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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 2h

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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Lizzieeddy @lizzieeddy.bsky.social · 2h

“Donald Trump is genuinely and truly shocked when other people, other leaders, institutions aren’t as corrupt as he is. And they’re genuinely shocked when people and institutions and other countries don’t capitulate to him.”

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 2h

1. The Congressional Review Act which rescinds agencies can pass on a simple majority. 2. Congress can sue as a representative body. 3. Congress can change its own internal rules to allow citizen petions to the floor.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

andrew sullivan getting the facts wrong while regurgitating braindead racist memes? crazy

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

The IRS is a great example of where DOGE undermined the core mission: in this case, collecting revenues. It cut 1 in 4 employees, and 1 in 3 of audit specialists. Thats creates revenue losses. It also made it harder for IRS to collect the $66 billion in annual revenues from undocumented immigrants.

If DOGE was interested in cutting the deficit, as it claimed, it would not have engaged in illegal data sharing of immigrants’ identities because doing so has the entirely predictable effect of discouraging immigrants from paying taxes. If DOGE was a white nationalist organization, it would not care about those lost revenues. It did not care about those lost revenues.

Now the Trump administration wants to add a citizenship question to tax returns (and to the Census) to drive those immigrants underground and say goodbye to billions.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

DOGErs were told they were breaking the law but that did not stop them. Kliger pushed the illegal sharing of IRS data with ICE. After his time in DOGE, he was hired by the DOD as - wait for it - Chief Data Officer. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/blockers-a...

DOGErs were told about this law, but did not care. Kliger called a staff meeting to tell IRS veterans that “Every agency has a superpower. The IRS’s superpower is data.”

Everyone in the agency knew that its data was valuable. That was the reason for the strict laws that prevented it from being exploited for profit or political gain. “He said this in a way that he expected everyone to clap when he was done,” said Kathleen. “No one said a word.” The people around the table – a group that included a woman who had worked at the IRS for 54 years, or 53 years and 50 weeks longer than Gavin Kliger – looked down, or away. Kathleen felt embarrassed for Gavin Kliger. But now it was clear what the meeting was about. Gavin wanted, in his words, “to explore how we can share our data with other agencies”. Interestingly, he never once mentioned Ice or DHS. Instead, that week, he sought to share data with himself, by trying to access files detailing IRS contracts with outside consultants that also contained taxpayer information. Kathleen denied him access.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 1h

The love in his eyes. 🥹 Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Color, photo, discolored with age, of a young, handsome black man holding up a ginger and white shorthaired kitten while he is sitting on a couch. He looks at the cat with an expression of joy and affection.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1h

Funny story: After Maryland Rep. Andy Harris blocked marijuana legalization in DC, residents would call up his office to complain about potholes and stuff. When the staffer would explain that they weren't constituents, they'd yell something to the effect of, "Then stop fucking with our weed!"

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Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social · 2h

I have never seen coverage of a live trial, one involving allegations of multiple sex attacks on multiple women, framed in a more distasteful way. It's not 'Fame under fire' it's a rape trial. And it involves actual women. And this from the *checks notes* BBC

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Lizzieeddy @lizzieeddy.bsky.social · 2h

“he went into that conflict believing he had the power to command Iran to do whatever he said, in the same way he commands Republicans to do whatever he says. He never stopped to wonder if there are limits to his powers.”

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1h

you can't practice law as a foreigner in China but you can be a legal adviser to Chinese firms on international law. the sketchy part is that ZL's other foreign hires (and much more normal practice) tend to be experienced mid-career people rather than fresh graduates

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1h

it's not an undisclosed employer, she worked for Zhong Lun, a large Chinese firm. there are somewhat sketchy signs about the job but not of the 'foreign asset' type to my eye.

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kristy yummy coochie 🇯🇲 @adrierising.adrierose.link · 15h

people are being weird about books again

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

it is actually wild how little mans appears to know about his own country. a thousand years of demographic stability? the hell are you talking about?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

andrew sullivan getting the facts wrong while regurgitating braindead racist memes? crazy

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h

Pete Hegseth should be impeached and removed from office today because he clearly hates the U.S. Constitution. He’s made that clear before, he made it clear last week, and this is just the latest example.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h

They are so out of juice they’re not even trying any longer.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

this is literally the only thing ben shapiro ever wanted also, is jennifer jason leigh a hollywood conservative? damn

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GONZO the Ca'at @gonzo.bsky.social · 14h

Mombandade went and gott "vaxxted ' todaye, i am afrade it will be my turn nexst

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 18h

KITTEN ADOPTION KLAXON Gravy needs a home in the Baltimore/DC area ASAP, preferably one with other young cats. After the sudden death of her only sister, she really craves playtime with other kittens. Gravy is fully vaccinated and spayed, cuddly and playful, and learns what is ok and not ok fast.

gray kitten sleeping, curled into a cinnamon roll shape

gray kitten sitting on a wooden letter box, looking up expectantly

gray kitten lying on her back reaching her paws out to you

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Karla Monterroso @karlaliliana.bsky.social · 13h

Girl bossing into fascism.

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 13h

"My friends were not talking about [this issue]. Therefore, it's not news." Frankly the above formula is not really unique to Bari Weiss's fiefdom, it reads like many accounts of late 20th century news work

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

Sen. Ossoff: "Congress is full of congressmen's sons who are only in Congress because their daddies were congressmen, just like Mike Collins, who are perfectly happy to send other people's children to die in a war. How is this war a success, Mike?"

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13h

"Trump’s barbarism has opened space for a new social movement based in revival of the Christian faith – new social gospel, you might say – and Talarico seems to be positioning himself as a leading voice." Here John discusses my piece on Talarico's big moral vision on immigration and improves on it

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Rain's Cats @catssurname.bsky.social · 13h

There are times when Groucho clearly thinks I am an idiot. #CatsOfBluesky

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 13h

I honestly just get tired of reading, seeing, and knowing really dumb stuff like this

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Andy 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇲🇽 @clindyguy66.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

You said no more cats. I said no, more cats. This is Binx, he adopted me at a large park all by himself. I took him home and almost took him to a shelter, but black cats don't get adopted much, now here he is.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13h

This piece has a lot of other data, too, detailing how Trump and tech are trying to buy power despite their unpopularity. Take a look!

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 12h

I’m struck anew by how bad TV commercials are now. Most of these aren’t even a product or service. Just a guy flipping a perfect pancake and then a screen lighting up until it turns into a sunny day.

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ItsFlanoy @itsflanoy.bsky.social · 12h

Subbort yuor local Taco Trunk!! 🌮🧡

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

If well-connected insiders like Schefter are also involved in gambling sites -- AND THEY ARE -- then their reporting is always going to come with a background of questions about their motives. Ubiquitous and frictionless sports betting is a cancer, exhibit 9418.

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From the nfl community on Reddit: Sports speculation company Underdog confirms NFL insider Adam Schefter was early investor amid potential $2.15B sale

Explore this post and more from the nfl community

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 13/10/2026

to move the argument up another layer of abstraction: Silicon Valley culture developed in a period where its social impact was relatively limited, and as "software ate the world" and its social impact has massively expanded those cultural values haven't been updated to reflect such responsibility

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 13/10/2026

like, if your collective culture has spun fully out of control, and popular perceptions of it are dominated by the absolutely most nightmarish sociopaths imaginable, you gotta look under the hood and see if maybe certain principles like "it's OK to fail, no matter what" are contributing to that

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 13/10/2026

one of the key factors in the souring of Silicon Valley culture is the whole "acceptance of failure" element... it's one thing to not let the failure of some enterprise SaaS startup hold you back, but when your startup causes children to self-harm at scale maybe that failure should stick with you

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A. Faë @anaisfae.art · 21h

Apparently it's #PortfolioDay so here's some mini watercolor kitties since I haven't been able to do anything more complex these last few months. These are all 5*5cm squares

watercolor painting of a very tiny kitten sitting with its front paws stretched. Its fur is white with patches of tabby grey, its eyes green and its smol snoot dark pink.

watercolor painting of a brown tabby cat laying like a loaf in the sun, with its eyes barely open. Its face is round.

watercolor of a grey tabby cat sleeping curled up. Its face is tiny.

watercolor painting of a tortie cat meowing towards the camera, with its face and a paw forward. It has light yellow eyes with a green ring around the pupils. The word "mew" is written in pencil next to its face.

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Fine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 12h

The exact same people who will tell you that laws and jail time aren’t enough to stop a school shooter purport to believe a metal detector will. They think we’re stupid.

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 12h

This is basically classical antisemitism repurposed— which is not that shocking but it is funny given the underlying assertion

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 12h

"X has family with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood" describes basically every Arab on the planet

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 12h

You frightened wockaflockas really let them gut our country and make it their personal piggy bank? I hope shittin' on folks who were different from you was worth it.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 13h

One thing even the Democrats can right now do is to refuse to fund ICE and CPB through regular order until 2029.

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Friends of Garfield Remember Charlie @frensofgarf.bsky.social · 15h

She allegedly has beef with Troy Jackson over her vetoing all of his legislation. (This is why he originally ran for Governor and not Senator, sheerly to spite her.)

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 15h

ya know, I’ve given Crocket shit for refusing to explicitly endorse Talarico, but do you know who deserves more shit? Janet Mills. First, she runs the worst campaign of all time, basically gifting the race to the nazi tattoo guy. now, she is refusing to endorse Troy Jackson. tf is wrong with her?

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 11h

I agree, every single one of them should not have been hired or deployed, and if you were to vet them you would say "I see you applied to be part of ICE, ah well, that is disqualifying"

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11h

Background on the lawsuit: www.lawdork.com/p/ousted-out... Statement from the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Ted Boutrous: “The harm this ban did to our clients, the First Amendment, and the public as a whole is profound. The Court was right to enjoin the White House ….”

We are grateful that the Court ruled in favor of our clients CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO and secured access to the White House for these news media organizations and their journalists. When the President issued his "ban on the free press," he blatantly and explicitly violated due process and the First Amendment. Since then, the President has repeatedly, candidly, and consistently admitted in public that he banned our clients from the White House to punish reporting he doesn't like and to try to force journalists to cover him in ways he prefers. The harm this ban did to our clients, the First Amendment, and the public as a whole is profound. The Court was right to enjoin the White House from enforcing this "unconstitutional ban on the free press" for the foreseeable future.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Judge Kelly grants CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s request for a preliminary injunction in the hard pass case, “maintaining the status quo” — protecting their White House hard pass access — since Kelly issued a TRO back in September. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Case 1:26-cV-03287-TJK
Document 49
Filed 10/13/26 Page 1 of 1
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
DONALD J. TRUMP et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 26-3287 (TJK)
ORDER
For the reasons set forth in the Court's accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby
ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, ECF No. 32, is GRANTED.
2. Defendants (except for President Trump) and their agents, representatives, and all per-
sons or entities acting in concert with them, shall not execute, implement, or enforce
the September 18, 2026, decision to revoke the White House "hard pass" press creden-
tials held by employees of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO, thereby maintaining the status quo since the Court's entry of a temporary restraining order on September 24,
2026. ECF No. 24.
3. Plaintiffs shall post a $1.00 bond in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
65(c) by October 19, 2026.
SO ORDERED.
Is/ Timothy J. Kelly
TIMOTHY J. KELLY
United States District Judge
Date: October 13, 2026

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 11h

Jon Ossoff is very very good at politics, and also at telling David Brooks to go fuck himself, two capacities which should increasingly be, and in fact should long have been, seen as tandem features.

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