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Themistocles Wall

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Resisting dictatorship is the disciplined thing to do (e.g. Aristogeiton and Harmodios).

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Themistocles Wall @themistocleswall.bsky.social · Jan 19

those are the best damn wars to win

in 1776 a few small colonies w/no army or navy took on the greatest empire in history

in 1939 the US army was smaller than Romania’s

let’s roll👇🏼

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · Jan 17

Over 50% of nonviolent movements to overthrow governments are successful within one year of their peak.

The key is to engage over 3.5% of the country, a cross-section of society—clergy, kids, grandmas, teachers) using DIVERSE & CREATIVE tactics, with women in leadership.

We can do this.

More:

On Organizing

time to level up / an early draft of a playbook

www.lifeisasacredtext.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2h

"A top Wall Street analyst has sounded an alarm over the U.S. equity bull market, warning that its remarkable run is built on a precariously narrow foundation: a surge in spending on, and optimistic assumptions about, infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI)."

75% of gains, 80% of profits, 90% of capex—AI’s grip on the S&P is total and Morgan Stanley's top analyst is 'very concerned' | Fortune

The long bull market since 2022 is a "one-note narrative" since the explosion of ChatGPT, according to Lisa Shalett, CIO of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2h

"...the big four – Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon – are this year spending the equivalent of the GDP of Portugal on AI infrastructure. This is not investment in new targeted ads, it is investment in an AI future. The bubble will burst if and when this future is in doubt."

What could burst the AI bubble?

The value of many tech firms has soared – but some observers are now worried.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2h

"Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a stock bubble focused on artificial intelligence companies might burst before long."

Stock Bubble Dread Grips Central Bankers in Washington

Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a stock bubble focused on artificial in...

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 2h

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

It's probably foolish to think a NYC mayor will successfully translate into being a national political figure, but I still think Eric Adams would be in my top 5 for "who will be the next Democratic presidential nominee after Joe Biden?".

5:56 PM Jan 3, 2022

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 4h

So the number of NG in Tennessee sent to Memphis is 1,000. If deployment orders are for a year, Trump will interfere w/the midterm election.

I've said it for months —we will have elections, but they will be compromised, before/after.

Endgame: Rs will not let Ds take the House.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

1,000 TROOPS: TN National Guard vet, who is protesting the Trump-@GovBillLee military/police takeover in Memphis, says deployment order is for a year. Takes us to the November election…

Commercial Appeal reported the same troop number. www.tiktok.com/@itsrachelda...

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 3h

Fixed another one for you, @nytimes.com Copy Desk

NY Times home page: Trump's shutdown layoffs deepen impasse, angering Democrats

Spy copy desk: Insert "illegal" before "shutdown"

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 13h

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 3h

*Today. Polls close at 8pm local time; check this space after.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

It’s actually Election Day tomorrow… in Louisiana!

I’m watching: the New Orleans sheriff race, and the New Orleans mayor’s race.

Both in my cheat sheet of elections to watch this fall!

boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Sidebar: It’s wild that the guy making the arrest has an accent, and the guy being arrested doesn’t.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 11h

Did a Capitol Hill reporter reach out to Bill Cassidy on the CDC bloodbath?

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 10h

icymi, from Sept. 4:

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨EXCLUSIVE:

Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:

www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases

Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.

www.nbcnews.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9h

This is important exculpatory evidence bc the indictment accuses James of seeking a “second home” mortgage when in reality she intended to use it as an “investment” home by renting it out.

(James disclosed between $1,000-5,000 in rent during 1st year, but the contract allowed short term rentals.)

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9h

NYT reports that Letitia James’s great niece lives in the home that is the subject of the indictment.

The niece reportedly testified before a *different* grand jury, telling them that she had lived there for many years without paying rent. James visits regularly.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Letitia James
Indictment
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But in June, IMs. Thompson testified to a grand
jury in Norfolk that she had lived in the house for years and that she did not pay rent, a person familiar with her testimony said. She was not asked to testify again, and the grand jury that voted to indict Ms. James was not seated in Norfolk, but in Alexandria.
The specter of Mr. Trump's revenge campaign has so far overshadowed the facts of the case, given how he has pushed for Ms. James's punishment. For years, he has railed against her on social media, calling her a "crook" and
"corrunt" Last month. he also appointed Ms.

for a peaceful life after years of turbulence in several cities.
The family, Nakia Thompson and her children, have lived at the address ever since, according to two people familiar with the home, and until this week, the plan for a more lacid existence had largely gone as expected. Several times a year, the people said, a great-aunt who had purchased the house in 2020 with Ms.
Thompson in mind would come for an extended stay.
This week, with the filing of court papers some 200 miles north, the plan came to an abrupt end.
The great-aunt - Letitia James, the New York attorney general - was indicted by President Trump's Justice Department. The yellow house,

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 8h

For me but not for thee

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Trump gets Covid vaccine and flu shot during second checkup of the year

The visit, which the White House described Wednesday as a "yearly check-up," was his second examination at Walter Reed in six months.

www.nbcnews.com

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 8h

Most Americans Who Rely on Obamacare Live in Republican Areas
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Obamacare Enrollment by State: Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas (Gift Article)

Millions of Americans depend on Obamacare. Here's where they live.

www.nytimes.com

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 8h

I was given to understand that the president's son getting a job with a company doing business before the government was an impeachable offense

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 7h

#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals PARTIALLY grants the stay sought by the Trump Administration.

The stay is GRANTED as to federalization of the National Guard.

But it is DENIED as to deployment.

So deployment still BLOCKED, but troops "do not need to return to their home states."

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 5h

The Seventh Circuit REFUSES to allow Trump to immediately deploy the National Guard in Chicago, but allows them to be federalized pending appeal.

Same initial ruling as the Ninth Circuit, before oral arguments.

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

In the case over Trump's National Guard deployment in and to Illinois, the Seventh Circuit grants a similar partial administrative stay while it considers DOJ's stay pending appeal:

The court stays the TRO's coverage of the federalization but denies the stay as to the TRO blocking deployment.

The following are before the court:
1. EMERGENCY MOTION FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL AND IMMEDIATE
ADMINISTRATIVE STAY, filed on October 10, 2025, by counsel for the appellants.
2. RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY MOTION FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL AND
IMMEDIATE ADMINISTRATIVE STAY, filed on October 11, 2025, by counsel for the
appellees.
IT IS ORDERED that appellants’ request for an administrative stay is GRANTED as to the
federalization of the National Guard and DENIED as to the deployment of the National Guard.
Pending a decision on the request for a stay pending appeal, the district court’s October 9, 2025,
order is temporarily STAYED only to the extent it enjoined the federalization of the National
Guard of the United States within Illinois. Members of the National Gu

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Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 4h

New filing: "U.S. v. Comey (criminal case)"
Doc #30: MOTION for Discovery Order by USA as to James B. Comey, Jr. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Diaz, Gabriel) (Entered: 10/11/2025)

Download PDF | View Full Case

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 4h

Appeals court blocks Trump from deploying National Guard on streets of Chicago - Raw Story

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Appeals court blocks Trump from deploying National Guard on streets of Chicago — Raw Story

Donald Trump on Saturday got hit with a legal loss when an appeals court blocked his administration from deploying the National Guard on the streets of Chicago, Illinois.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4h

Many historians of Rome identify Roman generals becoming the personal sources of payment for their armies as a key step in the downfall of the Republic, since it personalized military authority and freed armies to fight for their immediate leader, who paid them, instead of for the Republic

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 4h

It's a brilliant play for the Trump Regime by Vought. The optics of opposing this move will be _terrible_ ($X hates the troops!!), probably ultimately fail (I can't imagine there's a majority on the Court who will find *anyone* has standing), and further Trump's personal control over the military

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4h

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Martha 🥄 near Seattle @marthawt.bsky.social · 4h

The solution: everyone admits to being Antifa.
I AM ANTIFA.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

THIS!! 👇👇

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