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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 19h

Reminder that the GOP leadership, as a bloc, is preventing the House of Representatives from sitting normally, and has shut down the funding of the entire US government, including the court system.

The USA is currently being run as a dictatorship. This is a simple fact.

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 1d

It is a scandal totally unprecedented in history that the Vice President has shared a video depicting the President as king. It’s an obscene violation of every founding American principle.

And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 1d

Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 14h

Yes! Let's name a street in the Lower East Side for Jack Kirby!

gothamist.com/news/a-bid-t...

A bid to honor the NYC co-creator of a host of Marvel Comics heroes

Jack Kirby, a son of the Lower East Side, helped introduce the world to a host of heroes.

gothamist.com

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 23h

This should be automatic 25th amendment while impeachment and removal are pending because if it weren’t the people outside would breach the ramparts territory.

molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 1d

and another thing: he’s not mad. please don’t put it in the newspaper that he got mad.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of centrist commentators who genuinely got worked up about the unforgivably insulting nature of "cling to guns and religion" or "basket of deplorables" are weirdly silent about Trump portraying himself as literally shitting on American cities

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 1d

Kristi Noem has been holding up FEMA funding for Americans in need all year.

But now she wants to spend $172M in taxpayer money on luxury jets for her own use.

Sheer corruption.

www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbie-k...

ICE Barbie Ripped For Splurging $172 Million on Luxury DHS Jets

The Department of Homeland Security has reportedly shelled on two high-end Gulfstream jets for Kristi Noem and other top members of the department.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Corrina @corrinalawson.bsky.social · 1d

““ICE, their secret police, is their tool,” Brané said. “Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”

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Corrina @corrinalawson.bsky.social · 1d

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

www.propublica.org

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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 3d

Jon M. Chu says a major actor is playing the Cowardly Lion in ‘WICKED: FOR GOOD’

“Wait until the red carpet when the actor who gave us the Cowardly Lion’s voice steps foot on it. It’ll be wild”

(Source: Deadline)

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Kelly Sue DeConnick @kellysue.bsky.social · 2d

www.lospaziobianco.it/en/in-the-bl...

In the blue Shadow of the Bat: Interview with Matt Fraction

During the San Diego Comic Con Málaga, we had the opportunity to interview Matt Fraction about his new run on Batman.

www.lospaziobianco.it

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is such a lying POS.

He said this about Santos:

“George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated."

A minimum security prison camp in NJ with fewer than 50 other inmates

That's where Santos has been, and only for 3 months

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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 4d

sometimes Slow Horses is kind of like if Looney Tunes made a live-action adaptation of a John le Carre novel, (complimentary) (obviously)

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Corrina @corrinalawson.bsky.social · 3d

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 4d

Vermont Governor Phil Scott demanded State Senator Sam Douglass resign over vile, racist, and antisemitic messages in a Young Republicans group chat, calling them “disgusting and unacceptable” and urging all involved to be stripped of their positions.
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

Republican state senator faces calls to resign after posting racist messages in group chat

A first-term Republican state senator from Orleans County is facing pressure from members of his own party to resign after a story published by Politico Tuesday detailed his involvement in a racist te...

www.vermontpublic.org

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 4d

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 4d

We have to penalize blatant lying, particularly by public figures. We’ve slid
into a post-truth world and nothing but sheer cultural gruntwork is going to get us out.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Lisa Snowden @lisasnowden.bsky.social · 4d

The trailer for our documentary is out today! m.youtube.com/watch?v=dkl4...

Trailer | "The Beat Goes On: The Story of Baltimore Beat"

YouTube video by Baltimore Beat

m.youtube.com

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 4d

I don't talk about it often, but I have social anxiety, big crowds can sometimes be difficult.

But the kindness of readers brings a smile to my face. If you see that smile, you know I mean it.

Please be patient if it seems like I am a little bit inside myself sometimes. I can't help it.

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Comics Jobs @comics-jobs.com · 5d

Assistant Editor, Manga at Penguin Random House

Full-time | Remote (Anywhere)

comics-jobs.com

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Corrina @corrinalawson.bsky.social · 5d

This is terrifying

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 5d

You can blame a lot of what's happening today on Alex Jones

Long before Sandy Hook, he peddled the vile conspiracy theory that "9/11 was an inside job"

Still, in 2016 Trump appeared on his show and praised his "amazing reputation"

Now those peddling conspiracy theories are running the government

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

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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Corrina @corrinalawson.bsky.social · 5d

A little Superman punching a Nazi for your day, from the fantastic Superman Smashes the Klan by @geneluenyang.bsky.social A terrific book. Go. Buy. Read. 📚💙

Superman punches a Nazi while Lois watches and Jimmy takes photos. From Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang.

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Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social · 5d

It's launch day for the US edition of ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM!

What is the future for human art in the age of AI? What kind of AI is actually helpful? These are some of the questions driving this techno-thriller.

Get it from wherever you prefer to get your books.

@sagapressbooks.bsky.social

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

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