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 Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Glenn Beck says the FBI sought his advice on how to target antifa — here's who he wants them to go after — Glenn Beck has spent a decade and a half trying to make the case that various progressive organizations, activists, and funders are radicals bent on destroying the country.
2025-10-16 17:20:00 UTC
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Today's links The AI that we'll have after AI: Cheap GPUs, unemployed engineers, and open source models. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object…
2025-10-16 17:09:46 UTC
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Jack Smith's Not-So-Subtle Message — One of those ledes that just pulls you up short, from the Chicago bureau chief of the New York Times: … Just another day in Stephen Millerland. Happy Thursday. — Jack Smith Speaks — by Will Saletan — Jack Smith, the former special counsel …
2025-10-16 16:55:02 UTC
The Bulwark
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HuffPost:
Photo Shows Trump Backstage At Rally With Republicans In Racist Texts Scandal — JD Vance said the “kids” were just being “edgy” by praising Hitler. Except they were adults, and they rubbed shoulders with everybody in Republican politics. — WASHINGTON — A photo from 2024 shows President …
2025-10-16 16:40:00 UTC
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ProPublica:
We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They've Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. — Americans Detained: The government doesn't track how many citizens are held by immigration agents. We found more than 170 cases this year where citizens were detained at raids and protests.
2025-10-16 16:20:01 UTC
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John Schwartz / New York Times:
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian's Vault — Jim Sanborn planned to auction off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency's headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the solution. — The sculptor Jim Sanborn opened …
2025-10-16 16:15:02 UTC
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Zoë Schiffer / Wired:
Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It's Like to Own a Cybertruck — “We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it. — Aside from a MAGA hat, there is likely no object that feels …
2025-10-16 16:10:00 UTC
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Christine Fernando / Associated Press:
Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says — Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — Federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras …
2025-10-16 16:05:01 UTC
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump and Putin to speak Thursday before Zelensky meeting — President Trump will hold a call on Thursday with Russian President Putin to discuss the war with Ukraine, a source with knowledge told Axios. … Trump and Zelensky will discuss the possibility of Ukraine receiving Tomahawk long-range missiles.
2025-10-16 16:05:01 UTC
Axios
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Washington Post:
U.S. Special Operations helicopters near Venezuela expand Caribbean mission — The elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment appears to have flown within 90 miles of Venezuela, according to a Post visual analysis. Trump has authorized CIA covert action inside the country.
2025-10-16 15:30:01 UTC
Washington Post
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Washington Post:
U.S. Special Operations helicopters near Venezuela expand Caribbean mission — The elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment appears to have flown within 90 miles of Venezuela, according to a Post visual analysis. Trump has authorized CIA covert action inside the country.
2025-10-16 15:30:01 UTC
Washington Post
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Ali Vitali / MSNBC:
Thune reveals to MSNBC he's offered Democrats a vote on Obamacare subsidies — “We can guarantee you get a vote by a date certain,” Senate Republican leader John Thune said. — In a wide-ranging sit-down interview with MSNBC, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. …
2025-10-16 15:25:00 UTC
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CBS News:
Trump says he authorized CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela — President Trump announced he has authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela. The move comes after a series of U.S. military strikes on boats that U.S. officials say were from Venezuela and claim were carrying drugs …
2025-10-16 15:05:04 UTC
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Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Empire Rakes in Over $1B in Colossal Crypto Cash Grab — KING $TRUMP — The president's son said the true total is “probably more.” — President Donald Trump and his family have reaped more than $1 billion in crypto cash over the past year, thanks to an industry boom fueled …
2025-10-16 14:35:01 UTC
The Daily Beast
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Doug Krugman / Washington Post:
I resigned from the military because of Trump — I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution. — Just now — Doug Krugman served for 24 years in the United States Marine Corps. — On Sept. 30, at an unprecedented gathering …
2025-10-16 13:45:01 UTC
Washington Post
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Doug Krugman / Washington Post:
I resigned from the military because of Trump — I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution. — Just now — Doug Krugman served for 24 years in the United States Marine Corps. — On Sept. 30, at an unprecedented gathering …
2025-10-16 13:45:01 UTC
Washington Post
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Back in May we noted how Trump illegally declared he was unilaterally destroying the $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act, lying repeatedly that the law was “racist” and “unconstitutional.” The law, passed as part of the infrastructure bill, was slated to bring millions in new broadband grants and digital literacy tools, education, and training to Americans (of […]
2025-10-16 12:26:49 UTC
And A Bunch Of Useful Programs That Helped His Own Supporters
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Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Scoop: Dems plot Fetterman ouster … He's still popular with Pennsylvania voters, even as Democrats turn on him over his softened approach to President Trump. — Potential Democratic challengers are already bashing Fetterman — and each other — years ahead of schedule.
2025-10-16 11:55:00 UTC
Axios
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Dozens of Dem candidates won't commit to backing Jeffries — Dozens of Democrats running for U.S. House seats across the country told Axios they either wouldn't vote for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) as party leader or declined to commit to doing so.
2025-10-16 11:30:03 UTC
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The Palestinian activist tells Zeteo that the Trump administration’s targeting of him is about “creating that climate of fear in this country.”
2025-10-16 11:01:12 UTC
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Nancy A. Youssef / The Atlantic:
The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps — I've been evicted from a building I've covered for 18 years. I'll keep doing my job anyway. — The first person I saw when I walked into the Pentagon for the final time was Jimmy. I don't even know his last name, but I know his story.
2025-10-16 10:40:01 UTC
The Atlantic
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Cate Latimer / The Brown Daily Herald:
Brown University rejects Trump administration compact — President Christina Paxson P'19 P'MD'20 said that the compact would “restrict academic freedom and undermine the autonomy of Brown's governance.” — President Christina Paxson P'19 P'MD'2 announced that she formally rejected …
2025-10-16 08:00:05 UTC
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Robert Reich:
The Hatch Act? Wassat? Who cares? — The propaganda spewing from Trump's departments and agencies is illegal — Bad enough that planes are delayed due to the government shutdown. Now, thousands of stranded passengers have to watch Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blame Democrats in a video where she says:
2025-10-16 07:50:00 UTC
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Politico:
Democrats float a new shutdown demand: Reversing Trump's mass firings … Negotiating the fates of those workers could further complicate the path out of the shutdown, with Democrats already demanding the extension of key expiring health insurance subsidies and an end to Trump's moves to cancel congressionally approved spending.
2025-10-16 04:15:01 UTC
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Melody Gutierrez / Los Angeles Times:
I-5 may be shut down due to concerns over live-fire military event at Camp Pendleton — Parts of I-5 may be closed beginning Friday over concerns Navy ships will fire live ordnance over the freeway during a military celebration. — The potential closure would affect a section between Orange …
2025-10-16 03:20:01 UTC
Los Angeles Times
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It’s story time! I came home from the grocery store over this past weekend very proud. I rushed to tell my wife about how I was complimented in the check out line by the very nice woman behind me. She mentioned that she was impressed by how I “Tetris-ed” my groceries on the conveyor belt, […]
2025-10-16 03:03:38 UTC
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups — Effort would install at the IRS's criminal unit an ally of President Trump who has drawn up a list of investigative targets — The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service …
2025-10-16 02:40:01 UTC
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money — The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.
2025-10-16 01:35:01 UTC
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Julianne McShane / Mother Jones:
No One in the GOP Hitler Chat Was a “Kid” — We checked. Sorry, JD Vance. — Vice President JD Vance would like you to do anything but pay attention to those abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday. And if you do read them, he wants you to think they're just …
2025-10-16 00:15:00 UTC
Mother Jones
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Reuters:
White House budget director plans to shut US consumer finance watchdog within months — White House budget director Russell Vought said on Wednesday he wants to close the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau even though President Donald Trump's administration has argued in court that there is no such plan.
2025-10-15 22:45:01 UTC
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs — The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels. — READING TIME 5 MINUTES — Read Later Read Later — A U.S. Border Patrol video featuring antisemitic lyrics went viral on X on Tuesday …
2025-10-15 22:40:00 UTC
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening — On Tuesday, masked members of the paramilitary wing of the MAGA movement—otherwise known as the federal agents carrying out Trump's immigration raids—broadened their operations in Chicago.
2025-10-15 22:40:00 UTC
New Republic
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Argentina First? Trump Treasury Sec Reveals Bailout Amount Has Doubled — One day after Donald Trump celebrated a multibillion-dollar bailout for Argentina, his administration moved to double the ante. — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters at the Treasury building Wednesday …
2025-10-15 22:30:08 UTC
New Republic
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This will obviously work out well for Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt. After all, he’s lobbing this criticism in the direction of a presidential administration known for its tolerance of dissent and its refusal to use its considerable power against critics and political opponents. Stitt is standing alone, facing a Republican party that only represents itself […]
2025-10-15 22:27:11 UTC
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment — Brown was the second university to turn down the deal, which would have given a funding preference to universities that agreed to certain requirements. — Brown University on Wednesday rejected a White House proposal …
2025-10-15 22:25:02 UTC
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Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Trump administration will set price floors across range of industries to combat China, Bessent says … The Trump administration will set price floors across a range of industries to combat market manipulation by China, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC in an exclusive interview Wednesday.
2025-10-15 22:15:01 UTC
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Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
NBC News' 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams — The verticals focused on Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ groups will remain, but they come amid a broader shift in media away from diversity efforts — NBC News eliminated its teams dedicated …
2025-10-15 21:50:00 UTC
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner — Dinner set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon.com and Palantir — WASHINGTON—More than three dozen organizations and individuals, including companies with business before the federal government …
2025-10-15 21:30:01 UTC
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules — Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather …
2025-10-15 21:00:04 UTC
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April Rubin / Axios:
What to know about Oct. 18 “No Kings” protests — No Kings protest organizers expect millions to gather across the nation on Saturday, Oct. 18 in an event Republican lawmakers decry as a “a hate America rally.” … - “Together, millions will send a clear and unmistakable message …
2025-10-15 20:55:00 UTC
Axios
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When a school district sues social media companies claiming they can’t educate kids because Instagram filters exist, that district is announcing to the world that it has fundamentally failed at its core mission. That’s exactly what New York City just did with its latest lawsuit against Meta, TikTok, and other platforms. The message is unmistakable: […]
2025-10-15 20:46:08 UTC
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Anthony Blair / New York Post:
Teens who jumped ex-DOGE staffer Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine avoid jail, sentenced to probation — Two teenagers who jumped former DOGE staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine have avoided jail after pleading guilty to simple assault at a Washington, DC, court.
2025-10-15 20:20:00 UTC
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
3,000-Pound ‘Democracy’ Ice Sculpture Melts Away By The U.S. Capitol — “It's time for all of us to resist, speak up and save our democracy before it's too late,” artist Marshall Reese said of his 17-by-5-foot installation. — WASHINGTON - Democracy literally melted away in D.C. on Wednesday …
2025-10-15 20:15:01 UTC
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
It sure looks like the Voting Rights Act is doomed — Two things were obvious at Wednesday morning's Supreme Court argument in Louisiana v. Callais, a case asking the Court to abolish longstanding safeguards against racially gerrymandered legislative maps. — The first thing is that the Court …
2025-10-15 20:15:01 UTC
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’ … The vice president suggested the real problem is the idea that an offensive joke can ruin a young person's life. — “The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys,” Vance said on “The Charlie Kirk Show.”
2025-10-15 20:05:00 UTC
Politico
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Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
Judge blocks shutdown layoffs after finding Trump's actions are likely illegal — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from implementing any new or existing layoffs in relation to the shutdown, saying the cuts were likely illegal. — The Trump administration …
2025-10-15 19:40:00 UTC
GovExec.com
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans — Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act. — Republicans have been redrawing congressional districts this year …
2025-10-15 19:25:01 UTC
New York Times
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Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product that may create headaches for the cities that adopt it: detection of “human distress” via audio. As part of their suite of technologies, Flock has been pushing Raven, […]
2025-10-15 19:17:25 UTC
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Samuel Benson / Politico:
Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office … The U.S. Capitol Police was called about an American flag altered to include a swastika and displayed inside the office of Rep. Dave Taylor (R-Ohio), his spokesperson said. — POLITICO obtained an image taken during …
2025-10-15 19:15:00 UTC
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left — Scott Bessent suggests that Treasury is ‘compiling lists’ of nonprofit advocacy groups — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that his department is in the process of launching a War on Terror-style campaign against progressive nonprofits.
2025-10-15 19:00:28 UTC
Talking Points Memo
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