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LeftonMain @leftonmainst.bsky.social · 4d

"You cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group. There is no organization called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path. There is no membership ... What he is doing is setting the stage to designate ANY American as a terrorist. That's Fascism."
www.newsweek.com/ken-paxton-t...

Texas AG launches undercover operation to infiltrate 'leftist terror cells'

Paxton said, "...Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture..."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2h

This is like a thank-you from Pauly Shore, after Rob Schneider consoled him by saying the Academy Awards had lost credibility for not giving either of them a Best Actor Oscar nomination.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

Who do they report to @jbpritzker.bsky.social.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

“NO SURVIVORS” — More on the Tennessee ammunition plant explosion:

“2nd deadly explosion” in 12 years

2019 inspection resulted in five “serious” safety violations and $7,200 state fine www.wsmv.com/2025/10/10/d...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

1,000 TROOPS: TN National Guard vet, who is protesting the Trump-@GovBillLee military/police takeover in Memphis, says deployment order is for a year. Takes us to the November election…

Commercial Appeal reported the same troop number. www.tiktok.com/@itsrachelda...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

👏 Youth are not waiting to lead. Congratulations, Reed Hampton!

CHATTANOOGA—Hamilton County’s Democratic Party says it’s the first Democratic Party in Tennessee to welcome a high school student onto its executive committee. www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

Echoes of a very dark past.

From the Chicago Sun Times: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9h

This is important exculpatory evidence bc the indictment accuses James of seeking a “second home” mortgage when in reality she intended to use it as an “investment” home by renting it out.

(James disclosed between $1,000-5,000 in rent during 1st year, but the contract allowed short term rentals.)

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9h

NYT reports that Letitia James’s great niece lives in the home that is the subject of the indictment.

The niece reportedly testified before a *different* grand jury, telling them that she had lived there for many years without paying rent. James visits regularly.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Letitia James
Indictment
Read the Indictment
Timeline of Conflict
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But in June, IMs. Thompson testified to a grand
jury in Norfolk that she had lived in the house for years and that she did not pay rent, a person familiar with her testimony said. She was not asked to testify again, and the grand jury that voted to indict Ms. James was not seated in Norfolk, but in Alexandria.
The specter of Mr. Trump's revenge campaign has so far overshadowed the facts of the case, given how he has pushed for Ms. James's punishment. For years, he has railed against her on social media, calling her a "crook" and
"corrunt" Last month. he also appointed Ms.

for a peaceful life after years of turbulence in several cities.
The family, Nakia Thompson and her children, have lived at the address ever since, according to two people familiar with the home, and until this week, the plan for a more lacid existence had largely gone as expected. Several times a year, the people said, a great-aunt who had purchased the house in 2020 with Ms.
Thompson in mind would come for an extended stay.
This week, with the filing of court papers some 200 miles north, the plan came to an abrupt end.
The great-aunt - Letitia James, the New York attorney general - was indicted by President Trump's Justice Department. The yellow house,

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

NEW: So it IS a second home and not an investment property. Motion to dismiss for abuse of the grand jury process in 3...2...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...