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Kate Sills

@katelynsills.com

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Farm kid, Berkeley grad, software engineer, writer, and internationally-recognized speaker living in Sonora, CA. Fighting for the right of all Californians to live free from fear and tyranny.

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Kate Sills @katelynsills.com · Mar 6

I don't know why the press doesn't have his photo yet, but this is what Nikhil Rajpal looks like. I know him from Berkeley. He's part of DOGE, and if you're a government employee, you should not let him into your office.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 16m

this genuinely feels like a moment history books will look back on where the Democratic Party was forced to either fix its hearts or die

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Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 10m

THE PEOPLE TRUE TO LIBERTY.
NEW YORK REDEEMED!
SHE REPUDIATES CUOMO.
AN AVALANCHE OF FREEMEN.
SHOUT BOYS SHOUT, VICTORY IS OURS, FREEDOM IS TRIUMPHANT.

Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · Jun 25

I pass out early because of a week of newborn related insomnia, and I wake up to a blessed TL 🙏

A twist on an old Wide Awakes poster celebrating Lincoln's victory in the 1860 election, but with all instances of Lincoln and Douglas replaced with Mamdani and Cuomo, respectively

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16m

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is projected to win the New York City Mayoral election, reports @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 31m

Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21m

BREAKING: DECISION DESK HQ CALLS NYC MAYORAL RACE FOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI.

New York City Mayor General Election
County Results
DUHQ Last Updated: Nov 4, 2025, 9:05 PM
Candidates
Zohran Mamdani V
Party
DEM
Andrew Cuomo
FaD
Curtis Sliwa
Eric Adams *
GOP
IND
James Walden
Total
IND
+ Show All Candidates
* Incumbent
Precincts reporting: 0%
Votes
422,116
324,914
65,684
1,919
894
816,731
Pot.
51.7%
39.8%
8%
0.2%
0.1%
Election Date: 11/4/2025

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 31m

Gonna be honest, I was worried these were flying under the radar and more vulnerable. This kicks ass.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 46m

BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.

Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority

NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.

nbcnews.to

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 4h

U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. …

"It has really become a prison."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 4h

DOJ's Jana Brady steps up next but says she'll largely "rest on our brief that we filed."

She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

Body cams apparently show Border Patrol agents joking about tossing tear gas at a nonviolent protest, with one agent saying "Hey, throw it [tear gas] for fun."

Agents then tried to drive away, but there was apparently so much tear gas they were overcome, couldn't drive, and had to leave on foot.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 9h

A Border Patrol agent was caught on video telling another to throw tear gas “for fun,” according to a court filing. They also mocked protesters and residents who were getting gassed.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

One man who's been in the United States here for 20 years, and whose wife and kids live here, even says he was physically threatened into signing his own deportation, with the ICE officer threatening to physically hurt him if he didn't sign the paper, or even grab his hands and "sign" for him.

15. Another male staff member told me that I had no right to be here, or words to that effect. He told me that I had to sign the paperwork. I did not know what the paperwork was, but the staff member told me I had to sign for voluntary deportation. The staff member did not translate the document for me. I did not understand it because I do not read English. 16. The man said he would press on my head with his hands, which had rings on them, if I did not sign. I saw the man press on other individuals' heads when they refused to sign the paperwork, while another staff member grabbed their hands to force them to sign the paper. I felt as if I had no choice but to sign the paperwork.
17. I have been in the country for twenty years and my wife and children are here, so I wanted to fight for my rights. But I was given no choice but to sign, so with tears in my eyes, I signed the paperwork.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 4h

Millions of Americans on SNAP get an average of $6/day.

Now Trump is saying that even though there is contingency funding in place, he’ll only pay folks HALF of what they typically receive.

So millions of hardworking people will get just $3/day to feed their kids. Shameful.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.

“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7h

I cannot

Screenshot of a tweet by former NYC mayor Bill de Blasio. It's a photo of de Blasio wearing a bright-blue "Hot Girls for Zohran" T-shirt and smiling while looking into the sun next to a brick wall with a "vote here" sign taped to it. The main text of the tweet reads: One of the happiest votes I ever cast! What a beautiful day for NYC! sun emoji. at zohran k mamdani at hot girls four zohran.

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 8h

if mamdani wins it’s a problem because the people who called joe biden a socialist will call us socialists. i’m very smart

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10h

Good gracious Third Way

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Screenshot of article that reads: “A Mamdani victory is a serious political problem for those in the party who believe, as we do, that our primary focus must be on flipping red and purple seats blue, expanding the map for Democrats, and creating a path back to Congress and the White House,” Matt Bennett, executive vice president of center-left think tank Third Way, told MSNBC. “The [Democratic Socialists of America] platform — which Mamdani has not repudiated — hands a potent set of weapons to Republican ad makers eager to tie Mamdani-style politics to Democrats running in much tougher places than deep blue New York.”

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Grey Parker @greyparker.bsky.social · 8h

Trump just defied two judges and took complete ownership of the SNAP emergency in a single post.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump confirms he is weaponizing hunger

SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe Biden’s disastrous term in office (Due to the fact that they were haphazardly “handed” to anyone for the asking, as opposed to just those in need, which is the purpose of SNAP!), will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 9h

The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.

"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.

"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 9h

The whole thing's on video and the aftermath photographed and still the sandwich-victimized fed lied on the stand in a desperate attempt to exaggerate.

Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 9h

We’re back to the sandwich video. The paper, the defense points out, is still on. “You don’t see there’s mustard on it?” “You can’t tell there’s ketchup on it?” Mayonnaise? Lettuce? Tomato? “In fact, that sandwich hasn’t exploded at all?” Witness says the sandwich “looks bent and out of shape.”

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 12h

Overnight court filings seem to be giving us a peek at what U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino said in his deposition so far (it apparently continues today):

Bovino also asserts he has “interacted with many violent rioters and individuals at the Broadview facility,” and, indeed, will not admit he has ever seen protesters who were not violent rioters. Ex. 100 at 215. Yet Bovino admitted Hhe did not know “what they are,” he explained, and could not remember whether any protesters were non-violent. Id. Ex. 100 at 215. By Bovino’s logic, anyone who shows up to protest is presumptively violent or assaultive and he can then “go hard” against them.

Plaintiffs submitted video and testimonial evidence supporting their claims, which stands unrebutted. See Dkt. 82 at 34-36. There is now more evidence showing Plaintiffs are likely to prevail on the merits, including from the depositions of Hott and Bovino. Hott—shockingly— answered “No” when asked if he agreed “agree that it's unconstitutional to arrest people for being opposed to Midway Blitz?” Ex. 101 at 155. Similarly, Bovino testified that he has instructed his officers to arrest protesters who make hyperbolic comments in the heat of political demonstrations, Ex. 100 at 193-97, even though such statements—which do not constitute true threats—are protected speech. See Watts v. United States, 394 U.S. 705, 708 (1969).

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 12h

“The two tariff cases before the Supreme Court this week should thus be easy ones, including for the conservative justices.” Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... via @latimes.com

Contributor: The Constitution is clear when it comes to Trump's tariffs

Will the Supreme Court's conservatives follow the letter of the laws, or be a rubber stamp for Trump?

www.latimes.com

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 21h

I'm sorry for the people in the article just now realizing it, but it's been clear for a while that some of the big institutions like Heritage have been staffed by what we used to call neo-nazis.

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 1d

My assumption is that the New York Post has better sources inside Heritage than most other press outlets. One tidbit of note: Princeton's Robert P. George, a Heritage trustee, is said to be pushing fellow board members to oust its president Kevin Roberts. Hope he succeeds.

Exclusive | Heritage Foundation in revolt over Tucker Carlson defense after controversial Nick Fuentes interview: ‘Footsie with literal Nazis’

“I’m disgusted by this,” said one Heritage staffer.

nypost.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 20h

Jicymi the unreal video of this #KavanaughStop

Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 1d

Immigration agents crashed into a U.S. citizen on her way to work—then dragged her out of her car and arrested her.

Her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released without charges.

Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

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Audrey @parickards.bsky.social · 1d

A Chicago woman shot by ICE agent has been released from custody because body cam confirmed the agent lied about why he shot her 5 times. He fled to Maine in the ICE vehicle. A Federal judge has ordered he be apprehended & sent back to Chicago-facing up to 20yrs in prison.
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ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine

An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.

wgme.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

A SSRS/CNN poll showing 61% people think Trump has gone too far using the power of the presidency and 57% think he's gone too far deporting immigrants.

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

WHY DOES HE SHOW EMPATHY TO EVERYONE BUT THE VICTIMS?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on Prince Andrew and the Epstein scandal: "I feel very badly. I mean, it's a terrible thing that's happened to the family. That's been a tragic situation. And it's too bad. I feel badly for the family."

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Kate Sills @katelynsills.com · 1d

well, she's 18 years younger and his wife has only been dead for a year and they drank raw milk at their wedding at the church that they've only been going to for a few months. Seems sudden and kind of bizarre, but I guess that's Massie?