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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 14h

Much of the coverage of this White House "compact" remains really very bad, including today's headlines about MIT. Read @fishkin.bsky.social on what's actually going on here.

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 16h

Seeing Emmer spew this kind of bile is particularly concerning - remember, he never made real gains in the House speakership race because he'd condemned the Jan. 6 insurrection, making him too moderate for the job

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 16h

Flagging that both Mike Johnson and Tom Emmer have now referred to the No Kings protest scheduled for 10/18 as a "hate America rally." Both singled out the one planned for DC - Johnson said it'll feature "pro-Hamas" people and "antifa," and Emmer said it'll appease the "terrorist wing" of the party

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 16h

In the Trump administration’s lawless investigation of liberal groups and their finances, deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is “playing a central role," White House officials told Reuters:

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Stephen Miller Has ‘Central Role’ Probing Liberal Groups

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 16h

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is “playing a central role” in the Trump administration’s lawless investigation of liberal groups and their finances, White House officials told Reuters.
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Stephen Miller Has ‘Central Role’ Probing Liberal Groups

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 1d

Thursday saw dueling hearings related to President Trump’s push to deploy National Guard troops in blue states that don’t want them there.
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Trump Meets a Friendly Audience In Court as He Seeks to Deploy Military Wherever He Wants

Thursday saw dueling hearings related to President Trump’s push to deploy National...

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 1d

9th Circuit Judge Ryan Nelson argued so vehemently Thursday that President Trump has the power to deploy the National Guard into unwilling states on very little pretext that one suspects the arguments were doubling as his Supreme Court audition.
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9th Circuit Trump Judges Enthusiastically Support His Ability To Deploy Military Anywhere At Any Time

9th Circuit Judge Ryan Nelson argued so vehemently Thursday that President Trump...

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 1d

@kateriga.bsky.social and @joshtpm.bsky.social analyze the oddly muted shutdown, as well as the alarming escalation of state violence in Chicago. Head to TPM to listen to the latest episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast now!
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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 1d

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9th Circuit Trump Judges Enthusiastically Support His Ability To Deploy Military Anywhere At Any Time

9th Circuit Judge Ryan Nelson argued so vehemently Thursday that President Trump...

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 1d

Phew, from DOJ's Eric McArthur on Portland ICE protesters: "These are violent people and if at any point we let down our guard, there is a serious risk of ongoing violence"

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 1d

Full-on SCOTUS audition today by Nelson: do you admit that it was "ill advised" by the city of Portland to order the boards be taken off the ICE building?

His whole thesis is: we don't know what Trump is seeing behind the scenes, so how could we possibly question his judgment in sending in troops?

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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 1d

Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection

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Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection

Elected officials, activists, and at least one former high-ranking Department of Homeland...

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 1d

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Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection

Elected officials, activists, and at least one former high-ranking Department of Homeland...

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 1d

Two Trump judges (Nelson, Bade) on 9th circuit panel really trying to outperform each other in their eagerness to give Trump the ability to deploy the Guard to unwilling states based on events that occurred months earlier. Lotttt of beating up on Oregon's Judge Immergut, who blocked deployments

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

must read 👇

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In Los Angeles and now Chicago, the White House's aggressive deportation operations have one hype man: Greg Bovino.
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Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection

Elected officials, activists, and at least one former high-ranking Department of Homeland...

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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 1d

Greg Bovino is the face of Trump's anti-immigration crackdown in blue cities, staging military-style raids to conduct civil immigration arrests.

“The level of violence has changed since he was put in charge,” Chicago alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez tells TPM.

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Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection

Elected officials, activists, and at least one former high-ranking Department of Homeland...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Really good piece on someone everyone should be tracking, Greg Bovino.

"Bovino combines Bull Connor’s aggression with Don King’s showmanship:"

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In Los Angeles and now Chicago, the White House's aggressive deportation operations have one hype man: Greg Bovino.
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Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection

Elected officials, activists, and at least one former high-ranking Department of Homeland...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

Bovino, a nice anglo saxon name. Definitely came over on the mayflower. bsky.app/profile/talk...

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In Los Angeles and now Chicago, the White House's aggressive deportation operations have one hype man: Greg Bovino.
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Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection

Elected officials, activists, and at least one former high-ranking Department of Homeland...

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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 1d

🥳 TPM is turning 25 🥳

We're having a 2-day celebration in NYC on 11/6 + 11/7. There'll be an oral history of TPM + the past 25 years of digital media! There'll be a live podcast recording!

We'll have tasty food + an open bar! We'll have surprises!

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TPM's 25th Anniversary Event

A two-day celebration of TPM taking place Nov. 6th and 7th.

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 1d

In Los Angeles and now Chicago, the White House's aggressive deportation operations have one hype man: Greg Bovino.
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Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection

Elected officials, activists, and at least one former high-ranking Department of Homeland...

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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 1d

@davidkurtz.bsky.social: "The absurdism is an inextricable part of the corruption, retribution, and destruction. As historically significant as the ruination of the Justice Department is ... it's important to remember it's been gutted by clowns and imbeciles." talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Bondi’s Wedding Ring Made Trump Bleed … And Other DOJ Absurdities

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 1d

Say what you want about disgraced AG John Mitchell, but he never made Richard Nixon’s hand bleed w/ his wedding ring: “Trump occasionally reminds aides about an incident last year in which Trump cut his hand on Bondi’s large wedding ring, causing him to bleed.”
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Bondi’s Wedding Ring Made Trump Bleed … and Other DOJ Absurdities

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 2d

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the Chicago area accused of assaulting law enforcement, the latest in a shocking string of failures by the Trump Department of Justice.
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Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 2d

Here’s an incomplete list of federal data and statistics that’ve been deleted or tampered with since Trump took office.

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed

The scale and scope of federal data and statistics that have been...

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 2d

The Education Department under Linda McMahon is working to dismantle public schools in favor of a range of other options — private, Christian and virtual schools or homeschooling.
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Top Trump Education Officials Are Dismantling Public Schools: ‘We’re Going to Have a Lot of Empty School Buildings’

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