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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 13m

This from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on the media's anemic (or non-) coverage of the massive No Kings movement is such a great point

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 9h

This is a sign of immense weakness. It’s like a mobster asking others if they’d be interested in a shakedown because their first targets didn’t cooperate.

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 13h

After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 12h

Congrats to University of California professors & alumni for being awarded 5 Nobel Prizes!

California’s scientists are leading the world in crucial breakthroughs.

www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

University of California sets world record with five Nobel Prizes in one week

The UC system made history this week, as its faculty and alumni won five Nobel Prizes across medicine, physics and chemistry — the most ever awarded to a single institution in one year.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 11h

Barron’s upstairs in the White House seeing what stock he can short tomorrow when his old man gets home and posts some more China sh*t. Market manipulation is real.

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audie verde @audieverde.bsky.social · 10h

I have been watching the devastating videos from friends and colleagues. Some folks are still missing in cold waters. The few news and info sources for locals are also the same ones being cut by federal funding. People should know this is happening

KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 10h

The U.S. Coast Guard commander for Western Alaska compared the devastation in Southwest Alaska villages over the weekend to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

(From @alaskapublic.org)

Officials say storm 'completely devastated' Western Alaska communities

A Coast Guard commander recounts scenes of Alaskans swimming in floodwaters in the middle of the night, in search of debris to hold onto.

www.ktoo.org

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11h

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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Kathy @katvan62desertrose.bsky.social · 13h

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lobsternanny @lobsternanny.bsky.social · 13h

#ReturnTheDakotas

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h

NYT wrote a 2,400 word story abt Todd Blanche without mentioning that he personally ordered the arrest of Newark Mayor @rasjbaraka.bsky.social, and as such is deeply implicated in @replamonica.bsky.social case.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/u...

The front page of a NYT story, titled, "Part Enabler, Part Buffer: the Bind of the Justice Dept's No. 2"

A picture shows Blanche partly visible behind a journalist's raised hand.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 21h

Today is Indigenous Peoples Day – a time to honor the 11 sovereign Tribal Nations and robust urban Native communities that continue to enrich our state’s cultural landscape, economy, and heritage.

It was a beautiful morning to celebrate on the shore of Bde Maka Ska.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

Two preventable causes of death that we have chosen to do nothing about. Two preventable causes of death with evidence-based solutions that we have chosen to ignore.

OPB @opb.org · 1d

Researchers discovered that since 2017, firearms have surpassed motor vehicle collisions as the leading cause of mortality for youth ages 11-18, spiking from 1,945 deaths in 2001 to 3,224 in 2022.

Gun deaths among high schoolers on the rise, WSU study finds

The researchers found that, nationwide, high schoolers ages 14 to 18 are at an exceptionally elevated risk for gun-inflicted injury and death compared to children in other age groups in both rural and urban settings.

www.opb.org

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

She probably should have impressed this upon Kavanaugh before he issued an opinion endorsing what are now known as “Kavanaugh stops.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 1d

Sign that your 9YO may have two lawyers for parents:

Me: “You’re not complaining, are you?”

9YO: “No. I’m just stating my feelings in an aggravated tone!”

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EASTMAN @eastman9125.bsky.social · 1d

Evangelicals don’t love God. They fear the threat of eternal damnation. That is not what you would call a healthy relationship.

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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lobsternanny @lobsternanny.bsky.social · 20h

Just what an unprepared and willfully ignorant student would say when failing to do the homework.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

THIS IS NOTHING LESS THAN A SAVAGE REBELLION AGAINST MODESTY.

THE PRESIDENT MUST INVOKE THE INSURRECTION ACT IMMEDIATELY!!

THANK YOU FOR AVERTING YOUR EYES FROM THIS MATTER

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Translation: they gave him a plane and filled his family’s pockets

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 1d

A black necked stilt foraging in shallow water.

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#birds #nature #wildlife 📷

A photo of a slender back and white bird with long pink legs and a long black beak, standing in shallow blue water. The bird is looking down at the water, which shows a nearly perfect reflection of the bird.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

In the first month of direct state aid for Missouri’s voucher scheme, 98% of funds went to religious schools...

missouriindependent.com/2025/10/13/n...

Nearly all state funding for Missouri school vouchers used for religious schools • Missouri Independent

As state funding begins directly fueling Missouri's voucher program, a majority of students use the money for religious education.

missouriindependent.com

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

The deployment of tear gas throughout the Chicago area is a growing health concern. ICE is deploying tear gas in residential neighborhoods, near children, playgrounds, stores, etc. What are the health implications on our communities?

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Alternative View, Pacific Northwest @alt-pnw.bsky.social · 1d

Disobedience to the regime is necessary!
Thanks to @portofseattle.bsky.social
“Sea-Tac won’t air Noem video blaming shutdown on Democrats”

cc: @maddow.msnbc.com @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social
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SEA airport refuses to air Noem TSA video blaming Democrats for government shutdown

The Port of Seattle has joined Portland's airport in refusing to air a video at TSA checkpoints that features Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming De

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Jessica Johnson @historyofjess.com · 1d

Chicago is not giving these assholes any rest and I'm just so very proud of my city.

Former Brundlefly @thatguywasfly.bsky.social · 1d

One thing I want you to take from videos like this is the absolute cacophony of whistles and screams of "GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD" from people in the streets and in buildings. And more and more people are at that point every day.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22h

"Roughly three out of every four high-value, “emergency procurement” contracts the governor’s office has awarded are missing the legally required public documentation,"

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1d

“More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation”

Daniel Ducassi for Florida Bulldog

More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation

By Daniel Ducassi, FloridaBulldog.org - More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts missing legally required public documentation.

www.floridabulldog.org

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