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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 7h

WTF is Ross talking about

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 7h

On NYT Home Page there's a Douthat column w/the headline "Trump's Foreign Policy is Succeeding. He Should Apply It's Lessons at Home." On what planet? Betraying our allies. Blowing up the global trading system. Embracing autocrats. Pulling back support for Ukraine. Helping to support Gaza slaughter.

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 7h

Nice touch

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 7h

I mostly can't stand AI slop, but I'm making an exception fot this creation.

The vocals are oddly more Dolly Parton than Tay-Tay, but whatever, it's catchy AF.

Enjoy!

"Release The Files" - AI Taylor Swift with Gavin Newsom on Sax

YouTube video by scaredketchup

www.youtube.com

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 7h

Fucking morons

Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 7h

They "unfired" the CDC employees when they figured out what a gigantic mistake that idiot Russell Vought had made. The Trump Administration is one idiot show after another. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h

👇👇

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 8h

“The Heritage Foundation [which spearheaded Project 2025] says it will ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors over alleged bias.“ 9/18/25 … 1/ www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...

The right wing is coming for Wikipedia

The Heritage Foundation says it will "identify and target" Wikipedia editors over alleged bias. What does that mean for Wikipedia’s future?

www.wbur.org

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 7h

In case you missed today's good news:

No Kings Protests Set To Break Records, JD Vance Gets Booed, While MIT and An 'Anti-Fascist Frog' Reject Trump’s Tyranny

When institutions say no, and protesters say never again

www.dworkinsubstack.com

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 7h

(Crickets)

💀 evelynn 💀 @ladyartaud.bsky.social · 16h

Bari Weiss where you at? Bret Stephens? Ezra Klein? anything to say regarding this?

no? didn't think so

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 15h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 9h

Chicagoland is a friendly, safe, vibrant, & fun place. I’m very happy my kids have grown up in the Rogers Park neighborhood of the city, & in Evanston. They’re both wonderful places.

But ICE is attacking us. People are doing everything possible to protect their neighbors. But it’s hard.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 12h

Fatter and dumber King Henry VIII

Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 12h

They’re making it so easy. If you think you can just “order” the military to be paid without Congress then just do that for the rest of the government.

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 12h

Hero

*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 12h

This person is my spirit animal. And hero

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to see someone bringing an appropriate level of energy and outrage to the moment.

starwalker @starwalkers.bsky.social · 1d

Bryan Andrews Music

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 16h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 12h

Je suis la grenouille

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 12h

Way better than the one i got it!!!

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Cold Elmo 🥶 @anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social · 1d

EVEN IF SOMEONE IS DRUG IMPAIRED THEY DESERVE MEDICAL ATTENTION wtf

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

“For more than three hours, correctional officers can be seen walking past his cell while he lay on the floor in obvious distress.

The jail nurse was not called until a female guard noted he was foaming at the mouth and having seizure-like activity.”

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 22h

The Supreme Court of the United States is not a legitimate body.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 22h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

“This is not sustainable”

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 12h

rop a song that you must sing out loud whenever you hear it. youtu.be/Vzyn60Zns-E?...

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 12h

We are a horribly sick nation. And red states are worse.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 13h

Jorge Ruiz’s blood alcohol level was far below the legal threshold for intoxication.

When his lawyers looked at similar car crash cases, they found that although Ruiz had the lowest amount of alcohol in his system, his sentence was by far the longest.

➡️ Full story: https://propub.li/3KDEql5

Article excerpt reads: Then it was Ruiz’s turn. He spoke for the first time in court.

“I want to say that I am sorry to the family,” Ruiz said. “I wouldn’t have wished for this to happen. I wish that this would have only been a dream.”

Lewis peered down from the bench at Ruiz.

“This is America,” Lewis said. “It’s the greatest country in the world and we have the right to trial in this country. I would never penalize you for exercising that right, but Mr. Lively talked about acceptance of responsibility, contrition, remorse. I haven’t seen any of that from you.”

He sentenced Ruiz to the maximum possible punishment, longer even than the 50 years requested by prosecutors: 99 years.

The court went quiet. Even the prosecutor was shocked.

Years later, Robinson remembered that moment. “That was not something that I had expected,” he said.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

California is going to “stick it to Trump” this November— Vote YES on Prop 50.

This ad 🔥😂

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 13h

And the media will blame Biden and talk about how Biden shouldn’t have done lawfare or some other bullshit

Steve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · 16h

If we lose Joe, Trump will either reuse to order flags lowered or will directly order that they *not* be lowered. This will have absolutely no impact on his approval rating.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/joe...

Joe Biden undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer treatment

Former President Joe Biden is now receiving radiation therapy for his prostate cancer, a spokesperson for the former president confirmed to ABC News.

abcnews.go.com

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 13h

Great shot. Is that Uspensky Cathedral?

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