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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h

Sydney Reid acquitted.

This was a case where someone filming was assaulted, and then arrested and charged with felony assault.

The grand jury no billed that, so they took her to trial on a misdemeanor charge. There were a bunch of discovery problems.

And now this.

Kudos to the FPDS!

A verdict form for Sydney Lori Reid. She was found Not Guilty.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1h

👀

jdsazimuth.me @jdsazimuth.me · 1h

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Leaders know when to signal trouble

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Hochul: "They promised to extract revenge on their political enemies & apparently any state that has a D gov. Tell me how Florida & Texas could receive these same funds w/o having to go to court? They're playing politics, but more than that, they're playing with people's lives. And that's abhorrent"

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1h

Sure does

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2h

Whether he jumped or was pushed, this seems like a big deal. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2h

Whether he jumped or was pushed, this seems like a big deal. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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/r/Habs @habsonreddit.bsky.social · 3h

MSL today on Brendan Gallagher:

“He does a lot of ordinary plays that allows people around him to do extraordinary things. He’s done that his whole life, his whole career…You know what you’re getting out of him. You’re getting consistent, ordinary things. It’s usually with courage, hard work.”

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 20h

If you would like to be sad I recommend reading any feature article from 2014 or earlier. The undercurrent of optimism. The general lack of cynicism. The unspoken belief that the future would be better than the past

That's a world we all lived in

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Yuri T @yt99.bsky.social · 3h

Could be his nephew

a man with a beard is standing in front of a computer screen with mathematical equations on it .

ALT: a man with a beard is standing in front of a computer screen with mathematical equations on it .

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 5h

frontrunner www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million in Vegas playing blackjack

The billionaire Illinois governor, who is on the 2028 presidential short list, reported the earnings in his latest tax filings after playing blackjack at a Las Vegas casino.

www.nbcnews.com

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Tao of Stieb @taoofstieb.bsky.social · 18h

Vlad’s postseason slash line:

.464 AVG
.515 OBP
.964 SLG
1.479 OPS

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

“Deplorables” was a scandal for years and she wasn’t even in the government yet. This is the White House Press Secretary, whose salary is paid by the American public.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4h

We're 16 days into Trump and the Republican Party shutting down the federal government because Democrats refuse to throw sick Americans under the bus.

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Yuri T @yt99.bsky.social · 3h

** it is illegal **

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 5h

Ten years ago today.

Tweet that reads: 'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 6h

FYI “Young Republicans” are adult men

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it’s me, aubrey plaza accord @sellingtheta.bsky.social · 4h

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 8h

Pope Leo XIV — noted White Sox fan — wasn't too busy to miss the Cubs' postseason elimination 🤣

www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 10h

Why tho Steve, what about it makes cuts more urgent

*FED'S MIRAN SAYS US-CHINA SPAT MAKES RATE CUTS MORE URGENT

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Dave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social · 21h

The thing that always gets me is that Tolkien obviously would have hated Silicon Valley generally, and these particular guys specifically.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

John Solomon didn’t stumble onto a secret — he recycled one. The Jan 6 committee’s phone-metadata subpoenas were public and reported years ago. This is how the right keeps the outrage machine humming: rename oversight as spying, erase timelines, and sell déjà vu.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

The Right’s Favorite Magic Trick: Turning Old News Into New Scandal

John Solomon’s “discovery” about Jan 6 phone records isn’t a scoop — it’s a rerun dressed as revelation.

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Yuri T @yt99.bsky.social · 21h

Feature not bug

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 21h

“Companies sending representatives to the East Room event include Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon.com and Palantir Technologies, according to the White House.”

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22h

"a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority"

The phrasing you're looking for is that he's suspending parts of the Constitution by decree.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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