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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 3d

I think the average person does not realize how ableist our entire country is, and relatedy how bad most media outlets are at covering disability issues.

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 3d

People are really asking me why the mainstream news is barely reporting the closing of special ed dept at DoEd like all our big media companies aren't owned and run by absolute psychopaths.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10d

“An ICE agent claimed someone was trying to force their way into a door, but it was just a CBS News Chicago photographer filming the exterior of the building.”

Skyflyer Channel 8 News @skyflyer82.bsky.social · 10d

Broadview police chief accuses ICE agents of making false 911 calls www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Broadview police chief accuses ICE agents of making false 911 calls

Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said ICE agents are draining the resources of his department and the community by making false 911 calls.

www.cbsnews.com

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 13d

Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 14d

Cowardice isn't funny.

Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 14d

Fucking disgusting variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Jimmy Fallon Plans to ‘Keep My Head Down’ and Avoid Politics on ‘The Tonight Show’: ‘We Hit Both Sides Equally’

Jimmy Fallon says he plans to "keep my head down" and avoid politics on "The Tonight Show."

variety.com

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 16d

Eric Adams

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16d

So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.

These two gotta go.

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 18d

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival

www.avclub.com

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Scout Tufankjian 🧿 @stufankjian.bsky.social · 18d

This is simultaneously enraging and wildly unsurprising.

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 18d

This chart is actually very useful for conveying where the median elite opinion around Trump’s policies were/may be

A chart of NYT opinion writers judging what’s consequential and positive in the Trump 2 admin

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Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · 19d

A lot of crocodile tears from former Biden officials but they deserve absolute zero sympathy because they weren’t as powerless as they claim.

McGurk, in particular, should be held accountable with his shenanigans that go even beyond the genocide in Gaza. Yet, he’s still regularly invited by CNN.

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 20d

A government or a party that has no measure of accountability for failure is not a functional one. In a functional administration, all of these people would be blacklisted for the rest of their careers at the very least, not angling for new jobs.

Some Biden Aides are Shifting Their Tune on Israel

Some are changing positions because of Trump’s approach to Israel, and a few are wrestling with whether they could have done more when in charge.

www.politico.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20d

This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation

www.nytimes.com

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 19d

Enav Tsangauker, mother of the hostage Matan Tsangauker, following Netanyahu's speech:

"Netanyahu,
This is the last time you utter Matan Tsengauker's name from your mouth!
You pathetic, cowardly, deceitful, manipulative, and unfit piece of trash."

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 19d

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 20d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 22d

Odysseus had his crew lash him to the mast to keep him from doing an interview with Chotiner.

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Frankendarling @futurehasbeen.bsky.social · 22d

New Chotiner interview just dropped.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshksi.bsky.social · 22d

when the interview goes well: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Screenshot from New Yorker interview by Isaac Chotiner with Cass Sunstein

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 22d

the secondhand embarrassment reading the new Chotiner is overwhelming

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 21d

Give Issac Chotiner subpoena power

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23d

Alaa Abdel Fattah: Egypt's president pardons prominent activist

Amazing news!!

Alaa Abdel Fattah: Egypt's president pardons prominent activist

The British-Egyptian activist is one of six people whose sentences President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi commuted, according to state media.

www.bbc.com

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 22d

The picture we've all been waiting for: #AlaaIsFree

h/t: Mohamed Elbaqer

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · Sep 15

We should be alarmed that the VPOTUS is lying so blatantly about this. He knows he's lying, and he knows the media and informed public know he's lying. And he's lying anyway. Scary stuff.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Sep 15

Vance: “People on the left are much likelier to defend and celebrate political violence. This is not a both sides problem. If both sides have a problem, then one side has a much bigger and malignant problem and that is the truth.”

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · Sep 15

My optimism here is limited, but I really hope centrist institutions like universities and major news organizations understand that the plan is for the govt to dismantle them. They do not care if you fire your columnists or discipline staff for accurately quoting Kirk. They just want us all gone.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Sep 15

In a Hitleresque speech, JD Vance says there can be no unity with the left and vows to use the government to dismantle non-profit NGOs and liberal civil society who he says promote violence and terrorism.

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