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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 15h

"A more soporific set of headlines would be hard to write.”

That's what I told @sulliview.bsky.social about 2 stories that NYT put atop its Sunday front page, while it reduced No Kings coverage to 2 tiny photos below the fold and a story on Page 23. margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/who-cares-...

‘Who cares?’ About 7 million people, that’s who

Media coverage of Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ protests included the New York Times’s shrug

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Midnight Train To Georgia On My Mind @spin4srv.bsky.social · 11m

Body serve headline really working to create scandal where if you read the whole thing she was basically saying these players are 'bigger and stronger'. In context I don't think she was saying anything objectionable even though it's a bit childish in the scope of tennis where size/skill interact.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

man who tried to slash social security spending promises communism is coming if you just ignore the enormous job losses this year due to the technology he's developing for private profit

Peter Diamandis tweets: "800,000 layoffs in 2025. 10,000 in September alone tied to AI. Jobs are disappearing fast. But here’s the truth no one wants to say: It’s the start of a new gold rush... for those who learn how to build with the machines, not fight them."

Elon Musk replies: "Working will be optional in the future.

There will be universal high income."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h

the year is 2030. the white house remains half demolished because president trump refused to pay construction workers and musk gutted government spending. two thieves sneak into the white house using a truck mounted ladder and steal the constitution

The White White East Wing has a big gaping hole.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 13h

LIVE NOW: @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @annabower.bsky.social are discussing her article about how interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan reached out to her on Signal—and the conversation that followed. youtube.com/live/SZZyccE...

Lawfare Live, The Now: Anna Bower's Signal Exchange with Lindsey Halligan

YouTube video by Lawfare

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15h

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.bsky.social · 14h

‘A market correction of the same magnitude as the dotcom crash could wipe out over $20T in wealth for American households, equivalent to roughly 70% of American GDP in 2024. This is several times larger than the losses incurred during the crash of the early 2000s.‘ www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

Gita Gopinath on the crash that could torch $35trn of wealth

The world has become dangerously dependent on American stocks, writes the former IMF chief economist

www.economist.com

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 12h

Trump administration's policies could decrease the U.S. labor force by 6.8 million by 2028 and 15.7 million by 2035, according to the NFAP analysis, leading to cumulative GDP fall of $1.9 trillion from 2025 to 2028 and $12.1 trillion from 2025 to 2035.
#econsky www.newsweek.com/us-economy-r...

US Economy Report Sounds Alarm for Donald Trump

The administration's policies could decrease the U.S. labor force by 6.8 million by 2028 and 15.7 million by 2035, according to the analysis.

www.newsweek.com

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Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 1h

The delinquency rate on subprime loans (loans to borrowers with below a 660 Vantage score) jumped to 8.3% in September. This is the highest delinquency rate in September since 2010 in the immediate wake of the Global Financial Crisis. #EconSky

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Media outlets who refuse to describe in plain terms what the president did because they find it objectionable are lying to their audiences and running cover for the president. It's as simple as that.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 1d

The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.

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Midnight Train To Georgia On My Mind @spin4srv.bsky.social · 35m

'Conservatives' claim to hate 'big government' but they only hate the parts of it that benefit other people. They are shocked and dismayed when the anti-government ideologues they elect cut programs they favor and use. Special Ed drowned in the tub with civil rights is 'not what they voted for'.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h

A measles outbreak along the border of Utah and Arizona has sickened more than 100 people. A majority of the cases are in unvaccinated people.

More Than 100 Cases of Measles Reported in Utah and Arizona

In the hardest-hit counties, childhood vaccination rates steeply declined during the pandemic.

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Midnight Train To Georgia On My Mind @spin4srv.bsky.social · 40m

Nosedive in SWIFT EUR settlements in favor of USD probably correlates with this result.

Midnight Train To Georgia On My Mind @spin4srv.bsky.social · 41m

I was _very_ wrong about Platner. I was hoping for a non establishment non geriatric candidate so when the truth started coming out I was skeptical. But it's overwhelming and absolutely disqualifying at this point.

Mea culpa.

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Midnight Train To Georgia On My Mind @spin4srv.bsky.social · 43m

Both can be true. They were awful before but now set free without restraint.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

@nymag.com
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1h

"Rick Scott, an expert in healthcare"

In 2000, during a deposition for a civil suit unrelated to the fraud investigation, Scott pleaded the Fifth Amendment 75 times.[47] In settlements reached in 2000 and 2002, Columbia/HCA pleaded guilty to 14 felonies and agreed to a $600+ million fine in what was at the time the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history. Columbia/HCA admitted systematically overcharging the government by claiming marketing costs as reimbursable, by striking illegal deals with home care agencies, and by filing false data about use of hospital space. It also admitted to fraudulently billing Medicare and other health programs by inflating the seriousness of diagnoses and to giving doctors partnerships in company hospitals as a kickback for the doctors referring patients to HCA. It filed false cost reports, fraudulently billed Medicare for home health care workers, and paid kickbacks in the sale of home health agencies and to doctors to refer patients. In addition, it gave doctors "loans" never intending to be repaid, free rent, free office furniture, and free drugs from hospital pharmacies.[48][8]

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

“It’s not sunny in Philadelphia.” 😞

- RenMac

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Midnight Train To Georgia On My Mind @spin4srv.bsky.social · 50m

Ackman _always_ talks his own book. When it was useful to appear reasonable and social minded he did so. When it was no longer useful he discarded it like old skin.

If you keep that in mind you can explain pretty much everything he says and does.

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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 2h

The survivor of a U.S. strike on a submersible vessel accused by the Trump administration of transporting drugs in the Caribbean was released by authorities in Ecuador after prosecutors said they had no evidence he committed a crime.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Ecuador says it has no evidence that survivor of US strike in Caribbean committed any crime

He was released by authorities in the South American nation.

www.politico.com

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Midnight Train To Georgia On My Mind @spin4srv.bsky.social · 1h

Pretty amazing the lack of quality of people being elevated in the current admin.

Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 12h

Lindsey Halligan comes off as a rube, a bully, and maybe a rogue here. She asked after conversing to be off the record.— everyone knows it doesn’t work that way. she browbeats Bower w/o explaining what’s wrong, and she sure seems to be hinting about GJ info.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”

My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h

You need to see this…

Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 10h

No mention at all of the fact that Trump doesn't have the legal authority to do this, that plans haven't even been reviewed (because the office is closed for the government shutdown), that the size and cost estimates keep changing, etc., etc.

Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place.

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Andy Pearlman @apearlma.bsky.social · 17h

I think it would be worthwhile to have a judge, panel, and SCOTUS say out loud that no one has standing to sue to prevent the destruction of the White House by the President.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 2h

In a country where public transport is scant outside major cities, car loans are one of the last things that Americans will let themselves default on.

So it is particularly shocking that the share of car loan borrowers missing payments has soared to levels last seen during the financial crisis.

Americans can’t afford their cars any more and Wall Street is worried

In a country where public transport is scant outside major cities, car loans are one of the last things that Americans will let themselves default on.

finance.yahoo.com

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