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Clumsy Ninja 📚 @clumsyninja.bsky.social · 3h

Links included on my thread so you don’t have to click through the NYT link.

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Clumsy Ninja 📚 @clumsyninja.bsky.social · 21h

Only airports that have the av capability to play the video were asked. But of those asked, so far I have found the following have refused:

Port of Portland, OR; Buffalo, NY; Charlotte, NC; Cleveland, OH; Los Angeles, CA; Phoenix, Tucson, & Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; West Chester Co; NY; Salt Lake City, UT

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Clumsy Ninja 📚 @clumsyninja.bsky.social · 21h

Only airports that have the av capability to play the video were asked. But of those asked, so far I have found the following have refused:

Port of Portland, OR; Buffalo, NY; Charlotte, NC; Cleveland, OH; Los Angeles, CA; Phoenix, Tucson, & Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; West Chester Co; NY; Salt Lake City, UT

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 4h

UPDATE: Judge Ana Reyes has set an April 12, 2027, trial date for the first wrongful death lawsuit filed in connection with the Flight 5342 disaster.

Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 20d

BREAKING: Rachel Crafton, the widow of Flight 5342 victim Casey Crafton, has filed the first wrongful death lawsuit today against the airlines and the government.

Crafton says they "utterly failed" to keep her husband and other passengers safe. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

Widow of Flight 5342 victim files wrongful death suit against airlines, US government

Rachel Crafton's lawsuit says the airlines and the FAA "utterly failed" in their responsibilities to keep the airspace over D.C. safe.

www.wusa9.com

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Clumsy Ninja 📚 @clumsyninja.bsky.social · 4h

Jesus, he talks like a child.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Mike Johnson says Medicaid is "intended for vulnerable populations, the elderly, disabled, and young pregnant women, and not young able-bodied men without dependents who are playing video games."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Q: Last week you said that NATO should consider expelling Spain

TRUMP: What?

Q: You said NATO should consider expelling Spain

TRUMP: What did he say?

VANCE: NATO should consider expelling Spain

TRUMP: Oh. Ahhh. I'm very unhappy with Spain

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 4h

James Comey, has filed a notice of his motion to dismiss challenging the lawfulness of the appointment of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. The motion will be heard and determined by an "out-of-district judge."

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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 4h

New from me: In March, FHFA director Bill Pulte made himself chairman of the board of Fannie Mae. But after, he did not file a required disclosure form tied to the role with the SEC—the same kind of paperwork error he has used to attack Trump's political foes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own

As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.

www.motherjones.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump on Spain: "It wouldn't matter if you said you're not gonna protect them, because they are pretty much protected. What are you gonna do -- go through the other countries and let's go attack Spain, right? ... I was thinking about giving them trade punishment through tariffs. I may do that."

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 6h

As the Trump shutdown drags into its third week, it's clear Republicans are so committed to raising people's health care costs that they're willing to hold the country hostage to do it.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6h

🚨BREAKING: 3rd Circuit DENIES Republican Party petition to rehear critical voting rights case involving Pennsylvania’s date requirement for mail-in ballots.

A BIG VICTORY for the DSCC, DCCC, AFT of Pa. and the voters of Pennsylvania. Proud on my ELG team. www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...

🚨 Eakin v. Adams County Board of Elections

Learn more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6h

I'm not afraid. Come and get me, Donald.

I will stand up for the law and the Constitution. That’s what we do in the State of Illinois.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 6h

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 22h

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6h

Ticketing a lawful permanent resident for not carrying their papers is unnecessary and doesn't make our cities safer.

We will continue to push back against the Trump administration's cruel attempts to stoke fear in immigrant communities.

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 6h

This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6h

BREAKING: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire with slow release of dead hostages, AP sources say.

Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 6h

We know you don’t have a strategy, Speaker Johnson.

So here’s one for you: Sit down with House Democrats to negotiate a spending bill that saves health care and reopens the government.

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 8h

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10h

1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.

Quid Pro Presidency

Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…

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Clumsy Ninja 📚 @clumsyninja.bsky.social · 6h

Another obvious theory: conservatism’s foundation is white grievance.

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Clumsy Ninja 📚 @clumsyninja.bsky.social · 18h

I’m a retired antifa educator and I founded the Free University of Contentious Knowledge.

Torch Antifa Network @torchantifa.bsky.social · 21h

rt if you are the founder of antifa

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