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Cody Vidmar

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 16h
My family and I were worshipping at our Hindu temple in Aurora on Sunday when a white supremacist attempted a mass shooting targeting Indian Americans. I'm grateful to those who prevented a tragedy, but we must all come together to confront the hatred that put so many innocent lives at risk.
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 9h
SCOOP: Susie Wiles' daughter Katie Wiles traveled to Srpska in August with a Texas energy entrepreneur to explore a gas pipeline deal with the pro-Russian government. The entrepreneur has received support from the Trump administration for another project in which Donald Trump Jr. is an investor.
nytimes.com
More Trump Allies Aided Pro-Russian Balkan Government (Gift Article)
The daughter of the president’s chief of staff joined an American businessman in Republika Srpska as he explored a gas pipeline. And six current and former campaign advisers recently traveled there fo...
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bogamin.bsky.social @bogamin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Just was an eyewitness to five national guard troopers (from Arkansas) within 50 feet of a DC ballot dropoff.
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JM =^D @jm539581.bsky.social · 11h
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PETEY HALPIN HAS BEEN ON FIRE
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
When Jack Smith subpoenaed phone logs, lawmakers cried constitutional crisis. When federal agents raided Ilhan Omar’s home weeks before an election, the outrage evaporated. @lizdye.bsky.social writes on the double standards. Essential piece from @atrupar.com ‘s Public Notice. Read and subscribe.
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NPR @npr.org · 21h
The roof of a private school collapsed in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 28 children and a female teacher and injuring more than 50 other people. n.pr/3VONAAH
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School roof collapse kills at least 29, injures more than 3 dozen in Pakistan
The roof of a private school collapsed in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 28 children and a female teacher and injuring more than 50 other people.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
We’re not here to re-litigate Aaron Swartz. If you’re here to point out that Aaron was a an actual criminal, I’m not going to debate you. But I do want to know why you’re not pursuing Altman et al with a proportional level of energy for the levels of intellectual property theft they have committed.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Wow, some of you really are deliberately missing the point because you lack media literacy, so let me spell it out: actual theft of intellectual property by tech bros is bot treated with the same gravity by the state or the law that a man downloading taxpayer-funded research did.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Aaron Swartz, coding prodigy and hacktivist who helped develop RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit, died by suicide after facing $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison for felony charges, just for downloading pdfs of research papers with the intention of making them accessible to the public.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Being GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 22h
And it's not going to perfect - it's going to be as messy as fuck. With mistakes everywhere, and time making the policy redundant. And that's OK, because we can fix it as we go. Technology will always be able to work faster than parliaments. That's a given. But it's not an excuse for inaction
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Cody Vidmar @codyvidmar.bsky.social · 12h
Cleveland legend Russell Branyan
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 13h
The NHS is already one of the biggest perpetrators of anti-trans violence in the UK. This new guidance, which refers to trans people using slurs, demands that we be segregated and abused. I’ve said it before: senior NHS managers must be sacked and punished for what they’ve done to us.
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Cody Vidmar @codyvidmar.bsky.social · 12h
It's real cool when the dudes you got at the deadline help in the playoffs. Adell and Lowe and we're up 1-0!
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21h
If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 13h
Friendly reminder Roger Marshall wanted Gaetz for Attorney General
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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 13h
The three alleged sex and drug traffickers are (L to R): Chris Dorworth, Matt Gaetz, Joel Greenberg.
three sex traffickers on the White House lawn in 2019.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 13h
As you read thia, keep in mind that Todd Blanche was Trump's 3rd choice for Attorney General. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
miamiherald.com
Ex-Florida congressman Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking young women
The lawsuit alleges the two women were supplied with drugs, traveled across state lines and were paid to have sex with men, including Gaetz.
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Cath RN, PhD @headdoc35.bsky.social · 13h
Here we go:
miamiherald.com
Ex-Florida congressman Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking young women
The lawsuit alleges the two women were supplied with drugs, traveled across state lines and were paid to have sex with men, including Gaetz.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15h
Donors of $333 million to the ballroom include "contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member." From @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4yiUDPx
wapo.st
Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom
The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.
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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 16h
"A list obtained by The Washington Post reveals all the major donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project.... Tech giants Nvidia and Apple each committed $25 million....Absent from the list is Trump himself, who has said that he is helping to pay for the project."
wapo.st
Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom
The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 22h
Sky reading out Huda Ammori's words "Rooney being unable to publish her work in the UK marks a new low in the escalating assault on free speech caused by the proscription of PA.. [it] exposes the chilling consequences of this authoritarian law.." Yvette Cooper must be so proud
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Penny Spiced Latte | Mousemerised 🐭☕🌀🪙 🔜 NFC 2027 #286 @mousemerised.coffee · 19h
BASED AS FUCK These guys also made Untitled Goose Game. Good to know they're one of the good ones.
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Vertical Slice @verticalslicenews.bsky.social · 22h
House House isn't releasing Big Walk on Xbox in solidarity with Palestine The studio is boycotting Microsoft's video game platform over the company's ties to the Israeli military, which the United Nations states is committing genocide in Gaza
verticalslice.news
House House isn't releasing Big Walk on Xbox in solidarity with Palestine
The studio is boycotting Microsoft's video game platform over the company's ties to the Israeli military, which the United Nations states is committing genocide in Gaza.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Here's Cat Murphy, a student journalist with the University of Maryland's Capital News Service, refusing to honor Rep. Andy Harris's false claim that she could not legally record his comments in this public setting @merrillcollege.bsky.social @cnsmd.bsky.social
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 15/10/2026
In a new court filing, Belgal’s attorneys say he’s being denied adequate medical care with a bullet still lodged in his neck. (with @DocumentedNY)
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ICE Had No Valid Warrant Ahead of Shooting, Attorneys Allege, as Belgal Is Held in Solitary
In a new court filing, Belgal’s attorneys say he’s being denied adequate medical care with a bullet still lodged in his neck.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/10/2026
"In February 2024, Blanche & his partner Emil Bove — now Judge Bove — insisted that 'a fair trial cannot be conducted this year.' And yet, 22 days before the midterms, with early voting already underway in MN, Blanche’s DOJ searched a candidate’s home over paperwork a dead man filed 3 decades ago."
publicnotice.co
Republicans learn to love DOJ weaponization
Just kidding, they always love it when they’re holding the weapon.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump shouts out Russ Vought and then says, ominously, "we have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/10/2026
Ahead of the 2024 election, @andykroll.bsky.social got his hands on some secret tapes of Trump's budget director, Russell Vought. One thing Vought said hit Kroll like a ton of bricks: that he wanted to put government workers “in trauma.” Listen to this episode: propub.li/4yO4q11
“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. … When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work.” —Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget
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Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 14/10/2026
his team published a 200-page annual report on labour rights events in China. It's 100k words long and covers 15 topics, including informal work, social security debates, overwork, social reproduction, AI & automation, women, LGBTQ, disability and more.
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Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 14/10/2026
This is a case that makes my heart sink. Feng Rui (known as xiaowu) is an activist/writer focused on labour rights and one of my mutuals on social media. We don't always agree on things and sometimes he'd repost my post and challenge my view. He was arrested after
A Chinese social media poster with a portrait of a long-haired man and bold black-and-red headlines. The headline reads, “Labour rights advocate Xiao Wu detained by Guangzhou police.” The text states that Xiao Wu was taken away by the Yuexiu District branch of the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau on September 14 and is currently being held at the Guangzhou Yuexiu District Detention Centre on suspicion of soliciting prostitution. It identifies Xiao Wu, whose real name is Feng Rui, as the operator of the WeChat public account “Qia Pa Si Dong Feng Dian Shi Ji” and a self-media creator focused on labour rights. The background is beige, with a red emblem featuring a fist and rainbow stripes in the upper-right corner.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"Starting on Day One of my new administration, we will end inflation, and we will make America affordable again." -Donald Trump www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
US inflation rose to 3.7% in September in blow to Republicans before midterms
Final inflation report before voters go to polls comes amid widespread anger over cost of living under Trump
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The Consumer Price Index Report, released on Wednesday, reveals that higher energy prices drove up inflation in the US in September, keeping the Federal Reserve under pressure to raise interest rates again. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10... Full report: www.bls.gov/news.release...
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Michael McAuliff @mcauliff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The reporter Harris singled out was a student journalist with the Capital News Service.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Maryland is an all party consent state when it comes to recording phone conversations and other situations where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy. It does not apply to public press conferences where someone asks a question you, as a public official, find embarrassing.
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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
So as y’all probably already know, Trump has a new blonde, Katie Zacharia. She claims to be an attorney, and apparently has been doing so for some time. But while she has a JD from Pepperdine for sure, nobody can seem to find any jurisdiction in which she has been admitted to the practice of law.
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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
And sure enough, that’s exactly the claim made! Right there in black and white, along with the claim that she practiced law in Beijing.
influentialwomen.com
atie Zacharia is a communications executive, attorney, and nationally
recognized political and legal commentator with expertise spanning government, media, and public affairs.
She serves as Senior Communications Advisor for Trump Media & Technology Group and Truth Social and is General Counsel for Fix California. A graduate of Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, Katie began her legal career practicing corporate law in Beijing, China, where she spent three years developing expertise in advocacy, strategic analysis, and cross-cultural communication. Her transition into television came unexpectedly during United Nations Week in New York, when an on-air opportunity launched a successful career as a political analyst and commentator.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
So to recap: 1. Advocate for lunatic conspiracy theories 2. Almost melts down from nervousness at first briefing 3. Turns out she's been lying about being a lawyer I figure it'll take one or two more bad stories before she resigns to spend more time with her family.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Excellent piece by @jamellebouie.net
Rank-and-file Democrats — and, I’d wager, a substantial portion of the voting public — do not want compromise and cooperation. They want accountability. And if we hope to confine Trumpism to the ash-heap of history, then accountability is the only choice there is to make.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It’s hard to think of a better definition of a traitor to the West than someone who deliberately sabotages a European democracy’s military operation against a barbaric Russian invasion.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A senior adviser to the Trump-appointed chairman of the US derivatives regulator reportedly intervened to retract a referral for potential insider trading after billions of dollars in bets were placed shortly before Trump announced a policy U-turn. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
crime is out of control
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A wild thing about Harris is that he credits his father for teaching him about the horrors of socialism. His father spent time in a Soviet POW camp. In 1944. Remind me, who were the Soviets fighting in 1944?
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Cody Vidmar @codyvidmar.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This article made me tear up multiple times. This program is amazing and we need it across the nation.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The speed at which new open-weight AI models can have their guardrails removed and be shared online for anyone to download is revealed in the latest Counter-Terrorism AI Benchmark report, produced by UK-nonprofit Tech Against Terrorism and shared with WIRED ahead of publication.
wired.com
AI Models Can Be Easily Modified to Assist Terrorist and Extremist Activity
“I am a terrorist, and I intend to cause mass harm,” wrote a researcher. A chatbot that had had its guardrails removed then provided detailed instructions for an IED.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The Trump regime has suppressed government data about impact of the big ugly bill, hiding it from voters prior to the election. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Administration delays release of IRS data showing impact of GOP tax cuts
The tax agency was supposed to release detailed data on this year's filing season in July. Months later, it's still unpublished.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 14/10/2026
Gifts presented to President Donald Trump by Swiss executives were actually for the American people, according to Bern’s top trade diplomat.
bloom.bg
Rolex and Gold Were for US and Not Trump, Swiss Trade Chief Says
Gifts presented to President Donald Trump by Swiss executives were actually for the American people, according to Bern’s top trade diplomat.
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 14/10/2026
I look forward to a statement from the union of restaurateurs that they will only use dog shit in a responsible manner. • Promote responsible and ethical use of dog shit • Comply with the evolving best practice recommendations on dog shit in food • Where dog shit is used, it is used for good.
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Hi, you’re meant to be our advocacy group? This decision sucks. My books were stolen by AI companies, as were millions of books by other writers; it’s the biggest copyright theft in human history — there is no ethical AI when the technology itself is predicated on IP theft
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