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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 11/10/2025
Trump’s stance on Gaza shifted after Israel’s attack on Qatar — a close ally where he and his family have key business deals.
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Did Qatari Money Drive Trump’s Push for Gaza Ceasefire?
Trump’s stance on Gaza shifted after Israel’s attack on Qatar — a close ally where he and his family have key business deals.
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NPR @npr.org · 11/10/2025
On Capitol Hill, there has been almost no sign of progress toward ending the shutdown. Senators say they aren't even formally negotiating, which begs the question: what are they actually doing?
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'Make it stop.' For lawmakers, the shutdown feels like purgatory (but with Thai food)
On Capitol Hill, there has been almost no sign of progress toward ending the shutdown. Senators say they aren't even formally negotiating, which begs the question: what are they actually doing?
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 11/10/2025
Earlier this year, ICE inked an agreement with Palantir Technologies, the firm co-founded by the billionaire Peter Thiel, to build software aimed at streamlining the process of identifying and deporting people the agency is targeting.
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ICE Plans to Boost Social Media Surveillance Using Contractors
ICE plans to use a hub in Vermont to bolster its digital surveillance capabilities as the agency ramps up operations across the country.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 11/10/2025
ChatGPT is just the start: Sam Altman wants to create a super-app The tech tycoon has been on a deal frenzy to make his chatbot a one-stop shop for travel, legal advice, shopping and medical help
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ChatGPT is just the start: Sam Altman wants to create a super-app
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 11/10/2025
“Not even Alexander Hamilton could have envisioned one state's militia to be used against another state's residents because the president wants to punish those with views other than his own.” Think you know who said it? Test your knowledge with the Tribune's Quotes of the Week quiz.
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The Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Oct. 11
Think you know what went on in the world of Chicago politics, sports and pop culture this week? Take our quiz to test yourself.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 11/10/2025
The federal government began sending layoff notices Friday to about 4,200 employees across multiple agencies.
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Trump Fires Thousands In Shutdown Layoffs—Hitting Treasury And Health Departments Hardest: Here’s What To Know
The federal government began sending layoff notices Friday to about 4,200 employees across multiple agencies.
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OPB @opb.org · 11/10/2025
Right-wing media influencers are now being welcomed into the federal government to promote its messages. This kind of media access shows a deepening alliance between the Trump administration and an online world willing to misrepresent facts if it means furthering political goals.
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Right-wing influencers shape nation and Trump’s understanding of Portland protests
Social media personalities, conservative media outlets and the Trump administration itself are blending online content to serve the administration’s policies.
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FOX8 WGHP @myfox8.com · 11/10/2025
Charley Crockett on Trump renaming the Gulf: 'I don't recognize it by any other name'
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Charley Crockett on Trump renaming the Gulf: ‘I don’t recognize it by any other name’
“I was born on the Gulf Of Mexico.”
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The Economist @economist.com · 11/10/2025
A rift between American farmers and their Chinese clients as a result of Donald Trump’s trade war has allowed Brazil to cement its place as the world’s soyabean superpower
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American soya farmers are miserable. Brazil’s are ebullient
Donald Trump’s trade war has cemented Brazil’s place as the soyabean superpower
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11/10/2025
It’s easy to cast Trump as antidemocratic and hostile to the rule of law. It’s harder to take on institutions and people such as Weiss who invoke ideas like the “free press” while actually advancing a right-wing agenda. That's why this kind of conservatism is so dangerous. trib.al/JoYaK6M
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MAGA Lite: What “Bari Weiss Conservatism” Is, and Why It’s Dangerous
The new CBS executive isn’t exactly MAGA. But her polite Trumpism will still help destroy America as we know it.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Who agrees? ✋
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Chevron @lachevron.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
TYVM @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social 🦋 @harper2024.bsky.social @vmarguerite18.bsky.social @harper2024.bsky.social @bluedublin.bsky.social @bjchesterfield.bsky.social @resist4harris.bsky.social @journeyled1.bsky.social @hopeful66.bsky.social @filosia.bsky.social #StrongerTogether #MeidasBoosts #resist
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Sharon 🩺🦋🫶🏻💙🍿🐸🚫👑 @sharonsf.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
#FrogPower 🐸🐸🐸
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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dls212 🌊🌊🌊 @ds212.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 06/10/2025
A lot of libertarians who have been screaming in my replies about "authoritarianism" and "tyranny" for the last four years are conspicuously quiet right now. Curious.
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Mike Johnson just ducked Hakeem Jeffries’ shutdown debate challenge because it’s hard to argue when your entire plan is “blame Democrats while burning down the government’. #GOPShutdown #CowardSpeaker #USDemocracy #Pinks www.axios.com/2025/10/06/m...
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Mike Johnson rejects Hakeem Jeffries' demand to debate shutdown in primetime
One House Democrat, asked about Johnson refusing to accept the proposal, told Axios: "Why would he?"
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Ailani 🌺 Brown Eye Girl @browneyegirlhi.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
You know this would NOT be going on in another country. They'd already have put a stop to this madness! When are we gonna step up? I really want to know, dis! People are hurting. It's gonna get worse. This is not good, y'all! They're trying to scare us, into submission, to not fight back!
ICE shooting blank bullets at the protesters.
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dls212 🌊🌊🌊 @ds212.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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The Poisoning of the American Mind: How Fox News Conditioned A Nation for Tyranny
On March 15, 2025—Black Saturday—Trump defied a federal court order, marking the collapse of constitutional government. How Fox News and right-wing media conditioned America for tyranny.
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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop
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I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Hmm. We were still fighting in Afghanistan during Trump’s first term. How come we didn’t win “easy” then? Why did Trump sign a one-sided agreement with the Taliban that allowed them to take over?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/10/2025
Straight up: I’m not onboard with farmers getting another bailout when so many voted for Trump two and three times. But what Trump is doing to them is brutal. I want to believe they’ve learned their lesson this time, but I don’t. Watch all the way through.
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Patrick 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @pghdlo.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
In 1976 we were so worried about corruption that Jimmy Carter had to divest himself from a peanut farm. Today Trump is raking in billions from myriad grifts with no consequences.
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Nita Cosby @5-2blue.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
What exactly are Democrat Agencies? Once again Trump is rejoicing in putting hard working Americans out of work.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2025
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'? JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said. S: Those are quotes
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
“there's been a collective forgetting that measles, and mumps, and rubella—these used to be diseases that would kill people in fairly large numbers,”- Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna serves a valuable #CupOfJoe. Watch more: bit.ly/46a5DUE
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
This is a VERY well crafted lawsuit. 1) Plaintiff is natural born. 2) He was detained 2X in a fast-growing part of Alabama, not in a city that Brett Kavanaugh could be easily duped into believing was all migrants. 3) Unwarranted detentions were on private property. 4) He showed Real ID both times.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The awesome video team at the New York Times helped me make this video about the shutdown and Obamacare premiums.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 30/09/2025
This is simultaneously not an especially radical theological belief and, politically speaking (especially in the U.S. context), quite a thing for Pope Leo to say. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266859/...
"Someone who says I'm against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life," the pope explained.
"Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don't know if that's pro life."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/09/2025
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Hegseth spoke at length about the military focusing on lethality in its operations. Trump spoke at length about the military being used to quell domestic dissent. Put those things together, and that’s the takeaway.
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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Trump is declaring war on Blue Cities. Trump is declaring war on his fellow Americans. Trump is completely out of control.
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603Lola 🐶🗳️💙🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👠🙋🏻👩🏻‍⚖️ @603td.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
And just 12 hours later here we are. Welcome to trump's Authoritarian America.
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🦋Julie M., MD (ER)🦋🩺🇺🇦 @drjuliamoonwall.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
GOP way of life (Part 2)
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The endgame for all of this is constructing a military that will obey orders when ordered to fire on citizens. That's the throughline to half of what Trump is doing.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Now he just said, “We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.”
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
During Trump’s speech, he was talking about firefighters allegedly getting “shot at with bullets” by “animals in our cities” and said something to the effect of “our cities are a big part of war, we’re going to talk about that.” I can’t find a clip of this remark, but it stood out to me.
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🦋 ~Bindi~ 🦋 @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Sounds like he wants to rename the newly renamed Dept of War to the Dept of Rape. 🤨
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
A TV talk show chatterbox elevated to Secretary of Defense talking about standards is an undiluted lack of self-awareness.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 30/09/2025
President Trump tells us exactly who is responsible for the shutdown, and we couldn't agree more.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2025
Maxwell Frost: "To be honest, this is something Trump said he would do. We all knew it during the campaign. He said he would be a 'dictator on day one.' The only thing he lied about is he meant 'I want to be a dictator for the entire term.'"
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
So after over 8K complains of sexual assault in the military in 2024 alone, Unqualified Pete Hegseth declares his answer: “No more anonymous complains... no more walking on eggshells.” Just like Trump, instead of addressing the problem, he is silencing the victims.
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Listening to the speech, I have a simple question: what is the point? What a rambling rant.
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Annette Hopkins @nethop.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
And we wonder why we have so much violence in this country now with Federal agents going after non violent protesters. Took a good look folks. This is Trump’s America. It’s our country. We need to take it back in the next election and impeach the bastard and all his cohorts.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 30/09/2025
Just finished some meetings here in the Capitol tonight. Where do things stand? Republicans are still pushing a shutdown, all because they think working together to keep your premiums from doubling is unreasonable. Republicans do not care if you can afford health care.
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Cool can't see this going sideways
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