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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

NEW: Trump meant to send a Truth Social DM to Pam Bondi about indicting his rivals. That sounds like official business, so I'm filing a FOIA for her DMs, plus those of five other cabinet members. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/my-latest-...

My Latest FOIA: Trump's Truth Social DMs

Recently, Trump posted a message to Pam Bondi that was meant to be a direct message. I want to know what other official messages he's sending to cabinet members.

www.muellershewrote.com

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 10h

Can’t believe all these people are running a marathon through "war torn" Chicago today

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Tony Negron @tnite02.bsky.social · 2h

Portland showing how it’s done. Hard to make a case that there is violent Antifa thugs overrunning the city.

Tony

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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 22h

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Hatred is your enemy!
Joy is your weapon!
Turn your protest and marches into singing, dancing celebrations of joy.
Give the GOP administration no reason to respond with violence
Think jazz festival
Joy for what was
Hope for what is to come

Attend all of felon 45 public appearances ien mass
Treat him like absurdist comic he is
Do not shout
Do not boo
Do not flip him the bird
Show no hatred
Point ,laugh, and guffaw at every stupid thing he says.

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PJ @pjspassions.bsky.social · 2h

He lies about everything and has for years.

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

ICYMI — Trump lied that Chicago had “4000” murders, when it’s projected to have 380 this year (way down from last year)

If it’s so bad there why does he have to keep lying about it?

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 8h

Add to this the Court’s usurpation of trial judges’ fact-finding function, often getting facts way wrong, in ways that get the Court to desired outcomes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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

www.nytimes.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 9h

Federal mortgage-fraud prosecutions are exceptionally rare. The amount allegedly at issue in the Letitia James case is so paltry that it would not normally draw the attention of federal prosecutors, @ruthmarcus.bsky.social writes.

The Indictment of Letitia James and the Collapse of Impartial Justice

The question raised by the prosecution of James is: would any other federal prosecutor have brought this case against any other defendant? The answer seems to be no.

www.newyorker.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

Trump just installed Michael Ellis as CIA general counsel, possibly to green light legally dubious CIA ops to do this as an end run around congress.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

Kelly: I really worry about those aviators, drone operators, special forces guys that are in the Caribbean right now striking these boats and whether or not this is legal..

There’s no authorization for the use of military force. The Congress has not given that to the president. He hasn’t asked.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 6h

The amazing thing about the SNL sketch last night was not that Ashley Padilla wore a scarf nearly identical to mine. It’s that I trust Amy Poehler as AG more than Pam Bondi.

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 3h

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman, who was thrown to the ground & handcuffed by ICE, has been released without charges

DHS said she assaulted an officer, but eye witnesses claim she didn’t

The lack of charges makes it clear that ICE is lying to try and cover up the fact that they attack the press

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NPR @npr.org · 7h

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.

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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

We should mandate a work requirement for House Republicans to get their health care. How about they have to work at least one week a month to keep their government health insurance?

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

The cruelty is the point

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 23h

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump No Longer Remembers That He Was President and Controlled the FBI on January 6, 2021, Confirming Americans' Worst Fears About His Advanced Dementia

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2h

Ahead of tomorrow’s storm:
California has pre-positioned resources — including dozers, hand crews, rescue swimmers, and helicopters — in Ventura, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties to respond to potential debris flows and mudslides.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

The reason Mike Johnson is able to keep the House closed and not pass bills to pay the military or fund the government is because Trump is going to circumvent congress and illegally steal that money from other government programs. All to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 9h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

Portland continues to amaze me 👏

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h

ICE GOONS, laughing and pepper spraying Pastor after shooting him in the face with pepper balls, proceeded to gas the crowd who were trying to protect him.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h

This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🐀 Mike Johnson caught lying using the receipts he directed us to use. Jen Psaki for the 🎯

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