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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 4h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Peter Elkind @peterelkind.bsky.social · 6h

At his WH briefing, Trump spoke, noted NYT, of delivering "seemingly impossible price reductions, such as a '654 percent discount'" on an AstraZeneca inhaler.

Why "seemingly"? As any math teacher knows, claims of 100%+ price cuts are 100% impossible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/h...

Trump Announces a Deal on Drug Prices With AstraZeneca

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 4h

In which Vance calls @propublica.org -- recipient of the Pulitzer for Public Service two years running -- a "left wing blog" and then admits on national TV that he hasn't read the very story he's dismissing.

Here's the story, btw:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 7h

Trump knows he was president on Jan. 6. He’s simply lying to rewrite the history of his attempted coup.

Just like Trump knew he lost the 2020 election and lied to fraudulently subvert the results.

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 7h

A few blocks from me here in Philly, an FBI agent randomly shot and killed a dog in front of its owner on the sidewalk because it growled at her dog. The police... Took a report and the DA did nothing.

FBI agent who shot, killed dog in Philadelphia will not face charges

On Friday, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office confirmed Jacqueline Maguire would not be charged but did not say why.

whyy.org

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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 9h

book covers featuring the muppets: thread

Elmo on the cover of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 9h

At least half a dozen companies vying for some of the $45B allocated for immigration detention work hired a friend of border czar Tom Homan because that friend (who previously had Homan on his payroll) led them to believe his connections to Homan would help their chances of scoring a contract.

Trading on Tom Homan: Inside the Push to Cash in on the Trump Administration’s Deportation Campaign

A Pennsylvania businessman who had Tom Homan on his payroll led companies to believe his connections to the future border czar could help advance their bids for government work, industry executives sa...

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 11h

“ICE kidnapped a community member here,” reads one. “Never forget/no nos olvidamos,” says another.

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’

The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

www.washingtonpost.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”

By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23h

A federal judge in Illinois has ordered the Trump administration to stop beating, shooting at, and generally using violence against journalists and peaceful protesters. trib.al/4vE1zjf

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d

His granddaughter was saying, “ ‘Oh my God. Why are the police talking to pop-pop?’”

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/07/a...

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 3d

Armed agents in Florida showed up at the door of a 77-year-old anti-Trump protester who wrote a postcard to the state's finance chief that said only "You lack values" www.axios.com/local/tampa-...

Armed Florida agents visited Largo man over postcard critical of CFO Ingoglia

The situation raises questions about how Ingoglia's office is utilizing law enforcement.

www.axios.com

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 1d

This is a crime against nature

jeff larson @hey.jeffl.es · 1d

I don’t know! Once you see it you can’t unsee!

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Aura is My Real Name @aurajustaura.bsky.social · 1d

"We can't afford to shop at any store that has a philosophy." - Marge Simpson 😂

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 1d

New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."

Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"

The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...

www.cato.org

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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 2d

I keep thinking about how this shutdown feels so different and I think it comes down to this — the administration is already basically ignoring laws and appropriations etc. A shutdown doesn’t feel as consequential when things are already bashed up and the plan is to do that more.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2d

One fed employee told me the internal conversations feel very different from previous shutdowns.

www.gravityisgone.com/federal-empl...

"Every other fed I've talked to agrees how much it sucks to be furloughed, but also that this shutdown needs to continue until the administration starts respecting the rule of law," said a NOAA employee. "Even the conservative Republicans."

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 2d

We've had 250 years to come up with something catchier than "Semiquincentennial" and yet, nothing.

I blame myself.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen.

We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously.

Here's how to get in touch securely 👇

How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica

Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

propublica.org

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 2d

I've given instructions to my reporters that if I ever send something like this, they have my permission to frag me.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Lizzy @stonedeva.bsky.social · 2d

Friday vibes

Kirsten Dunst stares into the distance while holding a cigarette with a seriously long ash and drinking red wine from a plastic cup... captioned
"I'm so tired of everything."

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 2d

You forgot Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

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Michael Squires @mgsquires.bsky.social · 2d

Our latest on Boring Co.’s alleged flouting of environmental regulations as it builds a tunnel-transportation system beneath Las Vegas. www.propublica.org/article/elon...

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

www.propublica.org

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Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · 2d

“I don’t want to be here anymore… What am I supposed to do?”

Trump wants them to self deport. They want to self deport. But many Venezuelans cannot leave … like this woman who told me she now plans to try to turn herself into ICE to get out of USA.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 2d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 2d

In July, Pérez got a call from CBP Home telling her she’d be on a flight out of the US in August.

She began packing.

Then, after weeks of silence, somebody called to say there might be a delay.

Then no more info, and no plane tickets.

by @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

www.propublica.org

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