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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

The Office of Naval Research's most essential function is identifying projects and proposals that have sufficient promise to be worthwhile investments for the government.

A former DOGE staffer is running it. www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...

SCOOP: Trump Swaps Decorated Admiral With 33-Year-Old DOGEr

The highly unorthodox personnel change affects a critical government research role.

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John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 3d

Former residents of Quarters 8 expressed frustration that Hegseth has taken the traditional residence of the Army's vice chief at Fort McNair. Other officials have followed suit and moved into homes reserved for admirals and generals in the DC area www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...

Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4d

The federal government keeps labeling everyone they go after as cartel members — and it keeps being proven false. These are the same people we’re supposed to trust when they execute people at sea under that very justification?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

Jim Himes: "If Lindsey Graham and other Republicans want to go the route of saying it's okay to kill people legally just so long as the American public supports it, the American public really needs to think that through...It's a very dangerous path for this country to go down."

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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 6d

Anthropic’s safety-focused AI, Claude, resorted to blackmail in a simulation when threatened with deletion. This "agentic misalignment" is common across models, and researchers are struggling to understand why these black boxes break bad.

Why AI Breaks Bad

Once in a while, LLMs turn evil—and no one quite knows why.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

$UMAC

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 4d

Donald Trump Jr. in 2021: “Those Hunter no-show no-experience board seats didn’t come without an expected return!”

Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.

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After Unusual Machines Names Donald Trump Jr. To New Advisory Board, Defense Contracts Follow

Donald Trump Jr. once mocked Hunter Biden's "no-show no-experience board seats." Now he's on his second newly activated advisory board—and that company just announced $15 million in contracts.

www.forbes.com

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Christopher Leighton @ccleighton.bsky.social · 4d

It from Russia, from the USA

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

PERRY COUNTY: “Where’s the threat in there, sheriff?”

LARRY BUSHART (liberal ex-cop) has been in jail 30+ days for posting a Trump meme in a Charlie Kirk vigil group— even though Sheriff Weems knew it was an existing meme.🤔

The Full @philinvestigates.com story: www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5d

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I have an even worse feeling about THIS:

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Christopher Leighton @ccleighton.bsky.social · 5d

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 5d

After January 6, 2021, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Comcast publicly pledged to stop donating to politicians who sought to undermine the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election.

In 2025, these companies have stopped worrying about democracy and are buying Trump a ballroom.

These Corporations Stopped Worrying About Democracy and Bought Trump a Ballroom

It has been nearly five years since the 2020 presidential election, but President Trump continues to baselessly insist it was stolen.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6d

BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop

Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.

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Christopher Leighton @ccleighton.bsky.social · 5d

The Netflix documentary on Epstein is also quite damaging.

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Christopher Leighton @ccleighton.bsky.social · 5d

Trump’s tantrum ensured nearly everyone in North America heard Ronald Reagan’s opinion about tariffs.

www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...

Opinion: What really enrages Donald Trump in that Ronald Reagan ad he doesn’t want anyone to see

This episode of the Streisand effect features a president facing an aspect of reality he wishes he could control

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Christopher Leighton @ccleighton.bsky.social · 6d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6d

THE LIES‼️

Trump forced through the East Wing demolition by firing three members of Biden’s planning committee and replacing them with his own loyalists. Now his handpicked insiders control a quiet but powerful board that decides what happens to the White House itself.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6d

He doesn't care about law. He doesn't care about rules. He doesn't care about the country. He doesn't care about truth. He doesn't care about right or wrong.

He only cares about himself. And most importantly—what he can get away with.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Trump on a third term: "I would love to do it. I have the best numbers ever. Am I not ruling it out? You'll have to tell me."

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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 11d

Donald Trump is building a ballroom twice the size of the White House. He says it’s “his money,” but it’s really from companies chasing favors. Meanwhile, farmers can’t sell soybeans and the government’s shut down. This isn’t what Americans voted for.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

🔥 @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “No one can confirm we’ve actually been taking out drug traffickers… the admiral in charge resigned… all these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime… the government’s story is not adding up.”

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Christopher Leighton @ccleighton.bsky.social · 6d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Enten: "Trump is doing absolutely awful in the minds of the American people. We're talking about new lows. CNBC, -13 net approval on the economy. It's -19 among Quinnipiac ... He's not just beating himself with record lows -- this is the lowest for any president ever."

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 10d

Trumps biggest distraction from the files yet

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10d

NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting

The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...

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Truthout @truthout.org · 11d

Scientists are denouncing the appointment of Kyle Walsh, a close friend of Vice President JD Vance, to lead the NIH’s environmental health institute, calling it blatant cronyism. They say Walsh lacks experience in environmental science and proper vetting.

Scientists Call Appointment of JD Vance’s Friend to Top NIH Position “Cronyism”

Critics say Kyle Walsh is unqualified to head an institute that is focused on environmental chemicals and disease.

truthout.org

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