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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 15h

Leave it to Trump to make this moment entirely about him and leave it to the media to play along dutifully. Keep sharing those clips and gettin’ them clicks. You know, cause ‘journalism’.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h

So in the Comey case, prosecutors are working thru a bunch of shit that should have happened 6 months ago, at least.

The most alarming of which is a bid to get inside SOME lawyer's device.

This is most likely to be Dan Richman, BUT
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.com

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Pokin @pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social · 5h

They look slightly askance at you, as well 😆🤣 and I am very amused.

“WHY WE FROOT, mum?”

Toooooo cute.

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DreamingDrama ♡ @dreamingdramabsky.bsky.social · 12h

because she is enjoying her stay at Club Fed on our dime we have every right to know... as tho we can't already surmise 'who'.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12h

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 8h

If you want to help those fired from CDC over the weekend, the CDC Mutual Aid Network is helping folks with emergency rent, groceries, etc.

altCDC gets no funds from donations, but we can verify they are legit and funds go directly to those impacted.

CDC Mutual Aid Network @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social · 6d

We're collecting resources for furloughed CDC workers (and other feds!) on our new Shutdown Survival Guide page. Check it out (and let us know if we've missed something!) www.cdcresourceportal.org/resources/sh...

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 7h

Barron’s upstairs in the White House seeing what stock he can short tomorrow when his old man gets home and posts some more China sh*t. Market manipulation is real.

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AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 17h

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Yup! And his flight reservation magically disappeared right before boarding and hours after that smoke and mirrors pretend antifa briefing.

AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 4d

Mark Bray, a professor teaching at Rutgers University, was stopped from flying out of the US mere hours after the sham antifa roundtable at the white house.

Turning Point USA activists have labeled him a financier for antifa. Bray and his family received death threats as well.

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 17h

Oh, you mean the one targeted by name by Charlie Kirk’s organization? www.cbsnews.com/amp/newyork/...

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 2d

€76,400 of the €77,200 goal has already been raised — just €800 remain.

This stage will provide 20 “Chuyka 3.0” drone detectors to enhance the safety of long-range UAV launch crews of the 14th Separate USF Regiment.

📌 help99.co/patches/special-kherson-cat-14th-nafo-campaign

Special Kherson Cat 14th NAFO Campaign

The one and only Special Kherson Cat is back on the move — with trucks to deliver and drones to launch.

help99.co

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · Sep 4

Russian sabotage group on a boat destroyed in Dnipro river. Kherson region.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15h

Small win: #CDC privacy office survived the weekend chaos. Big concerns remain about how HHS, Palantir & others may use STLT data. If agencies must share, we recommend the bare minimum—aggregate if possible—and use high caution and good judgement to protect residents against unsanctioned data use.

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

⚠️ STATES, LOCALS, TRIBAL NATIONS, TERRITORIES ⚠️

HHS has eliminated EVERY SINGLE SAFEGUARD FOR DATA PROTECTION AT CDC. Giving data to CDC is no longer safe and puts your residents at risk.

Unless and until all CDC’s data protections are restored you should consider CDC a bad actor.

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 15h

Rumors.
Non-disclosure agreements.
Fear.
Trauma.

I took some time away because I don’t know how to be helpful to my FWS/ DOI colleagues. I expect it will be a hard week.

To all Federal Employees— you matter. You are valued. You are needed.

#Resist

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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 13h

Why people don’t see or understand this I’ll never know.

ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 20h

China is finding other markets for the goods they would have shipped to us.

The tariffs aren’t crushing them bc trade is multilateral, not bilateral, so they’re not about trade, they’re a sales tax on Americans so the richest can pay less income tax.

Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 1d

New Chinese Sept trade data out this morning - here's the picture for the EU

- China's exports to EU up 14.2%
- China's imports from EU up 9.4%
- Despite rebound in import number, trade surplus up 20% because of China's surging exports, to $22.85bn in Sept

All USD, year on year

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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 14h

Five Lessons for a New Age of Great-Power Competition

How the struggle between democracies and autocracies is reshaping global politics – and what the past reveals about the future.

open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...

Five Lessons for a New Age of Great-Power Competition

How the struggle between democracies and autocracies is reshaping global politics – and what the past reveals about the future.

open.substack.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13h

NYT wrote a 2,400 word story abt Todd Blanche without mentioning that he personally ordered the arrest of Newark Mayor @rasjbaraka.bsky.social, and as such is deeply implicated in @replamonica.bsky.social case.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/u...

The front page of a NYT story, titled, "Part Enabler, Part Buffer: the Bind of the Justice Dept's No. 2"

A picture shows Blanche partly visible behind a journalist's raised hand.

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Pokin @pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social · 13h

First and foremost - DO NOT DEFUND FEMA! Our country needs them more and more.

Second, it’s Indigenous Peoples Day. I bet a lot of those affected in Alaska are indigenous.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Jennifer @princessjennifer.bsky.social · 20h

It is INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY.

5 things to know about it:

5 things to know about Indigenous Peoples Day

“This day is about reclaiming histories.”

www.pbs.org

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 20h

China is finding other markets for the goods they would have shipped to us.

The tariffs aren’t crushing them bc trade is multilateral, not bilateral, so they’re not about trade, they’re a sales tax on Americans so the richest can pay less income tax.

Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 1d

New Chinese Sept trade data out this morning - here's the picture for the EU

- China's exports to EU up 14.2%
- China's imports from EU up 9.4%
- Despite rebound in import number, trade surplus up 20% because of China's surging exports, to $22.85bn in Sept

All USD, year on year

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 17h

Sally Jenkins blocked me a few weeks ago when I suggested her praise of Charlie Kirk might not align with the experiences of those of us on the professor watchlist. She's one of those pundits who sees criticism as a sign she's right--the more criticism, the more she's a "brave truth-teller"

Jess Hardie @jesshardie.bsky.social · 1d

When even Yglesias knows you are full of it.

Matthew Yglesias quote tweeting Sally Jenkins tweet of the “Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss” article

Sally: This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob.

Matt: I don't think people are "betting against Bari Weiss" the concern is that she will succeed in transforming CBS News into regime-aligned propaganda.

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 16h

Ds didn’t shut down the government.

Ds withheld their votes, refusing to be accomplices to devastating cuts and this lawless administration.

Rs have all the seats they need to pass whatever they want. They don’t have the balls.

Ds are proud to stand up for America/ns. We did it. 🤞we’d do it again

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Pokin @pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social · 15h

Thursday? Or Friday? Or both?

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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 19h

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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 19h

📣⚠️ Rally Alert 📣⚠️
Feds and allies, come out this Thursday and show your support for FEMA.
500 C Street SW in DC.

#HandsOffFEMA

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AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 18h

Mayor Brandon Johnson responds well. Violating constitutional rights is not making anyone safer.

It erodes at the structure and rule of law. Because if those in charge are not held to the same standard, why should anyone else?

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 2d

More footage from the large Russian assault near Shakhove-Volodymyrivka. Russia deployed ~40 armored vehicles, including tanks and IFVs. Losses reported: 107 killed, 51 wounded, 3 tanks, 16 IFVs, 1 armored tow vehicle, 41 motorcycles, and 2 cars.

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