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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 3h

I have some bad news for JD Vance if he thinks violating the oath of office is "pretty criminal."

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 31m

Can you say "civil war," boys and girls?

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: An @theintercept.com analysis finds that almost all Republican-led states — 23 of the 27 with Republican governors — have deployed National Guard troops in support of Trump’s war on immigrants or military occupations of Blue cities

theintercept.com/2025/10/09/r...

Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities

An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1h

Jesus, I'm so sorry.

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1h

Unchecked inflation and a failure of our tax system.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1h

Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
newrepublic.substack.com/p/maga-implo...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.substack.com

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 2h

Getting a dalek vibe.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2h

NEW: We need to talk about Russia.

So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.

My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 6h

Clever boy.

A boy, a fart costume, which consists of brown and green tulle and a small horn.

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 7h

I mean, he looks like he's some sort of demon trapped in a human skin suit. Always a sheen on him, like the real him is fighting really hard to break through the epidermis.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 19h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1d

I'm SHOCKED he didn't make it through college.

watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1d

I'm getting really tired of the wrong people dying.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1d

Goddammit!

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

Diane Keaton was one of the absolute greats, in movies of course, but also in displaying and popularizing a personal fashion that befit modern women. people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The Oscar award-winning actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' ...

people.com

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, get the fuck outta here with this shit.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1d

And I'm so sorry for your loss.

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1d

I completely get that. It's like my empathy meter goes to 11 these days. It's how I cope with it.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

In a sane world the material rewards bestowed on any one of the 100% talentless, dumb Trump kids would have destroyed the meritocracy myth forever. The fact that there are now 4-5 Trumpling wastrels shows that our current system is fucked beyond redemption.

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1d

I'd love to hear what RFK Jr. has to say about that.

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Anthony J. Rivera @anthonyjrivera.bsky.social · 1d

Some messages are printed on 18-by-24-inch yard signs or smaller placards; others are drawn ornately by hand on paper or written in chalk. The few who will talk about the signs they created say the urgency of the moment compelled them to act.

(🎁link below)

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Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’

The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

wapo.st

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1d

I plan on being first in line when my early voting polling station opens on 10/25. I am so excited to vote for Zohran.

watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1d

In case you're struggling to find the words for why you're feeling the way you do.

A tweet that reads: My therapist, who was trained by the famed psychiatrist Victor Frankl, said to me today that the majority of his clients right now are dealing the same basic issue:

We have all lost any concept of the future.

We're all just getting through the day or the week.

Our horizons have shrunk.

We feel overwhelmed and overstimulated.

I never understood how much the concept of a better future made my current life more liveable, made hard times easier to cope with, and supported my creativity.

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 1d

It is so fucking monstrous and outrageous that it beggars belief.

We have armed criminals sanctioned by this administration to wreak havoc wherever they go.

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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 1d

This isn’t funny. Judges only speak to the press when they’re in extreme distress

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

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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