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AnneC @annecw.bsky.social · 7m

Idly wondering what constitutional issue the Jones legal team they felt they had.

He lied about families who lost children in a gun slaughter at a school. What a horrible thing to do to grieving people. Some of the families had to move because Jones' minions threatened them with harm.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2h

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors.

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 1d

Christiane Amanpour: Netanyahu talked about territorial dominance before he ever even spoke about the hostages. This will go down badly in history. It is unconscionable that we have not been able to tell the full story to the world. I've never seen any democratic nation forbid outside journalists.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 36m

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.

We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.

If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

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AnneC @annecw.bsky.social · 32m

"No Kings" is a huge part of ideology of the Founding Fathers. See the Declaration of Independence for more.

www.archives.gov/founding-doc...

Those who want authoritarianism/unchecked executive power are the ones who hate America.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 3h

"Once you start teaching loyalty instead of critical thinking, you stop creating scholars & you start creating followers. That's not the America we signed up for."

#noloyaltyoaths
#academicfreedom

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 38m

Sen. SCHIFF: Senator Durbin asked a very appropriate oversight question, and Pam Bondi’s response was to attack his character and insult him. Senator Whitehouse did the same with a perfectly legitimate oversight question, and Pam Bondi attacked him personally. Others, too.

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 3h

I couldn't afford to insure my family and myself without Obamacare and its protections and that fact isn't lost on me

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

All facts

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10h

What’s the word for an adulterous relationship involving a man, a woman and a federal department? nymag.com/press/articl...

On the Cover: Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and Trump’s Police State

Washington correspondent Ben Terris writes the definitive account of the Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Noem.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1h

The Republicans are always the ones who are against the animals.

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Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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AnneC @annecw.bsky.social · 1h

And we are too "middle-aged" to figure out the technology needed to deliver the evidence we thought we once had. WTF?!

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

Also, the day before trial, USG turned over new videos, each two hours long.

I can't express how wildly inconsistent this sloppiness is with what happened on the Jan6 investigation.

In addition, around noon on October 13, 2025 (the day before trial is set to begin), the
government informed the defense of previously undisclosed surveillance video from two cameras
at the D.C. Jail. At approximately 3:45pm, the government finally disclosed the missing videos to
the defense, each of which is two hours long.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

Here's what prosecutors--PROSECUTORS!!!--said last week about why they had not given Sydney Reid video to her alleged assault of an FBI agent.

She's seeking to get her case thrown out before it goes to trial this week.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

There can be little doubt that the government failed in its duties, first by failing to collect
contemporaneous statements and other information from the officers from the incident and then
by neglecting to supervise the collection of that information, by relying on the officers’ conclusion
as to what is relevant and not relevant. Still, the government persists in trying to blame the defense.
Even at the hearing, the government deflected blame: “The ambiguity, I think, that arises here is
that we are trying to construct a very mundane incident three months after it happened involving,
I guess for lack of a better word, middle-aged people who just aren't great with technology, just
like everyone else in this courtroom.” Tr. at 10/10/25 at 14

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

The govt is also saying that DC's MPD has better evidentiary standards than the Eff Bee Eye, which would suggest Kash has been destroying things even faster than we suspected.

ICE? That I believe. Which is why everyone arrested by ICE should immediately get a preservation order.

3 The government disclosed over the weekend that neither the FBI or ICE have rules or procedures
governing the preservation of evidence. In contrast, MPD has a general order that requires officers to
preserve all potentially discoverable material, including any material which “may be favorable to the
accused.” MPD General Order 602.02 at 4.

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AnneC @annecw.bsky.social · 1h

This is the government speaking about why they have not shared video evidence with the defendant:

"....we are trying to construct a very mundane incident three months after it happened involving...middle-aged people who just aren't great with technology, just like everyone else in this courtroom."

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

Here's what prosecutors--PROSECUTORS!!!--said last week about why they had not given Sydney Reid video to her alleged assault of an FBI agent.

She's seeking to get her case thrown out before it goes to trial this week.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1h

Oh press pool… 🫠

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

The vice president of the United States is a clownish dipshit, Exhibit 64,532

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Marty Olliff @martyolliff.bsky.social · 1h

Alex rode high in his FA era. But he’ll lose it all in the FO portion. Good.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2h

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors.

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AnneC @annecw.bsky.social · 1h

But it takes up space that could be devoted to the criminal activities of ICE in blue cities.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 2h

Interviewing Senators/Representatives about the shutdown has zero information utility

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 18h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 1h

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1h

📽️VIDEO: Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) joined Marc Elias on the podcast to discuss why Congress must act to restore checks and balances and do more to stop Donald Trump from turning the military into his personal campaign weapon. Watch our latest below👇
https://bit.ly/4qgrZfl

Congressman Exposes Epstein Cover-Up Secrets | Rep. Jake Auchincloss

Congressman Jake Auchincloss calls out Donald Trump and the Republicans for using U.S. Marines as political props, warning it’s a dangerous step toward authoritarianism. He tells Marc Elias why Congress must act to restore checks and balances and stop T...

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NPR @npr.org · 6h

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

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