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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h

The grand jury indictment against New York AG Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased.

James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, the indictment alleges.
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Letitia James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, indictment alleges

The grand jury indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased in Norfolk, Virgini

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Pete Hegseth announced an agreement today to build a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility at a U.S. Air Force Base in Idaho.

Reminder: Earlier this year, the Trump admin accepted a Boeing 747 jet as a gift from the Qatari royal family.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

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Criminal charges against John Bolton expected as early as next week

Federal prosecutors could charge Trump’s former national security adviser as early as next week, sources told MSNBC exclusively.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking on MSNBC: The acting U.S. Attorney in Maryland is moving forward quickly to seek criminal charges against Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton, according to two people familiar with the case.

A complaint or an indictment could come as early as next week.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

House Oversight's Robert Garcia is calling on Chairman Comer to "immediately schedule a date for Ghislaine Maxwell to testify" before the Committee.

The panel had postponed its deposition with Maxwell until the Supreme Court decided whether to take up her appeal (it did not). tinyurl.com/bpasrhvz

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's Truth Social post to AG Pam Bondi last month, urging the prosecution of his political enemies — including both James Comey and Letitia James — was meant to be a private message.

Comey's lawyers will likely use that post to argue the case against him should be tossed out.

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Sen. Adam Schiff: I can tell you this: Those of us on the president's enemies list — and it is a long and growing list — will not be intimidated. We will not be deterred, we will do our jobs, we will stand up to this president."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

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C-SPAN caller confronts House Speaker Mike Johnson about shutdown effects: 'My kids could die'

The caller, who was identified as a Republican and a military spouse, said she wouldn't be able to afford her children's medication if the shutdown continues.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Samantha, a self-identified Republican, begged Mike Johnson to call the House back into session, saying to him on C-SPAN she was "very disappointed in my party, and I'm very disappointed in you."

"I am begging you to pass this legislation," she said. "My kids could die."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters: U.S. JUDGE SAYS SHE WILL BLOCK THE DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN ILLINOIS, FOR NOW

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

The Letitia James case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Jamar K. Walker, a Biden appointee.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking on MSNBC: New York AG Letitia James has been indicted.

Lindsey Halligan, who presented a grand jury with the case against James Comey, gave the presentation to the James grand jury.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

New statement from AG James:

"This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system.

"I am not fearful — I am fearless."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking on MSNBC: New York AG Letitia James has been indicted.

Lindsey Halligan, who presented a grand jury with the case against James Comey, gave the presentation to the James grand jury.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking on MSNBC:

Trump's handpicked U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan — who brought charges against James Comey — just presented evidence to a grand jury in the hopes of bringing criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

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Epstein bank records sought by top House Democrat from Jamie Dimon, other CEOs

The Trump administration is under fire for refusing to make public investigative files about Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of President Donald Trump.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

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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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Kash Patel's FBI just fired special agents who worked on Jack Smith's investigation of Trump.
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FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referred to.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly confronted Mike Johnson outside his office for delaying the swearing in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

"You just don't want her to be in the Epstein discharge petition."

Gallego told reporters Johnson was 'cover[ing] up for pedophiles on the Epstein list.'

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

Gov. JB Pritzker on Trump: "He likes to pretend to be a tough guy. Come and get me."

"What kind of a country are we living in where the President of the United States is targeting his political opponents?"

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

Flagging Trump this afternoon:

"We took the freedom of speech away. Because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech — but what has happened is, when they burn a flag it, agitates and irritates crowds."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

New Reuters/Ipsos poll: Around 58% of Americans — including seven in 10 Democrats and half of Republicans — feel that the president should only deploy armed troops to "face external threats."

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