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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 35m
U.S. budget chief signals massive layoffs: Budget Director Russell Vought said the government is planning layoffs that could exceed 10,000 workers as part of federal cost-cutting measures. Vought cautions on critical services: He warned that the administration aims to avoid
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 28m
"I do think he needs help – and I don't think anybody around him, on a day-to-day basis, wants to get him any help, because they have more power based upon his diminished capacity."

Gov. JB Pritzker
re Donald Trump
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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 27m
Breaking: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Upend Key Provision of Voting Rights Act

gift link 🎁: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Upend Key Provision of Voting Rights Act
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h
"It’s getting worse. I mean this neither as an expression of hyperbole nor a cry of alarm. I mean this simply as a factual statement about where we are." And more than three quarters of Trump 2.0 left.

Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
It’s Getting Worse.
The Trump administration’s assault on the rest of us is intensifying.
www.thebulwark.com
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taz1.bsky.social @taz1.bsky.social · 22m
Don't tease us with a good time.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26m
Check it out!

From the vault: Mike Johnson said he’d take a blowtorch to the ACA.

Here’s the thing… 45% of marketplace enrollees are Republicans. Cool! So he’s threatening to burn the GOP’s own base. 🔥
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 24m
"Mike Johnson is covering up for pedophiles. I won't stop saying it."

Sen. Ruben Gallego
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 25m
holy fuck, Donny gave a batshit speech at Charlie Kirk's memorial where, I shit you not, at one point he bragged about being better at not getting killed. who does that? a moron, that's who. thank you for your attention to my post in which in take this dipshit to task. link is here: bit.ly/3Ld5dEM
now, did you have ‘I’m better at ducking bullets than Charlie Kirk’ on your bingo card? congratulations, you’re our winner! all perfectly normal stuff. who among us hasn’t spoken at a memorial and bragged about not getting murdered? who among us hasn’t then gone on to talk about ourselves some more? that’s what Bullet Duckin’ Donny did through the whole thing. he told one insane “anecdote” after another about himself, occasionally punctuating it with something like ‘and Charlie thought that was awesome.’ you know, just to keep things topical. but again, it’s all perfectly normal stuff. who among us hasn’t used the commemoration of a dear friend’s life to brag about how you single-handedly saved Los Angeles?
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taz1.bsky.social @taz1.bsky.social · 39m
Hawley should be rotting in a cell.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h
We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1h
Whether it's Democrats standing with the Capitol Police or the Republicans standing on them, both parties have a complicated relationship with the Capitol Police.
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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 44m
Guess the senator didn’t like my column:
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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1h
ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h
Apparently, the official GOP response to the leaked Young Republican chats is “come on, it’s not a big deal that these guys are using racial slurs and praising Hitler, that’s totally normal” and, uh, that sorta raises more questions?
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1h
Public health should never be politicized.
 
In the wake of the federal government abandoning science for conspiracy theories, it's up to governors to step up.
 
Proud to join my colleagues in the Governors Public Health Alliance to keep communities safe and put our people first.
Graphic of the Governors Public Health Alliance that reads Disease doesn’t stop at state borders - and neither should state preparedness.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 1h
CNN is covering prediction market odds from an online casino as if it’s actual polling data
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4h
NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:
ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.
Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.
www.thehandbasket.co
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1h
Group of former Justice Dept officials (including Jack Smith) release video warning about the impact of the purge of longtime career Justice Dept officials by the Trump Administration

@Justice_CXN produced this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfD...
Now is the Time to Speak up for Justice
YouTube video by Justice Connection
www.youtube.com
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 1h
*lights the ADF manufactured case bat signal*
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 1h
NEW: We obtained recordings from a crisis pregnancy center conference where anti-abortion law firms like Alliance Defending Freedom admit that CPCs are free to make referrals for abortion pill "reversal" at the same time they claim they’re being censored.
An @autonomynews.co @motherjones.com collab:
Abortion Pill “Reversal” Is a Hoax. It's Also a Powerful Right-Wing Legal Strategy.
Speakers at a crisis pregnancy center conference made rare admissions about the challenges of providing so-called abortion “reversal,” and indicate its importance as a litigation tool.
www.autonomynews.co
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1h
NEW: In my OUR LAND newsletter, the time Stephen Miller asked me to meet him for coffee & tried to recruit me for a left-right anti-immigration crusade.

link.motherjones.com/public/41978...

To support kick-ass journalism/analysis, sign up for a FREE trial subscription to OUR LAND at davidcorn.com
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 6h
THE DAY AHEAD: Early round victory for James Comey

youtube.com/shorts/AV99u...
Turmoil amid the James Comey criminal case
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 1h
Eric Trump, in three different right-wing media interviews over the past week, accused Jack Smith of "planting" evidence obtained in the Aug. 2023 Mar-a-Lago raid.

Problem: Smith didn't become special counsel until three months after that search. www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/e...
Eric Trump attacks Jack Smith for “planting” evidence during Mar-a-Lago search that predated Smith’s service as special counsel
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taz1.bsky.social @taz1.bsky.social · 1h
No kidding.
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 5h
PLAYBOOK — Home of the Brave is launching a $1 million ad campaign to promote the nationwide No Kings rallies planned for this coming Saturday, Oct. 18, running print ads in hundreds of local papers and national outlets, throughout this week.

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taz1.bsky.social @taz1.bsky.social · 1h
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