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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h

It's hard to overstate just how badly and completely they screwed up.

The White House is already walking back hundreds of federal layoffs

Trump's cronies fired critical public health workers. Regret set in immediately.

www.motherjones.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Finally realized what the freakout over Mamdani becoming mayor reminded me of, and it's the freakout over the first black mayors in southern cities.

New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS:

"Too Young to Die"

As the seemingly endless NYC mayoral campaign enters its final weeks, the howls of the Democratic establishment in the city are only getting louder. They've really convinced themselves that the elect...

campaign-trails.ghost.io

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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 1h

What? Are they going to shoot him for following, too?

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 1h

ICE agents threatening to arrest Chicago residents in an illegal abuse of power. This is all over. Is it fascism? Who knows. Maybe it's just healthy democracy in a new flavor and we should all debate it over and over in the NYTimes rather than condemn and throw these motherfuckers out.

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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 1h

I actually read this in a fictional book, but it could have been taken from a news story.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 4h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

This is the distillation of DOGE: control and punish Democratic or progressive spaces. That's it.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3h

Red state government declaring open war on blue city governments in Florida.

This is the MAGA model: using every tool of the state to punish political opponents, without even a pretense that you are governing "for everyone."

Doge-ish comes to Florida: a DeSantis loyalist is going after ‘waste’ in Democratic cities

Blaise Ingoglia was handpicked by the Republican Florida governor to lead an assault on municipal spending

www.theguardian.com

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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 1h

x.com/djolder/stat...

Daniel José Older على X: "This Bloom County from 1986 is wild considering everything that’s come out about Prince Andrew. Was it so publicly known back then?? Or was that a random rhyme? https://t.co/eh5YKoXsgG" / X

This Bloom County from 1986 is wild considering everything that’s come out about Prince Andrew. Was it so publicly known back then?? Or was that a random rhyme? https://t.co/eh5YKoXsgG

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2h

No, he’s dumb. Dumb dumb dumb.

Moltvikh 🏳️‍🌈 @moltvikh.bsky.social · 2h

I wish people would stop calling them “dumb” when it is obvious they are not. Why is Vance, who lies all the time, repeatedly in interviews not lying about Homan keeping the bag of cash? Because he wants to signal that bribery is OK (just can’t call it bribery). That is evil, not dumb.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4h

JD Vance is the worst. Luckily, he’s also dumb as a rock and has the charisma of that rock.

I, too, would like to interview JD Vance, primarily to tell him I’m done with him.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

Intellectual diversity

BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 2h

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"A prominent anti-DEI campaigner appointed by Meta in August as an adviser on AI bias has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, transgender people, vaccines, crime, and protests."

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 1h

Blatantly illegal. Destroying public property, hurting US citizens trying to help a person in distress.

That's why we will need to create an investigative team after Dems get control in order to pursue criminal charges against these people.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

Anyone who sees videos like this and tries to explain it away is someone who feels sure that they will never be meaningfully abused by state actors.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

ICE attacks cemetery workers trying to help a man in the Des Plaines river www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUmUjPs/

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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 1h

Millions are losing health insurance and all he's doing is spending money on useless crap like this.

www.archpaper.com/2025/10/trum...

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 4h

Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 5h

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 5h

"Look at the picture... One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in a violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 3h

Yup. Big time. That who court settlement thing was such a rip.

Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 3h

Ah, but look at it this way: when he's up for election, you have power in the primary

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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 4h

I really have the impression George was pissed.

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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 4h

Yeah, that was great. And so very, very rare nowadays.

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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 4h

Why do the morning shows only feature Republicans?

They lie.

I appreciate Rupar taking one for the team listening to this crap...but maybe we should all stop having anything to do with the Sunday shows.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

The One Big Beautiful Bill cut a trillion dollars from healthcare, Schoolmarm Johnson

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 4h

They can't even get their stories straight.

(contrary to Congressional direction, Trump is raiding Military R & D)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Vance claims "tariff revenue" will be used to pay the troops

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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 4h

Remember this the next time Fetterman is up for a primary. He is not a Democrat.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Maria Bartiromo tries to reassure Fetterman: "You know, senator, what you just said, it's really shamefully on your colleagues. You feeling isolated -- that is absolutely outrageous. You are a breath of fresh air. I know our viewers are grateful."

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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 4h

This...is how you do it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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