1. The Trump administration quietly DOUBLED the bailout of Argentina from $20 BILLION to $40 BILLION Here is what is really happening

We were wondering... what Bitch Media pieces are you all eager to see republished? QT with your faves that have been lost into the ether--maybe we can rescue them!

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor quietly sent out an SOS. Their own paperwork warned that mass deportations, immigration raids, and wage rollbacks have left farms unharvested and supply chains cracking: “There is ample data showing immediate dangers to the American food supply.”

Opinion | 7 million Americans turned out for the No Kings protests Here is why we need talk about President Biden’s mental decline by Jake Tapper

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

The teeny tiny No Kings things in very red areas are so huge Say like five or six people show up. None of them knew each other before. Suddenly they’re all friends. And maybe from that you get a group that does longer-term organizing that can punch *way* above its weight considering where it is

Mayor Michelle Wu at the protest today: “What scares them about Boston is that we are the America they say is impossible.”

Al Gore didn’t hold back: The Trump admin is “attacking the heart of truth,” twisting facts like the Nazis did in the 1930s. From climate denial to rewriting the Ukraine war, it’s all about power—not reality. Gore warned the U.S. is under siege—and every former leader should speak out like he did.

“.. It’s to the point now where .. I could lose everything ... Being a small business owner isn’t worth it when your country turns on you,” said Jared Hendricks, the CEO of Village Lighting, a small business selling Christmas products. @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/h...

Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today issuu.com/idsnews/docs...

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything. It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in. Long thread.

Except on January 6, 2021, when 80 Capitol Police officers were assaulted. Except on January 20, 2025, when Donald Trump unconditionally pardoned the assailants who struck Capitol Police officers with dangerous objects — including a fire extinguisher.

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

I’m nonplussed

How austerity hit young people. In the decade after 2010 councils’ funding for youth services in England and Wales suffered a real-terms cut of 70%. By 2023, 1,200 publicly run youth centres closed. Young people abandoned to fund tax cuts for corporations the rich.

‘If there’s no good faith, there should be no deference.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/o...

You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages www.propublica.org/article/trum... www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to resist digging into my latest purchase from @portersqbooks.bsky.social – Pynchon’s “Shadow Ticket.” Even though I intended to finish my current read first.

Anyone who believes Trump when he talks about cities on fire and in constant states of warfare and chaos should just go to any real estate site – Redfin, Zillow, whatever – and look for cheap, bullet- and fire-riddled shells to buy for cheap or just gawk at. Let us know about those great deals.

"...he, in fact, has the heart of a man in his mid-60s..." Does he keep it in a jar on his desk? And who did it originally belong to?

uh shutting down MMWR is, in no uncertain terms, crisis level damage for dissemination of accurate info throughout the medical profession

This story is about the report that hasn't been published - but it's also about IRIS, the part of EPA that wrote it and has been assessing the toxicity of chemicals for decades. Of 55 scientists who worked on recent IRIS report, only 8 remain in their posts. www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

HGTV has taught me you can do anything if you have the right tools. I’ve also learned that any handyman you hire will have those tools.

If you come for my people, you come through me.

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW. While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

“.. The strong growth usually seen due to shipments of holiday merchandise, “we are not seeing that,” said Dale Rogers .. @cnbc.com #FreightRecession www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/s...

I will never not repost this (Sound on for maximum effect)

Ford CEO on tariffs: “I mean, it's frustrating 'cause we're the most American auto company, and we export the most, and yet, we have this $2 billion headwind, which prevents me from investing even more in the US.” finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-ce...

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

Wild if true Nice work by some satirist if not.

THE RADICAL LEFTISTS HAVE KILLED OUR BUSINESS [also we got bought out by private equity who shuttered the store and fired everyone] BUT IT WAS MOSTLY THE RADICAL LEFTISTS also can we have a federal bailout 🥹

Younger veteran: "How old are you, man?" Older veteran: “87.” Younger veteran: “Out here getting arrested, raising hell at 87.” Older veteran: “It’s just beginning.” 🦅 🦅 🦅 #ResistanceUnited 🔥 🔥 🔥

Memphis writer Dan Conaway, who helped found the @dailymemphian.bsky.social & comes from a century of local journalism, has just been censored by his own publication. Here’s the column they wouldn't run. Please consider writing: [email protected] [email protected] Stand with Dan.

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A. ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why. A judge has ordered his immediate release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

@govpritzker.illinois.gov 37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois. This is assault.

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years. From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.