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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2h
I asked Border Patrol why they used a Michael Jackson song with antisemitic lyrics, highlighted this morning by @paleofuture.bsky.social. You're not gonna believe this but they did not answer my questions: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Border Patrol won’t say why it used a Michael Jackson song with antisemitic lyrics
The video was live on Facebook and Instagram for two months.
www.motherjones.com
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1h
No money for healthcare, no money for veterans, no money for farmers. But good news: Trump just doubled Argentina’s bailout to $40 billion.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h
"People want what they want and I don’t see how we can make Republican voters not want fascism. @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social would say that sustained electoral defeats might cure Republican voters. Or bad real-world outcomes. But I’m not so sure." Discuss.
All the Pretty Little Nazis
The shape of things to come.
www.thebulwark.com
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Julie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social · 6h
Putin must be delighted www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/...
U.S. falls out of top 10 on list of the world’s most powerful passports
The U.S. is now in the 12th spot — it was first a decade ago. The index ranks how many destinations a passport holder can visit without needing a visa.
www.washingtonpost.com
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taz1.bsky.social @taz1.bsky.social · 1h
Trump is right.
This will all end at SCOTUS and RW takeover will be complete.
UGH
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Politico @politico.com · 2h
EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.
Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office
An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 2h
Hey Mike Johnson – the more you facilitate a cover-up and do everything in your power to prevent the release of the Epstein files – the more your constituents, the American public, and the whole world are going to believe you are guilty of the exact same types of crimes as Jeffrey Epstein.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h
Federal Judge blocks shutdown layoffs.

DOJ lawyer refuses to defend cuts, merely argues jurisdiction.

Judge: “This hatchet is falling on the heads of employees all across the nation, and you're not even prepared to address whether that's legal?”
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-shutdo...
UPDATE: A federal Judge has imposed a temporary block on RIFs during the shutdown, saying the Trump administration has: taken advantage of the lapse in government spending, in government functioning, to to assume that that all bets are off, that the laws don’t apply to them anymore and that they can impose the structures that they like on a government situation that they don’t like. And I believe that the plaintiffs will demonstrate ultimately that what’s being done here is both illegal and is in excess of authority.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1h
Another loss in court for Trump Administration

Judge temporarily blocks administration from firing workers during government shutdown

www.cbsnews.com/news/governm...
Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from firing workers during government shutdown
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated."
www.cbsnews.com
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1h
I am not an expert partisan communicator or anything but for months, it was weird to me how so many Dem leaders and key figures just didn’t tack on things like “… while using armed troops to invade american cities, and using your tax dollars to fund a secret police terrorizing your town” even as…
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h
U.S. budget chief signals massive layoffs: Budget Director Russell Vought said the government is planning layoffs that could exceed 10,000 workers as part of federal cost-cutting measures. Vought cautions on critical services: He warned that the administration aims to avoid
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 3h
"I do think he needs help – and I don't think anybody around him, on a day-to-day basis, wants to get him any help, because they have more power based upon his diminished capacity."

Gov. JB Pritzker
re Donald Trump
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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 3h
Breaking: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Upend Key Provision of Voting Rights Act

gift link 🎁: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Upend Key Provision of Voting Rights Act
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7h
"It’s getting worse. I mean this neither as an expression of hyperbole nor a cry of alarm. I mean this simply as a factual statement about where we are." And more than three quarters of Trump 2.0 left.

Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
It’s Getting Worse.
The Trump administration’s assault on the rest of us is intensifying.
www.thebulwark.com
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taz1.bsky.social @taz1.bsky.social · 3h
Don't tease us with a good time.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h
Check it out!

From the vault: Mike Johnson said he’d take a blowtorch to the ACA.

Here’s the thing… 45% of marketplace enrollees are Republicans. Cool! So he’s threatening to burn the GOP’s own base. 🔥
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 3h
"Mike Johnson is covering up for pedophiles. I won't stop saying it."

Sen. Ruben Gallego
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 3h
holy fuck, Donny gave a batshit speech at Charlie Kirk's memorial where, I shit you not, at one point he bragged about being better at not getting killed. who does that? a moron, that's who. thank you for your attention to my post in which in take this dipshit to task. link is here: bit.ly/3Ld5dEM
now, did you have ‘I’m better at ducking bullets than Charlie Kirk’ on your bingo card? congratulations, you’re our winner! all perfectly normal stuff. who among us hasn’t spoken at a memorial and bragged about not getting murdered? who among us hasn’t then gone on to talk about ourselves some more? that’s what Bullet Duckin’ Donny did through the whole thing. he told one insane “anecdote” after another about himself, occasionally punctuating it with something like ‘and Charlie thought that was awesome.’ you know, just to keep things topical. but again, it’s all perfectly normal stuff. who among us hasn’t used the commemoration of a dear friend’s life to brag about how you single-handedly saved Los Angeles?
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taz1.bsky.social @taz1.bsky.social · 3h
Hawley should be rotting in a cell.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h
We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4h
Whether it's Democrats standing with the Capitol Police or the Republicans standing on them, both parties have a complicated relationship with the Capitol Police.
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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 3h
Guess the senator didn’t like my column:
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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 4h
ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h
Apparently, the official GOP response to the leaked Young Republican chats is “come on, it’s not a big deal that these guys are using racial slurs and praising Hitler, that’s totally normal” and, uh, that sorta raises more questions?
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h
Public health should never be politicized.
 
In the wake of the federal government abandoning science for conspiracy theories, it's up to governors to step up.
 
Proud to join my colleagues in the Governors Public Health Alliance to keep communities safe and put our people first.
Graphic of the Governors Public Health Alliance that reads Disease doesn’t stop at state borders - and neither should state preparedness.
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