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New here and I'm terrible at this. Horses, cats, books, comic books, BDS, climate change, science; awkward, overthinking, & analytical. **Politics heavy atm, because WTF?!** 🇮🇪 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 😷🖖🏻 Ⓥ No DMs/I'm not interested.

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Nicole @nicoleburnsmorgan.bsky.social · Mar 15

They were in a rush to get to their paid vacay. Democracy shemocracy - so it goes.

Voting yes on cloture is the same as voting yes on the coup budget CR. They know that and are hoping voters don't so they can say they voted no on the CR. We know what they did and won't forget. This is their legacy.

Ain’t Complicit 🇺🇸 @charlene411.bsky.social · Mar 14

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9h

imagine laying off a politics reporter based in portland oregon in the year 2025

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 9h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Nicole @nicoleburnsmorgan.bsky.social · 2h

Stupidasses. I hope they knock heads and fall on each other every time that box truck hits a pothole, the driver makes a last minute turn or brakes hard.

They don't look tough, they look sore from making a stupid choice for transportation.

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David Nir @davidnir.com · 3h

Man, this freaking guy.

"I have no staff ... The phones don't work. There's no computer," Grijalva says from her sparsely furnished office on Capitol Hill. "We don't have a government email." www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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Nicole @nicoleburnsmorgan.bsky.social · 3h

Tweet by Miles Taylor, 16 October 2025 at 2:44 PM

"John Bolton was indicted because Donald Trump wanted him charged with a crime. THAT is the crime."

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 4h

John Bolton was indicted because Donald Trump wanted him charged with a crime.

THAT is the crime.

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Nicole @nicoleburnsmorgan.bsky.social · 3h

No one cares, really, about bolton. We care about vindictive/selective prosecution. It's a distraction, wasteful, and illegal.

Nicole @nicoleburnsmorgan.bsky.social · 4h

"There's going to be more bloodshed unless this hateful rhetoric stops."

Michael Byron #Fella @michaelby.bsky.social · 4h

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Protesting ICE may get you killed, says Tom Homan

President Donald Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan took to Fox News Thursday, where he threatened "bloodshed" over anti-ICE rhetoric.� “I said back in March, if the hateful rhetoric continues,

www.dailykos.com

Nicole @nicoleburnsmorgan.bsky.social · 4h

I didn't listen to the oral arguments for the same reason even reading the text from this snippet caused me to sigh and rub my forehead.

Maybe w/ sustained outrage & criticisms by media & legal scholars, it will prevent (or limit) the otherwise inevitable destruction of 2nd section of the VRA?

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

Justice JACKSON standing up for voting rights. 🔥

Louisiana: Plaintiffs said 'we want another majority-black district.'

Jackson: No. They said 'we aren't receiving equal electoral opportunity because our votes are being diluted.'

Louisiana: Same thing.

Jackson: No, it’s not.

Nicole @nicoleburnsmorgan.bsky.social · 5h

They know what they are signaling and count on U.S. residents and the media to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Don't do it.

Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 23h

Best case scenario: They don't know what this means.

Narrator: This is not the best case scenario.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11h

BREAKING: Immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other actions against protesters, a judge rules.

'Startled' judge orders agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes

A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other aggressive steps against protesters.

bit.ly

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 22h

An emotional minute as the word Democracy melts away in front of the US Capitol Building.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 14h

Good morning. An overnight court filings reveals discussions took place Wednesday over whether the Trump administration has violated a judge's order addressing the use of force in its Chicago immigration campaign.

"The government believes the TRO has not been violated at all."

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originaldvd.bsky.social @originaldvd.bsky.social · 1d

More proof #gryndermike is a liar

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
Notes
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13h

It's not a presidency – it's an organized crime takeover of your government.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 13h

President Donald Trump and his family have reaped more than $1 billion in crypto cash over the past year, thanks to an industry boom fueled by the administration’s own crypto-friendly policies.

Trump’s Empire Rakes in Over $1B in Colossal Crypto Cash Grab

The president’s son said the true total is “probably more.”

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Georgia DiPirro 📎 @georgiadipirro.bsky.social · 23h

Well, they’re Not Kids…

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 23h

Donald Trump and JD Vance can find money to launch missiles over the I-5 during a government shutdown, but not a dime for Americans’ health care.

I-5 may be shut down due to concerns over live-fire military event at Camp Pendleton

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is weighing whether to close parts of Interstate 5 beginning Friday amid concerns over what it says is a White House-directed plan to use live ordnance during a military ann...

www.latimes.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

The Supreme Court's Republican appointees let Mississippi kill Charles Ray Crawford tonight, despite treatment at trial that was of the same type that SCOTUS later held in another case is unconstitutional.

All three Democratic appointees, in a lengthy dissent, would have kept him alive.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25-385 (25A378)
CHARLES RAY CRAWFORD v. MISSISSIPPI ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI
[October 15, 2025]
The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is de-nied.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from the denial of application for stay and denial of certiorari.
Charles Ray Crawford will be executed tonight for a crime that his own lawyers told the jury he committed, despite his express instructions not to do so. Had this case come to this Court on direct appeal, Crawford could have proved that his Sixth Amendment rights were violated under our decision in McCoy v. Louisiana, 584 U.S. 414
(2018), in which we held that lawyers may not override a defendant's explicit and unequivocal decision not to concede guilt at trial. He would also likely be entitled to a new trial, as a McCoy violation is a structural error that mandates reversal.

Charles Ray Crawford has identified an important constitutional issue that this Court has not addressed and has divided courts around the country. The Court refuses to
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resolve that question, even though a man's life is in the bal-ance. For these reasons, the Court should have granted Crawford's motion for a stay of execution and petition for writ of certiorari. I respectfully dissent.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

Things are going well over on X, the town square, the place a whole lot of influential people in media and politics believe fairly reflects the views of most Americans.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

musk personally allowed a nazi pedo doxxing cult to publish a bunch of leftists banking information, I think?

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d

The rule of law means future accountability must always remain possible. DHS is implying that accountability itself is illegitimate - a stunning rejection of democratic norms.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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