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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 14h

Really appreciate you sharing this bit as the journalist who spent hours researching and analyzing the info it would be great if you could link back to the original work:

popular.info/p/ice-boosts...

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Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 20h

If people affiliated with the campaign have to fall back on stuff like this in October in the year prior to the election, you're toast, pack it in.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 19h

1. USPS is like “handing a letter to a Black guy and hoping he takes it where it’s supposed to go”

Hollywood stars perform "child sacrifices"

“Did I say vaccines cause autism? Maybe”

We spent a month in the manosphere

A month in the manosphere

One of the most significant political developments in the last few years is the emergence of the “manosphere,” a loose network of longform podcasts that are especially popular with young men.

popular.info

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

a tyrant is ignoring the constitution, firing live artillery at americans, invading our cities, and tearing down the white house to build himself a palace

our institutions won't react because they're lost in a digital dreamstate, unable to decide what is true because of social media poisoning

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buddholesurfers.bsky.social @buddholesurfers.bsky.social · 1d

Launch Matt Taibbi into the sun. Corey Robin is getting close too. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts

Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

www.politico.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

All of this stuff makes more sense I think if you realize that we have a bunch of losers who are slowly talking themselves into believing in the theology/ideology of slavery www.liberalcurrents.com/sex-is-gay-r...

Sex Is Gay, Rape Is Epic, No Fatties: Young Right-Wing Men Are Obsessed With Male Power and Male Bodies

The group chat leak reveals what over a decade of incel messaging and Bronze Age Pervert have done to Young Republicans.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 1d

In the wake of the George Santos rescue, Trump has now pardoned or commuted the sentences of most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

With George Santos, Trump finds another convicted congressional Republican to reward

The president has now pardoned or commuted the sentences of most of Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century.

www.msnbc.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

US Caribbean boat bombing campaign keeps getting worse.

Colombia says US killed Colombian fishermen in Colombian waters. Add international incident to illegal, unethical, and bad strategy.

This isn’t national security, it’s murder.

Who’s selecting these targets? Is this why Adm. Holsey resigned?

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 2d

With alt text.

Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible numbers after the political media spent weeks hammering "the Dems are making a big mistake, the shutdown is their fault" as a main message, in contradiction to polling

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's deranged threat to fire federal workers and his killing of NY-NJ project are backfiring: Both are now big issues in VA-NJ gov races!

And new CNBC poll shows indys blaming Trump/GOP over Dems by 58-21.

On the pod, @simonwdc.bsky.social explains all this well:
newrepublic.com/article/2019...

Trump’s Fury at Dems Goes Nuclear as Crushing New Shutdown Poll Hits

As Trump’s anger grows amid another poll slide, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg explains why Trump’s deep unpopularity should give you solace—even if beating him long term will be a brutal slog.

newrepublic.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

He murdered a Colombian citizen in violation of domestic and international law. He’s now promising to illegally impose tariffs on Colombia because its president had the temerity to publicly criticize him for murdering one of that country’s citizens.

Yes, we are the baddies.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump says he's imposing new tariffs on Colombia but won't say what the rate will be

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

The difference in national narrative coming out of the 2025 November elections if Mikie Sherrill wins by 1% vs loses by 1% are going to be entirely different even tho those two results should say basically identical things about the national environment.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4d

And right on cue, the incomparable Kathleen Parker,

Opinion
Opinion by Kathleen Parker
Is this the president we've been waiting for?
Trump's "miraculous" Mideast peace deal is a moment of triumph.

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buddholesurfers.bsky.social @buddholesurfers.bsky.social · 2d

Detroit, you know who to boycott. www.rawstory.com/trump-267421...

Trump taps donor and marijuana entrepreneur to Iraq special envoy: 'A key player'

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Mark Savaya, a dispensary owner from Michigan who reportedly contributed to Trump’s 2020 campaign, would be the White House’s next special envoy to Iraq...

www.rawstory.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

oh yeah!

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2d

Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.

See if you can spot it! /s

Then you can find today's story on p A23

Front page of NYT on September 22, 2025, with large top-of-page photo of a Charlie Kirk memorial service, and the lead page-one story on the same topic.

Front page of today's NYT, Oct 19, with no story about the nationwide protests, and a "below the fold" montage of two photos, and a link to a story on page 23.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 2d

This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal

To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 2d

exhibit a of “has never been a reporter” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...

Now in a position of power at the network, Ms.
Weiss is the one concerned about leaks. She has complained that her comments at private CBS meetings keep turning up in media reports, asking if the company can identify the leakers, according to three people familiar with her remarks.

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buddholesurfers.bsky.social @buddholesurfers.bsky.social · 3d

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/swee...

Sweethearts together - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Matthew Menchel — the former federal prosecutor who is arguably the most egregious villain in Julie Brown’s investigative reporting about the ridiculously lenient plea agreement obtained by Jeffrey Ep...

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3d

What do you call a ‘ceasefire agreement’ that permits an occupying settler colonial state to murder seven children and four other civilians in cold blood?

www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

Israeli forces have killed 11 members of a Palestinian family in Gaza, the deadliest single violation of the fragile ceasefire since it took effect eight days ago.

The attack happened on Friday evening when a tank shell was fired by Israeli forces at a civilian vehicle carrying the Abu Shaaban family in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, according to Gaza’s civil defence.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 3d

Trump II's justification for these strikes has been that these are Venezuelan terrorists engaged in warfare against the US who are so dangerous they must be summarily killed.

The two survivors are Ecuadorian and Colombian, and they're so harmless they'll be sent back home.

Criminal rogue regime.

U.S. to Repatriate Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel

www.nytimes.com

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 3d

Compared to the general population, unhoused people are held in jail for 3.5x as long, despite typically being charged with the lowest level crimes

It’s safe to assume that unaffordable cash bail is to blame. No one should have to stay behind bars because they can't afford bail

Graph titled: Unhoused people languish in jail more than 3x as long as the typical defendant.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 3d

🚨 BREAKING: PM Netanyahu announced, in a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement, that the Rafah crossing will remain closed until further notice.

He said: “Its opening will be considered based on the manner in which Hamas fulfills its part in the return of the deceased hostages and in...

Prime Minister Netanyahu has instructed that the Rafah crossing will not be opened until further notice. Its opening will be considered based on the manner in which Hamas fulfills its part in the return of the deceased hostages and in implementing the agreed-upon framework.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

So dangerous that they must be blown into small pieces rather than arrested … unless they are actually captured in which case they may go home with a warning. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 12d

So when I hear of students being encouraged to use GPT in college I don’t hear innovation. I hear cognitive atrophy, the inability to think critically for oneself, and total dependence on vulnerable centralized repositories of data for knowledge without ever understanding how knowledge is generated.

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