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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 17h

Senator, I am once again asking all of you to coordinate with your governors for a National Guard escort in order to assist you in upholding FEDERAL LAW

Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 19h

We were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois.

WHAT is the Trump Administration hiding?

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Modern Life of Ron N @modernliferonn.bsky.social · 19h

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 20h

Stocks fall as Donald Trump warns of new China tariffs

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Stocks fall as Donald Trump warns of new China tariffs

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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Happy Halloween @raidergs.bsky.social · 1d

Just look at all that mayhem and destruction - completely out of hand 😅😅😅😅😅😅

Get real Nazi Republicans. 🙄

I want reports of all the money Trump has spent on bogus ICE idiots, the National Guard and the military so far that has been a complete waste of OUR money. How many could we could be helping.

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 1d

More of this please. And not just in Chicago.

TheRightIsWrong (TRIW) @therightiswrong100.bsky.social · 1d

How many more reasons do we need to fall in love with Chicago? Besides being the most beautiful city in America, Chicago hates Trump and hates ICE

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

So they’re keeping the House in recess for another week (see his follow up)?

To delay the Epstein Files and, I guess, avoid the No Kings rally on 10/18?

They are in full blown pants pissing panic

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

UNREAL

Democratic Whip Notice: The House GOP Leadership have made the following change to the House Floor schedule:

Members are advised that votes are no longer expected in the House on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

Pending Senate action on FY26 Funding, Members will receive 48 hours' notice prior to any potential votes in the House. Further information regarding the Floor schedule will be provided as soon as it becomes available.

This is a change from the House GOP Leadership's previously announced schedule.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson, one of the great cowards in American history, has cancelled votes again.

A reminder that by law a budget was supposed to have been passed and in place on September 30. There is no Republican budget; no process to create one; and Johnson is preventing Congress from working on one.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

UNREAL

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

NEWS: Trump accuses China of launching “hostile” export restrictions on rare earths and threatens massive new tariffs and financial countermeasures from the U.S. in response.

Markets quickly dropped after he made this post.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1d

White House scrambling to keep Trump from stiffing military with paychecks due: report

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White House scrambling to keep Trump from stiffing military with paychecks due: report

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1d

Vance is back in Indiana today, personally pressuring GOP lawmakers to ignore their conscience and enact an extreme gerrymandering plan. The fact that they have to send in the VP tells us something important and encouraging: political pressure against this plan is working, even in deep red places.

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Modern Life of Ron N @modernliferonn.bsky.social · 1d

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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado for keeping ‘the flame of democracy burning’ | CNN

María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader driven into hiding since a disputed election last year, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for keeping “the flame of democracy burning ami...

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Modern Life of Ron N @modernliferonn.bsky.social · 1d

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Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

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WDRB News @wdrbnews.bsky.social · 1d

Senators labored Thursday to find a way forward but found themselves struggling to overcome a fundamental lack of trust between the two parties.

Senators struggle to find a way forward as government shutdown enters ninth day

Senators are laboring to find a way to reopen the government but find themselves struggling to overcome a fundamental lack of trust between the two parties. Senate Majority Leader John

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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

She's a freak, but I agree with her on this. I don't care why she's saying it. It's pressure.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I'm talking about the Epstein list. I genuinely don't understand why there's been any effort to hide this & prevent it from coming out. But b/c of the efforts for years now to hide it, it certainly makes you feel afraid when you're one of the ones truly on the frontlines."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

In addition to gifting Trump a jet, Qatar is building a $5.5 billion Trump golf resort in Qatar, are major investors in two Trump developments in Saudi and Oman, among other things.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2d

!! ALERT - Federal investigation into the death of convicted sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was marred by significant lapses

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Cc...

ALERT: New questions about the review of Jeffrey Epstein's death scene

YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

HAPPENING NOW: A Ninth Circuit panel hears arguments on whether the Trump admin can deploy federalized National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.

The panel: Susan P. Graber (Clinton), Ryan D. Nelson (Trump), Bridget S. Bade (Trump)

San Francisco Courtroom 2 9:00 AM Thursday 10/9

YouTube video by United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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ChuckCjmmn @chuckcjmmn.bsky.social · 8d

The most violent President we’ve ever had.

He’ll fight to protect Russia while he unleashes our own military on our own citizens.

Unfit to serve. He should resign or be removed immediately via the 25th amendment.

#DefendersOfDemocracy

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.

As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.

(Published July with @texastribune.org)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...

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earthbound420.bsky.social @earthbound420.bsky.social · 2d

Good for you Chicago 💥👍

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 2d

A’ja Wilson has the most points in a single postseason in WNBA history 🔥

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