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bahvoom @bvm.bsky.social · 12h

Wasn’t there an entire news cycle recently where the left was outraged that Dem-aligned funders were trying to support Dem-aligned media?

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bahvoom @bvm.bsky.social · 13h

“This man is your FRIEND. He uses SPREADSHEETS, SLIDESHOWS and EMAILS. He fights for FREEDOM.”

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 15h

I think every Democrat should be shown this chart and required to explain why any policy solution would convince voters in this environment, and if they cannot, give three steps to fix the media environment, and if they cannot, be forced to resign their seat

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 15h

Oh my god

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Audrey @parickards.bsky.social · 15h

A Chicago woman shot by ICE agent has been released from custody because body cam confirmed the agent lied about why he shot her 5 times. He fled to Maine in the ICE vehicle. A Federal judge has ordered he be apprehended & sent back to Chicago-facing up to 20yrs in prison.
wgme.com/news/local/i...

ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine

An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.

wgme.com

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 16h

Bernie made some big steps forward on immigration and social justice in 2020 and unfortunately seems to have backslid to his old self from there, time to retire man

SPOOKY Mistress Usili (Sage) 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 23h

Its... an interesting interview.

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 2d

Hey everyone, Open Enrollment for the Healthcare Marketplace has begun and cooincides with many employer open enrollments. The embedded thread is a tutorial on how to choose a plan.

For the thread I am about to write I want to talk about whether you can afford NOT to get insurance.

K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · Oct 28

It's open enrollment time so here's a convenient peg to hang a little tutorial about how to choose your health insurance.

Most of the advice you get is bad. Most of your instincts are bad. I however used to work for a health insurance company and I do arithmetic for a living so I can help.

Bionic Woman @batmansrobyn.bsky.social · Oct 28

Personally I think it's great that my company's HR sends out an official looking tool where they even ask you to pre-populate your healthcare providers and instead of being the actual insurance enrollment process it's just some bullshit checklist to try and convince me I actually don't want a PPO

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.

Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.

She was later released with NO CHARGE.

A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.

You decide…

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 21h

"If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter."

--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to get coffee before heading to work when she encountered a chaotic scene in West Town: heavily armed, masked federal agents making arrests on a residential street.
People yelled as vehicles honked their horn — a sign now used to alert neighbors that immigration federal agents are in the area — and witnesses said federal agents had arrested several landscaper workers presumed to be in the country without authorization.
As Figuero tried to drive through the 1600 block of West Hubbard Street on Friday, Oct. 10, an unmarked vehicle driven by federal agents collided with Figueroa’s as it tried to speed away from a hostile crowd, multiple videos reviewed by the Tribune show.
Seconds after the crash, agents abruptly stopped their vehicle and exited with weapons in hand pointing at Figueroa, a U.S citizen. Agents then forcibly opened her door and pulled her out of the vehicle by her legs without identifying themselves, presenting a warrant or informing her that she was under arrest. As bystanders yelled, “You hit her! We have it on video!” agents ignored the crowd and forced Figueroa into a red minivan and drove away.
Her car was left behind in the middle of the road, her coffee still in the cup holder, and her keys in plain view.
The Department of Homeland Security later released a statement claiming that Figueroa was at fault, saying “she crashed into an unmarked government vehicle and violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers.”

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Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 2d

You haven't seen a single sob eyed local news story about the price of groceries in the past 10 months.

Jessica Wildfire @jessicawildfire.bsky.social · 2d

Biden's approval rating sank as low as 35 percent. Trump is gleefully starving 42 million Americans, sending a fascist government $40 billion, overthrowing a country, and building a ballroom bunker while posting photos of his new bathroom. And his approval rating is 39 percent. Weird country.

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bahvoom @bvm.bsky.social · 18h

The only way we’re going to get a HFA

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John Fraley @johndavidfraley.bsky.social · 1d

You do not block me. I tackle you instead. #Emmanwori

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 19h

Around Chicago ICE/Border Patrol are mostly just driving around looking for landscaping crews. It’s not targeted by threat or criminal background. It’s just Kavanaugh sweeps of brown men in work clothes operating landscaping equipment to hit quotas. They’re not investigating, they’re hunting

Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 19h

Still haven’t seen a video of neighbors cheering an abduction, still haven’t seen reports of a neighbor pointing out a hiding migrant to ICE/Border Patrol

The only people praising the ICE/Border Patrol terror patrols & kidnappings are people who live nowhere near where they’re happening.

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bahvoom @bvm.bsky.social · 19h

Pundits on the left, right and center: stop trying to scare us with fascism, I just want to be able to buy 30 eggs a day via GrubHub to feed my family

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you are not immune to trenchant analysis @wrongopinionman.bsky.social · 22h

I feel like not enough is said about how Harris looked America straight in the eye and said this would all happen, and Trump went "nope" and the voters believed it.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h

Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”

By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com

Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President

From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that…

www.propublica.org

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bahvoom @bvm.bsky.social · 19h

Tbf, a microwave only needs to know one time: “0:30”

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bahvoom @bvm.bsky.social · 19h

They are just big Gary Larson fans and know his feelings on the matter

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 20h

so, this times out to them running out of money for real basically a week or two before thanksgiving, right?

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded after judges’ rulings

President Donald Trump’s administration says it will partially fund the SNAP food aid program after a pair of judges’ rulings required the payments to continue.

apnews.com

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bahvoom @bvm.bsky.social · 19h

Schemelord on schemelord violence

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 23h

Grandpa has good days and bad days but it's increasingly days where he can't remember who he's pardoned. Trump's losing it. Brains leaking out his ears.

Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 1d

Trump: President Autopen was so far gone, he didn’t even know who he was pardoning.

Also Trump: I can’t explain my corrupt pardon for Changpeng Zhao because I have no idea who he is. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

‘I don't know who he is’: Trump struggles to defend one of his most scandalous pardons

The president argued that the pardoned Changpeng Zhao despite not knowing who he is. If he's lying, that's a problem. If he wasn't, it's worse.

www.msnbc.com

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Sick Hunt, Dracones @scalehelix.net · 1d

to the extent “but he’s fun and interesting” was true before, it’s definitely not true anymore, so the reason the press still loves him is pretty clearly them just being horny for a one-party autocracy

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

It's great that the president goes on 60 Minutes and his cottage cheese brain that was frozen in 1986 short circuits for several minutes straight in front of a million viewers and nothing happens

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bahvoom @bvm.bsky.social · 1d

In the context of describing the blue throwback unis!

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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 1d

Part of this is that the right wing people that media people encounter on a regular basis are in fact doing a bit, they've been assured that it's a bit, & they've been assured that at the end of the day, money talks & bullshit walks, same as with them.

Cameron @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 1d

i'm reminded of that one anecdote where focus groups straight up didn't believe Romney's actual policy positions were real because they were too austere

i think a similar thing is happening for media people who live in denial of what the American right is all about, it's not just Twitter edgelords

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

a genuine problem is that a lot of this stuff is just completely alien to the mass media elite

like who else besides weirdos like me take time to analyze what the intellectual righties are saying

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bahvoom @bvm.bsky.social · 1d

We just need to play well enough/poorly enough to get a road schedule through the playoffs

John Boyle @johnpboyle.bsky.social · 1d

Rapid reactions to a dominant Seahawks road victory: shwks.com/h5azqo64

Rapid Reactions: Sam Darnold & Seahawks Offense Dominate In Sunday Night Win At Washington

Takeaways From An Impressive Seahawks Win Over The Commanders, Their 10th Straight Road Victory

shwks.com

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bahvoom @bvm.bsky.social · 1d

Watched some of the new season of Dark Winds and GRRM and Robert Redford are given production credit. One of the first scenes they’re both playing chess in jail and Redford says “Hurry up and make a move, George, people are waiting.” Joe Leaphorn ends up telling him to move his queen and he does.

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Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 1d

Biden and other top Dems talked about what was in the IRA all the freaking time.

Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 1d

I think it is the job of the press to tell people what's in major legislation and how it will affect their lives.

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