KCJoyce

KCJoyce

@kcjoyce.bsky.social

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I emailed Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for standards and trust at NYT, to ask why their story about a House report with new details of rape allegations against the President of the United States included neither those details, nor a single use of the word "rape." archive.is/1s9AM

www.politico.com/news/2026/10... Speaking of chaotic, get a load of this room in all its hectic messiness. He’s got it like a ‘50s teen with pennants, a muscular George Washington (nice ass no doubt), a hideous gold-lacquered special delivery of the Constitution, and a pile of golden paperweights.

politico.comTrump’s new Hill liaison has the ‘single best resume’ for divided governmentKatie Bailey will inherit a chaotic Congress — especially if Democrats prevail in the midterms.

What could go wrong if the author of Project 2025 has *more* big plans?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump shouts out Russ Vought and then says, ominously, "we have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country."

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The Israeli army has bulldozed over 1.6 million olive trees in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in 2023, threatening the livelihood and heritage of olive farming communities, and the survival of a centuries-old Palestinian cultural tradition. mondoweiss.net/2026/10/afte...

mondoweiss.netAfter three years of genocide, Gaza’s olive harvest is going extinctThe Israeli army has bulldozed over 1.6 million olive trees in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in 2023, threatening the livelihood and heritage of olive farming communities, and the survival…

The most unfamiliar-with-voting advocacy for voting I’ve ever heard.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Nicki Minaj is not a US citizen. She’s a green card holder. Her husband, Kenneth Petty, is a registered sex offender. Her brother, Jelani Maraj, was convicted of repeatedly raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter. So, of course, she’s MAGA.

Right now, it is pretty easy for me to source locally raised and processed meat for our household needs. But what about people who don’t have that luxury, and for the rest of us, once the elite realize they need to reserve the wholesome livestock before slaughter? www.newsweek.com/pork-beef-an...

newsweek.comFalse Label Triggers Highest Warning in Major Meat RecallAbout 167,639 pounds of raw beef, pork and goat products are being recalled because they were produced without federal inspection.

I like this (prurient pleasure) almost as much as the “Democratic turnout surging” story.

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com

“This is fucking war!” A late-night meeting in House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office went off the rails, with multiple sources describing the session as one of the most contentious this year. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/hou...

@threadotweets.bsky.social compile or unroll please

Annie Waldman@anniewaldman.bsky.social

Thousands of Americans are getting sick from a foodborne parasite, and federal regulators have still not publicly identified the source. So what's been happening in the federal government over the past year that might be a factor in this outbreak? 🧵⬇️

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I encourage states to review the text of Fuck You v. Make Me

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social

JUST IN: New opinion from DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) claims federal law authorizes Trump administration to obtain full voter rolls from states, despite several judges ruling to contrary. Doc: www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...

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So far, Vance’s foreign policy record is yelling at Zelensky for not thanking Trump enough, campaigning for AfD in Germany and Orban in Hungary, getting rejected by the Pope on his invite to the US, and failing in the Iran negotiations.

What’s the German word for the despair that comes when yesterday was 75 degrees and sunny, and today is 49 and rainy, and you thought you could shed some layers, stand up straight again and just be, but obviously you cannot?

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The cost of your flight went up because you searched for it twice. Your rideshare costs more because your phone battery is dying. This is surveillance pricing – corporations using your own data and behaviors against you. In the US Senate, I’ve got plan to ban it.

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I encourage everyone to sit with the term "ethics waiver" for a minute.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.

I can’t believe it took me this long to realize the real focus of those flying the Gasden flag was the ME part, not the DON’T TREAD ON part. They’re fine with us being tread upon, even unto death.

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The Libertarian Party just advocated abolishing ICE. I will never vote Libertarian. But this is why I care, even as a leftist: GOP voters will need an off-ramp when they start to realize they’re the new Nazi party. I don’t JUST want a vote split. I want the GOP to wither under its own rot.

What are members of the Professoriate — particularly those in the social sciences — planning to talk with students about tomorrow? Just sticking with lectures straight from the syllabus, or in any way trying to address the world we’re living in at the moment?

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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."

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I don’t understand how the first reaction from leadership isn’t “This is an impeachable offense. My colleagues must defund Hegseth and begin drafting articles immediately.” Like, even if it doesn’t get done, how are you not planting this flag in the ground immediately?

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Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: 🇦🇺 0 🇨🇦 0 🇩🇰 0 🇫🇮 0 🇫🇷 0 🇩🇪 0 🇮🇸 0 🇮🇪 0 🇮🇹 0 🇯🇵 0 🇳🇱 0 🇳🇴 0 🇵🇹 0 🇪🇸 0 🇸🇪 0 🇬🇧 0 🇺🇸 530,000 There’s a lesson there.