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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21h
By attacking immigrants, the Trump regime is causing a brain drain that will kneecap American innovation for decades to come.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1h
The slithering back to even vaguely positive or optimistic analyses of Trump’s second term after the abominations of January 6th cleared the way for today’s abject betrayal of the Ukrainian people. It’s astonishing how many public figures on both sides of the Atlantic are complicit in the crime.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 8h
The president of Brazil has won a court case against Meta, after accusing them of restricting his posts and algorithmically favoring his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...
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Brazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm bias
A judge ruled that the tech company must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff.
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 19h
Frank Friday LIVE 5p ET: Ukrainian blood on our hands; White powder in our letters; Shooting in our schools, Mayhem in our midterms: Join us on Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 23h
He Entered ICE Custody. By the Next Morning, He Was Dead. Lianyong Wei, a 51-year-old Chinese immigrant, died a day after entering ICE custody. NPR says he was the 57th detainee death reported since Trump’s second term began. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/he-entered...
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Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social · 13h
I think it's a disgrace that Trump is clearly working for Russia and Republicans in Congress are perfectly cool with that. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Trump calls Ukraine’s renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries ‘a disgrace’
US president says Zelenskyy ‘more difficult ​to deal with ​than Putin’ after ‘energy ceasefire’ collapses
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h
ICYMI — Trump tells his followers they should spend the fake $5000 he’s promising them at Mar-A-Lago, where it will only buy them a cheeseburger. The disdain he has for his own supporters is wild. Playing right in their faces.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h
Trump pardoned a foreign billionaire indicted for bribery. Months earlier, the billionaire’s daughter donated $1.5M to Trump’s super PAC and pledged $2.5M to his ballroom project. Could Trump’s pay-to-pardon scheme get any more corrupt? youtu.be/NflcWXdV-B0?si=icf49apE-up…
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Trump’s Pay-to-Pardon Scheme
Corporate executives who defraud nursing homes? Pardoned.Reality TV stars who evade millions in taxes? Pardoned.Thousand
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 14h
BREAKING: In a stunning decision, the Tampa Bay Times just endorsed Democrat David Jolly over Byron Donalds for governor in #Florida. This is a HUGE endorsement. Let's go!!! #VoteBlue
Middle aged man smiling with a blue suit and blue tie with large windows in the background.Masthead for the Tampa Bay Times in white font on a green background.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h
In case you forgot what a U.S. president beloved by the world looks like. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Live in Manchester: An Evening with President Barack Obama. The arena holds up to 23,500 people with standing room, and the event was SOLD OUT.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 15h
In its 2026 World Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders ranks the United States 64th, behind Botswana and down seven places from 2025, citing Trump administration actions in the decline. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/us-falls-t...
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 15h
My statement on a suspicious package that was received at my office:
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 12h
A U.S. diplomat in London was under investigation over suspected indecent images of children. Reports say Washington returned him to the U.S. without first warning British police. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/us-secretl...
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 14h
The cruelty is stunning, and it’s the point. ICE is smashing car windows and arresting parents at school drop off, forever traumatizing their young children. ICE has no place in our communities, and certainly not at our schools. Dismantle ICE.
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ICE arrests man near Seattle elementary school during morning drop-off
Immigration agents arrested a man Tuesday morning near a Woodland Park elementary school as parents were dropping off their children.
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Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto @cortezmasto.senate.gov · 14h
Our partners in Ukraine counted on these systems to protect innocent lives from Russia's illegal invasion. Between this decision and Trump's attempt to buy diesel that funds Putin's war, the Trump Admin. has repeatedly betrayed our allies and the values our country is supposed to stand for.
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Samuel Spade @samspade1941.bsky.social · 5h
Every single Democratic leader absolutely needs to publicly state that Trump is a Kremlin asset. This needs to be said BEFORE the election. Every minute delayed in declaring that fact only serves to bring the guillotine down on US Democracy that much closer....
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13h
Talked to @velshi.com about history’s shortest serving press secretary ever  youtu.be/BGI1PU1K2xs?...
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Trump’s Latest Blunder Is Wild w/ Ali Velshi
YouTube video by Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast
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Latika M Bourke @latikambourke.com · 3h
📚 Read We Are Bellingcat by @eliothiggins.bsky.social. So much foresight in retrospect. 📡 Who slowed Starlink? Reuters says it was the White House, Tel = Elon Musk. 🇮🇳 In India, the cockroaches are being detained 🇦🇱 And Albanian dissident Fatos Lubonja on the Flamingo Revolution latika.me/4yTUAL8
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What I'm Reading
October 16: Five reads that piqued my interest this week
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 13h
Russian woman who moved to Donetsk complains that local residents openly despise Russian settlers.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h
TRUTH SOCIAL IS LOSING ITS AUDIENCE Daily users have dropped from 420,000 to just 260,000, a whopping 38% decline from its peak. Trump spends half his life screaming into that platform, but fewer people are sticking around to listen ☠️ Reminder Tomorrow: N🚫 Kings #VoteEarlyOnNoKings
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 4h
NEW: Russian high-ranking military officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, continue presenting greatly exaggerated claims of Russian frontline advances. (1/10) Read the full report: isw.pub/UkrWar101626
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 15h
Trump lied. Again.
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Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/o...
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 12h
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... 🎁
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Exclusive | In New Letter, Ilhan Omar Fights Back Against Home Search
Lawyers for the Minnesota congresswoman asked federal prosecutors to return items seized this week from her Washington residence.
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roseh0911.bsky.social @roseh0911.bsky.social · 20h
Trump is a Russian asset
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 21h
Brilliant.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12h
🚨BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ is now threatening California election officials with criminal exposure if they count ballots from voters it flagged. The dangerous escalation comes as voting is already underway.
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Trump DOJ threatens California election officials with criminal exposure if they count ballots from flagged voters
Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said election officials who “knowingly tabulate” ballots from people identified by federal agencies as noncitizens could risk becoming “aiders and…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
it's pretty f'd up that the Trump administration is trying to deport my duly-elected member of Congress
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Alison the Resister @alisonwhite3.bsky.social · 10h
Sadly, we can no longer trust a president of the United States to make wise decisions regarding pardons.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 23h
Trump: we are running low on ammo not because of my war on Iran but because Biden gave “massive amounts” of Tomahawks to Ukraine. The U.S. didn’t supply a single Tomahawk to Ukraine! Not a single one!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h
awaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1fP...
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 10h
Such an important conversation with Retired Lt. General @markhertling.bsky.social about how far our military has fallen from grace
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 5h
⚡️ Update: Trump sides with ‘bloodthirsty thug’ by Russia sanctions waiver, Senator Blumenthal says.
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Trump waives latest Russia sanctions amid growing Ukraine-US tensions
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a broad waiver of sanctions under the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act on Oct. 16.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h
How did we skip the step where we made this illegal?
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Giorgi Revishvili @revishvili.bsky.social · 16h
Elon Musk came to Donald Trump with the plan to throttle Ukraine’s use of SpaceX’s Starshield satellite internet network, sources have told the Telegraph. The tech billionaire made the proposal during the US President’s row with Volodymyr Zelensky over strikes on Russian oil refineries. 1/3
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Marjorie Taylor Greene comes out with a statement opposing the raid on Ilhan Omar before Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Democratic Party
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23h
In case you missed it, read our reporting here:
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Leslie, the Collab Auntie @lesliemuse.bsky.social · 23h
I watched this and just kept shaking my head at the stubborn refusal to fully live in this reality. Mark Jacob clearly articulates everything that is so infuriating about how the NY Times covers Trump and it’s like he’s debating a brick wall.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
Say it with us: Russia was never a hoax. www.mediaite.com/media/tv/joe...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10h
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 10h
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Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
NEW: ICE is trying to deport a mother of 4 while her husband is at Fort Benning in Army basic training. When she went to pick up the family's military IDs, Navy personnel turned her over to ICE. She's been in the US since age six. With @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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He Joined the Military. They Reported His Wife to ICE.
When a soldier’s wife went to pick up her military ID at a base in Texas, ICE officers showed up.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10h
Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on Ukraine's battlefield communications: “When that Starshield goes down, the screen goes black. You don't know what's coming at you. You don't know where the things you've launched are going.” His warning: “People will die.”
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20h
Remarkable: Dems are growing optimistic about flipping Mahoning County in Ohio, a major destination for reporters looking for voters in Trump Diners. Dem internal polling shows Trump at minus 11 points in the region, which is a stunning collapse. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2167...
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Trump Just Visited a MAGA Town in Ohio. Its Voters are Turning on Him.
Democrats think they have a shot at flipping hardscrabble Mahoning County, which Trump turned into a symbol of the rightward blue-collar turn. Yep, he’s even unpopular there, too.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13h
The owner of X is almost single-handedly funding the Republican midterm election campaigns. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 15h
"If Democrats take the House, the dynamic would change quickly. The House Judiciary Committee could subpoena the Justice Department for Volume II. That would set Cannon’s injunction on a collision course with the oversight power of a coequal branch..."
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Putting Jack Smith’s Report Back Under Wraps
An Eleventh Circuit ruling stuffs Trump’s Volume II skeletons back in the closet.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h
Is it bad if major defense contractors have their own foreign policies?
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 6h
1/ Russian soldiers are "the new oil", says a Russian warblogger. They are a source of easy wealth for scammers, who have robbed tens of millions of rubles from new recruits and injured men, who are preyed on by their fellow soldiers, recruiters, and even fellow patients. ⬇️
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 8h
huh. what could this posssssssssibly mean. the US media willful professed ignorance on this stuff is increasingly embarrassing. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Waives Most Russia Sanctions Passed by Congress
The president signed an executive order to exempt Russia from parts of a law he signed last month.
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