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Tom Homan won't say if he took $50,000 cash in a bag from the FBI.

Pam Bondi also wouldn't answer.

If he didn't take the money, why not just release the tape?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Busted Pipe @bustedpipe.bsky.social · 12h

Yuck

Busted Pipe @bustedpipe.bsky.social · 13h

#MAYOR4LIFESWISHER

Busted Pipe @bustedpipe.bsky.social · 13h

WTF was above the fold?

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New York Working Families Party @nywfp.bsky.social · 16h

HANDS OFF TISH JAMES.

TODAY. 5:30. FOLEY SQUARE.

www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...

Solidarity Rally
Hands Off Tish James
Friday 10/10
Foley Square at 5:30

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15h

We will see everyone on October 18: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Busted Pipe @bustedpipe.bsky.social · 16h

GOP’s fascist billionaire zambonis are big sad to see huge crowds calling out their destruction of our republic. Make sure you attend #nokings 10/18

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Busted Pipe @bustedpipe.bsky.social · 16h

Welp, just found my Halloween costume. #portlandfrog

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to head up the Office of Special Counsel, cancelled a female colleague’s hotel reservation on a work trip so he could stay with her, and they ended up sharing a room after she learned she didn't have a hotel room. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

www.politico.com

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Busted Pipe @bustedpipe.bsky.social · 2d

How many federal contracting laws does Jr.’s board position violate? @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @normeisen.bsky.social @citizensforethics.org

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Busted Pipe @bustedpipe.bsky.social · 2d

Any reason why Illinois can’t adopt universal #votebymail tomorrow? @govpritzker.illinois.gov

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Busted Pipe @bustedpipe.bsky.social · 2d

No budget until #Grijalva is sworn in. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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Busted Pipe @bustedpipe.bsky.social · 2d

Needs to be a constitutional amendment setting objective deadline for swearing in members. Any speaker who fails to follow it should lose their seat.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 3d

Trump: "I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One."
Also Trump: Refuses to stop health insurance premiums from bankrupting the middle class

Democrats just want Trump to keep his promises.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d

2. …and he told me (among other things — stay tuned for a long story later) that he has suffered from respiratory issues ever since that incident.

He also told me that as he knelt in pain (see below), he could hear the agents laughing. bsky.app/profile/mske...

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 21d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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Busted Pipe @bustedpipe.bsky.social · 3d

"No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law.” U.S. Const. art I, § 9, cl. 7.

Busted Pipe @bustedpipe.bsky.social · 3d

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