time owner Marc Benioff (and Salesforce CEO) just announced a few days ago that he's eager to start sucking Trump's dick full time. He even wants troops deployed to San Francisco. But as we see here, it's never enough. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18h

The many media outlets, politicians, and commentators who rushed to declare “a great peace, glory to the king!” should ask themselves why they did that, and figure out how to not make the same mistake again.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

(ABC) - The Israel Defense Forces said its troops opened fire on Palestinians, killing five, after they allegedly violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement.

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Israel-Gaza live updates: 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza City for alleged ceasefire violation, IDF says

Israel on Tuesday identified two of the people whose remains were returned.

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Kentucky Football @kentuckyfootball.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats on an incredible career, Za'Darius Smith 👏

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

The hostage release is a reminder of how bad the Dems are at politics. Not only did Biden refuse to force this deal on Netanyahu & thereby help Harris win, but most people aren’t even aware that Biden got way more Israeli hostages (over 100) released with his 2023 ceasefire than Trump did with his.

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 1d

Bari off to a great start

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

CBS News picking up an anti-Mamdani story from The Free Press and...misspelling his name. Oy.

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 1d

Here’s last night’s story about Bari Weiss, CBS News, Paramount Skydance, and why the Upper West Side is a lot more than just “Seinfeld territory.” youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

The high-profile success of Olivia Nuzzi & Bari Weiss sends such an awful, awful signal to, and about, female journalists. So many sharp, careful, dedicated journalists out there and *this* is what the establishment rewards? This is the incentive structure? It's so gross.

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 2d

God is a globalist

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 2d

JOURNALISM!!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Dasha Burns to Trump after he dissed her and didn't know who she was: "Sir, talk to Karoline. She'll vouch for me."

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 2d

I think anyone who knows me would agree that I think Trump is the literal scum of the earth and resisting his idiotic brand of fascism should be the cause of our lives.

But y’all closing an umbrella is fucking hard sometimes!

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 2d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 2d

A question all Democrats could ask reporters during live interviews is “how many White House officials are you talking to on background for a book about Trump’s dementia that won’t come out until after he’s gone?”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Pritzker to @gregsargent.bsky.social: "Trump says a lot of crazy things. I genuinely think there's something wrong with him. I wish his family would intervene... I don’t think anybody around is going to do it bc they’re benefiting from his dementia"

Full interview: newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Zach Goldberg @zgoldberg.bsky.social · 2d

Really amazes me that the WH press corps and political media just doesn't care that Trump is a sociopathic liar.

1) Biden wasn't president on January 6, 2021
2) Kash Patel has refuted this
3) We all fucking saw J6 with our damn eyes.

But I guess their Special Boy gets special coverage rules.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Kentucky Men's Basketball @kentuckymensbball.bsky.social · 3d

Mark Pope and John Wall, name a better duo … we’ll wait.

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Written by Uju ✍🏽 @writtenbyuju.bsky.social · 3d

Al Pacino’s love letter to Diane Keaton. 🥹 🤍

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