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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 16m

Trump is completely cutting Congress out of the loop and assuming their authority and powers for himself—with congressional Republicans completely signing off on it.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 20m

…without public comment or environmental review, per the Hous Chron article

Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 1h

Exclusive: Leaked documents detail Trump's plans to open East and West coasts to offshore oil drilling.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social · 16m

Tracking the kidnapped children of Ukraine

www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/w...

Tracking the kidnapped children of Ukraine | CNN

Aidan Stretch joins The Lead

www.cnn.com

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 2h

Just published: "Trump’s White House Demolition Isn’t His First Time Leveling A Building — Or Ignoring Preservationists"

me, for @forbes.com

Trump’s White House Demolition Isn’t His First Time Leveling A Building — Or Ignoring Preservationists

In 1980, Trump destroyed Art Deco sculptures he'd promised to the Met to speed up Trump Tower's construction—now he's demolishing the White House's East Wing for a massive ballroom despite preservatio...

www.forbes.com

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 1h

If you own a historic house, it takes months, if not years, to get all the necessary permits to renovate your home.

If you’re an authoritarian President hell bent on turning the White House into the Mar-a-Lago of the Mid-Atlantic, it takes no time at all.

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Laura Martínez 🥑 @miblogestublog.bsky.social · 2h

ok who did this? ☹️

a doctored photo of the back of a $20 bill featuring the White House being demolished by an excavator

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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 21m

Prime Minister Mark Carney announces he is aiming for Canada to double its non-US exports over the next decade

He says "this will generate C$300 billion more in trade"

Picture of Mark Carney speaking in Ottawa

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sweetrhesus.bsky.social @sweetrhesus.bsky.social · 14m

I thought it was already gone

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 16m

White House's entire East Wing to be demolished 'within days,' officials say

www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

White House's entire East Wing to be demolished 'within days,' officials say

Trump said in July that the project “won’t interfere with the current building.”

www.nbcnews.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2h

This is extrajudicial murder. It is illegal and unethical. And it is a pathetic use of American military force, demonstrating not strength but weakness.

Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 8h

U.S. strikes alleged drug vessel, this time on the Pacific side.

In what is the eighth known U.S. attack on a boat since Sept. 2, two to three individuals aboard the vessel were killed.

www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-str...

U.S. strikes 8th alleged drug vessel, this time on the Pacific side

This is the first U.S. strike against an alleged drug vessel on the Pacific side of South America.

www.cbsnews.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2h

Trump has now murdered 34 people in international waters.

No one has any idea if any were criminals, and of course it doesn't matter, because it was a war crime to kill even a single one of them.

Drug trafficking is a felony, but it's not a violent crime and isn't punishable by summary execution.

Trump administration announces another strike on alleged drug-carrying boat, in the Pacific Ocean

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says in a social media post the U.S. military conducted its eighth strike against an alleged drug vessel

www.independent.co.uk

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1h

NYT reporting on this story has been exceptional, but it’s worth considering how the framing might differ if a foreign nation or group was blowing up American boats with Americans a few miles off the Florida shore.

Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 3h

"Antidrug campaign" dear lord

NYT: U.S. expands its antidrug campaign, striking a boat in the Pacific off Colombia.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

Making Argentina Great Again. Indefensible.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 2h

So, Thomas Jefferson's university is planning to re-segregate.

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 2h

UVA agreed to the "Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination" (link down thread). UVA pays nothing and does not get an outside monitor (unlike Columbia).

Critically, this doesn't stop the feds from opening new inquiries.

federalinfo.virginia.edu/sites/federa...

Screenshot of agreement which reads: 11.If at any time after the Effective Date, the United States in its sole discretion determines that UVA is making insufficient progress toward compliance with the Civil Rights Laws,
it will so notify UVA and provide UVA with a period of 15 days to make appropriate progress. If the United States determines in its sole discretion after that time that UVA has not made adequate progrcss, the United States may terminate this Agreement and may
pursue enforcement actions, monetary fines, or grant or funding terminations as appropriate, and may resume all Investigations held in abeyance during the pendency of this Agreement.

Screenshot of agreement that reads: 12. Nothing in this Agreement alfects in any way the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC")'s right to bring, process, investigatc, litigate, or otherwise seek relief in any charge filed by individual charging parties or third parties that may be filed against UVA after the Effective Date of this Agreement, in accordance with standard EEOC procedures, including individual or third-party charges filed after the Effective Date
of the Agreement but which may allege conduct that occurred before the Effective Date of the Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement applies to any currently pending EEOC charges
brought by individual charging parties or third-parties against UVA.

13. Nothing in this Agreement prevents the United States, during the pendency of this Agreement, from conducting new compliance reviews or investigations or otherwise seeking information related to alleged violations of Civil Rights Laws arising after the Effective Date.

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Kim @kimoco.bsky.social · 3h

This is what it used to look like inside the lobby area.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 3h

This is gone now. The East Wing lobby two years ago.

Kim @kimoco.bsky.social · 3h

This is what it used to look like inside the lobby area.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1h

Even in the movies, scenes of the White House getting blown up by invading aliens or terrorists feel emotionally unsettling.

It’s the People’s House after all.

So imagine having to witness its destruction in real life…and the culprit is the President.