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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2h

JD Vance asked 5 times in less than 3 minutes whether Tom Homan took $50,000 in cash from FBI agents in 2024.

Vance dodges 5 times.

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2h

Oct 7, 2025

WHITEHOUSE: What became of the $50,000 in cash that the FBI paid to Mr. Homan in a paper bag evidently?

BONDI: ..The investigation of Mr. Homan was subjected to a full review by the FBI, agents and DOJ prosecutors. They found no credible evidence of any wrongdoing.

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 1d

“A WGN creative services department employee was detained by 2 Border Patrol officers and later released after federal agents swarmed a busy intersection on Chicago’s North Side Friday morning..Border Patrol released the employee without charges as of 3pm” wgntv.com/news/operati...

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 1d

Trump received the annual flu vaccine and the updated Covid-19 booster vaccine at Walter Reed on Friday.

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 1d

Rand Paul:

“Who are the 11 people that were killed in the first boat? Who are the other four [killed in the most recent strike]? ...[If] you know them to be terrorists, and you’re convinced enough to kill them, shouldn’t you know their names?"

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GOP Senators Push for More Intel on Drug Boat Strikes

Some are increasingly skeptical that targeting the boats is justified.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 2d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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Meg Kelly @megkelly.bsky.social · 11d

. @secrubio.govpeeps.us keeps saying no one has died because of USAID cuts. 5-year-old Suza Kenyaba did.

A six-month investigation with a slew of reporters on two continents proved as much.

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Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2d

"Children and teenagers are twice as likely to develop long Covid after a second coronavirus infection as after an initial infection, a large new study has found." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 3d

WASHINGTON (AP) — A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. apnews.com/article/leti...

New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted on fraud charge, AP source says

A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 3d

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 3d

The Wall Street Journal reports Donald Trump's Truth Social post on Sept. 20 urging Pam Bondi to prosecute James Comey was meant to be a private message and that Trump was surprised to learn the message was public.

Five days later, Comey was indicted.

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Lauren Weber @laurenweberhp.bsky.social · 3d

She left the medical mainstream and rose to be RFK Jr.'s surgeon general pick

Read my and @rachelroubein.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com deep dive on Casey Means

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

She left the medical mainstream and rose to be RFK Jr.'s surgeon general pick

Casey Means, the surgeon general nominee, has criticized the medical establishment. She could be put in position to change it.

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 3d

Marjorie Taylor Greene on the government shutdown:

"I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening. ... We control the House, we control the Senate, we have the White House"

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 3d

Individuals Trump has floated jailing:

-Brandon Johnson
-JB Pritzker
-James Comey
-John Brennan
-Zohran Mamdani
-Gavin Newsom
-Jan. 6 Committee members
-Nancy Pelosi
-Chuck Schumer
-Barack Obama
-Joe Biden
-Hillary Clinton's lawyers
-John Kasich
-Ted Cruz
-Hillary Clinton

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 3d

On Wednesday, Donald Trump called for jailing Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both Democrats.

Since 2016, Trump has floated jail for more than a dozen political adversaries.

My latest supercut for @washingtonpost.com:

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 3d

The note that Rubio handed to Trump, as captured by AP's Evan Vucci:

“Very close. We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first”

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Evan Vucci on X: "Secretary of State Marco Rubio whispers in the ear of President Donald Trump after handing him a note about a Middle East deal saying “Very close. We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first” https://t.co/ISEJ2RsUOq" / X

Secretary of State Marco Rubio whispers in the ear of President Donald Trump after handing him a note about a Middle East deal saying “Very close. We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first” https://t.co/ISEJ2RsUOq

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

BREAKING: Hamas will release all 20 living hostages this weekend, AP sources say, as Israelis will withdraw from majority of Gaza.

Israel, Hamas agree to 'first phase' of plan to end fighting, release hostages, Trump says

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 4d

The percentage of Americans who say Trump has definitely or probably improperly used his office to punish those who say things he does not like, per new Pew Research Center survey:

Overall: 66%
Republican: 42%
Independent: 66%
Democrat: 90%

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 4d

"Nearly a quarter of FBI agents across the country are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing to upward of 40% in the nation’s largest field offices, according to data from the FBI obtained by Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va)" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 4d

PRITZKER: This guy's unhinged, he's insecure, he's a wannabe dictator, and there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump: If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me.

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 4d

Hakeem Jeffries says he supports a standalone vote on military pay during the government shutdown

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 4d

Mike Johnson today on swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva:

"Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the House was out of session. So I am anxious to administer the oath to her as soon as you guys vote to open the government"

(video via Gray Media)

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 4d

"Among recent alleged violations: a family from Ecuador, incl a 5yo girl, arrested in [a shopping center] parking lot; a man from Mexico w/ no criminal record arrested in a raid attended by Noem; a mother & her 2 young children detained in Millennium Park" www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/f...

Federal judge in Chicago finds ICE repeatedly violated consent decree over ‘warrantless arrests’

A Chicago federal judge has extended a nationwide consent decree requiring ICE to better document and report probable cause for immigration arrests and found the agency repeatedly violated the 2022…

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 4d

REPORTER: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and the governor of Illinois should be in prison?

JOHNSON: ...I’m not the attorney general, I’m the Speaker of the House and I’m trying to manage the chaos here, I’m not following the day-to-day on that.

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 4d

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Neil Jacobs as the head of NOAA.

Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA's code of ethics in 2020 after an investigation found he bowed to political pressure during “Sharpiegate.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA

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