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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 9h

The ICE detention of Sami Hamdi closely follows the deportation of Mario Guevara. Read @aidaalami.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Twin assaults on press freedom.

The ICE detention of Sami Hamdi closely follows the deportation of Mario Guevara.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 12h

It’s clear who the aggressors are. Keep remaining nonviolent, and record EVERYTHING. All of these masked ICE thugs will be held accountable.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 9h

Bickering over Bovino: Lawyers complain to judge of obstruction, sandbagging during deposition

NEW from @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Bickering over Bovino: Lawyers complain to judge of obstruction, 'sandbagging' during deposition

A court transcript reveals that questions were posed to U.S. Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino about his communications with Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secr...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

What he said: 💯 🎯

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

It’s very confusing!

We also…did not know what to make of the inscrutable FN 3.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...

What’s Going On in Footnote 3?

A close read of the most impenetrable and elusive passage of the Supreme Court’s immunity decision.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 3d

A judge ordered agents involved in the Chicago deportation blitz to have "visible identification … prominently displayed."

But they've been missing in dozens of @chicago.suntimes.com photographs.

From @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social, Anthony Vazquez and Ashlee Rezin: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

IDs are mismatched, illegible or still missing 3 weeks after judge’s order to immigration officers

In dozens of photographs at four locations, Chicago Sun-Times photojournalists documented federal officers failing to wear the “visible identification” needed to hold individuals accountable during th...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Rep. Adam Smith: "This country has not agreed to have the death penalty for drug smuggling. If we want to have that policy conversation, we can have that policy conversation, but the president has unilaterally decided that lethal force is going to be applied. It's an enormous expansion of power."

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nattybees.bsky.social @nattybees.bsky.social · 3d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

The Debate Dividing the Supreme Court’s Liberal Justices

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nattybees.bsky.social @nattybees.bsky.social · 3d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)

Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 3d

"I have never seen a set of pretrial motions quite like this one in its power and breadth and its attempt comprehensively to dismember the legitimacy of, process behind, and substance of an indictment."

@BenjaminWittes.lawfaremedia.org summarizes Comey's recent motions to dismiss the indictment.

The Situation: James Comey Is Just Asking Questions

So many motions; so many options for dismissal.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · Sep 23

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 4d

James Comey files a new motion to dismiss his case: Ted Cruz's questions here are "fundamentally ambiguous," and Comey's answers are "literally true."

Cruz's "imprecise compound questions" focus on Andy McCabe, whom this case isn't about.

Full brief storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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nattybees.bsky.social @nattybees.bsky.social · 4d

How AI browsers sneak past blockers and paywalls.! 🦋
www.cjr.org/analysis/how...

How AI browsers sneak past blockers and paywalls.

OpenAI’s Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet present a new challenge for media companies that want to limit AI access.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 5d

FWIW, I see this order as a very encouraging sign for those who are hoping #SCOTUS *denies* the Trump administration’s application.

There would be no need to issue it if the administration had five votes on the other two issues; and this is perhaps the strongest argument against it on the third.

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 5d

#BREAKING: In the Illinois National Guard case, #SCOTUS is asking for additional briefing on one of the key substantive questions (and one flagged by my Georgetown colleague @martylederman.bsky.social in an amicus brief):

Among other things, this means no ruling until *at least* the week of 11/17.

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 4d

In USA v Abrego Garcia, govt signals that if Judge Crenshaw does not quash subpoenas for Dep AG Todd Blanche & two top deputies, whom Abrego wants to examine at next week's hearing on vindictive prosecution, govt may seek immediate appeal or mandamus.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 4d

Cleared by three grand juries. Acquitted by a trial jury.

In an exclusive interview, Sidney Reid tells me she taped an agent telling her "if I just minded my business, I'd be at home right now."

ICYMI www.allrisenews.com/p/exclusive-...

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Lola Gayle @lolagaylec.bsky.social · 4d

All Rise with Adam Klasfeld - EXCLUSIVE: She Beat Jeanine Pirro in Court Four Times—Now She’s Breaking Her Silence

Sidney Reid speaks out for the first time since three grand juries and a trial jury cleared her of allegations that she assaulted law enforcement.

EXCLUSIVE: She Beat Jeanine Pirro in Court Four Times—Now She’s Breaking Her Silence

Sidney Reid speaks out for the first time since three grand juries and a trial jury cleared her of allegations that she assaulted law enforcement.

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 4d

“I have a great and considerable fear that people will freeze to death in their homes this winter if we do not turn this around quickly.”

themainemonitor.org/people-freez...

‘People will freeze to death’ if heating aid doesn’t come soon

The federal government shutdown means heating aid will not be released Nov. 1, leading to stark worries from those who manage the program.

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Ground News @groundnews.bsky.social · 4d

ISRAEL: Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Haredi Israelis protest IDF draft in Jerusalem 🇮🇱

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 4d

Right-wing Spanish-language media have echoed the Trump administration's messaging on the strikes, voicing support for the campaign and promoting further escalation.

Right-wing Spanish-language media promote the Trump administration's escalation in the Caribbean

Since news broke on September 2 that the Trump administration had started targeting alleged drug trafficking boats off the coast of Venezuela, right-wing Spanish-language media have echoed the Trump a...

www.mediamatters.org

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nattybees.bsky.social @nattybees.bsky.social · 4d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...

Opinion | All It Took for Trump to Dismantle the Justice Dept.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5d

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”

Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 5d

DOJ submits new, air-brushed sentencing memo for Taylor Taranto, scrubbing references to his role in Jan. 6 Capitol Siege and Trump's social media post that led him to go to Obama's neighborhood with weapons. Here's the first scrubbing
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 4d

DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Six people, including congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, have been indicted on charges of "Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees" and "Conspiracy to impede or injure officer," in connection w ICE protests at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago.

Case: 1:25-cr-00693 Document #: 1 Filed: 10/23/25 Page 1 of 11 PagelD #:17
FILED
10/23/2025
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
CLERK, OM.&TRUT&OURT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1:25-cr-00693
Judge April M. Perry
v.
Case No.
Magistrate Judge Heather K. McShain
RANDOM / Cat. 3
MICHAEL RABBITT,
Violations: Title 18, United States
KATHERINE MARIE ABUGHAZALEH,
Code, Sections 111(a)(1), 372 and 2
ANDRE MARTIN,
CATHERINE SHARP, BRIAN STRAW, and
UNDER SEAL
JOSELYN WALSH
COUNT ONE
The SPECIAL JUNE 2024 GRAND JURY charges:

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