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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 17h

“We can talk about it” is the official slogan of the Podcaster Party.

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Rebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social · 1d

No King's Day!
Here we go!! 🗽⚖️🇺🇸

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

JD Vance when people makes jokes about Charlie Kirk: "call their employer."

JD Vance when Republican staffers say "I love Hitler" and fantasize about throwing political opponents in gas chambers: "that's what kids do...we're not canceling kids because they did something stupid."

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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 1d

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

www.npr.org

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

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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Raul Mora @raulm77.bsky.social · 1d

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Move to Fire Federal Employees During Shutdown — The Wall Street Journal

Decision deals setback to Trump administration’s move to shrink agencies as it pressures Democrats to agree to reopen the government

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 1d

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

"It's getting worse. The fact is that Trump’s authoritarian apparatchiks are tightening their control over the key power ministries of the federal government. And they are getting more aggressive in asserting their power over the private sector and civil society."

www.thebulwark.com/p/its-gettin...

It’s Getting Worse.

The Trump administration’s assault on the rest of us is intensifying.

www.thebulwark.com

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 1d

ICE tactics intensify despite disturbing videos surfacing across the U.S. Many of the videos are difficult to watch, but it is also important to bear witness to what is happening to human beings on the streets of America. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Ali Velshi: Videos of violent ICE interactions flood social media

Many of the videos are difficult to watch, but it is also important to bear witness to what is happening to human beings on the streets of America.

www.msnbc.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"In general, I do not think mid-decade redistricting for political purposes is something that any state should be doing. That's why I have to say that if we're forced into it....we can."

@jbpritzker.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 2d

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 2d

Making free meals available to all public students wouldn't only produce benefits equal to the costs, it would produce social benefits with a net worth of about $520 million a year, according to an economic analysis released last Monday ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/14/a...

Analysis: Universal school meals in Ohio would pay for themselves — and then some • Ohio Capital Journal

Most Ohio school kids already get free meals. Making them free for all students would produce big social benefits, new study says.

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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 2d

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Officials in Alaska rushed Tuesday to find housing for people from tiny coastal villages devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong. But the remote location and severe damage are limiting their options as they race against other impending storms and the onset of winter.

Alaska residents displaced by remnants of Typhoon Halong have limited options as winter sets in

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Officials in Alaska rushed Tuesday to find housing for people from tiny coastal villages devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong. But the remote location and severe damage are limiting their options as they race against other impending storms and the onset of winter.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Daily Maverick @dailymaverick.co.za · 2d

A search engine acts as a librarian; it does not generate knowledge, it directs you to it. A generative AI, by contrast, acts as a storyteller. It does not search; it predicts.

Treating generative AI like a search engine can be dangerous

www.dailymaverick.co.za

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The Hindu @thehindu.com · 2d

Hamas hastened to ease the pressure on a fragile ceasefire in its war with Israel by returning the bodies of more dead hostages.
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Israel says it has received remains of four more deceased hostages as cuts to aid for Gaza loom

Hamas returns dead hostages to Israel amid concerns over aid cuts, as Trump warns of disarmament.

www.thehindu.com

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 2d

RFK Jr. is pushing partisan politics and conspiracy theories over science and facts.

A bipartisan group of ACTUAL doctors and experts sounded the alarm on how dangerous it is to have RFK Jr. at the helm of the nation's health care system.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

"The Pentagon is not merely tightening a policy. It is attempting to redefine journalism as a narrow privilege granted on condition of obedience: The government decides what reporters may seek before they seek it, and punishes them for seeking anything else." www.thebulwark.com/p/locking-do...

Locking Down the Pentagon Press Is Dangerous

Pete Hegseth’s proposed restrictions would harm the people whom both the military and the press are meant to serve.

www.thebulwark.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

New in PN: Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

"Miller’s contention about ICE officers 'having to street battle against antifa every night' is objectively absurd. Courts cannot possibly be required to accept anything Trump says, no matter how disconnected from reality."

Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

This is not how the Constitution works.

www.publicnotice.co

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Meiselas: MAGA Mike Johnson was being questioned about the shutdown during this disastrous press conference he held. He literally says, “I don’t have any strategy." Then Rep. Lisa McClain jumps in, apparently realizing Mike Johnson had just blown it and she completely unravels on camera.

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 2d

You know what today marks? 3 WEEKS since @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social won her election to represent #AZ07 in Congress.

That is 3 weeks more that 700k Arizonans have gone without representation in the House because Speaker Mike Johnson won’t swear her in. Stop delaying and do your job.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 2d

As Felon Trump calls Democrats “terrorists,” he has also unilaterally declared cartels “designated terrorist organizations.”

@jahimes.bsky.social wants answers from the Admin about what’s going on & why Trump thinks he’s legally justified to do extrajudicial killings.

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Dems FURIOUS as Trump BYPASSES Congress With DANGEROUS Plan

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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Ellsworth Green @greenellsworth.bsky.social · 2d

Be back later.

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 3d

Whoa! This came after! 👏🏼

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Kilgore Trout @williamharrisfrank.bsky.social · 2d

Ignorance abounds. Let’s talk about the sexual violence Gazan gunmen inflicted on women and then let’s talk about tying children together, dousing them with gasoline and lighting it. An intelligent person would have to question who is responsible rather than doing what ignorant people do.

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