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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 9h

Per the governments argument, Fitzgerald is refusing to enter into a discovery agreement until the DOJ gives up the names of two anonymous witnesses in Comey’s indictment.

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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 10h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 22h

I don’t think Biden was president on J6.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

The One Big Beautiful Bill cut a trillion dollars from healthcare, Schoolmarm Johnson

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 10h

NO SLOWING on the gun violence this week: there were seven separate mass shooting incidents in the United States where 15 people were killed and 48 were injured.

My Sunday recap covers this and all the critical legal and political details of last week: shero.substack.com/p/shero-on-s...

SHERO on Sunday

A lightning-fast rundown of the week's most significant political and legal events for October 6th - 12th, 2025

shero.substack.com

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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 10h

One of these days congress really just needs to ban the shadow docket, force cameras in scotus, pass ethics mandates, pass high penalties for a breach of those ethics and maybe it should include an unpaid suspension

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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 10h

If the cases aren’t resolved there’s no reason to establish it as law then and even less of a reason for any other court to follow the ruling.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 10h

Cool. So should lower courts should simply disregard shadow docket cases?

This does nothing whatsoever to help end the Supreme Court's legitimacy crisis.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 10h

THREAD. Did you know that at about 1/3 of all stranger homicides in the U.S. are perpetrated by police? But there's something hidden here that is important to understand in this authoritarian moment.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 11h

To hell with judicial decorum. Liberal Justices should just go on podcasts and do TikTok videos at this point.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 10h

Finally

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Tormented🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social · 10h

If you wonder why lower federal court judges are talking to the press, it's because of stuff like this

Tormented🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social · May 6

If I were a lower-court judge, I’d find this SCOTUS demoralizing.

District court hears evidence, enters an injunction. Circuit court hears government’s arguments for the extraordinary remedy of a stay, denies it.

SCOTUS: Have a stay, administration. Get rid of trans soldiers. Moot the injunction.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14h

"Sensitivities and Exposure:" Six Stupid Things about Lindsey Halligan's First Filing

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/12/s...

"Sensitivities and Exposure:" Six Stupid Things abt Lindsey Halligan's First Filing - emptywheel

Lindsey the Insurance lawyer and her two loaner AUSAs didn't do so well on their first filing.

www.emptywheel.net

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 13h

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13h

"Looking through this whole poll, the single number Enten cites in his segment is basically the most pro-Trump number in the poll."

Oof.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 14h

52% of Americans say Trump is “doing what he promised.” But not all those people *like* what he’s doing! That is key context for interpreting this number, but was notable missing from a viral CNN segment (that the White House later turned into a press release)
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/is-trump-d...

Is Trump “doing what he promised”? | Weekly roundup for October 12, 2025

And what does that even mean? Also this week: Shutdown polls; Left-wing populism; Low favorability ratings for all U.S. leaders; Judges' concerns about Trump; + more!

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2d

JUST IN: Judge moves up hearing (Thursday to Wednesday) on union suit over Trump shutdown RIFs plan. Also wants update by Tuesday on RIF details. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

AFSCMEShutdownRIFsOrd101025

www.documentcloud.org

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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 2d

lol - thanks for telling me! I first googled "hot topic girl" and got the women's section of hot topic... so I won't search further

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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 2d

omg lol - thanks for telling me! I first googled "hot topic girl" and got the women's section of hot topic... so I won't search further

Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 2d

Reports said she was attempting to document the arrest of a Latino man. So .... ?

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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! I had the same question. We just saw E1B visa people taken by ICE even though they had the proper paperwork. WTF do they think is gonna happen, the US military to staff the base?

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

You’ll never guess who is in charge of the Homeland Security Council….

(Miller. It’s Stephen Miller.)

Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.

DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case

A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.

www.wusa9.com

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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry - yes I agree with you - but what hot topic girl video? Did I miss something major in pop culture?

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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 2d

sometimes a writer doesn't get to choose the headline :(

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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 2d

Federal officers warned they may face jail time after new arrests

www.rawstory.com/chicago-ice-...

Federal officers warned they may face jail time after new arrests

A WGN video producer was handcuffed and taken into custody by federal agents on Friday morning while documenting the arrest of a Latino man, and one legal analyst warned the move defied a court order....

www.rawstory.com

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