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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17h

Two judges—both first-term Trump appointees—voted to affirm the president’s war on Portland. trib.al/F2j6Ibt

The 3rd judge issued a warning: "I urge my colleagues on this court to act swiftly to vacate the majority’s order before the illegal deployment of troops under false pretenses can occur.”

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16h

The whole thing had the chaotic politeness of a church picnic. trib.al/JKZfk9O

One Republican in a “God bless America” shirt told us, “I just didn’t think Trump would be this bad.” Then there was the woman with a sign that read “America is Republicans AND Democrats”; she wants a return to “normal.”

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 20h

Spotted at the White House today:

a backhoe, tearing into the East Wing, as construction on Trump's ballroom gets underway.

Scoop w @jonathanreports.bsky.social

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

www.washingtonpost.com

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🇺🇸🇨🇿🇺🇦⚫ @czeckmate2024.bsky.social · 18h

THE WH is a “designated historic landmark”.

A Prez has ZERO AUTHORITY to alter it.

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The Resistance CO 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 @theresistanceco.bsky.social · 16h

Completely illegal. Someone needs to slap a STOP WORK ORDER on the White House!

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Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 20h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 19h

American democracy today....

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Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 17h

SCOOP: more than a third of new recruits at the ICE training academy have failed the personal fitness test -- so many that the agency has had to start pre-screening new hires to weed out what one official called "athletically allergic candidates" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A Third of ICE-Academy Recruits Are Failing Out

Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.

www.theatlantic.com

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 16h

This is nuts!

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 17h

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

All the time, I tell people who aren’t journalists that the conversation we just had was off the record.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 16h

Lindsey Halligan says I’m not a journalist.

But if you think I am, and you value our our non-profit legal news and analysis, you can support our work here: givebutter.com/journalism/a...

You can also follow me on Substack: annabower.substack.com/about

LH Lindsey Halligan @
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By the way - everything I ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 17h

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...

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 1d

This must be the first war in history where the defending yourself is considered an escalation.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

In Gaza, and now Ukraine, Donald Trump may be peace activists' greatest ally. That deserves our backing | Simon Jenkins

It’s a fool’s game trying to understand the president’s true motives, but do our misgivings matter if the outcome is a speedy end to war, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

www.theguardian.com

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d

Russian leader Vladimir Putin should be blocked from taking part in high-stakes negotiations designed to freeze the war in Ukraine, one of Europe’s top diplomats warned after US President Donald Trump touted Hungary as a host country.

Putin’s looming visit riles EU: Budapest? Try The Hague instead.

Talks proposed by the U.S. in Hungary sparked debate over flight restrictions and international arrest warrants.

www.politico.eu

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Peter Hagedoorn @peterhagedoorn.bsky.social · 1d

It is unbelievable the Americans keep coming with this nonsense arguments. They really have no clue about Russia, Russian history, nor how the Russians language developed in Eastern Europe. How can we trust these lunatics, never having read one good book about Russia, in negotiations with Russia?

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Jill Sargent Russell, PhD @jsargentr.bsky.social · 1d

The King of Spain has some thoughts about the USA as well.

Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 1d

Witkoff and Trump should consider that, by their logic, the US should be under British control for speaking English. It makes no sense.

A large share of Ukraine’s best soldiers and public figures are Russian speakers. They don’t want to be Russian

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 1d

Witkoff and Trump should consider that, by their logic, the US should be under British control for speaking English. It makes no sense.

A large share of Ukraine’s best soldiers and public figures are Russian speakers. They don’t want to be Russian

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The comparison to the Tea Party is right -- not just in terms of the size of the protests, but the complaints they're making.

The Tea Party began when a CNBC reporter and a crowd of bond traders threw a tantrum about Obama continuing the post-crash bailouts that Bush began. That was their "tyranny"

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Apr 10

In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

In Giuffre's 2015 civil case against Maxwell, she named:

"All staff and employees at Mar-a-Lago during 1999-2002" as individuals who may have knowledge of Maxwell's crimes.

Shown here, paragraph 91

7 other Epstein survivors also can be placed at Mar-a-Lago

Giuffree not the only one

#Epstein

#1090, Att. #41 in Giuffre v. Maxwell (S.D.N.Y., 1:15-cv-07433) – CourtListener.com

***STRICKEN DOCUMENT. Deleted document number [1090-38 and 1090-41] from the case record. The document was stricken from this case pursuant to 1091 Order Striking Document from Record, . (yv) NOTICE o...

www.courtlistener.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

We're calling him Diarrhea Don. He's owning the libs so hard with this, it's brilliant. Everyone talking about the president's uncontrollable bowels, how manly and cool his uncontrollably explosive shits are.

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 1d

“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 1d

Glad @60minutes.bsky.social is featuring this analysis from @rgoodlaw.bsky.social and @justsecurity.org.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 1d

“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike

It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

www.huffpost.com

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings in Los Angeles: Patriotic Angelenos showed up, y'all — BIG TIME. 🙌💪👏✊️🇺🇸👇

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 2d

My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.

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