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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 53m

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1h

Former Presidents consistently talk about the difficulty of getting good information as President, how everyone has an agenda, is telling them what they want to hear, etc.

Most Presidents make some effort to mitigate that well-known problem, but Trump's like "moar bubble, I want only bubble."

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 2h

For my piece today at @zeteo.com i wanted to truly underscore how punishingly stupid american fascism is now. Like, my original proposed headline for this was:

Our Democracy Is Imperiled Because One Old Man Won’t Stop ‘Yelling’ At His TV. zeteo.com/p/trump-addi...

Trump’s Addiction to Watching Fox Is Killing American Democracy

Our country is falling apart because one old man, Trump advisers and former administration officials say, won’t stop ‘yelling’ at his TV.

zeteo.com

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Sam Shirazi @samshirazi.bsky.social · 5h

3 rural health clinics closed in the Shenandoah Valley

The medical group specifically cited the recent reconciliation bill

It is true that rural health providers have been struggling for a long time

But they also have to factor in changes coming down the line

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 4h

This frog will need to get the Nobel peace prize … and the Presidential Medal of Freedom some day. 🙏🏼🐸

“I’ve definitely had spicier tamales,” says Portland ICE protest frog that feds pepper sprayed - per the Oregonian.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1h

This is infuriating. She excuses the orders as "preliminary," but that's an argument for applying settled law or preserving the status quo. Allowing POTUS to disregard Congressional appropriations and fire independent agency heads are neither, they're a radical restructuring of Constitutional order.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 1h

Been acting President for awhile.

Now he's just confirming it

President Miller

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/AoXcgAq

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 1h

I think Miller is showing the motherfucker AI videos.

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 2h

For my piece today at @zeteo.com i wanted to truly underscore how punishingly stupid american fascism is now. Like, my original proposed headline for this was:

Our Democracy Is Imperiled Because One Old Man Won’t Stop ‘Yelling’ At His TV. zeteo.com/p/trump-addi...

Trump’s Addiction to Watching Fox Is Killing American Democracy

Our country is falling apart because one old man, Trump advisers and former administration officials say, won’t stop ‘yelling’ at his TV.

zeteo.com

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2h

Vance could not give a straight answer to questions about:

➡️ Tom Homan's alleged acceptance of a bribe
➡️ Trump's accusations that J.B. Pritzker is a criminal
➡️ Layoffs at the CDC

Read/Watch: bit.ly/4nMSVl9

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 2h

For my piece today at @zeteo.com i wanted to truly underscore how punishingly stupid american fascism is now. Like, my original proposed headline for this was:

Our Democracy Is Imperiled Because One Old Man Won’t Stop ‘Yelling’ At His TV. zeteo.com/p/trump-addi...

Trump’s Addiction to Watching Fox Is Killing American Democracy

Our country is falling apart because one old man, Trump advisers and former administration officials say, won’t stop ‘yelling’ at his TV.

zeteo.com

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 3h

All the years I've lived in Manhattan we have never had door knockers from campaigns. Takes a lot of drive to hit all the buzzers at an apartment building and come upstairs.

Polite, informed volunteers. This campaign is out in full force.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2h

“This is not merely a confrontation over crowd control, immigration policy or policing tactics — it’s a deeper assault on faith-based dissent. The government’s response implicitly says that if faith communities protest, they will not be treated as legitimate religious actors.”

Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons @guthriegf.bsky.social · 8h

A brutal attack on a pastor outside an ICE processing center tells us all we need to know about the administration's regard for religious freedom and protection.

My new @msnbc.com column >> www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | ICE's violent tactics are an assault on faith-based dissent

A brutal attack on a pastor outside an ICE processing center tells us all we need to know about the administration's regard for religious freedom and protection.

www.msnbc.com

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 1h

"Laurene Powell Jobs is the founder and president of Emerson Collective, which is the majority owner of The Atlantic."

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2h

When I say that the Atlantic is the official magazine of the donor class this is what I’m talking about.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h

vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 23h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Another one

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 1d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 1d

Trump went for a Covid shot and then set the CDC on fire.

If that ain’t that asshole in a nutshell.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 1d

Roberts is presiding over, and driving, a stunning collapse in faith in the U.S. Supreme Court, not just among the public, but among federal judges.

What a failure. The Titanic captain of chief justices.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 1d

# of times the Bible forbids/demands penalties for abortion- 0
# of times the Bible justifies keeping out immigrants-0
# of times Jesus condemns homosexuality-0
# of times the Bible addresses poverty, justice and compassion for the poor- over 2,000
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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