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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Klobuchar on Trump's failed DM to Bondi: "How many other secret messages are there out there where he told her to do things?

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

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Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Scott A @scottomkt.com · 1d

🦦🏀

Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 1d

Juno is a clam dunk champion 🏀

Scott A @scottomkt.com · 1d

Yes. That sounds terrific 👍😘

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

"The limits to FPS's authority off federal property are the edges of the constitution on one side and necessity on the other.”

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Scott A @scottomkt.com · 1d

Gotta be a John Lewis stan 👍

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

what

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 1d

WUT?!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 3d

"While the Supreme Court itself hasn’t yet faced the issue squarely, the six federal circuits that have done so all agree that the First Amendment protects the right to record police performing their duties in public." --Walter Olson

thedispatch.com/article/dhs-...

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

thedispatch.com

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Scott A @scottomkt.com · 3d

Is he auditioning for the straight man in an Abbot and Costello tribute?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 3d

When investigators recovered the phone of the man suspected of starting the Palisades fire they found an image of a burning city he generated on ChatGPT www.latimes.com/california/s...

Uber driver accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades

Authorities will announce an arrest in connection with the devastating Palisades fire, law enforcement sources said, and are expected to announce a cause of the blaze.

www.latimes.com

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Colin Purrington @colinpurrington.bsky.social · 3d

Florida man. www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr...

Florida Man Arrested on Federal Criminal Complaint Alleging He Maliciously Started What Became the Palisades Fire

A former Pacific Palisades resident now living in Florida has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with maliciously starting what eventually became the Palisades Fire of January ...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11d

WOW. Remember this May video of a US citizen wrestled to the ground by ICE agents and detained for an hour despite having a valid REAL ID?

It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11d

SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted.

My story:

Trump mandates all federal agencies send email blaming Dems for potential gov’t shutdown

Workers call the partisan email "a vile slap in the face."

www.thehandbasket.co

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 11d

BREAKING

A federal judge that the Trump admin's policy targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation violated the First Amendment.

His blistering, 161-page ruling starts with a threat he received in chambers and his response.

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 11d

Lol

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 11d

Really the only question that matters

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11d

The ruling itself is remarkable, but it closes with something I've never seen: a 12-page assessment of Trump himself as an ignorant bully, braggart and threat to free speech and the republic writ-large. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 11d

So Donald Trump Is Declaring War On US Cities Based On Fake Fox News Footage And Nonsense His ‘People’ Tell Him

Who's running the country? That question became terrifyingly urgent this weekend when the President of the United States admitted he was preparing to send US military forces into an…

So Donald Trump Is Declaring War On US Cities Based On Fake Fox News Footage And Nonsense His ‘People’ Tell Him

Who's running the country? That question became terrifyingly urgent this weekend when the President of the United States admitted he was preparing to send US military forces into an American city based entirely on old Fox News footage and lies from his advisors. Tim Cushing had a story yesterday about Trump's bizarre declaration of war on Portland, threatening to deploy the US military against a city experiencing nothing more than a few tame protests.

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