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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 30m

Axios: "The most expensive political ad campaign of the year is being run by the Department of Homeland Security."

DHS has spent "at least $51 million this year on ads thanking President Trump for securing the border, according to AdImpact."

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

www.axios.com

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 1h

The one good thing about the time we’re in is it *should* now make crystal clear for the doubters how the a significant faction of the Republican Party has cynically deployed “colorblindness” to further an explicitly racist agenda.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Michael Calderone @calderone.bsky.social · 1h

The Pentagon press corps has worked in the building since it opened during the second World War. Today, they're gone.

www.thewrap.com/pete-hegseth...

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Lockout: What’s Lost When Reporters Leave the Building | Analysis

As media outlets roundly reject Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon access rules, journalists talk to The Wrap about the media exodus–and still holding the military accountable

www.thewrap.com

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 2h

A defining feature of this admin is attacking as antisemitic everything they don’t like while constantly engaging in rank antisemitism.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 1h

But it took on a new meaning with the rise of political biography in the 2010s. cc @rachbarnhart.com bsky.app/profile/npr....

NPR @npr.org · 2h

The word 'broadcasting' dates back centuries, and originally described a method of sowing seeds. But it took on a new meaning with the rise of radio in the 1920s. n.pr/3JeW2Dj

'Broadcasting' has its roots in agriculture. Here's how it made its way into media

The word 'broadcasting' dates back centuries, and originally described a method of sowing seeds. But it took on a new meaning with the rise of radio in the 1920s.

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 1h

Thoughts and prayers.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 1h

Rape! Murder!
It's just a chat away!
It's just a chat away!

Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 1h

Rape! Murder!
It's just a chat away!
It's just a chat away! bsky.app/profile/poli...

Politico @politico.com · 21h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 2h

What's up with the haunted house picture? cc @sandratan.bsky.social

Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 2h

Oh my. Best wishes!

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 2h

Tabby cats 😻

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 2h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 3h

It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 13h

whoa hitler stuff in the young republican chats?? no way.

EXCLUSIVE: 'Yeah that was too far': Private Facebook chats for Gavin Wax's Liberty Conservative littered with racial slurs, Holocaust jokes

Wax previously called out a DeSantis supporter for his old, offensive conversations.

www.dailydot.com

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 13h

Did your robogirlfriend write this?

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 13h

Morning Spew for Night Owls—Did New York's last big tax increase on the wealthy actually drive our millionaires to Florida?

No, absolutely not, says a new study.

And other links to start your day!

The 'Myth' of the Fleeing NY Millionaire

And other links to start your day Tuesday.

hellgatenyc.com

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 13h

Crazy Horses Asses

Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 13h

Chopin' Broccoli? www.youtube.com/shorts/49yI_...

choppin' broccoli

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 14h

Can I have some?! Don't waste it all on Anita.

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Rachel Pitkin @raepitkin.bsky.social · 16h

Again I wonder: how do leftists contend with right wing attacks that make claims of so-called liberal hyperbole and hysteria?

Politico @politico.com · 21h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 14h

Why is your sky all weird? Is Baltimore in a binary star system?

Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 14h

Right? And they don't even use turn signals either!