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Really good and obviously extremely infuriating story here.

Emmet Fraizer@woolsox.bsky.social

Last summer, Scientific American's owners were stalking the site, making sure it wasn't being too critical of Trump. This summer, the magazine was sold and gutted. I wrote about it for The Nation www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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NEW: Plaintiffs suing to halt Trump closure & renaming of Kennedy Center submit court filing arguing Team Trump is shielding 100s of records showing "Trump’s ongoing, direct management of the Kennedy Center", including Kennedy Ctr staff messages to Natalie Harp & Howard Lutnick

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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the administration will continue plans to relocate the Forest Service headquarters, close 23 research stations and replace regional offices with state-run ones, despite a federal judge’s order halting the re... TAT: [Hollowing state | Undermining democracy]

thehill.comRollins: Trump administration going ‘full-bore ahead’ on Forest Service reorganizationAgriculture Secretary Brooke reiterated Thursday the Trump administration’s commitment to major restructuring at the U.S. Forest Service despite legal hurdles.  “We are full-bore ahead in the reorg…

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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) denied approval for a high-volume measles test that would help health departments respond quicker and more effectively to the current measles outbreak. The West Coast Health Alliance (Hawaii, Californina, Oregon and... TAT: [Attacking science]

theguardian.comCDC denies approval for high-volume measles test, citing ‘other priorities’California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii health officials ask CDC ‘prioritizing emerging technologies’ to reconsider

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“A 79-year-old CO pastor who lost 35 pounds and the strength to walk after 13 months in immigration detention has been released by order of a federal magistrate judge. The government ignored requests for a wheelchair. Instead, 3 other detainees carried Rev. Edward Nalwamba to a waiting vehicle.”

washingtonpost.comColorado pastor released from immigration detention after 13 monthsA federal judge said the U.S. government had no clear plan to deport the Rev. Edward Nalwamba

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This is a disgusting thing to say and it says a whole lot about Darline Graham's character, or lack thereof, that she doesn't condemn it. Trump: "But Darline's running against a radical left lunatic named Tranny Annie Andrews."

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NEW: The Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over oil fields had remained unclear — until now.

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...

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People with knowledge keep saying - in public and to me in private - that you get a pardon in this government by literally paying a bribe. I mean at some point it’s all going to come out, right?

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social

My brain cannot process this level of corruption. She was being paid $50 million to engineer a pardon from Trump *while working at the Justice Department* as a "Special Government Employee." And it worked. He got the pardon, and she got the money. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

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Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”

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"Ms. Martin & Mr. Addington had discouraged or tried to dramatically revise multiple articles, apparently under pressure by the articles’ subjects or others unhappy with their impact." Non journalists with a strong political ideology are meddling with news content...where have I heard that before?

Ruth Graham@ruthgraham.bsky.social

Christianity Today has seen about half its staff quit or laid off in the last 14 months. Former employees told me that new business leaders have intervened in editorial decisions and are effectively abandoning the outlet's commitment to independent journalism. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...

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Excellent piece. Explains how DT was able to write an EO and nullify the Lindsey Graham act. Only takes a few minutes to read. Please read and share.

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social

Humiliating and dangerous: Trump has now finally just made America an ally of the Kremlin and is aiding Putin in his war against an American friend and partner. Shameful betrayal of a US friend, and pathetic submission to a US enemy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

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RFK Jr’s CDC funded Hep B vaccine experimentation in Guinea Bissau is an arm of his anti-vax crusade. His unethical “research” is coming to a university near you, if we don’t stop this study PERMANENTLY, and remove him from power. STOP THE STUDY HERE: www.standupforscience.net/petition-to-...

Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social

Ending routine vaccination for hepatitis B at birth, as health secretary RFK Jr. has proposed, would increase the number of chronic infections by as much as 83 percent. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/h...

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Yes. This is disgusting. The Trump admin manufacturing the evidence to support their conspiracy theories of widespread non-citizen voting. They arrest a tiny number of people (arrests crafted to draw attention), at least some of whom having no idea of the crime they’ve been accused of.

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Musk owns X. Ellison owns CBS & CNN. TikTok blocked Musk movie account. Meta blocked No Kings account. Democracy Docket is not built on Substack, ActBlue or any platform that could turn against it. It costs more to operate but is worth it. Subscribe now. demdock.com/4w6emld

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Honestly I’m starting to think this guy isn’t entirely on the level!!!

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

The Trump administration released final plans for President Trump’s 250-foot-tall triumphal arch that do not include drones, snipers or other features of the “military complex” that Trump said he would add to the project.

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Folks, I know it’s easy to get excited about all the polls showing Democrats ahead and feel like this election is a done deal. But we can’t take anything for granted. That’s why I’m urging you to take part in a No Kings early voting event today where you live. https://www.nokings.org/

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We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:

projects.propublica.orgExplore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublicaUse this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

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Michael McFaul: “Trump has not only halted U.S. military aid to Ukraine, but is now giving Putin new funding to build even more Russian missiles and drones to kill Ukrainians”

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I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.

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I love this pup

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TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. https://whenweallvote.org/

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"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...

cnn.comInside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN PoliticsMigrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.

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INTERVIEW: Dan Driscoll speaks for the first time since resigning as Secretary of the Army amid the Pentagon’s purge of military leaders. "All the guys who had guts and were willing to speak the truth about what we needed to do, they got rid of." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

rollingstone.comHe Wanted to Modernize the Military. Pete Hegseth Forced Him OutDan Driscoll speaks for the first time since resigning as Secretary of the Army amid Pete Hegseth's purge of military leaders from the Pentagon.

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remarkable piece of journalism. really worth reading.

Mr. Dan Zak@mrdanzak.com

A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...