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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 52m

The dissent does an excellent job making the majority look like fools. cst.brightspotcdn.com/d9/44/ff61b3...

The district court’s factual findings, which the government does not
challenge on appeal, and which are not clearly erroneous in any event, fully resolve
this issue. In the two weeks leading up to the President’s September 27 social
media post, there had not been a single incident of protesters’ disrupting the
execution of the laws. Oregon, 2025 WL 2817646, at *10. I repeat: not a single
incident for two weeks. Here are summaries from police reports for the five days
preceding the President’s social media post.
September 22: Approx. 7-10 people. No calls.
September 23: Few people. No activity.
September 24: Approx. 10 people. No calls.
September 25: Approx. 20 people. No calls.
September 26: Approx. 15 people. Energy low, minimal activity.
No incidents.
A police officer’s report from September 26 stated: “Throughout the day we
observed approximately 8-15 people at any given time out front of ICE. Mostly
sitting in lawn chairs and walking around.”
It is hard to understand how a tiny protest causing no disruptions could
possibly satisfy the standard that the President is unable to execute the laws.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 47m

It's almost like Republicans can't find anyone without a Nazi/racist text history to serve, but it is a bit troubling, isn't it, that there seems to be an endless supply of them

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Mara @maralinn.bsky.social · 48m

The White House is doing the demolishing?? Is it sentient? Does it have opposable thumbs?

Ty Burr @tyburr.bsky.social · 1h

The metaphors write themselves

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Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 2h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Bubba's Dad @bubsdad.bsky.social · 3h

Just receieved this today from Florida Blue. This is for a Bronze plan. Our monthly premiums are going from $333 (2025) to $2300 in 2026.

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Mara @maralinn.bsky.social · 3h

It’s a boy! We’re at his first vet visit. Kind of a cliche, but we’re going to call him Felix. I’m unofficially fostering until after he’s neutered, then off to the local shelter.

Mara @maralinn.bsky.social · 20h

I know this kitty looks demonic, but they’re really sweet. Oh, and here’s their murder mits.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 5h

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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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 6h

The entire "free speech on campus" moral panic was manufactured to blackmail us into making space in intellectual life for bigots and charlatans who couldn't get there on their own merits. Its a DEI scheme for fascism. Congratulations to everyone who took it at face value.

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 6h

“Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.” Everything about this is so cursed. Masks off at the University of Oxford.

Curtis Yarvin & David Starkey - The End of the End of History
By Oakeshott (formerly Scruton)
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The second Oakeshott Lecture of 2025 - with perennially viral tech philosopher Curtis Yarvin and eminent historian David Starkey

In the second Oakeshott (formerly Scruton) Lecture, Curtis Yarvin will address the End of the End of History in the Post-Cold War Era.

A former software developer, Curtis Yarvin came to international prominence under the pen-name Mencius Moldbug as a critic of contemporary democracy. An avid promoter of technocracy and critic of ‘the Cathedral’, Yarvin has become an influential figure on the American right - a reliably controversial voice and a confidante of JD Vance and Peter Thiel.

Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.

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JLMeyer 🐰 @jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social · 8h

Human Artists,

Use one piece to convince people to follow you!

Dragon party in the woods! Hedgehog greets the chipmunk on the mail box

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 20h

"Unnerved by the sight of Natives less miserable than they were supposed to be, settlers and the U.S. military believed Ghost Dance adherents were working themselves up into a frenzied uprising." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-pro-mass...

The Pro-Massacre, Pro-Segregation, Pro-Eugenics Administration

The Trump administration is seeking to rewind the clock on an entire century of legal—and moral—progress.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Mara @maralinn.bsky.social · 20h

He probably issues tons of pardons a few weeks before his term is up, then resigns, then President Vance pardons him.

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Mara @maralinn.bsky.social · 20h

I know this kitty looks demonic, but they’re really sweet. Oh, and here’s their murder mits.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 22h

So here's something everyone saying "just let him pay the troops" needs to consider.

Giving a President the ability to repurpose money meant for other things towards paying people means giving him the ability to repurpose money meant for paying people towards other things.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 5d

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 22h

Look solitary can actually, genuinely, psychologically change people, so I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt if he gets serious about it.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22h

Following his release from federal prison, ex-Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) says he would like to devote his life to prison reform.

Santos said he spent nearly half of his time in solitary confinement, an experience he said was dehumanizing.

George Santos, freed by Trump, says he wants to reform American prisons

“There is nothing more that I want to do than to focus and dedicate my entire life to prison reform,” Santos said.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 23h

I've mentioned this before but it bears repeating. Don't leave FSA funds on the table at the end of the year. LOTS of places like homeless shelters etc... would love donations of FSA eligible items. For the past 2 years, I've used left over funds to shop here: fsastore.com - then donate the items.

The FSA Store - Browse and Buy over 2,500+ Flexible Spending Account Eligible Items Online

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22h

The whole thing as a vanity exercise to demonstrate a show of force before the No Kings events.

DOD had said that firing bombs over a highway was safe; state officials disagreed and shut down the highway, used by about 80K people daily. Turns out the state officials were right.

John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 23h

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail 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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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

This is well-stated, and most welcome

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

Some Trump administration officials, including Marco Rubio, who is both the secretary of state and the national security adviser, have argued that designating a drug cartel as a terrorist organization brings with it the authority to use military force against it.
rhat is false as a matter of legal reality; the law that empowers the executive branch to deem foreign groups terrorists enables steps like freezing their assets and making it a crime to do business with them — not to attack them.

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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson defends his refusal to swear in Grijalva: "I'm following the Pelosi precedent." When Republican "Julia Letlow was elected... Pelosi took 25 days to swear her in."

Karl fact-checks him: "that was the date [Letlow] requested ... Pelosi didn't delay that."

Johnson admits nothing and moves on.

Video Democrats are ‘playing politics’: Johnson on the government shutdown

ABC News' Jonathan Karl interviews House Speaker Mike Johnson on “This Week.”

abcnews.go.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Welp.

They added that the US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier.
Though Ukraine ultimately managed to swing Trump back to endorsing a freeze of the current front lines, the acrimonious meeting appeared to reflect the capricious nature of Trump's position on the war and his willingness to endorse Putin's maximalist demands.

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jack 🌹 @kyriakos.bsky.social · 1d

“What appeared to be”? Is there some question about whether that was actual footage?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

President Trump posted what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media showing him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters. He shared the video on Saturday, the same day that protesters participated in mass “No Kings” demonstrations.

Trump Posts Fake A.I. Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters

President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators.

nyti.ms

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 2d

Found this video while explaining the Portland Frogs to someone. Enjoy!

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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 1d

The Diarrhea President shall go down in the anals of history

Thank you for following

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d

Venezuela is not a major supplier of drugs to the United States. This whole narrative is bogus from beginning to end.

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 1d

Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.

This is the official US response to Petro's comments.

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Mara @maralinn.bsky.social · 1d

Look what I found yesterday! I doubt if we can keep it, sadly. #kittens #cats #voids

A small black kitten on a light colored towel, mouth open as they mew. Small teeth are visible, making them look angry, but they’re just demanding scritches.

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