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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 46m

The White House budget office says it could fire more than 4,000 federal employees during shutdown, AP reports.

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Gary M. Hartman @garymhartmam.bsky.social · 44m

As fears of martial law grow, Governors Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker, and Tina Kotek break down what’s really happening with the National Guard, ICE, and federal power. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

And, This is Trump's Invasion With JB Pritzker & Tina Kotek

Podcast Episode · This is Gavin Newsom · 10/10/2025 · 43m

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Kt @kty38.bsky.social · 1h

Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” scientists have found
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Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica

Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been und...

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Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 3h

New filing: "Illinois v. Trump (national guard deployment)"
Doc #70: memorandum opinion and order

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 5h

Ran across this article today. A small glimpse into Peter Thiel’s ideology.

In the 2022 election cycle alone, he gave roughly $35 million to Republican, especially to PACs backing Vance, Blake Masters and DT.

I’m sure there’s nothing to be concerned about 🫣

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Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel's off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on 'an evil king or tyrant ... who appears in the end times'
Peter Thiel's off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

The Silicon Valley heavyweight drew on a wide swath of religious thinkers, including the French-American theorist René Girarde whom Thiel knew at Stanford University, and the Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt, whose work he said helped create the core of his own beliefs. He credited the English Catholic theologian Jonn Henry Newman as the inspiration for his four-part series, saying:
"Newman did four, so I'm doing four. I'm happy about it."

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Kt @kty38.bsky.social · 1d

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WATCH: Republicans Left REELING Trying To Justify Missouri Redistricting Bill

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Kt @kty38.bsky.social · 1d

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WATCH: Republicans Left REELING Trying To Justify Missouri Redistricting Bill

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent letters to four of the nation's largest banks demanding information related to "more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators."

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 1d

Democratic Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and Ranking Member Robert Garcia are fighting to save health care and end the Epstein cover up. Stop the shutdown, release the files.

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 1d

HEARING LIVESTREAM: The 9th Circuit hears Oregon’s challenge to Trump’s plan to deploy the National Guard under the Insurrection Act. Gov. Kotek calls it abuse of power, not an insurrection. Will the court back state sovereignty or federal force? Tune in to Legal AF TODAY at 12pm ET / 9am PT!

LIVE: MAJOR Appeal Hearing on Trump Oregon TROOPS

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

No corruption here, folks! Totally normal stuff the deputy director of the CIA(Michael Ellis) just demoted the acting general counsel and decided to make himself the top lawyer while still being the No. 2 in charge.

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 1d

Amicus Brief of the Confederate States of America in Support of Defendants

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2d

This is getting wild.

The states of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 14 others have just asked for permission to file THEIR amicus brief in IL v. Trump.

The States of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and 14 additional States
respectfully move for leave to submit the attached amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants
and their opposition to Plaintiffs’ requested temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunction. Proposed amici are States with a vested interest in federalism, the relationship between
States and the federal government, and deploying the National Guard. We also each have a vital
interest in supporting the President and Congress in enacting and enforcing valid immigration
laws. Every State has a responsibility to protect our citizens.
The federalization of States’ National Guard units is a matter of profound public
importance, as it directly implicates the delicate balance of power between state and federal
governments—a true cornerstone of Federalism. States generally maintain authority over their
National Guard units, allowing governors to deploy them for state-specific needs, such as disaster
response or public safety. Federalization of state National Guard units without gubernatorial

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 1d

PRESIDENT: We're defending the courthouse.

COURT: Wait, our courthouse?!

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago federal court chief judge says she has not requested National Guard for courthouse

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson: Trump has been accused of saying he wants war on American citizens. I have no idea where that comes from

Host: Trump did say that he wanted to use cities as training grounds for the military.

Johnson: Of course, yes. The National Guard drills once a month. Put them in cities, it's a win

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 1d

It’s SHAMEFUL to watch US Senators vote NO on the War Powers resolution & give this administration a blank check to bomb whoever the hell they want. The current conduct in the Caribbean is unconstitutional and unacceptable!

Time and time again, these cowards bend the knee.

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Wisconsin Resist @wisconsinresist.bsky.social · 1d

I stand with frog 🐸
artist: @4nikkolas.bsky.social

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Russ @pappyparki.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson states unequivocally that subsidies should be ended as they are proof that an industry is failing.
So when will he end subsidies for
Oil & Gas companies
Coal
Agriculture
Aviation
Tech
AI development
Republican talking points are based on lying & you being ignorant
It's all BS

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."