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Gloomy Lawyer @gloomylawyer.bsky.social · 9h

I hate these people so much

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10h

lol, lmao even www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

Reuters headline:

White House says it will submit ballroom plans for review, with demolition already under way

By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose

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Jamie Baker Roskie @whenisayj.bsky.social · 11h

This is a Bad Sign.

Reuters @reuters.com · 11h

Capital One's quarterly profit rises as interest income jumps reut.rs/42Sqf1F

Capital One's quarterly profit rises as interest income jumps

Capital One Financial reported a rise in third-quarter profit on Tuesday, as the consumer lender was helped by strong income from interest on its credit card debt.

reut.rs

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Gloomy Lawyer @gloomylawyer.bsky.social · 13h

Moving furniture, and I'm SURE you can figure out a way to use them in the barn. Wrapping bucket handles?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump on asking taxpayers to compensate him: "They probably owe me a lot of money. But if I get money from uhhhhh our country I'll do something nice with it, like give it to charity or give it to the White House where we restore the White House."

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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 15h

Notably, appointed Archbishop of Chicago (now Cardinal) by Pope Francis. Francis and Leo's reforms on the Church are going to be in place for a long, long time.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17h

NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."

Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Standing with Immigrants
Oct. 21, 2025
My dear brothers and sisters, today I speak to you as your shepherd, but also as a fellow pilgrim who shares the pain of many of our immigrant communities. Families are being torn apart. Children are left in fear, and communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants.
We stand with a mother who crosses borders to feed her children. We stand with the father who labors in silence to build a better future. We stand with the young person who dreams of safety and a better future. Our parishes and schools will not turn away those who seek comfort, and we will not be silent when dignity is denied in the enforcement of the law, it is essential that we respect the dignity of every human being.
Now I want to say something directly to those immigrants without documents. Most of you have been here for years. You have worked hard. You have raised families. You have contributed to this nation. You have earned our respect. As the Archbishop of Chicago, I will insist that you be treated with dignity. Americans should not forget that we all come from immigrant families.
You are our brothers and sisters. We stand with you.
God bless you all.

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 16h

President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.

Whether he gets paid will ultimately be up to DOJ's second-in-command, who was recently his personal lawyer.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

here is a clip of the East Wing of the White House being demolished for Trump's ballroom just now

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Gloomy Lawyer @gloomylawyer.bsky.social · 17h

Get rid of your fascist doorbell camera.

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17h

“Ring’s new partnership with Flock shows that the company is more interested in contributing to mounting authoritarianism than servicing the specific needs of their customers,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @ArsTechnica.com. arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...

Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement

Amazon’s Ring partners with company whose tech has reportedly been used by ICE.

arstechnica.com

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Gloomy Lawyer @gloomylawyer.bsky.social · 18h

Genuinely not sure whether to laugh or cry.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "Somebody on TV said, 'you're the third best president behind George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.' And I got extremely angry ... hey, they didn't put out eight wars, nine coming."

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Greg Bluestein @bluestein.bsky.social · 22h

Georgia is expected to lose about 33,600 jobs next year if federal subsidies on the Affordable Care Act marketplace exchange expire, according to a new forecast. #gapol

www.ajc.com/news/2025/10...

Georgia to lose 33,600 jobs if health insurance subsidies expire, study says

New study says Georgia would lose more than 30,000 jobs if health insurance subsidies expire Dec. 31.

www.ajc.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Gloomy Lawyer @gloomylawyer.bsky.social · 1d

Thread. Read it. These are dangerous people.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

The American Mind, a Claremont publication, is coming for birth control, declaring in a new article by Scott Yenor that the birth control pill has had “grave consequences for our society...” 10/20/25… 1/ americanmind.org/salvo/rfk-sh...

RFK Should Grill the Pill

Though the perceived benefits of birth control are loudly and publicly celebrated, its costs need to be fully exposed.

americanmind.org

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 1d

This is the man who almost shot up Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta.

A news article which states:

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A Cartersville man is facing several charges after law enforcement said he went to the world’s busiest airport on Monday to “shoot it up.”

Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said Billy Joe Cagle, 49, was arrested at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

At around 9:40 a.m., Cartersville police informed the Atlanta Police Department of a threat to the airport.

Cagle’s family told Cartersville police that he was heading to the airport and had threatened to shoot. His family also told police that he had been livestreaming on social media before he got into the airport shortly after 9:30 a.m.

A Facebook prof8pe for Billy Cagle with the title "Traditional Man."

Billy Cagle shared a facebook post from the Donald Trump for President Facebook Group which says:

"I worked for everything i have. Most auccessful people have done the same. No, you arent "entitled" to it. Too damn bad. Get it the way i did. WORK FOR IT.

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 1d

BREAKING: US Appeals court allows trump to send troops to Portland, Oregon reut.rs/3WiZsrE

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Gloomy Lawyer @gloomylawyer.bsky.social · 1d

A man in a black leather jacket and serial killer glasses pointing at the camera saying I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards.

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Gloomy Lawyer @gloomylawyer.bsky.social · 1d

I would expire.

Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 1d

Listening a New Mexico Supreme Court argument about a procedural loophole plaintiffs have been exploiting, and the first thing the appellee hears from the bench is: "I think this was pretty stinky."

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Gloomy Lawyer @gloomylawyer.bsky.social · 1d

I get texts

Text message reading "Is it illegal to put blood capsules in my mouth for the intent of intimidation?"

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David Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 2d

Last year I reimagined the work of 30+ artists to feature Moe Syzslak. Recreating famous painting was a fun challenge! I’m gonna share some of my favourites the rest of this month.

Here’s Claude Moe-net.

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Gloomy Lawyer @gloomylawyer.bsky.social · 2d

Not even at full strength!

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Gloomy Lawyer @gloomylawyer.bsky.social · 2d

The only royalty I recognize

A fluffy Grey cat sitting in front of bricks.

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

Yikes — WP reports Rubio turned over gang informants to El Salvador to get that deal to let Trump send immigrants to their hard labor prison without due process.

A lawless regime.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Gloomy Lawyer @gloomylawyer.bsky.social · 2d

My first thought!

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Gloomy Lawyer @gloomylawyer.bsky.social · 2d

I want to go to this shop more than anything

Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 2d

Male colleague:

'They're just slippers, what are you ladies so excited about?'

Us:

'But they're slippers in PINK VELVET, for sale in a beautiful shop in VENICE.'

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

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...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Gloomy Lawyer @gloomylawyer.bsky.social · 2d

Uh

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

BARTIROMO: Do you believe Hamas really will disarm?

TRUMP: Well, they promised they would. They said they would. If we have to, we'll disarm them.

BARTIROMO: The US?

TRUMP: Well, whether it's me or the US

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