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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 6h

This!

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

ICYMI — PELOSI: “Shut up. I did not refuse the National Guard. The President didn’t send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you’re a serious journalist?”

(The unserious questioner is Alison Steinberg, who works for Mike Lindell — the my pillow guy)

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21h

My free Stop the Presses newsletter is giving out letter grades to news outlets, based on their level of truth-telling to expose the MAGA assault on our democracy.
The Guardian: A
Associated Press: B+
New York Times: C
CNN: C-
Washington Post: D-
CBS News: F
See more grades and my rationale here.

I’m handing out pro-democracy grades to the media

The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F

www.stopthepresses.news

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 12h

my main takeaways from listening to the Supreme Court oral argument today are

-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...

The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 9h

Sorry to harp on this, but another almost-unbelievably terrible unsigned editorial from WaPo. This one has a crucial "tell" that Murdoch's Fleet Street team is in full control.

The tell: Would any US writer refer to Trump as "the American," the way the WaPo does in passage below?

A Washington Post editorial which refers to Trump as "the American."

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𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 8h

“It’s billions and billions of dollars that Schumer has worked 20 years to get. Tell him it’s terminated.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...

Trump Says $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Is ‘Terminated’

www.nytimes.com

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 9h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/s...

The Age of Unhinged-Professor Art

www.nytimes.com

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 9h

www.americantheatre.org/2025/10/15/w...

Why I Left the Kennedy Center

A former copywriter for the D.C. organization reflects on the tenuous position of arts workers under the Trump administration.

www.americantheatre.org

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 11h

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 13h

Just a thought: Instead of Argentina, how about we bail out America first?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

“.. Pentagon reporters in Arlington, Virginia walk out of the building carrying their belongings after turning in their press badges. Reporters from nearly every major news organization would not sign new rules viewed as an infringement on First Amendment rights ..”

@gettyimages.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

NEW: No Kings is this Saturday, and here are my tips for how to mitigate anxiety in large crowds. Feel free to share! youtu.be/nxpkVk9TGgQ?...

NO KINGS! Tips for Protesting with PTS and Anxiety

YouTube video by MSW Media

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

🚨BREAKING: Missouri state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at blocking voters’ efforts to invoke their constitutional right to veto the state legislature’s new gerrymandered congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Missouri Republicans Sue to Block ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 12h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

The New York Times should hire someone who understands how laws work.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.

Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13h

The "anti-woke" backlash was always about white collar labor competition from nonwhites, not hr bullshit. bsky.app/profile/phil...

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h

"House Slave"?

I'd wager that Mike Davis *really* wanted to use a word that starts with an N instead of that one that that he settled for that starts with an S.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Meanwhile, Justice Gorsuch is nodding along to oral arguments at the Supreme Court about how there’s no racism in politics anymore

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 13h

This guy was a clerk for Justice Gorsuch. Anyone want to argue this is not a racist (and damn stupid) taunt?

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Resister @chrissmithmuso.bsky.social · 10h

Vile corporate cowardice and precapitulation.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 11h

Ahead of Virginia's bellwether elections, Gov. Youngkin is hiding the scale & details of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants blocked by the Trump administration -- hiding the economic pain coming to Virginians instead of focusing on how to respond to it.

#MomSky #VoteBlue

Youngkin administration keeps details of paused federal grants under wraps

The governor's office has twice cited "working papers" in response to records requests.

www.vpm.org

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 16h

What the fuck are we doing?

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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 10h

*Sees that the author is David Brooks*

Yes. Yes it is.

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 13h

Is this a joke. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

www.theatlantic.com

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 10h

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:

This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

Reuters @reuters.com · 16h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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