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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8h

Hitlergate wasn't "kids"—it was 20- and 30-something GOP flacks.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 11h

A 15-year-old kid was tear gassed, slammed to the ground, and detained for five hours in a garage by armed ICE in Chicago blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/1...

15-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Taken By Feds For 5 Hours After East Side Protest, Attorney Says

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said the teen hit an agent in the face with an egg. They said claims that agents disappeared the teen are “categorically false.”

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 19h

JD Vance’s unwillingness to condemn the Nazi GOP groupchat provides the press corps yet another opportunity to probe his personal associations, and take note of how the whole administration exists to please them and make sadistic content go viral. www.offmessage.net/p/governing-...

Governing For The Gram

Republicans are obsessed with finding non-existent connections between Democrats and "the violent left" Meanwhile...

www.offmessage.net

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 11h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 10h

All the more striking because Vance just turned 41 himself

Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 11h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10h

How do you do, fellow state senators, GOP attorneys, and balding, 31-year-old Hitler enthusiasts?

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Don Zeko @donzeko.bsky.social · 10h

This is almost literally what the English Civil War was fought over.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

this ballroom is the best evidence that trump doesn’t intend to leave

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 14h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

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Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 10h

Press Release, Published: Mar. 4, 2014

FACT SHEET: Lois Lerner and the Oversight Committee Investigation of the IRS Targeting Scandal

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Jeffries: "The effort to mischaracterize the rallies that are gonna take place all across the country is part of the continued right-wing disinformation machine that is failing to persuade the American people."

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 14h

Surely Antifa’s Tier One special forces staged a covert raid on this congressional office. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Nirvana @nirvana1978.bsky.social · 18h

Unprecedented: never done before
➡️Trump's authoritarian takeover is indeed unprecedented!

Historic: important in history
➡️Trump taking away our freedoms is indeed historic!

Heroic: acts as a hero
➡️Trump? Ok this one is ridiculous

And btw, Reps are the ones playing dangerous games #GetReal
#Pinks

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalists begin leaving Pentagon after refusing to sign Trump administration agreements on rules of access.

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Yuna @yunao08.bsky.social · 14h

He def should share them.

Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 15h

we know MIller's truest feelings

but he definitely should share them

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 15h

we know MIller's truest feelings

but he definitely should share them

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 21h

Spent my first three-ish years as US DOJ attorney going after the mountain of harm created by this guy & I am sad to report that he is making sense.

Kavanaugh stops are a destructive expansion of the discretion already afforded to police & are an affront to the 4th amendment & due process rights.

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 21h

for @slate.com I wrote about Joe Arpaio's view on the SCOTUS shadow docket decision in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, the case in which Kavanaugh said it was okay to racially profile people.
“I was vindicated by the Supreme Court of all this shit.”
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He Was the Most Notorious Sheriff in America. He Says the Supreme Court Vindicated Him.

Thanks, SCOTUS.

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Grits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 20h

“'I was using race as the reason to determine whether somebody was here legally or illegally,' he said. Now, he says, the Supreme Court is just fine with that approach. 'I was vindicated by the Supreme Court of all this shit.'”

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 21h

for @slate.com I wrote about Joe Arpaio's view on the SCOTUS shadow docket decision in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, the case in which Kavanaugh said it was okay to racially profile people.
“I was vindicated by the Supreme Court of all this shit.”
slate.com/news-and-pol...

He Was the Most Notorious Sheriff in America. He Says the Supreme Court Vindicated Him.

Thanks, SCOTUS.

slate.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20h

"We do ultimately depend on the common sense and common courage of the people. “No Kings” is an expression of protest. But it is also an affirmation of responsibility. We the people ordained and established our free government. It’s up to us to keep it."

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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Sharon Brett @sharonbrett.bsky.social · 20h

I wrote about the Arpaio litigation in my essay on Vasquez-Perdomo, and how Kavanaugh's concurrence ignored that case's history. Glad to see @jesspish.bsky.social, an expert on local sheriffs, picking up that thread, too. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 23h

The thing is that the modern GOP (not to mention its basement-confined moron stepchild, the Mises Caucus libertarian “party”) is accurately depicted by this language and a critical mass of the party is absolutely fine with it.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 20h

Not kidding when I say it appears they were trying to brainstorm what the opposite of "no taxation without representation" would be and this clunky dogshit is the best they could come up with

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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SiriusXM Progress @siriusxmprog.bsky.social · 20h

This Saturday, we say no to American fascism. We say no to petty tyrants and wannabe autocrats. This Saturday, we say NO KINGS.

Join @joesudbay.bsky.social as he takes calls from No Kings protests across the country, and we show the power of the people.

☎️: 866-997-4748
🔊: SiriusXM.us/Dean

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 21h

Now here’s some serious government waste and abuse…

“The most expensive political ad campaign of the year is being run by the Department of Homeland Security.” www.axios.com/2025/10/15/t...

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

www.axios.com

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