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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 1h

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Idaho officials caught off-guard by plan to train Qatari air force at Mountain Home

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced news of a Qatar facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base at the Pentagon.

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 2h

Police in Trinidad and Tobago said they have received reports that two of the country's citizens were killed in a U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat.

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Trinidad and Tobago police investigating reports 2 citizens were killed in U.S. strike off Venezuela

Police in Trinidad and Tobago said they have received reports that two of the country's citizens were killed in a U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

I genuinely think this is a reason it's GOOD that Stephen Miller is playing his cards now. Bc we can beat it, legally and politically, when the stakes are [lower].

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · Aug 25

New:

At a Gateway Pundit conference, former Trump attorney Peter Ticktin said he “wouldn’t be very surprised” if there’s “an emergency called” before the next election, as "it's necessary."

"And with that emergency, we're going to be able to turn the tide.” www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 5h

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Ace Frehley, Kiss Lead Guitarist and Solo Artist, Dies at 74

Paul 'Ace' Frehley, lead guitarist and cofounder of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Kiss, has died. He was 74.

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 6h

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Ex-national security adviser John Bolton indicted in classified documents case

The charges come two months after the FBI executed a search warrant at Bolton's suburban Washington home.

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 9h

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15h

How Chicago managed to defeat Stephen Miller's propaganda, at least so far.

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Stephen Miller's Fever Dreams

YouTube video by emptywheel

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 10h

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Family farm in Idaho faces worker shortage as Trump administration immigration raids escalate

The U.S. Labor Department is warning of a potential food crisis linked to the Trump administration’s immigration raids due to a resulting worker shortage.

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents hold Americans. So ProPublica did.

We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without…
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 12h

If you’re planning to hit the streets, we've gathered some advice, as well as a list of items you may want to bring with you. Be careful, and stay safe.
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How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid

If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 14h

Ohio State’s JD Vance says people need to “grow up” about grown Republicans wanting to send people to gas chambers. Ohio State University will say nothing about this.
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JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’

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Marcy Kaptur @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social · 14h

President Trump promised to bring prices down on Day 1, but it is Day 270 and he has allowed a government shut down as utility costs and food prices continue to rise. Will he keep his promise to lower prices for hard working Americans? I’m ready to help when he is.

Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt.

Record beef prices and coffee that costs $1 more per pound since May have shoppers cutting back on some foods, stockpiling others.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h

Good points in this thread about my suggestion of a way to use the ICE raids to reach into the cultural spaces that Dems are struggling to access. As he notes here, Rs sometimes do alienate the voters that are key in their coalition, and Dems can win them. Trump is not a magical exception to this.

Mike Slaven @mcslaven.bsky.social · 14h

Dems really have to take the opportunity here. Their wins in 2006-2008 were based on part on loosely conservative-coded dudes of the time a) not liking the churchiness of Republicans then and b) and developing increasingly critical views about the Iraq War. Dems needed to engage them and did. 1/

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h

ICE's military raids and masked kidnappings are resonating deeply/negatively in the cultural spaces we keep hearing Dems need to reach: Manosphere, Joe Rogan, country music, disengaged voters. That's rare and it gives Dems a big opening to engage.

Thoughts on this:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

New in PN: Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection

"I’ve been taking images that are nowhere near this one conflict driveway — ones of puppies & kids playing, & families having picnics — b/c the idea that Portland is burned down & a war zone is just preposterous" — @timdickinson.bsky.social

Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection

"It would be funny if it wasn’t so f**king serious," Tim Dickinson says.

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 15h

Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais, which together challenge a federal court decision outlawing a racial gerrymander in the state of Louisiana. At stake is Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which declares: “No voting….

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23h

October 15, 2025

Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Louisiana v.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 23h

An emotional minute as the word Democracy melts away in front of the US Capitol Building.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 22h

Probably the most important thread going right now

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 4d

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16h

All of this, in violation of the Constitution.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. They’re illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and they’re illegally spending where they don’t have the money to spend.

What we have is an appropriations king.

Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 16h

Don't let this story die. These are not little boys. This is not in any way acceptable. All these pathetic losers need to be condemned in the strongest language possible by ALL republicans and prevented from ANY political positions for life.
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 15h

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The Bulwark (@bulwarkonline) on Threads

"In addition to simply wanting to enforce Trump's will...they want Americans to get used to having troops in the streets because they are looking to the 2026 election. That is the end game right there...

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Jane Tate @janetate.bsky.social · 16h

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 1d

“I want to be absolutely clear, the only people at risk in this moment are the residents of the city of Chicago. The only people walking around with military weapons, tear gas, rubber bullets are ICE agents.” | blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/a... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Ald. Jessie Fuentes Gears Up To Sue After Being Handcuffed By ICE Agent

The Humboldt Park alderperson was handcuffed and threatened with arrest by federal agents this month while asking agents if they had a warrant for a man they detained in her neighborhood.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 17h

I had all these big plans, dreams and goals for the window of my life between 45 and 55, and essentially all that time has been eaten up by fighting back against that motherfucker instead.

I will never forgive him or his enablers for that (among many other much more serious crimes of course).

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Greg Bluestein @bluestein.bsky.social · 17h

Once one of the most influential political groups in the South, the New Georgia Project is shutting down this week, marking a stunning fall for an organization that pushed to advance Democratic causes for more than a decade. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

New Georgia Project shuts down, ending a decade of political influence in state

Founded in 2013, the organization was credited with registering tens of thousands of left-leaning voters who helped turn Georgia into a political battleground.

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