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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 6h

LOLOLOL, classic Washington self-own: sending a “DO NOT LEAK THIS” notice to people who feel bound and determined to leak it.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6h

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 6h

not saying my dog definitely helped rob the Louvre just pointing out no one would have noticed

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NPR @npr.org · 8h

Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. n.pr/48AUON2

The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom

Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10h

Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works

(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Screenshot of a text exchange via Signal between Anna Bower and Lindsay Halligan.

Halligan: By the way - everything I ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know.

Bower: I'm sorry, but that's not how this works.
You don't get to say that in retrospect.

Halligan: Yes I do. Off record.

Bower: I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked. But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story?

Halligan: It's obvious the whole convo is off record.
There's disappearing messages and it's on signal. What is your story? You never even told me about a story.

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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 12h

Can you imagine if Keir Starmer got private companies that he had direct power over and rich donors who wanted deregulation to pay £250 million in donations to knock down part of Big Ben to make his own little special tower? Because that's what Trump is doing to the White House literally right now.

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Jaypay @jaypay.bsky.social · 15h

All the best people🙄

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

That’s some chyron. 👑

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 1d

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 17h

This is Iliamna. She made a new best friend, who happens to be a balloon. Really thought they would have more time together. 12/10 (TT: andreal.corbin)

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Shel Winkley @shelwinkleywx.bsky.social · 17h

📍Greensburg, KS: "100% of its electricity comes from wind energy. Many of the roofs are lined with solar panels."

🗣️"Sustainable futures in buildings & communities don't just provide environmental benefits, but long-term economic benefits"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Cf...

Kansas town goes green while rebuilding after devastating tornado

YouTube video by CBS Evening News

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 17h

This is a correct use of the National Guard.

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1d

“Pvt. Alan Borbridge speaks in the Yup'ik language with an evacuee from Nightmute

He said he thinks it has been meaningful for some to encounter a Guard service member who can speak to them in Yupik. "They have a better understanding in their own language"

🥹🥹🥹🥹

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 17h

How the White House responded to the “No Kings” rallies

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Jaypay @jaypay.bsky.social · 17h

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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 17h

The Montrose rainbow crosswalk was gone Monday morning after protesters faced off with police as construction crews started restriping the intersection overnight and some were were detained, according to the Houston Police Department. bit.ly/47uyJ1D

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Feathered Stone @stonefeathers.bsky.social · 17h

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Stuart Lord @neurobeat.co.uk · 21h

You boy! Is this visual data streaming in 4K, with zero latency?

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 20h

If we are to avert "grossly tyrannical conduct," Illinois v Trump is a "make-or-break" moment for SCOTUS, per @stevevladeck.bsky.social
www.stevevladeck.com/p/184-the-ma...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19h

I've been watching what's going on in the UK with growing alarm; the immigration proposals are getting increasingly ridiculous. We're nearly at the point where the latest proposal will be that anyone who wants to move there must be apprenticed as a Morris Dancer for 5 years first.

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 1d

Haven’t read the report yet but this looks to me like another example of adding yet more makework to the immigration process for unclear reasons other than possibly getting mentioned in Politico Playbook.

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Audrey Dutton @audreydutton.bsky.social · 19h

Schools in South Carolina recently sent home unvaccinated kids, to stem a growing measles outbreak. Turns out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly infected their classmates for days.

That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.

Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.

The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...

www.propublica.org

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

“Is it any wonder that members of a generation that grew up with Jan. 6 .. are more likely to tolerate political violence ..? They don’t know that politics — as imperfect as it’s always been — can be much more decent than it is right now.”

@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 1d

This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.

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A woman who rang ABC Sydney radio said she found out about the Optus outage from her cat.

The cat has an automatic wi-fi feeder (connected to Optus) & when breakfast wasn't delivered at 6:10 am, the cat went to the bedroom to lodge a complaint with management.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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samlowryisdead.bsky.social @samlowryisdead.bsky.social · 1d

Some of those are Eisenhower using the Guard to enforce desegregation so a little different than what Trump is planning.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

We love our Marines and owe a debt of gratitude to Camp Pendleton, but next time, the Vice President and the White House shouldn’t be so reckless with people’s lives for their vanity projects.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. They describe the legions of masked immigration officers operating in near-total anonymity on the orders of the president as the crossing of a line that had long set the United States apart from the world’s most repressive regimes.”

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

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