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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

AOC: The problem is that the Trump administration, they think that destroying our health care, making sure that housing is too expensive to live in, that jacking up the cost of our groceries—they think all of this is about hurting Democrats. What they are doing is hurting Americans

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 9h

Definitely watching this

CNN @cnn.com · 9h

HAPPENING NOW: Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are answering questions at a CNN town hall moderated by Kaitlan Collins as the US government shutdown hits the two-week mark.

Watch CNN and follow live: https://cnn.it/4omk2TY

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 13h

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges & exited the Pentagon Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power. The U.S. gov called the new rules “common sense.”

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the sea...

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 14h

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 20h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 18h

Listen to my full conversation with David Leonhardt here:

America’s Next Story: Pete Buttigieg

YouTube video by The Opinions Podcast

www.youtube.com

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 18h

The important thing is that we can rebuild something fully new and better, which is why facing the severity of this moment can be a source of hope rather than paralysis.

Opinion | Pete Buttigieg on Rebuilding America After Trump

www.nytimes.com

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WTKR News 3 @wtkr3.bsky.social · 19h

A Mercy Chefs delivery vehicle was recently hit by a drone strike in Ukraine, the Portsmouth-based nonprofit said Wednesday. http://wtkr3.co/42EpJEy

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 1d

This is the list of press organizations signing the Pentagon's new restrictive policy on reporting (amounting to prior restraint) and not signing.

Signing: OAN ("news" lol ok)
Not Signing: LITERALLY EVERYBODY ELSE

Press organizations Signing and Not Signing the new restrictive Defense Department press policy

Signing
• One America News
Refusing to sign
• ABC News
• Air & Space Forces Magazine
• Al Jazeera
• AL-Monitor
• Associated Press
• The Atlantic
• Aviation Week
• Axios
• Bloomberg News
• Breaking Defense
• C4ISRNET
• CBS News
• CNN
• The Daily Caller
• Defense Daily
• Defense News
• Defense One
• The Economist
• Federal Times
• The Financial Times
• Fox News
• The Guardian
• The Hill
• HuffPost
• Military Times
• MSNBC
• NBC News
• The New York Times
• Newsmax
• NPR
• PBS Newshour
• Politico
• RealClearPolitics
• Reuters
• Task & Purpose
• USNI News
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Washington Examiner
• The Washington Post
• The Washington Times
• WTOP

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 1d

This is the list of press organizations signing the Pentagon's new restrictive policy on reporting (amounting to prior restraint) and not signing.

Signing: OAN ("news" lol ok)
Not Signing: LITERALLY EVERYBODY ELSE

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 2d

The "No Kings" protests across the country this Saturday will be one of the largest protests in American history, but only if you show up and speak up.

Saturday.
October 18th.
2025.

Find an event to attend here: www.nokings.org

cc: @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 1d

GEEEEEEEEZ this is horrifying

BNO News @bnonews.com · 1d

BREAKING: Car bomb explodes near mall in Guayaquil, Ecuador; multiple casualties reported

Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 1d

Dang this is sad

BNO News @bnonews.com · 1d

Michael D’Angelo Archer, the Grammy Award-winning singer who helped define the neo-soul movement of the late 1990s and the early 2000s with hits such as 'Untitled (How Does It Feel),' died in New York on Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 51. bnonews.com/index.php/20...

D’Angelo, neo-soul icon behind ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ dead at 51

Michael D’Angelo Archer, the Grammy Award-winning singer who helped define the neo-soul movement of the late 1990s and the early 2000s with hits such as ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ died in New York...

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 2d

The "No Kings" protests across the country this Saturday will be one of the largest protests in American history, but only if you show up and speak up.

Saturday.
October 18th.
2025.

Find an event to attend here: www.nokings.org

cc: @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 2d

If you're able, please consider a donation to the Alaska Community Fund to help people in western Alaska impacted by ex-typhoon Halong even as winter is bearing down. All the money donated goes to the region. Quyana. #Alaska #AlaskaSky

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

Screen shot of the ACF Western Alaska Disaster Relief 2025 Fund:

"In response to recent severe storms, including Typhoon Halong, that devastated Alaska's western coast, local community organizations and regional partners have come together to establish the Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund, housed at the Alaska Community Foundation.
Two major storm systems struck western Alaska in rapid succession, bringing record flooding, extreme winds, and extensive damage from Kwigillingok to Kotzebue. Homes have been damaged and destroyed, critical infrastructure compromised, and subsistence resources disrupted. The Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund will provide support to affected communities for immediate relief, recovery support, and long-term resilience, including disaster preparedness initiatives. Distribution decisions will be guided by advisors including regional leaders and stakeholders, ensuring resources reach affected communities based on locally identified needs.

The Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund brings together a growing list of local, regional, and statewide partners endorsing the fund, including:

Association of Village Council Presidents
Alaska Federation of Natives
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Bethel Community Services Foundation
Calista Corporation
Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation
First Alaskans Institute
Kawerak, Inc.
Native Peoples Action
Maniilaq Association

Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation"

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 2d

"INDY! INDY! INDY!"

a man in a suit and tie is standing next to another man with his arms in the air

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing next to another man with his arms in the air

media.tenor.com

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CNN @cnn.com · 2d

Three people have been arrested on murder charges and a fourth person on an attempted murder charge in a weekend shooting that left six dead and more than a dozen injured in a small Mississippi town, the FBI announced.

4 arrests made in connection with mass shooting that left 6 dead in Mississippi, FBI says | CNN

Three people have been arrested on murder charges and a fourth person on an attempted murder charge in a weekend shooting that left six dead and more than a dozen injured in a small Mississippi town, ...

www.cnn.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

* Over 20,000 Palestinians killed since January
* 100s starved to death, including kids
* Congress bypassed to send more & more bombs to Israel
* US citizens murdered in the West Bank

I hope this ceasefire holds & I am glad the hostages are free, but this is Trump’s *actual record* so far.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders announced plans Monday to vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S. House district map, with a likely aim to shore up another GOP seat within already right-leaning boundaries.

North Carolina GOP announce plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders say they will vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S.

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Justin Fleenor 🔁 @justinfleenor.bsky.social · 2d

Journalists working at The Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN, The Atlantic, Breaking Defense, and other major news publications will not sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy and Pentagon requirements by Tuesday’s afternoon deadline.

GIFT ARTICLE:
wapo.st/3WAcdy5

Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

wapo.st

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Brendan Gutenschwager @bgonthescene.bsky.social · 2d

Progress on the Obama Presidential Center on the South Side of Chicago, which is expected to open next year

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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James Franklin @franklinjamesl.bsky.social · 2d

With about 80% of the precincts reporting I've seen enough. GDMI - Google DeepMind is going to win the seat for best track model in 2025. The race for best intensity model is still too close to call, but GDMI is right there with the consensus and OFCL. Quite a remarkable campaign.

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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s Guilt-By-Association Law Enforcement: Will Trump and Miller Target Saturday’s No Kings Protests Throughout the United States?

www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-guil...

Trump’s Guilt-By-Association Law Enforcement

The groundwork has been laid to go after innocent people, opposition groups, and even No Kings protesters.

www.thebulwark.com

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