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Kentucky Football @kentuckyfootball.bsky.social · 11h

Congrats on an incredible career, Za'Darius Smith 👏

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13h

The hostage release is a reminder of how bad the Dems are at politics. Not only did Biden refuse to force this deal on Netanyahu & thereby help Harris win, but most people aren’t even aware that Biden got way more Israeli hostages (over 100) released with his 2023 ceasefire than Trump did with his.

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 16h

Bari off to a great start

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 16h

CBS News picking up an anti-Mamdani story from The Free Press and...misspelling his name. Oy.

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 17h

Here’s last night’s story about Bari Weiss, CBS News, Paramount Skydance, and why the Upper West Side is a lot more than just “Seinfeld territory.” youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

The high-profile success of Olivia Nuzzi & Bari Weiss sends such an awful, awful signal to, and about, female journalists. So many sharp, careful, dedicated journalists out there and *this* is what the establishment rewards? This is the incentive structure? It's so gross.

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 1d

God is a globalist

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 1d

JOURNALISM!!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Dasha Burns to Trump after he dissed her and didn't know who she was: "Sir, talk to Karoline. She'll vouch for me."

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 1d

I think anyone who knows me would agree that I think Trump is the literal scum of the earth and resisting his idiotic brand of fascism should be the cause of our lives.

But y’all closing an umbrella is fucking hard sometimes!

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 1d

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. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 1d

A question all Democrats could ask reporters during live interviews is “how many White House officials are you talking to on background for a book about Trump’s dementia that won’t come out until after he’s gone?”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker to @gregsargent.bsky.social: "Trump says a lot of crazy things. I genuinely think there's something wrong with him. I wish his family would intervene... I don’t think anybody around is going to do it bc they’re benefiting from his dementia"

Full interview: newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Zach Goldberg @zgoldberg.bsky.social · 1d

Really amazes me that the WH press corps and political media just doesn't care that Trump is a sociopathic liar.

1) Biden wasn't president on January 6, 2021
2) Kash Patel has refuted this
3) We all fucking saw J6 with our damn eyes.

But I guess their Special Boy gets special coverage rules.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Kentucky Men's Basketball @kentuckymensbball.bsky.social · 2d

Mark Pope and John Wall, name a better duo … we’ll wait.

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Written by Uju ✍🏽 @writtenbyuju.bsky.social · 2d

Al Pacino’s love letter to Diane Keaton. 🥹 🤍

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 2d

Trump went for a Covid shot and then set the CDC on fire.

If that ain’t that asshole in a nutshell.

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck fuck fuck

Pop Base @popbase.tv · 2d

Diane Keaton has passed away at the age of 79, People reports.

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Kentucky Men's Basketball @kentuckymensbball.bsky.social · 2d

Psst .... We back today 😼

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 3d

This asshole has never once given a damn about Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s balls

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 3d

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s do this, California!

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 3d

They’re now publicly threatening a military crackdown of the No Kings protest.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 3d

Um the new GOP talking point is that the next No Kings rally will be filled with terrorists and there will probably be violence.

What the fuck?!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Joe Berkowitz @joeberkowitz.bsky.social · 3d

Incredible things are happening, as ever, at The Paper of Record.

two articles in a row that feel like very 2025 slaps in the face:

Frank Bruni, Kristen Soltis Anderson and Nate Silver

‘Democrats Fumbled This a Bit’: 3 Writers Assess Where We Are With the Shutdown

Marc Rowan

Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 3d

I can’t believe the guy who attacked the capitol, murders fishermen and threatened Greenland didn’t win

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