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Hudsonette @hudsonette.bsky.social · 1h

Had lunch at the Marcus Samuelsson restaurant in the Performing Arts Center at the WTC. Within walking distance but I hadn’t been. My friend just got a cool new job and treated me. Amazing food, so nice to catch up with an old friend. #NYC

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6h

#4 👍

Zohran sitting in the corner seat on a subway.

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 5h

This is a jaw-dropping, terrifying number. The CDC's workforce has decreased by 3,000 people since January.

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

www.wired.com

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Hudsonette @hudsonette.bsky.social · 5h

Resign

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 9h

Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

What could be worse than screaming at a Capitol police officer?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

They're the ones making our neighborhoods unsafe. They're the danger to our children. They're the threat to law and order.

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 7h

Agent lobs a gas canister into a residential neighborhood in Illinois for no discernible reason, gassing dozens of neighbors including a baby. The comfort with which they deploy weapons of war is unreal.

Source: www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 7h

time to dump a few container loads in boston harbor?

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7h

Coffee in the US is now 40% more expensive than before Trump.

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight — The Atlantic

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 7h

It may be hard to believe, but for the better part of 40 years, Republican presidents frequently signed legislation promoting special education. Nixon signed the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. George H.W. Bush signed the Individuals with Disabilities Educastion Act
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | Trump's mass firings strike a hammer blow against Americans with disabilities

The GOP once supported special education programs. Recent dismissals at the Education Department put an end to that support.

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James Wagner @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 16h

uptown

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Hudsonette @hudsonette.bsky.social · 17h

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Spooky Sasquatch @nerdysasquatch.bsky.social · 20h

At a time when billionaires would be all too happy to replace artists with AI slop, I think it's important to celebrate artists like Drew Struzan.

If you've seen a movie poster in the past 30+ years, you've seen something he did. A true master of the craft.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade poster

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Hudsonette @hudsonette.bsky.social · 19h

Gift link. More good prosecutors forced out of DOJ. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 20h

it's getting rapidly memory-holed that in 2012 kennedy claimed to a divorce judge that the brainworm affected his brain function and therefore future earning potential
www.politico.com/news/2024/05...

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump-Vance Administration getting rid of biodefense personnel is, to state the blindingly obvious, a very bad choice.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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🇨🇦 Janet Somerville @janetsomerville.bsky.social · 21h

TL cleanse with Martha, enjoying her final retrieve of the season in Lake #Muskoka. (No swimming for Puck, no water access at all until his stitches come out in another week. 😭) #dogs

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 21h

Things will continue to be chaotic for the foreseeable future, but I have a feeling that when we're finally past this nightmare and can accurately assess it all, we'll see that the right's insane reaction to Charlie Kirk's death was the beginning of the end for them. bsky.app/profile/chri...

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 21h

I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 22h

Cory Mills, boy I dunno

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/14/j...

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when Alex Pareene predicted this after Charlottesville in 2017 www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 1d

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion

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BORDER PATROC
ICE AGENTS KILL DOG
DURING UNLAWFUL SEARCH, REFUSE TO RENDER AID, AND LEAVE WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES

weratedogs This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE.
Unsurprisingly, they did not care enough to help the family as they tried to save him. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 22h

The US Administration has done zero impact analysis to consider how the lightspeed evisceration of our public health system will affect the health of American families.

WIRED @wired.com · 22h

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January. www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

www.wired.com

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