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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1h
Big deal for Anduril, funnily enough shortly after CEO Palmer Luckey joined Hegseth’s new weapons group.
cnbc.com
Anduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after CEO joins Pentagon weapons group
Defense tech leaders are gaining sway in Washington in President Donald Trump's military reindustrialization push
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 49m
Military officials were warned of a potential Iranian drone strike. The warnings were ignored and six US service personnel died.
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Exclusive: Soldiers and Gold Star families press Army leadership after deadly Iranian drone strike
U.S. troops wounded in a drone attack that killed six soldiers in Kuwait question Army leadership over safety and say the military medical system failed them.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h
Disney raises theme-park ticket prices: “.. the peak 1-day price for holiday dates in Nov.-Dec. 2027 is now $229, up from $219.” (via Piper) $DIS
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 48m
“.. days after co-founder Palmer Luckey was named to a Pentagon future weapons task force.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/a...
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 15h
Angie Nixon’s Town Hall was 🔥. USF understood the assignment! #SheShed #AngieForFL
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1h
It'll be a miracle if, by the time Trump and Vance and Hegseth are done, we have any troops at all left in Europe (and I'm not so sure about the Middle East or East Asia). But we'll be able to bully some people in the Western Hemisphere. It's back to the 30's. America First! That worked out great.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3h
4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13h
Gov. Shapiro: RFK is playing games with people’s lives here in Pennsylvania.” He won’t even acknowledge the deaths here in Pennsylvania. He actually accused me of fabricating it and making it up, even when the families of those loved ones who have perished have expressed their sadness and grief.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1h
We used to have a federal agency devoted to investigating and prosecuting abuses by law enforcement, but Americans voted for the "let cops do crimes" candidate instead bsky.app/profile/kevi...
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1h
“… Sky Roberts says in the ad that ‘Virginia deserved better.’ 'Jeff Crank covered up Epstein’s crimes to protect Donald Trump. He has no business being in Congress,’ Sky Giuffre says.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h
Hallie Shoffner, the Democratic candidate running against Tom Cotton, on Morning Joe: "I'll tell you -- over the 450 days that I've been on the campaign trail, not once have I been asked about daylight savings time. Arkansas are talking about gas prices and grocery prices and healthcare."
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 1h
UKMTO WARNING 157-26
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 1h
The Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea claims: "Our forces succeeded in attacking concentrations of Saudi enemy forces in the Al-Dagharir camp in Jizan using several ballistic missiles. The strikes were accurate and direct, causing dozens of dead and wounded in their ranks."
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 1h
Sea and aerial drones hit the ships at about 3am local time (2am CET), around 70 nautical miles east of the town of Byala in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said. www.euronews.com/2026/10/06/d...
euronews.com
Search for missing crew after drones sink cargo ship off Bulgaria
A passing ferry found an overturned lifeboat and life jackets at the scene of the missing boat. A second ship was also attacked and both are Turkish-owned. #EuropeNews
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 5h
Yemen’s Houthis have claimed strikes on Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Jazan and Najran International Airport.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 5h
Germany has arrested former spy chief August Hanning in a suspected espionage and treason case involving highly classified intelligence on Iran’s nuclear programme and the Russian military.
theguardian.com
Germany arrests former domestic intelligence chief over alleged spying
August Hanning served as president of Federal Intelligence Service from 1998 to 2005
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h
“.. U.S. trade deficit blew out to $105.6 billion in August ... up significantly from the prior month and now up by $34.4 billion in the past two months. .. Outside of the Liberation Day swings, this is a record.” - Schwab
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h
GOLDMAN: “.. S&P excluding AI stocks has fallen roughly 7% from its late-August peak, giving back its entire summer rally." @yahoofinance.com
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h
Gloomy tape this am, despite the futures action: @wsj.com @bloomberg.com www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 13h
Ed Martin says that Tina Peters met with Trump in the Oval Office today to discuss election integrity and “the plans” for the upcoming midterms elections.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h
“.. San Diego is not collateral damage,” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria posted. “We are not expendable. And we are never a ‘small price to pay.’ Keep our city out of your reckless war talk.” @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 8h
The Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass response to Trump: "His statements against our city are dangerous and could potentially compromise our safety." Trump: "[Iran] can take out a city. Let them take out Lo Angeles or San Diego. This is a very small price to pay. It's essentially almost over with,"
https://x.com/MayorOfLA/status/2107315868493557945
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 8h
The governor of California Gavin Newsom response to Trump: "He is deranged and dangerous." Trump: "[Iran] can take out a city. Let them take out Lo Angeles or San Diego. This is a very small price to pay. It's essentially almost over with,"
https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/2107288831112466787
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 9h
The Mayor of San Diego Todd Gloria calls out Trump, says" "We are not expendable." Trump: "[Iran] can take out a city. Let them take out Lo Angeles or San Diego. This is a very small price to pay. It's essentially almost over with,"
https://x.com/MayorToddGloria/status/2107295637058494706
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 11h
greeeaaaaaat
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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 11h
Sure glad my taxes are going to Trump ads where he calls me an enemy of the state for being a Democrat. As long as he’s happy.
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 12h
to be clear, they’re arguing that because Trump appointed himself to the Kennedy Center board and then made himself Chairman (a position never before held by a US President), the fact that he is also President renders all of his communications *as Chairman* subject to Presidential privilege.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 11h
Deploying federal agents to intimidate voters at polling places is a tactic straight out of the authoritarian playbook. AFT has taken action along with national civil rights orgs to block Trump's threat to send ICE to the polls and protect Americans' voting rights. people.com/trump-won-t-...
people.com
Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Deploying ICE to Polling Places: ‘We’ll See’
In a wide-ranging interview for a Time magazine cover story, President Donald Trump declined to rule out sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to polling sites in November.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 11h
Also: bsky.app/profile/anna...
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 12h
Jan. 6 defendants are “the best of America,” says recently departed Trump DOJ official Ed Martin.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 11h
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12h
When you turn your military around and flee from an advancing adversary equipped with weapons you're unable to defend against, that's retreating. I'm not sure we've seen anything like this in the modern era.
nytimes.com
Potential Iranian Drone Attack Led to Exit of U.S. Aircraft from British Air Base (Gift Article)
According to U.S. and British officials, 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from R.A.F. Fairford air base were withdrawn because of the risk of a drone attack ordered by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 12h
Potential Iranian Drone Attack Led to Exit of U.S. Aircraft from British Air Base www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...
nytimes.com
Potential Iranian Drone Attack Led to Exit of U.S. Aircraft from British Air Base (Gift Article)
According to U.S. and British officials, 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from R.A.F. Fairford air base were withdrawn because of the risk of a drone attack ordered by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
1. Lake Mead is down to about a quarter full — the lowest that’s ever been recorded. The white line is where the water used to be. When it gets this low, cities and farms lean harder on groundwater, and in a lot of places we’re already pumping that out faster than it refills.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13h
The IDF came into my Twitter replies to try & boost their fake report accusing Palestinian journalists they murdered of being Hamas. But when Piers Morgan invited them to debate the so-called evidence with me, they didn't show up so... he empty-chaired them. And then I debunked their 'study':
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15h
Yeah, he’s lost the juice.
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Breaking News
Facing backlash, President Trump said his super PAC would pay for ads promoting him that had been paid for by taxpayers.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h
Trump suggested tonight that Iran could "take out" American cities: "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take— let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 13h
And speaking of malignant deplorables, notice that Trump wishing for the deaths of millions of Americans is met with raucous applause by the few people who hadn't tuned out his boring ranting.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 19h
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 13h
USPS is continuing to play games with people’s mail by proposing to close post offices in Watertown, Allston, Fields Corner, and other communities across Massachusetts. I’m demanding USPS cease this campaign of postal office closures immediately.
Screenshot of letter. Full text linked in reply.Screenshot of letter. Full text linked in reply.Screenshot of letter. Full text linked in reply.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15h
Trump on Iran: “Remember, with the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe. “They can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles or San Diego. This is a very small price to pay. It's essentially almost over with.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h
EVERCORE: “.. We expect Trump will continue to test the bounds of executive authority irrespective of what happens in the midterms. .. And, in fact, freed from the politics of the midterms and focused on his long-term legacy, he will likely become even more emboldened in some areas.”
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20h
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 14h
Where's a daisy ad when you need it. wtf.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14h
NEW: Republican congressional nominee Brandon Herrera laughed and joined in as podcast hosts spent an extended segment joking about necrophilia and sex with dead bodies. And it somehow got more disturbing from there.
meidasnews.com
“Hot Pocket with a Cadaver”— GOP Candidate Joked About Necrophilia
Brandon Herrera joined in during a podcast segment where hosts discussed having sex with dead bodies.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18h
Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity." "ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18h
Holy shit.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17h
Oh, spare me the bullshit redemption tour. Everyone knew what this was going to be. “Thom Tillis calls his vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth his “biggest regret” and says Hegseth should resign.” apnews.com/article/thom...
apnews.com
Republican Sen. Tillis calls his vote for Hegseth the 'biggest regret of my career' in a new book
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career.”
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