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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13m

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "These are sick, bad people. And don't tell me about us going after them. If anything, we've been very, very soft. I wouldn't be that soft, I'll tell you that. Thank you very much."

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Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 59m

The faux Christianity infuriates me, and @rexhuppke.bsky.social rightly skewers House Speaker Mike Johnson for it

ICE shot a praying pastor with pepper balls. Top Republican says it's fine. | Opinion

Let it be known that Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has no problem with ICE agents shooting a pastor in the head with pepper balls.

www.usatoday.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17m

Update— DHS Asst. Secretary Tricia McLaughlin just doxed the 13-year-old who was taken by ICE, sharing a copy of a police report on X with his full name and photo visible.

She’s trying to prove the disputed claim that he had a gun. I’ve reached out to the city. I will not be sharing the post here.

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Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 15m

Poor dudes forced into being Nazis

Also this episode is yet another reminder to get away from Xitter. at some point it’s like you’re waiting for the gas chambers before making the call.

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 1h

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That group chat was tame.
They have no idea what is coming.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 16m

"i wasn't allowed to talk about replacement theory or any mainline immigration stance"

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 1h

Oh they mad

Aidan @aidanxitter
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A friend of mine got blackmailed into leaking these chats. A total fucking coward and a useless piece of shit
One of the people in here, he attended his wedding with me and still sold him over to the devil
All over some useless YR beef
And then the GOP condemned them
Fuck these people
The GOP treated to fire my friend and vice chairman from his AG job because of tiktoks I posted about immigration
I wasn't allowed to talk about "replacement theory" or any mainline immigration stans They asked me to resign over Trump's gr card diploma mill comments

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 34m

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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🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 32m

Bill Burr and Whitney Cummings are about to get a sitcom

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 32m

'They watched and didn't care': Epstein victim's memoir reveals jaw-dropping new details

The upcoming posthumous memoir of Virginia Giuffre, one of the most famous victims of billionaire financier and child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, was excerpted in The Guardian on Wednesday, going into detail about a number of twisted events that happened to her.Giuffre, who passed away earlier t...

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 32m

NYT, WSJ, and WaPo all didn’t even report on the shutdown today, which if anything seems to indicate that realizing they failed utterly at declaring the “optics” as bad for the Democrats, they decided to just stop reporting on it completely.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29m

I believe Trump’s aggressive moves in Latin America – bailing out Argentina, strong-arming Brazil, eyeing Venezuela's oil – are part of a grand scheme for a fascist U.S. to rule the Americas. It would be 1/3rd of an Axis of Evil, with China ruling Asia and Russia grabbing vulnerable parts of Europe.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29m

"Over the 12 months ended in August, the price of coffee increased 20.9%, Labor Department data showed; ground beef was up 12.8%, and bananas rose 6.6%. Dairy, fruits and vegetables and cereals have all become pricier."

Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt.

Record beef prices and coffee that costs $1 more per pound since May have shoppers cutting back on some foods, stockpiling others.

www.wsj.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 27m

NEW: Supreme Court likely to further diminish — but not end — Voting Rights Act cases.

A majority of the justices didn't appear willing to hold that all "race-based redistricting" is unconstitutional, as Louisiana wanted. But how they'll get there was unclear.

Tonight, at Law Dork:

Supreme Court likely to further diminish — but not end — Voting Rights Act cases

A majority of the justices didn't appear willing to hold that all "race-based redistricting" is unconstitutional, as Louisiana wanted. But how they'll get there was unclear.

www.lawdork.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

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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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 1h

“But I didn’t get elected for what we’re doing“

Trump goes on to thank Stephen Miller for (doing what Trump didn’t get elected to do) and tells him to come up & “explain his true feelings” #TheApprentice #RacistsFascistsIsolationistsRobberBaron season.

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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 1h

Governor Newsom Press Office

Stephen Miller's true feelings

Governor Newsom Press Office
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Stephen Miller's true feelings

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Barnstormers For America @barnstormersusa.bsky.social · 3h

Anyone who speaks like this HATES the First Amendment.
They do not deserve to have this kind of power.
They are trying to destroy democracy. Full stop.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h

Supercut of comments from Republicans today alone about the No Kings rallies taking place this weekend. This has to be some of the worst, and most anti-American, coordinated messaging of all time.

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 2h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

Green Hombre @greenhombre.bsky.social · 4h

"Virginia Giuffre died by suicide on 25 April 2025."

"I’d show up, perform whatever sex acts Epstein wanted, then hang out beside his vast swimming pool while he got some work done. If Maxwell was there, I was often told to attend to her sexually as well."

- She was 16

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the King’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Daniel Gallen @danieljtgallen.bsky.social · 50m

QB1

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 50m

Americans have gotten more than $21 billion back in their bank accounts after being cheated and scammed by big corporations, thanks to the CFPB.

But Trump and his Administration love grifters and scammers.

So they're trying to kill the agency holding them accountable.

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eager_pebble @eagerpebble.com · 1h

Uh oh, @techdirt.com is doing @jackjenkins.me dirty by calling him an "unexpected news source". Seriously, though, follow Jack. He's got really good insights on things like this.

The Federal Police Are Rioting: Chicago Edition

Almost every time people protest the government, the government decides to get on the wrong side of the law. This is something every administration is guilty of, but under Trump, attacking proteste…

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 51m

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 5h

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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Halie Soifer @haliesoifer.bsky.social · 3h

In the past 24 hours:

➡️ Politico revealed hundreds of antisemitic & bigoted messages b/n young Republican leaders;

➡️ A swastika was found in a Republican House office; and

➡️ Trump's Border Patrol posted a reel with an antisemitic slur.

When someone tells you who they are, believe them.