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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1m

“In forceful speeches” USC’s department chairs, professors, researchers called the Trump compact “egregiously invalid,” “probably unconstitutional,” “antithetical to principles of academic freedom” and “a Trojan horse.””

Can’t believe I am typing this in all caps: #FIGHTON

USC faculty members denounce Trump compact that would shift university to the right

The USC Academic Senate held a special meeting to discuss the Trump administration's education compact, which was presented to the school last week.

www.latimes.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 6m

Note - criticism of the MAGA #SCOTUS is coming from BOTH Democratic and Republican nominated judges.

NYT screenshot:

The judges were also asked to respond to the following:
Lower-court judges have sufficient guidance from the Supreme Court about how to apply emergency docket orders.
48 disagreed
5 were neutral
12 agreed

The judges were also asked to respond to the following:
Lower-court judges have sufficient guidance from the Supreme Court about how to apply emergency docket orders.
48 disagreed
5 were neutral
12 agreed”

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 22m

“Trump administration officials have expressed confidence that they will continue to win at the Supreme Court — where the president has racked up multiple victories this year. That might make them less concerned with activities in the lower courts.”

They believe they own John Roberts …

Skeptical judges increasingly question administration’s veracity

Judges have increasingly shown exasperation with Trump administration court tactics. The White House has shot back, raising tensions to previously unseen levels.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 28m

“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 57m

Good am. Now 1,197 days left till January 20, 2029 - when Trump has to leave the White House. #Lameduck

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 15h

what do you make of this? This is all so weird.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 15h

5. He decided to do the firings anyway bc he thinks (for good reason at the moment) that he owns John Roberts. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Trump shaking hands and smiling with John Roberts.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 16h

A demonstrator wearing a frog costume stands outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Tuesday

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 17h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 20h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 16h

Interesting ... what is happening here?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 16h

Acting President admits he is, in fact, acting as President

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 16h

Seems like WGN should do a full and transparent reporting of all the facts they know around what appears to be a brutal arrest of their producer. How did this happen?

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 17h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 18h

There needs to be laws against resistance profiteering man.

The Birds The Turtles and The Beast @turtlebee.bsky.social · 23h

The Frog Costume has gone from $25 to almost $40 on amazon over the last week. There's an army brewing.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 18h

Reasonable bet that Brett Kavanaugh will be clicking on this story. The legal community on BlueSky seem to have the juice.

The #Kavanaughstop as it should be - is now a thing.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23h

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18h

I don't think there's any better example of leopards eating faces than the Lebanese immigrant who opened a Trump-themed burger restaurant and then got arrested by ICE.

Chron.com @chron.com · 18h

🍔 Houston’s Trump Burger appears to have shut its doors after a brief run on Chimney Rock: bit.ly/46LpQAx

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 18h

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 18h

🚨👀 The head of a conservative watchdog organization acknowledged that its report cited by the DOJ did not find evidence that the network of liberal billionaire George Soros had broken the law.

Seems important. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

NYT screenshot:

"Scott Walter, the president of Capital Research Center, agreed that his group had not found evidence that the Soros network had committed a crime.

“They have to have funded something bad and they have to have known they were funding something bad,” to prove a criminal case, Mr. Walter said in an interview. “We actually did not make either of those claims that a prosecutor would need to make.”"

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 20h

Ultimately Mainers have to decide the multiple choice question themselves and determine whether Susan Collins is ___________

A) Feckless
B) Useless
C) Craven
D) A & B
E) A, B & C

#MEPolitics

Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 20h

Collins keeps reaching new levels of fecklessness

In Dec, she had Maine media blare that she was the VERY powerful Chair of Approps. Then, in Jan, she voted to confirm Vought who has taken all of her power power away

She frets a lot of what Vought does but he could give a fuck what she thinks

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 20h

New from Susan Collins: “I strongly oppose OMB Director Russ Vought’s attempt to permanently lay off federal workers who have been furloughed due to a completely unnecessary government shutdown caused by Senator Schumer.”

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 20h

So they are adding new wrinkles to the #KavanaughStops

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 20h

What do you mean? She is having it both ways. She is still blaming Chuck Schumer for this shutdown when it's her bosses - the Republican leadership who control the Senate.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 20h

New from Susan Collins: “I strongly oppose OMB Director Russ Vought’s attempt to permanently lay off federal workers who have been furloughed due to a completely unnecessary government shutdown caused by Senator Schumer.”

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 20h

Susan Collins is deeply disappointed at Chuck Schumer and Democrats for her MAGA/Republican bosses continued gutting and destruction of healthcare and the agencies of United State Govt that take care of all Americans. #MEpolitics

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 20h

New from Susan Collins: “I strongly oppose OMB Director Russ Vought’s attempt to permanently lay off federal workers who have been furloughed due to a completely unnecessary government shutdown caused by Senator Schumer.”

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 20h

WGN - that's the iconic channel that used to be part of the basic cable package back in the day and enabled us to watch Chicago Cubs anchored by Ryan Sandberg, Andre Dawson, Greg Maddux - w/ broadcasts from Steve Stone and Harry Caray.

They are going after the staff of that WGN. 👀

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

“.. WGN is aware of this situation, and we are actively gathering the facts related to it,” the station said in a statement.

@chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 21h

Good on Dems for holding strong.

Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 22h

The RIFs seem like they might further entrench the Democratic position and prolong shutdown

Rep. Beyer: "harder to get the bipartisan deal that is needed to end this shutdown"

Sen. Murray: “A shutdown does not give Trump or Vought new, special powers to cause more chaos"

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 22h

Can't blame Joe Biden for this:

A "mix of slowing immigration, increasing tariffs and federal job cuts" is driving 22 states towards "recession" or "or on the precipice of a downturn."

Trump and Republicans in Congress own all of this ↘️

22 states are in a recession or close to it, new analysis finds

Twenty-two states are either in a recession or on the precipice of a downturn, according to a new analysis from Moody's Analytics.

www.axios.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 22h

They have been essentially doing this since Day 1 of this regime that needs to get litigated in the courts.

This will only make them even more unpopular and toxify the Republican brand even more in their districts.

No reason for Dems to blink on this.

Republicans are doing this. They own this.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22h

BREAKING: White House budget office says "substantial" firings of federal workers have started as the Trump administration exerts shutdown leverage.

Budget office says 'substantial' firings of federal workers have started in government shutdown

The White House budget office says that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

bit.ly

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