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Barry

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Taking the Bluesky plunge now that the Muskrat is hellbent on 4chaning Twitter :)

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Barry @haleba.bsky.social · 10d

FTW❓❗😕

"The messages show high-level officials in the *rump Administration discussing the possible deployment of the

82nd Airborne Division 👀❗

[to Portland, OR] .." (10/3/2025, paywalled) - Minn. Star Tribune

#NoKings #50501movement

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 11d

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show

A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Barry @haleba.bsky.social · 9d

".. with 'critical deficiencies in fundamental security controls, processes, and governance,' before the interventions." 🤔

"Army says it’s mitigated ‘critical’ cybersecurity deficiencies in early NGC2 prototype" (10/1/2025) - Breaking Defense
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Army says it's mitigated 'critical' cybersecurity deficiencies in early NGC2 prototype - Breaking Defense

The service discovered the issues ahead of the first in a series of planned events to scale the NGC2 ecosystem to the division level.

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Barry @haleba.bsky.social · 9d

"According to an Army memo dated Sept. 5, reported by Breaking Defense and Reuters, the communications networks for the companies had been vulnerable to 'insider threats, external attacks, and data spillage,' .."

Barry @haleba.bsky.social · 9d

"Palantir Technologies Inc.’s stock [fell 7.5%] following a report that a battlefield communications system [it worked on with Anduril Industries] was seriously flawed .."

"Palantir Rebuts Report on Security Flaws After Stock Falls" (10/3/2025) - Yahoo Finance
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Palantir Rebuts Report on Security Flaws After Stock Falls

The report on Friday, published by Reuters, centered on a September Army memo expressing concerns over Anduril’s NGC2 prototype system, which stands for Next Generation Command and Control, and includ...

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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 9d

I wrote about all the lived experiences and strange structures of modern society — many of which we take for granted — that were literally impossible for all previous generations of Homo sapiens. www.forkingpaths.co/p/we-are-dif...

We are different from all other humans in history

Countless experiences that have become routine for us are unprecedented in the history of our species. Here's why that matters.

www.forkingpaths.co

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9d

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 9d

While lawmakers debate the calendar, a top GOP insurance regulator is pulling the fire alarm on ACA subsidies. If Congress doesn't act before the Nov. 1 enrollment deadline, 24 million Americans will face sticker shock so severe it will crash the entire marketplace.

Time is short for an ACA premium fix in the shutdown fight, says GOP insurance leader

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9d

DAILY BEAST: “White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller called out after a fire tore through a South Carolina judge’s house… Goodstein had reportedly been receiving death threats for a few weeks…” www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-mill...

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Barry @haleba.bsky.social · 10d

h/t @thebulwark.com

"BOMBSHELL: Trump Officials Planned Domestic Military Deployments Over Signal" (10/4/2025)
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BOMBSHELL: Trump Officials Planned Domestic Military Deployments Over Signal

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Barry @haleba.bsky.social · 10d

Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 11d

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show

A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 13d

"I’m arguing that Ezra Klein is lost in the moment. But he says the same himself."

You don't have to swallow frogs

YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13d

Stephen Miller Implies He Intended for Trump's Nutjobs to Kill Democrats

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/02/s...

Stephen Miller Implies He Intended for Trump's Nutjobs to Kill Democrats - emptywheel

Stephen Miller just confessed on Fox News that when he uses dehumanizing language -- when he calls Democrats "fascists" or "Marxists" or "radical" -- he intends it as a message to "all the crazies and...

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Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 13d

"The case was brought by digital rights group Bits of Freedom, which argued that Meta’s current design violates the European Digital Services Act (DSA). The court agreed, saying users must have genuine control over how content is presented."

www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/cour...

Court tells Meta to give Dutch users algorithm-free feed option - DutchNews.nl

Meta must allow users in the Netherlands to set a chronological, non-algorithmic feed as the default on Instagram and Facebook, a court in Amsterdam has ruled. The case was brought by digital rights group Bits of Freedom, which argued that Meta’s current design violates the European Digital Services Act (DSA). The court agreed, saying users must have genuine control over how content is presented. At present, both apps offer a chronological timeline, but the feature is hidden and cannot be...

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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 13d

The year is 2003.

17-year-old Stephen Miller is sitting in the back of a school bus talking about torture, as in “Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity."

Miller looks directly into the camera and describes the torturing Iraqis in gruesome detail, as his peers laugh uncomfortably.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 13d

New Washington Post poll on who voters blame for the government shutdown:

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13d

Hey, did you know my friend Fred is running for Congress?

This is very good news!

Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 14d

Here we are in another Republican government shutdown and my Rep is home doing photo ops instead of in D.C. trying to help working Americans. I didn't think I'd have to run to the trumpets again but I am. I'm running for Congress because I'm not done yet and neither are we. youtu.be/OSOAPMl_BSc?...

We're Not Done Yet - Fred Wellman for Missouri

YouTube video by Wellman For MO

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13d

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13d

OMG!

There is a house in Bedford, Iowa that has had a Trump flag flying since 2016. He also had a huge hand-painted Trump signs.

They are gone. The flag and the signs.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13d

I would say the house is under new ownership, but the other two flags are still flying. An American flag and a Marine Corps flag.

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Kevin ANTIFA Ressler 💙🐈‍⬛ @kevinressler.bsky.social · 13d

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A cool and calm thought.

It's all of us against the wealthy, not Left vs Right!!!

YouTube video by The Tony Michaels Podcast

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen to Fox & Friends host Lawrence Jones: "In New Hampshire we do not provide health insurance for illegal immigrants, we have never done that, and you are just wrong."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13d

Your occasional reminder that Russ Vought, who is claiming the right to fire civil servants for whatever reason he sees it, once refused to quit a political appointment position even after Trump had lost.

russ vought saying "no, its a three year term" when Biden asks for his resignation on the naval academy visitors board

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 22d

📌 And i am autistic 🙋‍♀️ 🐥

STOP ~ this nonsense ‼️

#EpsteinFiles #Autism

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Leaving MAGA/Rich Logis 🇺🇸 @leavingmaga.bsky.social · 13d

Trump & MAGA exploit the fact that most people are trusting, and never think someone is willing to lie about most everything. This is partly why lies stick. I think many in MAGA know when they're spouting a lie; but they have crafted an identity that is based on lies, & it’s why so many espouse lies

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 13d

"Religion doesn’t live outside of politics. It lives downstream.”

Charlie Kirk's death has fueled new pressure on churches to not only speak on politics - but reaffirm what their congregants already believe. I spoke to one pastor caught in the middle.

A Texas Church Strove to Be Apolitical. Then Charlie Kirk Was Killed.

In the wake of political violence and deepening division, high-profile Christian leaders—and church congregants—are pressuring pastors to take a stand from the pulpit.

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Piyush Mittal @piyushmittal.bsky.social · 13d

Texas state rep accuses Greg Abbott of corruption: “He funneled almost a billion dollars in taxpayer money to campaign donors”
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Texas State Rep Accuses Greg Abbott of Corruption: “He Funneled Almost a Billion Dollars in Taxpayer Money to Campaign Donors”

Democratic Texas State Representative Gina Hinojosa attacked the "most corrupt Governor in Texas history" on Monday, writing on social media: "A new report reveals that [Texas Governor] Greg Abbott h

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