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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 57m

Some 🔥🔥🔥 from Abrego Garcia, calling out DOJ stonewalling on discovery into his vindictive prosecution claim and zeroing in on DAG Todd Blanche as a key witness.

Looming over all this: If govt succeeds in removing Abrego Garcia to Liberia, the criminal case becomes moot, which might be the point.

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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 49m

This chart—using data from Catalist, in this article by @scottanderson.bsky.social—is a Rosetta Stone for how the presidential map changes over the next decade. We've got to turn WI MI PA blue before 2032—because at that point, they won't be enough to get to 270.

medium.com/@scottanders...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1h

RIGHT ON 👊🏽

I voted YES on 50 (a temporary measure to level the playing field) and my ballot was already counted.

Join me— remember to vote, and tell your friends and neighbors to do the same. #VoteYesOnProp50

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1h

And they called it the the Great Epstein Recess of 2025

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 2h

It's official - the House will be out AGAIN next week, for a sixth consecutive week. That means the House will have worked 20 days over 17 weeks. The last House vote was on Sept. 19.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 47m

Fifteen million are about to lose health care. Premiums are set to double. Housing & child care are outrageously expensive.

Meanwhile, Trump’s priorities are demolishing the White House, bailing out Argentina & now threatening war with Venezuela.

What happened to America First?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h

The U.S. has conducted 10 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing 43 people.

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.

He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

This is a danger to us all.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 8h

New polls from Gallup, YouGov, and out of Virginia show voters now trust Democrats more than Republicans to handle the economy. Nationally, Dems now have a 4-point margin on the issue — an 18-point shift away from Trump since 2023. Time to update your priors

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-show...

Polls show voters now trust Democrats more to handle the economy

The issue that sank Democrats in 2024 now threatens to do the same to Republicans in 2025 and the 2026 midterms

www.gelliottmorris.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22h

We’re better than fear.

We’re braver than billionaires.

We’re bigger than ever.

And we’re gonna win. #NoKings

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone needs to do this!

Tell Congress: Urge Speaker Johnson to swear in Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva

Contact Congress today!

actionnetwork.org

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bluestrad.bsky.social @bluestrad.bsky.social · 22h

Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva — because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h

“That’s what we’re seeing with the disparity in how the C-suite is treated in the courts, and how regular people are treated in the streets.”

Former FTC Commissioner @bedoyausa.bsky.social exposes Trump’s two-tiered justice system.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23h

Good overview of Trump's $230 million heist -->

Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

Trump's (probably correct) belief that his Justice Department will give him a quarter-billion dollars in public resources is the product of a Justice Department controlled by Trump loyalists who understand their jobs to be "using the law to do whatever the boss wants"

Why Trump Expects the Justice Department to Cut Him a Quarter-Billion-Dollar Check

What Trump’s Justice Department loyalists understand is that the law is a tool they can manipulate to give their boss what he wants.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Third Act Maryland @thirdactmd.bsky.social · 22h

Billionaires Suck.

We're sending a message to Musk & billionaires everywhere that we will fight back.

Tesla Takedown
Saturdays at 11 a.m.
1300 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

These are 100% nonviolent protests.

@thirdactorg.bsky.social @teslatakedown.com #TeslaTakedown #AbolishBillionaires

Photo of protesters holding signs. The closest and only legible sign reads, Terminate billionaire parasites. Above the photo against a yellow background is text in blue that reads, Billionaires suck. Tesla Takedown, every Saturday, 11 a.m., 1300 Rockville Pike, Rockville.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22h

The Senate on Thursday rejected dueling partisan bills to pay federal workers during the government shutdown, with both Republicans and Democrats deflecting blame as many employees are set to miss their first full paycheck at the end of this week. https://to.pbs.org/3JlNHxB

WATCH: Senate rejects bills to pay federal workers as shutdown enters 23rd day

The Senate on Thursday rejected dueling partisan bills to pay federal workers during the government shutdown, with both Republicans and Democrats deflecting blame as many employees are set to miss the...

www.pbs.org

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bluestrad.bsky.social @bluestrad.bsky.social · 22h

There needs to be a law that when the government shuts down Congress doesn’t get paid until it reopens

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 22h

I hope this happens, but I seriously doubt it will until after the next election. Republicans don't even want to open this can of worms.

Unless Dems can do an unofficial but very public hearing themselves.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING:

Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.

In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 23h

IMPACT of photojournalism and local reporting. @chicago.suntimes.com Anthony Vazquez [left] and @ashleerezin.bsky.social's [right] photos of Bovino from by @apnews.com 12:53pm (EDT). ~3 hours later, Judge Ellis expands Bovino's deposition.

Major error by Bovino because he can't deny knowledge.

Bovino in full camouflage holding with an assault rifle. the other agents are wearing gaiters, sunglasses and gas masks.

caption:
U.S. Border Patrol Commander-At-Large Gregory Bovino stands with federal immigration enforcement agents during a
skirmish with protesters in Little Village neighborhood, Chicago Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago
Sun-Times via AP)

Updated Oct 23, 2025 12:53 p.m.

Greg Bovino, the chief patrol agent for the U.S. Border Patrol El Centro sector, asks a pedestrian their birth country as
the pedestrian films federal agents detaining a man who took off running away from them as they were walking on
North Clark Street near West Superior Street in the River North neighborhood, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Chicago.
(Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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bluestrad.bsky.social @bluestrad.bsky.social · 22h

Proud to be among the 7 million “lowlifes” last Saturday.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h

Trump on the No Kings protests: “I saw that ridiculous march the other day. I say, these people are not representative of our country. And not all of them, of course, but many of them are total lowlifes.”

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bluestrad.bsky.social @bluestrad.bsky.social · 22h

Special thanks to the Roberts court for allowing this president to repeatedly violate the law with impunity

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23h

A blaring red warning signal for the rule of law; a President declaring “we’re just gonna kill people” without a trial or even a shred of due process.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 23h

Even by Trump standards, the pardon of former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao is really bad

His cryptocurrency firm was used by terrorists-like Al Qaeda-to move money

He was basically convicted of money laundering

And Trump pardoned him only after Binance helped Trump’s crypto company make millions

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bluestrad.bsky.social @bluestrad.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you Chief Justice Roberts for making it possible for our president to commit such corruption with impunity.

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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 1d

Need another reason to #BoycottTmobile? Guess who's helping finance Trump's desecration of the White House to build his golden ballroom? Yep. Add it to the list 👇 @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social #teslatakedown join the boycott ➡️ tmobileboycott.org

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 2d

UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified

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