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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
This morning I re-watched my video argument with the NY Times' Patrick Healy, and it's clear that the Times believes if it says explicity that the Trump regime is assaulting democracy, that would undermine its work to investigate how the regime is assaulting democracy. What an absurd position.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12h
Republican politicians are *obsessed* with schoolchildren coming home a different gender because of pro-trans teachers, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS. But they are completely indifferent to schoolchildren not coming home *at all* because of guns, WHICH HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 17h
Good news: This backlog has been cleared. Bad news: There is now a separate, new backlog. Early voting starts Monday. Story: www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/1...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 8h
US research says nitrogen dioxide in restaurants that cook with gas can exceed WHO limits, which also affects diners
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Commercial kitchen staff exposed to high levels of air pollution, study finds
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h
The US and the West welcomed Russia into the community of nations after the Cold War. Investment poured in. The G7 turned into G8. The idea that Poland, Estonia, etc. forming their own foreign relations was so unfair to Moscow that Russia is entitled to murder Ukrainians 20 years later is insane.
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Julie Taylor @snarkymimi.bsky.social · 7h
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump waives new Russia sanctions passed by Congress, citing ‘national interests’
The sanctions were intended to limit Russia’s revenue streams as the country continues its war against Ukraine.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 9h
Court filing alleges ‘physical abuse by guards’, ‘filthy living conditions’ and disease outbreaks at Camp East Montana
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‘Unsafe’ conditions at Texas ICE facility put immigrants at risk of injury or death, lawsuit says
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Kate @kateokushi.bsky.social · 16h
Every time republicans get the administration, we lose $. Every time democrats try so hard and save $, republicans ruin the efforts and lose more $. It clearly proves democrats run the government better. Time to get rid of republicans.
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Matt Weens @mattdaddy.bsky.social · 18h
Reminder: no Republican president since 1980 has left the white house with a lower deficit than where they started. No Democrat president has left with a higher one.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
😳 John Braun, the Republican running against Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, on whether he thinks going to war against Iran was a good idea: "So, um, ah, I have no way of knowing ... I'm not in Congress ... none of us know what drove that decision in February"
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
In early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases. So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool. They can’t erase history. jan6memoryproject.org
jan6memoryproject.org
The January 6 Memory Project
A public archive of Department of Justice news releases and related court filings concerning prosecutions from the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 17h
US annual budget gap hits nearly $2 trillion, largest in 5 years reut.rs/4yuev2u
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US annual budget gap hits nearly $2 trillion, largest in 5 years
The US budget deficit rose by $217 billion to nearly $2 trillion in the ‌2026 fiscal year, fueled in part by tariff refunds and record spending to service the nation's more than $40 trillion in debt, marking the largest budget shortfall in five years, Treasury Department figures showed on Friday.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17h
Scott Presler, the GOP's top GOTV operative, employed an organizer convicted of strangulation and zip-tied his father and demanded his father transfer $4,000 to him. www.thebulwark.com/p/gops-top-g...
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Kate @kateokushi.bsky.social · 17h
Corrupt.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17h
Verily, it is a total mystery why the authoritarian who hates democracy, NATO, & transatlantic cooperation & security is doing Putin's dirty work for him. It's not a "pivot." He's been doing this since 2017. Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Magazines.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 17h
Mullin just said the quiet part on camera: they're stretching RICO over a sitting congresswoman so the statute of limitations stops applying. That's how you build a case when there's no crime, you pick the target first and invent a conspiracy big enough to reach her. Insidious.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
you can really see the braces around Trump's legs as he staggers across the tarmac today
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17h
"In appearing to target Democrats with negative content, the Doppelgänger push is just the latest effort by Russia to harm the party and support President Trump since his first run for office in 2016..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
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Russia Appears to Step Up Efforts to Influence U.S. Voters
One campaign has created social media posts focusing on U.S. support for Israel to sow discord ahead of the midterm elections.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
20 years after NYT gave up its Enhanced Interrogation euphemism, Patrick Healy still puts access over reality, refusing the word "lie."
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 18h
"Elon Musk approached Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Starlink in Ukraine," The Telegraph reports. “He tweeted out that he was innocent and that it was the US administration that did it. The reality is that they were both in it.” www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 17h
Republicans will be like, “there’s a vast media conspiracy to give democrats the questions to all debates” and it’s just one of them read a little bit beforehand
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22h
Two US officials and a Western official say Trump’s White House instructed Pentagon to slow Ukraine’s Starshield. The sabotage took effect as Russia launched 39 ballistic missiles at Ukraine’s power grid, disrupting defensive drones & military operations.
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Order to restrict Ukraine’s Starshield amid Russian attacks reportedly came from White House
The order to restrict Ukraine’s Starshield military satellite service reportedly came from inside the White House. As Ukrainian drones lost communications, Trump pressured Kyiv to stop striking Russia...
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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 23h
Half the grocery store has been recalled. Measles deaths are at a 35-year high. And Susan Collins still doesn’t regret voting to confirm RFK Jr. Vote her out.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17h
Update www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Exclusive: Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine
SpaceX founder had publicly blamed president for chaos over restrictions, but sources say he initiated them
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
So Musk is saying it was the Trump Admin who did it and the Trump Admin is saying it was Musk who did it.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 18h
BREAKING: Trump DOJ sued CA with an unconstitutional & illegal demand to start throwing out mail in ballots weeks before the election We @democracydefendersfund.org & @campaignlegal.org are intervening, repping the NAACP & @lulacorg.bsky.social to shut down this unkosher baloney It will not stand!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h
The blame for having an incompetent press secretary rests solely with Donald Trump, not Katie Zacharia. She can’t help that she’s incompetent, *he* chose to appoint her anyway. Just like he chose to appoint incompetent Pete Hegseth and incompetent RFK Jr.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 15/10/2026
The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras.
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Kate @kateokushi.bsky.social · 19h
Again here, the key fact is "masked." That declares loudly that the masked people are well-aware of their unlawful, immoral, inhumane and despicable actions. They cannot do it unmasked because they are cowardly chicken sinners.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 21h
Heidi Levine is intrepid, brave and fiercely protective of everyone around her. She had just returned from Ukraine and was back in the West Bank, where she has been dedicated to reporting on the settlers. Heidi is beloved at The Post and among the press corps generally
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h
“I’m hearing she’s leaving without settling her bills. Hair appointments, beauty treatments… various places, apparently.”
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 21h
I'm 93 years old & graduated Yale in '55. I had a long career with @nytimes.com, where I served as VP & GC & led the defense in landmark cases, including NYT v. Sullivan & the Pentagon papers. The rule in a dispute w/ Donald Trump has long been simple: Never settle. yaledailynews.com/articles/nev...
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Kate @kateokushi.bsky.social · 19h
Corrupt.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
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Shola Hoon @sholahoon.bsky.social · 22h
Another insightful, data-driven PN from @schaller67.bsky.social and @atrupar.com ... "Trump’s 2024 Latino support was an “outlier,” says Barreto, because “Trump did not earn it, but it was instead a Latino vote of desperation with post-covid inflation.”"
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 21h
"For Trump and his movement, real Americans are defined by race and ancestry," writes @michellegoldberg.bsky.social. "The logic of this brand of politics moves inexorably toward atrocity." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/o... This is not just opinion, it is also fact.
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Opinion | Trump’s Attempt to Deport Ilhan Omar Is Another Leap Toward the Abyss (Gift Article)
This is more than just another persecution of one of the president’s political enemies.
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
I applaud Rabbi Mohsie Inge for saying this & I repeat this until I'm blue in the face. ''Zionism is fuck all to do with Jewish identity & it is NOT every Jewish person's ideology''. Netenyahu is nothing more than a dictator & needs removed from office to allow Israel to learn about compassion.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Truth, right here…👇 WHO AGREES?! 🤚
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 21h
This piece by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social is one for the ages. "The logic of this brand of politics moves inexorably toward atrocity...If there’s one lesson of the last decade, it’s never believe it can’t happen here." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Trump’s Attempt to Deport Ilhan Omar Is Another Leap Toward the Abyss (Gift Article)
This is more than just another persecution of one of the president’s political enemies.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21h
The FCC launching fake censorship investigations into ABC because a comedian made fun of the President's wife: cool The FCC creating a fund that helps bring affordable internet to poor people getting ignored or ripped off by telecom monopolies: EXTREMIST REGULATORY OVERREACH
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21h
look I'm sorry, but regulators doing literally anything to help actual people struggling on the margins due to corporate power and corruption is now illegal
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US appeals court invalidates federal $9 billion telecom subsidy fund
A U.S. federal appeals court said on Thursday the Federal Communications Commission exceeded its authority in setting up a telecoms subsidy program in the late ​1990s used to widen access to communica...
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
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Reuters @reuters.com · 21h
'A good day for motorists and for jobs': Reactions to Germany-France car deal reut.rs/47nfkyU
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'A good day for motorists and for jobs': Reactions to Germany-France car deal
France and Germany have struck a deal on cars to water down EU-wide CO2 emission targets for 2035 and open the door for Britain to be treated as a trusted partner under the EU's Made in EU rules, the two countries said on Friday.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
And 3 Weeks Before An Election, Shameful racist fascist Trump.......
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El Howieson @elhowieson.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
📣📣📣📣
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Julie Taylor @snarkymimi.bsky.social · 21h
www.newsweek.com/salad-recall...
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Salad Recall Update as Dozens of Products Given Most Serious FDA Risk Warning
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 21h
The commander of NAS Corpus Christi, the base that appears to have coordinated with ICE, previously ran the Naval War College's ethics and leadership program
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