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Gideon Lukens @gidlukens.bsky.social · 3h

Minnesota and Maryland also opened window shopping for 2026 ACA marketplace plans, and people are seeing their premiums spike due to expiring tax credit enhancements. A typical 60-year-old Minnesotan couple making $85,000 will face a $15,500 increase in annual premiums. (1/4)

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 3h

Democrats need to accept that Trump will indict his political enemies. But if Democrats respond by later indicting the DOJ officials who illegally carried out Trump's indictments, that will be end of our Republic.

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Tesla Takedown MN @teslatakedownmn.bsky.social · 3h

Did you know there’s a measles outbreak in MN? 20 cases reported so far, 18/20 in children. The 2 latest cases are unvaccinated children who likely contracted it from an unvaccinated adult.

2023 - 0 measles cases in MN
2024 - 70 cases

www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/two-...

Two more measles cases confirmed in Minnesota

Last year Minnesota reported 70 measles cases, but 0 in 2023.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 4h

Remember when Republicans got mad that the federal government might be CENSORING political content on social media? Remember when they spent three years holding hearings trying to prove it happened? And threatened to jail anyone involved?

How times change!

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6h

Statement from AG Pam Bondi:

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 5h

A lot of the J6 groups came down, btw, based on FB's own calls, because of calls for violence within those groups. That got reframed as "anti-conservative censorship".

What apparently happened here is that Laura Loomer got upset about some groups she thought needed to come down & DOJ made requests.

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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 5h

This is a very useful exploration of the legal authorities at play around the country:

Monica Torres @monicatorrr.bsky.social · 1d

Wrote about what the National Guard can ask or do to civilians and how the Insurrection Act could dramatically change that: www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...

Can The National Guard Detain And Arrest You? Here Are Some Surprising Facts.

Trump's push to federalize troops "has no precedent," one expert said.

www.huffpost.com

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 5h

This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Indivisible Memphis @indivisiblememphis.bsky.social · 6h

Legal Observer Training

Oct. 14 | 6:30-7:30 pm | Virtual Training

Legal observers are trained volunteers who monitor protests to document police behavior and protect the rights of participants.

To learn more contact us at [email protected].
#IndivisibleMemphis
#SafetyTeams

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macatoo.bsky.social @macatoo.bsky.social · 3h

Efficiency through convolution. Savings through expenditures. Strength through destruction.

Good times.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 5h

CDC HR employees were brought back from furlough to process these RIFs and then end their own department

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 5h

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 5h

Unbelievable story of Afghan refugee, a highly vetted fluent English speaker who helped the US against the Taliban and now lives here with his US citizen kids, declared “illegal” and perhaps about to be shipped home by the Trump admin to his likely death

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5h

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S.

Then ICE arrested him.

If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

America saved him from the Taliban. Trump wants to send him back.

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

www.washingtonpost.com

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macatoo.bsky.social @macatoo.bsky.social · 4h

Nice peace if you can keep it.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4h

BREAKING: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire with slow release of dead hostages, AP sources say.

Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 5h

"The DOJ will continue engaging tech companies to *eliminate platforms* . . ."

This is your daily reminder Bondi specifically, and MAGA generally, spent the last 4 years accusing the Biden admin of jawboning tech companies to take down content in violation of the 1A.

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macatoo.bsky.social @macatoo.bsky.social · 4h

What’s even funnier (sadder?) is that the consultant probably pitched 2-3 ideas, and these geniuses picked the “hate America rally.”

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4h

1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

"Content moderation for me, not for thee."

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6h

Statement from AG Pam Bondi:

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macatoo.bsky.social @macatoo.bsky.social · 4h

Extraordinary work. I don’t think people will be surprised companies are evading sanctions and selling tracking software for malicious uses, but to finally have evidence it’s happening will hopefully move us in the direction of more regulation and protection.

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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 4h

The undercover footage in this video... just wow. Our new massive international investigation into a surveillance company selling untraceable tech that can find you anywhere.

Every view and comment on this helps get in front of more eyes—and that means we can keep doing this work! Thank you!!

This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You

YouTube video by Mother Jones

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 4h

Humanitarian activists were shackled, beaten, and denied basic legal rights after Israel illegally detained them in international waters. Democratic senators are demanding answers after the U.S. government did nothing for its citizens. From James Baratta: trib.al/GBiZUjP

Democratic Senators Probe ‘Apparent Neglect’ of Detained Flotilla Activists

It took the State Department four days to assess the well-being of American citizens apprehended by Israel for participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla.

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macatoo.bsky.social @macatoo.bsky.social · 4h

Nations (and individuals) that have bestowed lavish gifts to Trump or made deals with his family, have later received extraordinary benefits paid for by the American people - e.g. Musk, Qatar…

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 8h

1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.

Quid Pro Presidency

Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 8h

1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.

Quid Pro Presidency

Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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macatoo.bsky.social @macatoo.bsky.social · 6h

The Trump Administration is trying to make life harder and less healthy (gutting environmental protections, food safety, and public health) for non-wealthy Americans.

Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 7h

The director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has just been laid off.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 9h

#ICYMI: Yesterday’s “One First” summarized just how weak the defenses of the Supreme Court’s behavior on Trump-related emergency applications have been—and explained what someone would have to do to *actually* defend all that the Court’s majority has been doing:

www.stevevladeck.com/p/183-the-mi...

After all, maybe one can defend the Court granting emergency relief more often than ever before and in cases with far greater real-world (and structural) impacts. And maybe one can defend the Court altering (if not completely scrapping) the traditional balance of the equities in these cases. But does that defense extend to the Court doing so especially in cases in which President Trump is a party-and no others? And does it extend to the Court doing all of this without usually providing written explanations of what it is doing-or why? And even if the answer is somehow "yes," does it also extend to the Court doing all of this, not usually explaining what it's doing or why, and nevertheless accusing lower courts who fail to read the justices' minds of "defying" the Court?

I have a very hard time believing that anyone can genuinely make it through even three of those sentences with a coherent defense of what the Supreme Court has done over the past seven months-let alone all five of them. I'd love to see such an argument, if it exists, but I haven't been-and won't be-holding my breath.

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macatoo.bsky.social @macatoo.bsky.social · 6h

Destroying the Post was the goal. This is success for Bezos. One less trusted news source and no reporters asking uncomfortable questions.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 23h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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