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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 10h
A thing I think even most people who have paid attention don’t realize about DOGE is that we still don’t actually know what they did. Just obtaining the records and putting people under oath is really important.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 10h
1,000 years from now, teachers will struggle to explain to their students how at this time in history, we found literally the most despicable human being in America and made him the most powerful person in the world
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 5h
Nicole Noren says ESPN sidelined investigations into sports betting companies as gambling partnerships reshaped the network’s priorities
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The ESPN producer who quit over gambling – and the stories she says went untold
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
BREAKING WaPo: Trump officials scrutinized Rep. Ilhan Omar in 2019. They didn't find citizenship issues. 
The earlier review of Omar's immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.
washingtonpost.com
Trump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues.
The earlier review of Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 9h
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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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 10h
T I M E T O G O
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 11h
“LET ME BE CLEAR, NEW JERSEY IS TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL OF CROWN FORCES, DESPITE WHAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT TRENTON AND PRINCETON”
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 12h
BREAKING: Texas is considering selling a state park to Elon Musk, per sources. (Gift link).
texasmonthly.com
Texas Has Been Considering Selling a Beloved State Park to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Sources Say
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission was scheduled to discuss selling Boca Chica State Park, Texas Monthly has learned.
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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 12h
NCA&T students started the sit-in movement in 1960. That Greensboro is making it harder for today's students to vote is part of a long, ugly history. These students are upholding a powerful legacy of resistance.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11h
BREAKING: President Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying a waiver is in the U.S. national interest.
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Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying waiver is in US national interest
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that puts on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14h
New — Mike Huckabee's family company is offering $5800+ trips to Israel, so tourists can meet "top Israeli officials," even while he is the Ambassador to Israel. Plus: he promised his Huck PAC would go "dormant" if he became ambassador. That didn't happen. Over the past 2 years, it's raised $4.5M.
zeteo.com
‘The Israel Experience with Mike Huckabee’: The Ambassador’s Family Sells Trips to Israel
Mike Huckabee’s family is offering trips to Israel so tourists can ‘hear from top officials,’ even though he’s the ambassador. Meanwhile, he’s done little for U.S. victims of Israeli violence.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h
“.. the Trump administration has cited several laws to justify the government’s new shareholding arrangements, yet none of them expressly authorize the executive branch to take an ownership stake in a private US company.” @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.cato.org/blog/governm...
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 16h
Find a #NoKings 4 event near you:
open.substack.com
Ready, Set, Vote: No Kings 4 Is Here
Contrarian Calls to Action: How to make a difference for democracy this week.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Chasten and I are heartbroken by the news coming out of Bend. We are keeping the families of those killed in this shooting, and the entire Silver Rail Elementary community, in our prayers.
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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...
theatlantic.com
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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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
“.. people are balancing FOMO, the fear of missing out on enjoying their retirement, with FORO — fear of running out of money,” said David Blanchett, head of retirement research for Prudential Financial. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
If Colorado Dems somehow manage to beat Lauren Boebert and flip the GOP’s three bluer seats, Colorado Republicans would hold no House or Senate seats for the first time in 86 years
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 15/10/2026
And yet gas-only cars constituted 77% of the new vehicle market in the US over that period. Has the US ever been this far behind the world average in new tech adoption for a major product type?
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Shrekpdx @shrekpdx.bsky.social · 23h
Not a lot of info, but World Cup to Portland??? #rctid #baonpdx (Literally no info other than they're bidding)
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Jeff Singer @jeffsinger.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Did Michigan Republicans get together and decide that Trump will be gone in two years is the best line they have?
ms.now
‘He’s going to be there two years, and then he’s gone’: Mike Rogers’ Trump tightrope
The Michigan Republican needs Trump’s base to win a senate seat in this purple state. He also needs the voters who have soured on the president.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
BREAKING: The FBI made a video trashing Democrats & hyping Kash Patel, then posted it during early voting Spending your tax dollars to campaign or to hype the director is illegal -- This video did BOTH We want watchdogs to find out who signed off Our @democracydefendersfund.org letter👇 -TN
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
I would die of shame
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
“.. Almost all told me they are angry about Trump’s decision to start a war and spend millions of dollars ornamenting a capital city they will never see.” @theatlantic.com #Arizona www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
There's a lot of polling ricocheting around right now but look at this new poll from Bowling Green University in Ohio, a state Trump won by 13 points in 2024. Acton and Brown up by 6, generic ballot is Ds +4, and Dems with far more intensity to vote. Just wow. scholarworks.bgsu.edu/cgi/viewcont...
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Foucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Of all the jobs that don't need to be done in an office, making a video game seems like the poster child for working remotely. It's all done on the computer! Maybe you hire an orchestra if you're fancy! Offices are a fake idea!
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Shrekpdx @shrekpdx.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
The Empire Strikes Back for Tax Purposes
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 16/10/2026
This WSJ investigation exposes yet more Tether-related corruption at the White House, revealing that they paid Bo Hines' consulting firm millions as he was ensuring the Genius Act stablecoin law would benefit them. I needed a diagram.
Diagram showing how former White House crypto council officials Bo Hines and Harry Jung connect to the consulting firm NXUM, Tether and Tether US, the Fellowship PAC, Cantor Fitzgerald, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, including payments of $6.3M+ from Tether and $6.5M+ from the PAC to NXUM, and a loan from Tether to Lutnick.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
A judge has thrown out the Trump administration's lawsuit against New York City over its sanctuary policies, rejecting the federal govt's claim that the city's policies violated the Supremacy Clause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
Memorandum & Opinion AND Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim – #79 in United States v. City of New York (E.D.N.Y, 1:25-cv-04084) – CourtListener.com
Memorandum & Opinion AND Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 16/10/2026
Minnesota stands in solidarity with Oregon after another deadly shooting at an elementary school.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
“.. As the company’s shares have fallen more than 60% from that high-water mark, the trio have cashed out billions, including $2.4 billion this year alone.” @bloomberg.com $CRWV www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/10/2026
Trump: "Zelenskyy is not a good guy for us to deal with ... I'm not a big fan of Zelenskyy. They've destroyed that country." (Note that Trump also blames Obama for the war, but never Putin!)
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
"The officials... did not specify who in the White House made the decision..." Sorry... how many people are there "inside" this White House who ultimately decide what orders to give the Pentagon? I was led to believe the number was one (1)? www.reuters.com/world/europe...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/10/2026
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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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The deployment of the giant skeleton for Wemby was a great touch
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
the Milwaukee Brewers play baseball differently from the other 29 teams in the sport They've never won anything They're named after beer Easiest bandwagon hop ever
sports.cool
Today in Sports! 🍻 All aboard the Brew Crew Bandwagon 🍻
The Brewers are winning the narrative competition of the MLB Playoffs. PLUS, special guest Sydney Bauer previews Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and their Olympic implications, and I have *ano...
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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
He wants to make kids can grow up in… poverty??
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The way JD Vance says this, he is acting as if Abdul El-Sayed is an immigrant who should "show a little gratitude to the country that gave him everything." Once again, it should be pointed out that El-Sayed was born and raised in Michigan.
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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Corruption is what brought down Orban.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The nine FBI agents/attorneys fired for working on the Trump documents case are suing Kash Patel, Todd Blanche and the DOJ for unconstitutional retaliation, claiming it happened suddenly right after Kash's antics put his job in danger and didn't follow procedures. www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-o...
rawstory.com
Kash Patel dragged into court as his 'beer-chugging' comes back to haunt him
FBI Director Kash Patel’s beer-chugging celebration with Olympic hockey players is resurfacing in a new lawsuit accusing him of firing employees to salvage his standing with President Donald Trump.Nin...
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Leander **BUY THE LONG GAME** Schaerlaeckens @leanderalphabet.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This week's column is about the misguided insistence on pretending that sports is some safe haven from reality outside of its stadiums, a neutral area where politics don't exist. Column @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...
theguardian.com
MLS’s political speech policy is untenable – just ask Austin FC fans
The protests around an anti-ICE T-shirt show that politics can never be separated from sports, especially now
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John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Six days after ICE shot him in the Bronx, Oscar Belgal remains in MDC Brooklyn, and still hasn’t gotten surgery to remove the bullet in his neck. “He has experienced a loss of sensation in half of his face, as well as hearing loss in his left ear.” Gift link: www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/14/l...
nydailynews.com
ICE never identified themselves during NYC shooting of Oscar Belgal, who still has bullet in neck: lawyers
The Legal Aid Society, which now represents the 28-year-old father, filed a habeas corpus petition in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday, seeking his “immediate release on reasonable conditions.”
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/10/2026
No matter where you shop, you're getting screwed by Amazon. Amazon has found a way to make everything you buy - at Target, at a mom-and-pop shop, even direct from the manufacturer - more expensive. And they're not the only one: Expedia's done the same thing, but for hotel rooms.
A faded, scratched postcard advertising the 'Edge of Town Motel.' Next to the motel sign is a vast pink piggybank, out of whose slot rises a motel key on a diamond keychain, emblazoned with a metallic dollar-sign.
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WIRED @wired.com · 15/10/2026
With its own oversight powers limited, Congress is going to have to think of other ways to force the executive branch to cooperate. But in some cases, it would need to change the way it legislates.
wired.com
Democrats Are Gearing Up to Investigate the Trump Administration. It Won’t Be Easy
As a recent government report on DOGE shows, even getting basic information out of the Trump administration will put a new Congress to the test.
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WIRED @wired.com · 15/10/2026
Without the support of agencies nested under the executive branch and staffed by presidential picks, Berman says, today’s Congress now has fewer options than in the past. Any legal case could easily stretch beyond the House’s two-year term. www.wired.com/story/democr...
“This is part of a broader shift of power from Congress to the executive branch.” - Emily Berman, law professor at the University of Houston
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/10/2026
"Trump’s overall job approval is 36%, his lowest ever in a Fox News survey for either term"
foxnews.com
Fox News Poll: Cost-of-living concerns weigh on GOP in midterms
A Fox News survey finds Trump's approval on inflation hitting a new low of 22% as six in 10 voters say cost of living is their top economic worry.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The curse of paying attention to the Trump admin is I now recognize these guys. Zampolli who pursued a teen model who flew to US on the Epstein plane, refused to marry her even when they had a kid, and then years later set ICE on her after she married someone else. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Friend Asked ICE to Detain the Mother of His Child
Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and a longtime Trump ally, was in a custody battle over his son. An ICE official agreed to help.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
While we don’t have a smoking gun yet, there is reason to believe that earlier this year the Trump admin ordered USCIS to arbitrarily cap the number of immigrants who can become citizens each month. Backlogs in the naturalization process are now skyrocketing.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
To my knowledge, it is not correct that Judge Reyes issued an order requiring approval to cut down more than 10 trees. What she said is that she had secured a (now broken) verbal commitment from DOJ that nothing major would go forward without them telling the court and the plaintiffs first.
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Ryan Fonseca @ryan-fonseca.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
THREAD - Transportation experts are raising concerns that Sean Duffy's Department of Transportation is ignoring decades of science-based evidence about road safety to put a car-obsessed Maga ideology in the driver’s seat. My latest reporting for The Guardian:
theguardian.com
US transport secretary’s war on ‘woke’ could make roads even deadlier, experts warn
Sean Duffy targets bike lanes and immigrant truck drivers while steering funds away from addressing lethal US roads
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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