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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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glennhowards.bsky.social @glennhowards.bsky.social · 4h

He'd be mad as hell if people were saying nazis should kill themselves

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 6h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

One commenter replied, “based song choice,” which was liked by the Border Patrol account. Another commenter wrote, “if you know you know.”

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs

The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.

gizmodo.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

It's been deleted. The video was here: www.instagram.com/reel/DNTGkNM...

Kelly N 🇨🇦 @firefly-7461.bsky.social · 11h

I can't find on IG

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Bill B. ☭ 🇵🇸 @grateful42069.bsky.social · 7h

hell yeah baby America First

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9h

Israel sent back Greta Thunberg’s luggage scrawled with “Whore Greta”, an Israeli flag, and a penis.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

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Blaise Ulysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 8h

Whom could have imgained The Market would turn on Bessent coming out & saying that not only would the US Gov't now be setting "price floors" w/o any real elaboration on what they might mean; but also that we're lighting another $20B ($40B total now) on fire for Argentina.

It's gonna get ugly quick.

Blaise Ulysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 8h

The heroin didn't even last half a day.

Dow now sitting at 46,202.58 (- 67.88 on the day)

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

'Sora cost $20 a month & subscribers can generate an unlimited number of AI videos... this costs (Sora owners) OpenAI "at least $5 per 10-second video"'.

Journalists, please ask more questions about how this tech could ever in a million years make a profit?

britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 1d

studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do:

Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem

Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.

movieweb.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 10h

maybe reporters should take another look at some of the people the vice president of the united states follows on twitter and the things they say in public

just saying

Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 10h

The leaked chats between Young Republican leaders were obviously disgusting.

JD Vance’s efforts to downplay the scandal and complain about “pearl clutching” made an awful story worse. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

JD Vance tries to downplay leak of disgusting Young Republican chats

For the vice president to suggest it’s “pearl clutching” to condemn those who were part of a racist group chat says a great deal about his judgment.

www.msnbc.com

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11h

I think this is the difference in understanding racism as an organizing principle in society vs understanding racism as the use of a few particular slurs.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11h

I don’t know how to approach “Republicans weren’t racist in the early aughts” as someone who went to Texas during the early aughts and had to debate whether or not Black students were “stealing” people’s spots in class.

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glennhowards.bsky.social @glennhowards.bsky.social · 11h

That reminds me of when Elizabeth Warren supporters got the hex code for the shade of green used in the campaign tattooed on their wrists and someone else got "Blood and Teeth", and people pointed out the nazi and Holocaust references to them

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A significant gap in weather balloon coverage in western Alaska, caused by Trump admin cuts to NOAA/NWS, may have hurt the forecast accuracy for the deadly storm there over the weekend. www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/w...

Predictions for deadly Alaska storm may have suffered due to DOGE cuts | CNN

The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’...

www.cnn.com

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glennhowards.bsky.social @glennhowards.bsky.social · 11h

Huh, he blocked me, odd that he didn't like the news articles I posted

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

Trump has cancelled $18B of spending in blue states. He fired more than 4,000 federal employees the same day he sent $20B to Argentina. He is propping up the government of the guy on the left, while firing government officials working for the guy on the right. But those employees also work for us!