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again this is why you have to retaliate. if they are only afraid of republicans this will happen all over again

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Today is the 418 year anniversary of the tyrant Stuart monarchy martyring the lawyer John Cooke, one of the first people in history to insist that a King could be tried in a court of law for crimes against his nation. They called Cooke a regicide; I call him a hero.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11h

I keep thinking of how morally bankrupt it was for Republican lawmakers to wear AR-15 lapel pins.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

ADAM JOHNSON: “The raid on @repilhan’s home has thus far received zero of the above media interventions. No editorials, no opinion columns in the Times, Post, or Journal…” theintercept.com/2026/10/15/i...

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 20h

This is the result of 7+ years of Trump's attacks on @repilhan.bsky.social, Somali-Americans, & the Muslim community. Everyone, regardless of party, must speak out against this fascistic abuse of power. If they can do this to a sitting Congresswoman, they can & will do it to anyone.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: Can you name a time when you voted against Trump and it changed the outcome? SUSAN COLLINS: At one point, I had organized people to vote against Sec. Hegseth. At the very last minute one of our Republicans changed his mind. Otherwise he would've been defeated. Q: So it didn't change the outcome

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 18h

lmao at voter fraud and border security being at the bottom of this list of concerns. Trans people in sports didn’t even make it. The entire Republican advertising strategy is to emphasize issues people aren’t worried about and to belittle the actual concerns they have. Good luck with that!

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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 15h

Reporter: Do you believe that 5 deaths, potentially 6 from measles in Pennsylvania-- Staffer: We're not gonna talk about measles-- Reporter: He's the highest ranking health official in the country, he can answer that question. He's a Cabinet Secretary.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20h

🧵🧵🧵 The NY Times posted a 15-minute video today in which I got to tell NYT what’s wrong with its coverage. They said they saw my critical posts on Bluesky and invited me to do a video with them to air my grievances. Weird, right? I didn’t hold back. I blasted their sanewashing of MAGA extremism.

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Video: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About Trump

In this first installment of “Sound Off,” Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for The New York Times, speaks with Mark Jacob, former metro editor for The Chicago Tribune, who shares his criticism...

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Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

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NPR @npr.org · 15/10/2026

The Trump administration provided few details about its process for canceling hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act enrollments — even as the next stage of the anti-fraud effort is underway. n.pr/4imV4DH

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After booting 760K off ACA health plans, the Trump administration adds some people back

The Trump administration provided few details about its process for canceling hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act enrollments — even as the next stage of the anti-fraud effort is underway.

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Oliver Laughland @oliverlaughland.bsky.social · 23h

We went to one of the reddest counties in West Virginia to speak to Donald Trump’s base. The sense of dissatisfaction, even here, was palpable. Our new series of Anywhere But Washington films is launching today ahead of the midterms:

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Why one of the US's reddest counties is losing faith in Trump | Anywhere but Washington

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 22h

The Bay Area faces a funding crisis for its public transit, but a ballot measure could come to the rescue. For @motherjones.com, I reported on the measure and talked with aging and disabled adults, who are more likely to use transit, on what's at stake for them. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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America's billionaire capital is poised to gut public transit

Voters in the San Francisco Bay Area are split on a measure to rescue local transit. Disabled and low-income residents' mobility is on the line.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22h

Ex-boss filed a $12 theft charge against an ex-employee because she got a restraining order in response to his creepy behavior. Charge was never prosecuted, but it gave ICE an excuse to arrest and detain her. Congratulations to the 58 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act. You own this.

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A disgruntled boss filed theft charges against her. When she went to court, ICE arrested her. | Baltimore Brew

BREW EXCLUSIVE: A $12.08 dispute over a McDonald’s meal leads to the arrest of a 25-year-old by ICE agents in the Carroll County District courthouse.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

NEW: ICE agent in a high-viz vest holding a rifle at the scene of shooting near the Bronx has a history of allegedly lying, using excessive force, and courts have found his arrests unlawful. @dmehro.bsky.social @awinston.bsky.social, @regret.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...

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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests

Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Timeline cleanse: please enjoy this picture of a very fierce predator subduing her cunning prey.

A black and white dog with black eyespots is lying down with a fuzzy white rabbit-shaped dog toy pinned under her paws. She looks pretty smug

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Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Two neighbors live less than 2,000 feet apart. One pays up to $500/month for electricity. The other averages $130. One has investor-owned National Grid. The other by a municipal utility. @popovichn.bsky.social and I dug into America’s widening power bill divide: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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One Home’s Power Bill Is $500. A Half-Mile Away, It’s 70% Lower

The stark difference reflects a growing national divide between investor-owned utilities and public power providers

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Chuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Republican House representative from Iowa, btw.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Mike Rogers wife out here trying to by votes for $10 gas cards in Michigan Could this be more desperate? And How is this legal?

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Mike E @phegan.dev · 14/10/2026

This is exactly why I get infuriated when Dems do the "Republican light" brand on immigration. It's actually popular and good. They are letting the GOP control the narrative and shifting right for no good reason at all. Being GOP light doesn't win any votes, and moves the status quo right.

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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

"SpaceX had recently given the Pentagon an ultimatum" Are you KIDDING ME

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

“I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.” -- Nicole Noren, 24-year ESPN veteran and winner of Emmy, Murrow, and Peabody awards. Her grandfather, father and one of my brothers "were pretty much destroyed by sports gambling addiction." www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

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Nicole Noren: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.”

Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest.

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 14/10/2026

Last night the President of the United States posted a video of a tiger attacking an unwell person (who was fatally mauled shortly afterward), then an AI video of himself befriending the tiger. Remember when Howard Dean yelled weird

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

BREAKING: A complaint has been filed with the California Bar against White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, citing Popular Information’s reporting, for “the Unauthorized Practice of Law and for Holding Herself Out as Entitled to Practice Law.”

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

they all know the bottom is falling out and instead of trying to prevent that they are ripping out the copper wiring

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David Nir @davidnir.com · 14/10/2026

Dems can "make it clear that everyone who aids and abets Trump in his Neroism can and will be held accountable to the full extent of the law. ... Anyone who says something like 'We should look forward, not back' is making it significantly less likely that we will have anything to look forward to."

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Nerobefehl Nation

My fears for the next two years

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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 14/10/2026

Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It's almost a joke at this point, but the entire story of Mamdani's mayorship really has been "it turns out we can just turn off the orphan grinding machine, the switch was right there the whole time."

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 12/10/2026

10/12 Troy Jackson's campaign goes up with an unconventional ad on Mainers’ heating costs #maine #MEpolitics

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

yall ever just watch a wombat eating grass

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 13/10/2026

After a woman obtained public records indicating a Google datacenter would cover only one-third of the cost of a new solar plant to power the facility — contradicting its promises that ratepayers would not be on the hook — her electricity company sued her.

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An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.

Cases in Arkansas and California show how desperately we need a federal law against lawsuits intended to chill free speech.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 13/10/2026

If you need me, I’ll be in the year 2027, defeating everyone’s evil smart toasters with a glass of water

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

“Musk then prevented any community notes from appearing on Sortor’s post for many hours, ensuring that no one could debunk the bogus claim before it reached tens of millions of people, and suspended accounts that dug into its veracity” @lebassett.bsky.social www.laura-bassett.com/p/anatomy-of...

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Anatomy of a fake scandal

WSJ obtained video of Ken Paxton partying with literal fugitives in Dubai, so Republicans panicked and invented a story about Talarico checking into a psych hospital. It backfired.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Big reporting from @joshkovensky.bsky.social. Pls read & share! A lot of stuff can coincidentally fall into yr lap after u write a big check for the ballroom. A Ballroom Donor, a Sanctions Waiver, $201 Million in Public Money: The Mystery of Konstantin Sokolov talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-ballr...

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A Ballroom Donor, a Sanctions Waiver, $201 Million in Public Money: The Mystery of Konstantin Sokolov

Ever since he contributed to the White House ballroom project last year,...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Cornell bans fraternity parties in wake of gang rape allegation, says state police will investigate campus sex crimes.

Dear Cornell community,

I am deeply sorry for the harm Jane Doe suffered in 2024, and appalled that this act of sexual violence occurred within our Cornell community. It is clear that women on our campus continue to question whether they are safe. We must meet this moment by acknowledging where we have fallen short and taking meaningful action.

I have spent the past weeks listening to students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni, and trustees, who have shared their feelings of deep connection and sympathy with Jane Doe, anger and frustration that this could happen at Cornell, and outrage at the broader prevalence of sexual violence against women in our society.

These conversations, and campus protests, have underscored my deep conviction that we must do better: that the time for meaningful and lasting change at Cornell, and at campuses across the country, is now. The independent review led by former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will look at all related Cornell policies and practices, and provide actionable ways that we can improve. However, it is clear that we cannot wait for these findings to take action.

After gathering input from across all parts of our university community, I am implementing, effective immediately, the following measures to strengthen campus safety, better support survivors, and begin addressing the social context of sexual violence at Cornell:

Strengthen Campus Safety. All parties and social events in Interfraternity Council (IFC) houses at Cornell will be suspended for the remainder of the 2026-2027 academic year. These measures will provide time for a thorough review of fraternity life at Cornell to determine whether and how it can safely continue.
There will be zero tolerance for violations of this directive. Any fraternity holding an in-house party or social event will receive an immediate emergency suspension.
We will immediately engage students and faculty experts in the development of safe social alternatives and invest university resources in their establishment.

Better Support for Survivors. We will strengthen our systems of support for survivors of sexual assault in three important ways:
We will add staff to the Cornell Office of Civil Rights, including the appointment of a dedicated Case Manager who will help individuals who report sexual misconduct navigate other university processes (such as financial aid, academic accommodations, housing, and bursar) as needed.
We are working with the New York State Police to allow their experienced, trauma-informed criminal investigators, who are independent of Cornell University, to investigate allegations of sexual assault on campus. These individuals will interview survivors who elect to pursue criminal charges and will prepare comprehensive investigative summaries for the appropriate law enforcement agency. This would be in place for the duration of the independent review.
Student support staff will be added beyond the Presidential Task Force recommendations to provide additional Victim Advocate support in the Sexual Harassment & Assault—Response & Education (SHARE) office and prevention-focused programs across campus. This is in addition to an existing plan for investment in additional mental health resources.

Changing the Social Culture at Cornell. Research has shown that campus sexual assault is not limited to the fraternity system. At its core is the specific context of social behavior and a deeply disturbing prevalence of alcohol and drug abuse. While this is not a problem unique to Cornell, we are committed to setting a higher standard for education, oversight, and enforcement of safe social behavior and citizenship.
We will accelerate the implementation of the recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on Sexual Assault and expand the scope and nature of the recommendations by engaging the campus community.
Leaning on faculty expertise in the area of sexual assault and rape culture, and actively engaging and listening to the Cornell community, we will re-form and re-focus the Presidential Task Force on Sexual Assault on expanded opportunities for safe and healthy social engagement and further ways to reduce risks.
We will enhance existing education and programming to address the bystander effect and the duty of care we owe each other.
To provide further support and momentum for this effort, we will engage national sexual violence prevention expertise and community safety organizations to examine the factors leading to campus sexual violence and strategies to promote responsible sexual citizenship.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

“.. 14.5% of home-purchase agreements that went under contract fell through in September, the highest rate for any September on record.” - Kobeissi 🏠

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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Happy Members of Congress Wishing the US Navy a Happy Birthday But Using Pictures of Foreign Navies Day

Happy 251st Birthday to the United States Navy! Since its founding in 1775, the U.S. Navy has defended our nation against threats at sea and protected American interests abroad.
Today, we honor the service and sacrifice of generations of sailors and thank the men and women who continue to serve our country.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I left x despite having a large following bc I don’t want to make free content for the world’s wealthiest racist. It’s not worth it to me.

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

"[Ryan] Hamilton... was so enamored of a Cuban performance put on by a troupe called Acosta Danza that he told Miller the dancers 'ought to be on a cruise ship.'” This is the best Kennedy Center reporting I've seen, and also (grimly) hilarious. prospect.org/2026/10/13/k...

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The KC Mafia - The American Prospect

Behind Trump’s private equity–style bust-out of the Kennedy Center, a pack of billionaires and MAGA grifters have planned bigger heists, from Hollywood to Western Sahara.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This was supposed to be a dog bed but Eggsy has spoken

Orange creamsicle kitty Eggsy asleep in a big soft grey dog bed

Orange creamsicle kitty eggsy sleeping in a soft grey dog bed

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Donovan Maust @dtmaust.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

"the Trump administration proposed additional 25 percent tariffs on trumpets, tubas and other brass instruments, citing 'national security threats'” 🎁link www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...

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Soaring Instrument Prices Could Stop the Music at Many Schools (Gift Article)

When a single cello can cost $1,000 and a tuba $9,000, tariffs are straining meager band and orchestra budgets.

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