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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1h

This is the biggest emergency in the cascading emergencies from this White House.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2h

This quote continues to rattle me to my core:

"So what you’re telling us is you need less evidence to kill somebody than you do to hold them."

That's Rep Adam Smith to Pentagon officials in a briefing on Trump's illegal boat bombings. As he told me in this piece, they didn't answer his objection:

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!

Lots of fresh info in my new piece:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

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Xander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social · 15h

NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.

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andré, but scarier @838carlisle.bsky.social · 11h

i need everyone to read this thread and save it for days when you need something good

E Anderson @emcanderson.bsky.social · 15h

Dearest @lesleyryder.bsky.social,

I hope the cold in Bridgeview is not affecting your will to survive these ninety minutes. Though I hear that the team from the west has struck first, let my Stars know that I pray they strike next.

Stay strong in my absence my dear wife
xx

a piece of paper with the words " my feeling " written in cursive

ALT: a piece of paper with the words " my feeling " written in cursive

media.tenor.com

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 12h

it's genuinely remarkable how refusing to cover anything up or explain anything, and just doing it out in the open, completely launders it now. no cover up no crime!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it

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Grace Ott @gcott151.bsky.social · 12h

I absolutely hate the nickname thing in general, but let me tell ya, Meatball Ron really slapped

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 13h

I hope future generations recognize how quickly and strangely the contours of what counts as a political scandal changed for this president.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 16h

this is why studies don't matter and can't affect their views. they don't really care if it's actually a problem to give people money because they personally enjoy harming poor people and crushing them beneath their feet.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 16h

study after study after study shows that literally just handing people money and telling them "do what you want with this" reduces homelessness, increases food security for children, makes it more likely people will find and retain jobs.1

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Grace Ott @gcott151.bsky.social · 15h

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grateful gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 18h

listen we may have lost our family business, made our kids miserable, had to live in a barn with goats and lost $50,000 to a local Russian slumlord, but at least we dont have to see gay people in public

Another family, the Hares, also moved from Abilene, Texas, to Russia to shield their three sons from what they say are harmful elements of American culture.

“It was the promise of a country that would not promote the LGBT agenda. We liked the fact that LGBT is basically outlawed here in official ways,” Leo Hare, 62, told NBC News via a video call from the family’s new home in Ivanovo, Russia.

Russia has strict laws against the “promotion of nontraditional sexual relationships,” which have in practice banned public displays of LGBTQ identity, including wearing or posting the rainbow flag on social media.

They say their initial plan to rent an apartment in Moscow fell through just as they boarded the plane from Texas, and the family spent a bitterly cold winter caring for chickens, horses and rabbits on a farm 70 miles south of Moscow in exchange for free board. At one point, they even had to bring the goats and their newborns inside their cabin to keep the animals from dying.
Leo Hare thought their troubles were over when their landlord's son offered a generous interest rate for investing their $50,000 nest egg in what he described as a car import business. But they only saw one payment before he stopped sending them money and refused to return their money, Leo Hare said.
The couple went to the police and the local court to file complaints about their lost money and with their concerns that they had been swindled, but say they have received no help from law enforcement officials. NBC News contacted Domodedovo police for comment but did not receive a reply.

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Grace Ott @gcott151.bsky.social · 16h

It's okay. Gotham won the championship without any home games before 🙃🙃🙃

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Grace Ott @gcott151.bsky.social · 16h

Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE AKB?!

Grace Ott @gcott151.bsky.social · 20h

But she's the MAGA kind of misinformed, so not going to convince her of anything anyway

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Grace Ott @gcott151.bsky.social · 20h

My aunt commented on my post about Trump demolishing the East Wing, asking why there weren't stipulations for renovating the White House like for other historic sites.......

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

This week I had someone tell me they're not worried about SNAP being cut off because "that's illegal, so it's impossible Trump could do that, so obviously it's just media sensationalism." Another person told me they weren't worried about ICE because "they can't detain you if you're legally here."

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 22h

This is my point again that the electorate has no idea of what's actually going on. Not in some ideological way, so you can argue whether it's good or not, just in a fact way.

Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 23h

Recently my brother in law explained what gerrymandering was to a coworker and they didn’t believe him because if that were really happening there would be riots in the street

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

This week I had someone tell me they're not worried about SNAP being cut off because "that's illegal, so it's impossible Trump could do that, so obviously it's just media sensationalism." Another person told me they weren't worried about ICE because "they can't detain you if you're legally here."

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 20h

every news outlet and journalist who calls trans rights a losing issue should be forcefed soap and their own regrets

Who has a better approach to transgender rights?

NEW JERSEY
🔵 Sherill 52%
🔴 Ciattareli 32%

VIRGINIA
🔵 Spanberger 53%
🔴 Sears 41%

Atlasintel #A+ - LV - 10/30

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 20h

someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives

from people magazine

Donald Trump Confuses Dementia Screening for
'Very Hard' IQ Test as He Brags About Results
The president predicted that Democratic Reps.
Jasmine Crockett and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could not perform as well as he did in a cognitive exam
By Greta Bjornson |
Updated on October 28, 2025 10:24AM EDT

from people magazine

Donald Trump Hosts Great Gatsby-Themed Halloween Party as 42
Million Americans Brace for SNAP Benefits to Expire
The president hosted the Roaring '20s bash at Mar-a-Lago on Oct. 31 amid the ongoing government shutdown
By Bailey Richards
Published on November 1, 2025 06:19PM EDT

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 1d

Ok we're done posting about baseball now everyone post about how we stand in solidarity with WNBA players

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Grace Ott @gcott151.bsky.social · 1d

This is actually insane

Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 1d

just catching up on Bill Belichick’s disastrous year as UNC coach and discovering the exact mechanics of how he secured the job. www.theringer.com/2025/10/31/c...