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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 22m

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

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Chris Mirasola @chrismirasola.bsky.social · 27m

I can’t overstate how entirely untethered to the constitution and past practice this unilateral move to repurpose funds to pay for military pay is. The commander-in-chief clause has precisely 0 bearing on the ability to expend funds. Here’s a list of authorities that do:

National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-8

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF WAR THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET SUBJECT: Use of

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28m

See this for what it is:
*Trump wants to make the military/FBI loyal to him
*GOP refuses bipartisan legislation to pay the military
*Trump creates a new executive power: that he and he alone decides if the military/FBI is paid during shutdown

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-shutdo...

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 1h

Kash says he can still pay salaries at the FBI, the head of OMB plans to close an agency, Trump is levying taxes —_ahem, donations_ — to expand the White House: when does the idea that we've entered a post-constitutional period enter the mainstream conversation?

Reuters @reuters.com · 6h

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White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social · 46m

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 2h

What do I know and I'm not saying it's a magic bullet or anything like that but it sure seems to me that Dems should run hard on the Argentina bailout. Not anywhere near the worst thing Trump has done, but i suspect it's unusually clarifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 59m

I’ve been evicted from the Pentagon, a building I’ve covered for 18 years, Nancy A. Youssef writes. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.

The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps

I’ve been evicted from a building I’ve covered for 18 years. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2h

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 2h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1h

They've been arguing in court repeatedly that there are no plans for a shutdown and that they will honor all statutory obligations.
Not sure what a legal system does with a government that simply isn't credible.

Reuters @reuters.com · 6h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Mzbitca @mzbitca.bsky.social · 1h

People with power and in the c suites have convinced themselves everyone hates woke and are using it to rid themselves of all the people that they think hold them back but actually save them from themselves

🐔Katy🐔 @katy-mouse.bsky.social · 1h

As an occasional theatre director this is crazy to me because they make intimacy work so much better. It takes stress off my plate & the actors’ because it’s safer— just like stage combat.
Also I can always tell in movies and tv when one is used— it’s much more comfortable looking and just better

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 1h

NEW! After the initial introduction of intimacy coordinators to film & TV productions following #MeToo, the industry seems to have soured on the position. Do intimacy coordinators stifle creativity? Do they keep actors safe? Erica W Smith investigates:

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damned soul-o-man @dansolomon.com · 1h

you can marginalize a movement before it reaches the mainstream but once it does that then by definition you can not marginalize it (this was true of trumpism too)

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damned soul-o-man @dansolomon.com · 1h

quite sincerely they should send reporters to diners in like apaducah kentucky to find out what people there actually think www.paducahsun.com/news/roughly...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

the extent to which media elites treat liberal americans as if they do not count in the body politic is a real problem

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 3h

I read the piece. You shouldn't. He dismisses the "No Kings" protests as liberals in blue cities. He invokes Rosa Parks, as if rural white people in the 60s loved everything that the movement then was doing. "We need a movement but not this one" is a core centrist tact these days.

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 3h

Is this a joke. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 2h

Bessent isn't doing the administrations any favors with his messaging. He reportedly said the new $20b was at least partially private funds. Maybe all? How does that work? Are taxpayers taking risks here?

No clue! I've asked a bunch, and gotten nothing. Don't think others know either.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 1h

politico this week

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5h

started / going

DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
By Matt Novak
Updated October 15, 2025

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 2h

Yep.

NSA staff are also DoD but yes:

lol.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2h

UPDATE: Sources tell us that NSA staff are *also* included in being forced to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech (that he already forced top military generals to listen to).

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 22h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 2h

gutting the vra *right now* is honestly going to be scotus ruling itself into irrelevance, i think, and not in a good way. it's going to make it much more possible for the reactionary anti-democracy faction to solidify its power.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 4h

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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Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social · 1h

The Voting Rights Act has been wildly successful at increasing minority representation in Congress. If SCOTUS reinterprets it, those numbers would likely drop significantly. fivethirtyeight.com/features/maj...

A line graph showing an increased number of people of color getting elected to Congress since 1983.

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Joé McKen @joemcken.net · 2h

So weird how one major US political party keeps getting caught electing nazis and hiring nazi staffers and hanging out in nazi group chats and displaying nazi symbols and using nazi talking points and stuff

Anyway, let’s put them in charge of the government for a while, I’m sure it’ll be fine

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 5h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 2h

This is also my way of saying that it being easier and more open to say racist things is very very bad because it signals regression to a time where those openly racist ideas and statements weren’t just acknowledged but celebrated and codified

Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 18h

Something that I don’t think people realize is how bonkers racist society was for a long time. Like it is racist now but it was *SO RACIST* that it is hard to describe it without sounding unhinged

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 3h

I read the piece. You shouldn't. He dismisses the "No Kings" protests as liberals in blue cities. He invokes Rosa Parks, as if rural white people in the 60s loved everything that the movement then was doing. "We need a movement but not this one" is a core centrist tact these days.

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 3h

Is this a joke. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

www.theatlantic.com

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Ben Carlson @bencarlson007.bsky.social · 12h

Middle aged guy think piece:

There is no such thing as monoculture anymore

Every kid across America right now:

Six sevennnn!

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