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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 2d

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

Lacking the confirmation of the US Senate, Lindsey Halligan is _not_ in fact a United States Attorney. She purports to be an acting US Attorney, but given the serial appointments and resignations of Acting US Attorneys designated by Trump in his first nine months in office, that power has lapsed.

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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 2d

the orange schmear must be melting off his face

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

www.bbc.com/news/live/c1...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins

Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.

www.bbc.com

RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 2d

One of the coolest things I seen in a long time

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gblj...

Ndlovu Youth Choir - Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Music Video) isiZulu version

YouTube video by Ndlovu Youth Choir

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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 3d

“Perry, too, asked if under 10 U.S.C. 12406 it mattered that the government was unable to execute federal law because of its own provocative conduct. Hamilton said it didn’t, implying that the government could deliberately foment unrest and cite that unrest in deploying troops.”

RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 3d

how many insurance lawyers does the orange stain have lying around once the current one implodes? there are more indictments planned, after all.

RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 3d

they want civil war

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: An @theintercept.com analysis finds that almost all Republican-led states — 23 of the 27 with Republican governors — have deployed National Guard troops in support of Trump’s war on immigrants or military occupations of Blue cities

theintercept.com/2025/10/09/r...

Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities

An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.

theintercept.com

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 3d

incredibly important-- why not so much attention? BIG restraint on ICE: www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Federal judge further limits ICE ability to arrest without warrants, probable cause

A federal judge's ruling is a legal win for people wrongfully arrested in recent ICE and Border Patrol sweeps.

www.cbsnews.com

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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 3d

how is this not all over the news? likely an inside job by a government or airline employee. either way, it has to be elevated, the perpetrator exposed. all beyond the obvious credible threats posed by the extremists.

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 3d

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 5d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 4d

i'm no techie, but is there another way to host such apps, outside the apples and googles?

Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 4d

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 4d

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

Oil companies in Texas requested permission to burn off or release more than 195 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year — enough to power more than 3 million homes and generate millions in tax revenue had the gas been captured.

W/ @insideclimatenews.org & @texastribune.org

Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.

The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.

www.propublica.org

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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 4d

All institutions, academic, research, etc, need to cut their ties with Columbia. It is now the symbol of the genocidal depravity they willingly ignore and even promote with their stance.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d

It's entirely suitable to commemorate the victims of the Oct 7. What's entirely inappropriate: Columbia forbids commemoration of the more than 67,000 Gazans killed and 170,000 wounded as a consequence of IDF operations post-Oct 7.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d

H/t Ian Carrillo

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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 4d

With due respect, they don't care, Mr. Olson.

RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 4d

however, it doesn't seem to matter much what the law says.

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 4d

New from me at The Dispatch: DHS says it's illegal to videotape ICE agents. That's not what the courts say. @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

thedispatch.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d

The fraud that is Jesse Watters bsky.app/profile/andy...

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 6d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 6d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 ICE said Marimar Martinez “rammed their vehicles.”

Bodycam footage says otherwise.

It shows an ICE agent ram his own vehicle into hers, sneer “Do something, bitch,” and then shoot her.

We can never believe anything ICE accuses anyone of.

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eliahraskin666.bsky.social @eliahraskin666.bsky.social · 5d

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 6d

PAY ATTENTION: ICE is filing fake 911 calls in Chicago, weaponizing emergency services to provoke local police.

Ordinary citizens would be charged with a felony. ICE calls it strategy.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

NEW: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.

Here are six steps experts suggest to help you through the external appeal process.

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

You may have the right to get a denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here’s how experts suggest you do it.

www.propublica.org

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 5d

I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it.

His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.

This is now very obvious.

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