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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 2h

This is Johnson saying the GOP Nazis had VIP tickets to Trump's inauguration. As proof there's no reason to be concerned about Nazis in the GOP.

What a time to be alive. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: Are you worried about extremist pro-Hitler sentiment among young Republicans?

JOHNSON: No. I don't know who any of these people are. I've never heard of them. Somebody posted a photo of me standing next to these guys wearing tuxedos. It was at the inauguration, people were coming up for selfies

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🎃 Elizawitch 🎃 @shinylion.bsky.social · 1h

Nyx, the Witch Queen, is so damn adorable. Her personality really shines through.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 2h

Autumn puppy bomb!

Nyx at the park hanging out on Whiskey’s favorite rock.

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 2d

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 4h

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 2h

My brothers and sisters.... baes and theys ... the stupid have inherited the earth...

we must beat them back with high order thinking ... and good ole fashioned book learning.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 2h

The single most vital ability in the face of totalitarianism ... is the ability to figure it out

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 2h

There was a 48 hour period on tiktok where the youth were being propagandized to support Osama bin Laden... there were facts... but no context....

If you believe professors are simply human fact machines... you are severely misunderstanding Comprehension and cognition...

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 17h

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

www.forbes.com

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💀spoOOoookika💀 @the17thqueen.bsky.social · 2h

👉NEURODIVERGENCE IS NOT A DISEASE 👈

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 5h

“When you have a disability people can’t see,” Joy says of her daughter, “you don’t get as much empathy.”

The long Covid numbers are enormous, rivaling conditions like ADHD and autism as one of the most common chronic diseases in American youth today.

Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 2h

Stop calling us Nazis or we’ll murder you over things you say

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Homan: "If the hateful rhetoric continues, there will be bloodshed. People are going to die ... there is going to be more bloodshed unless this hateful rhetoric stops."

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 2h

www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

U.S. support for Argentina could hit $40 billion

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said an additional $20 billion in private-sector loans for Argentina could effectively double the value of a U.S. rescue plan.

www.nbcnews.com

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 2h

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

Trump promised farmers a bailout. Time is running out.

The White House blames Democrats and the government shutdown for the delay of their multibillion-dollar bailout, but that’s just one of many problems the administration faces.

www.politico.com

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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 1h

Let the Countdown Begin.

A woman with a stack of books on her lap.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 2h

Since we can’t rely on the HHS, CDC, or FDA to say it, I will:

MAKE SURE YOU ARE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. GET YOUR MMR.

Measles cases have reached their HIGHEST point since the disease WAS ELIMINATED from the United States in 2000. We are at the tipping point for the return of ENDEMIC measles.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 15h

When Big Balls got beat up by 15-year-olds they said DC should prosecute 14-year-olds as adults.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15h

Hitlergate wasn't "kids"—it was 20- and 30-something GOP flacks.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 13h

Great profile of Elle Bisgaard-Church, the novice campaign mgr to novice mayoral candidate Mamdani; a team that connected, stayed on message...& deftly handled tired machine politics.

Frankly, it's a relief. Mamdani & Bisgaard-Church are poised to run NYC.
🧾 www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 1d

“I want to be absolutely clear, the only people at risk in this moment are the residents of the city of Chicago. The only people walking around with military weapons, tear gas, rubber bullets are ICE agents.” | blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/a... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Ald. Jessie Fuentes Gears Up To Sue After Being Handcuffed By ICE Agent

The Humboldt Park alderperson was handcuffed and threatened with arrest by federal agents this month while asking agents if they had a warrant for a man they detained in her neighborhood.

blockclubchicago.org

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 7h

"We are a decade into Trumpism. These Young Republicans have never known any other type of Republicanism. We’re talking about a full generation of Republicans who only understand politics in the context of an authoritarian project."

www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr...

All the Pretty Little Nazis

The shape of things to come.

www.thebulwark.com

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 23h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 6h

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

Dwyer also invoked a white supremacist coded message in the group. When a member asked what their hotel room number was, Dwyer responded with 1488.

The number 1488 is code for the 14-word white supremacist slogan, "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children," and 88 for HH, shorthand for Heil Hitler.

When the group discussed linking an opponent in the Young Republicans to a white supremacist groups, others in the chat said it would backfire and cause the Kansas Young Republicans to join them.

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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 5h

"I am so sorry to those offended by the insensitive and inexcusable language found within the more than 28,000 messages of a private group chat that I created during my campaign to lead the Young Republicans," he said.- "to those offended" isn't an apology.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Vic Mensa, an American rapper born and raised in Chicago, breaks down ICE raids and the politics of division.

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Firestorm Books @firestorm.coop · 4h

Time is almost up on our Trash Fascism, Not Books shirt sale! ⏰ These won't be available in-store or online after this week! www.bonfire.com/store/firest...

A white cotton ringer tee with an illustrated print by artist Des Revol. The art depicts a cute possum curled up with the book Maus by Art Spiegelman. In a ring around the possum is the text "Trash Fascism, Not Books".

A black crewneck sweatshirt with an illustrated print by artist Des Revol. The art depicts a cute possum curled up with the book Maus by Art Spiegelman. In a ring around the possum is the text "Trash Fascism, Not Books".

A green unisex tee with an illustrated print by artist Des Revol. The art depicts a cute possum curled up with the book Maus by Art Spiegelman. In a ring around the possum is the text "Trash Fascism, Not Books".

A black scoop neck tee with an illustrated print by artist Des Revol. The art depicts a cute possum curled up with the book Maus by Art Spiegelman. In a ring around the possum is the text "Trash Fascism, Not Books".

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