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Miles Morales @milesm2000.bsky.social · 7h

India is *very much* urbanising.

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Miles Morales @milesm2000.bsky.social · 7h

Firing RFK Jr. would be next.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 8h

Ok, here’s the bottom line, IMO: this is the same fight as the shutdown writ large. “We need your votes and we’re going to put a house bill in front of you and not allow you any input and blame you if you don’t vote for it.” Unacceptable. If you can call your senator, worth asking them to vote no.

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 8h

So Thune is trying to jam up Democrats tomorrow by holding a vote on a full Defense appropriations bill. Tentatively expect it to fall on its face hard, especially given their refusal to consider Dems’ proposal to advance a bill to pay troops, as well as Trump doing it illegally anyway. And also…

thehill.com

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 8h

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 8h

This is dark. But also, this display of solidarity on the part of the pentagon press corps should be a model for dealing with the regime

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 10h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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Cao Cao Power Hour Enthusiast @statsboyandi.bsky.social · 10h

A sitting member of congress calling a black member of congress a house slave would, in almost any other epoch since the civil war resulted in his resignation within minutes

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 10h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 11h

Opening the comments section to find out it’s actually $40 billion now

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 11h

So Nazis. They want to give refugee status to Nazis.

OK, maybe not JUST Nazis. Also certain other white people who hate non-white immigration. But Nazis can definitely come.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The proposals also advise Mr. Trump to prioritize Europeans who have been “targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.”

That appeared to be a reference to the European far-right political party Alternative for Germany, whose leaders have trivialized the Holocaust, revived Nazi slogans and denigrated foreigners. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany for trying to suppress the views of the group, which is known as the AfD.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 12h

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a HUGE voting rights case today.

Louisiana v. Callais will determine whether the heart of the Voting Rights Act lasts beyond the midterms.

Uphold the VRA.

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 12h

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 12h

what even happened on the other site this time

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Miles Morales @milesm2000.bsky.social · 11h

They are quoting Butch Ware who is part of the party who *openly* threw trans people under the bus just before the election. Actually astonishing that they had the gall to criticise and blame you.

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Miles Morales @milesm2000.bsky.social · 11h

I'm more worried about independents favouring Ciattarelli

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jstreetdotorg.bsky.social @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social · 13h

It took far too long – and far too many lives – to reach this ceasefire.

Now comes the real test: Keeping it. Extremists are already attacking the deal. The US must hold firm, and we must show there’s broad support for peace.

✍️ This War Ends Here. act.jstreet.org/sign/no-retu...

No Return to Gaza War

None

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Miles Morales @milesm2000.bsky.social · 13h

Mission: Impossible 8 really made me believe that there was a doomsday bunker in South Africa which stored all of human knowledge and history, and was bummed out to see that no such thing exists in real life (an observatory in Norway preserving new and ancient seedlings being the closest thing).

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Miles Morales @milesm2000.bsky.social · 13h

Plus I think you misunderstood Schnorkles' post. 'they' here refers to *Republicans*, not Democrats.

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Miles Morales @milesm2000.bsky.social · 13h

I think Schnorkles is the wrong guy to yell at about this.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 13h

This delay is not procedural, it is intentional. Speaker Johnson is doing everything in his power to shield this administration from accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Grijalva, Now Certified in Arizona, Demands Again That Johnson Seat Her

www.nytimes.com

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 14h

Is there gonna be outrage among westerners about russians blowing up a UN humanitarian convoy or

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 16h

Talia doesn't want us to save democracy, she wants to make sure the people who show up to protests are still people she wants to date. I'm going to keep observing this about everyone who posts stuff like this, because it's true. These people are socialites, not activists.

Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social · 16h

This is where theory gets you

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

there are a couple of ways to think about this, one is that no one should be running for their first senate race at this age, and the other is that if platner can’t beat her, he definitely can’t beat collins. i think he can. everybody needs to stop crying and start fighting.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

Janet Mills going to the Senate at 79 would make her the oldest elected freshman senator in history — but just as old as or younger than 1 in 9 senators serving in this congress. www.pbump.net/o/a-79-year-...

A 79 year-old freshman senator would be … unusual

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has announced her intention to run for Senate against the state's well-known — ahem — incumbent, Susan Collins. When the next Senate term begins in January 2027, Collins wil...

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 5d

“King wasn’t always perfectly aligned with white liberals in his coalition” gets turned to “MLK hated libs more than racists” is another big one too. Similar to how “Pharmaceutical industry often engages in rent-seeking” becomes RFK Jr. anti-vax bullshit. It’s in everything and everywhere.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 5d

You see this all the time online, some originally well-based bounded criticism or point gets magnified and stripped of all that context, “some Nazis admired Jim Crow” gets turned into “the 1930s US was literally as bad Nazi Germany”, it’s so fucking dumb and it happens all the time

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 5d

It’s just example # 486 of “reasonable nuanced critique of liberalism gets flattened to meaninglessness through a game of telephone”. Cogent critiques of aspects of respectability politics get turned into “it makes you a brave revolutionary to be the biggest asshole possible to everyone”

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 6d

note that since mid-2010s you can always get a standing ovation in blue social media by denouncing the idea of civility or politeness more broadly. the experiment in how this has worked out keeps on yielding predictably unpleasant results

Ed @ed3d.net · 7d

I lack the words to describe what is wrong with these people.

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Nick L. Underfront @jasoncheathawks.bsky.social · 23h

sitting governor who told trump directly to eat shit to defend trans rights and she gets no credit for it because her opponent is a white dude running on da populism. idk man.

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