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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 4d

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe Pritzker can offer to send in the IL National Guard

Chron.com @chron.com · 4d

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

4 dead in Houston-area shooting rampage starting in Sugar Land

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 7d

Y'all thought the unimaginable would never happen in America, but it is happening. 😳👇

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💙💙🤔CJ🤨🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸 @cnice59.bsky.social · 7d

I Bet You Didn’t Know This? 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 7d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 8d

This Administration’s wanton
cruelty is harming innocent citizens of our nation.

Trump administration cancels grants that support deafblind students, special education teachers • Wisconsin Examiner

Wisconsin Superintendent Jill Underly called on the Trump administration to reconsider the decision in a statement this week.

wisconsinexaminer.com

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 7d

Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data
Sep. 3, 2025

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 7d

"The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments" This is eugenics. Trump like other right wing regimes is trying to eliminate the disabled and old from society.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7d

If any other president said something like this in a speech to a military academy, it would be a massive scandal. Instead, it isn’t among the ten most dangerous things he’s done this week.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7d

The judge ultimately ruled that the teen was mature enough to raise two children, but not mature enough to decide if she was ready to be a mother.

(Published 2022 in partnership with The New York Times Magazine)

She Wanted an Abortion. A Judge Said She Wasn’t Mature Enough to Make That Decision.

As abortion access dwindles, America’s “parental-involvement” laws place further restrictions on teenagers — who may need to ask judges for permission to end their pregnancies.

www.propublica.org

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 7d

No indication yet from major media that the FBI has any interest whatsoever in investigating this apparent attempted assassination of a well-known judge openly targeted on social media by the far-right activist—Harmeet Dhillon—currently calling herself Assistant Attorney General of the United States

Beachfront home of South Carolina judge, ex-senator burned to ground, injuring 3

Ex-senator Arnold Goodstein, along with two additional people, were rescued by several neighbors and paramedics from a marshy, remote area behind the home after jumping from the fist floor.

nypost.com

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 6d

Judge: Based on the conduct of the defendants and now seeing TX National Guard called up, I am going to grant alternative TRO requested. Let me ask plaintiffs—I'd prefer not to modify original TRO, but I am troubled to hear of CA and TX NG being sent to OR, in apparent violation of my order

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6d

1. BREAKING

Judge Immergut, who was nominated by President Trump, has just granted a request by Oregon and California to block the deployment of National Guard troops from Texas and California to Portland.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6d

And with that, we are done.

Thanks to all who followed along!

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 7d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Terry @theresiak1.bsky.social · 6d

www.threads.com/@hippievibes...

Robin Meadows Stephenson (@hippievibes777) on Threads

If you're a woman, Texan or minority of any kind; you need to hear this through the end.

www.threads.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7d

Hmm. Did any reporters point out to the president that the judge who Trump said should be “ashamed of himself” is Ms. Karin Immergut.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

Trump on Portland ruling: I wasn’t served well by the people who pick judges. I appointed the judge and it goes like that. If he made that decision—Portland is burning to the ground… all you have to do is look at the TV and read your newspapers.

That judge ought to be ashamed of himself

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 7d

“For Noem — and Trump, and Miller, and Hegseth, and Patel — the brutality is a made-for-tv movie. It’s entertainment. And they get off on the raw, naked will to power. The law be damned. They love this. They are proud of this. And they will keep doing it.”

open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

The Attack on Chicago

People need to look at these pictures and ask, is this America?

open.substack.com

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Joan McRobbie @joanmcrobbie.bsky.social · 7d

Important Greg Sargent interview with Chris Murphy. “The world is watching to see what we stand for.”

Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 7d

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social to Democrats: Don't be suckers. "This is a high-leverage moment, with the world watching to see what we stand for. And we have a chance to actually constrain his attempt to destroy our democracy..." Great @gregsargent.bsky.social interview. newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Chris Murphy’s Extraordinary New Takedown of Trump Should Wake Up Dems

The Democratic senator has taken the lead in drawing attention to Trump’s authoritarianism. In an interview, he offers a stark new warning that should galvanize his fellow Democrats before it’s too la...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7d

"The mistake that Jonathan Greenblatt made was believing that a hundred annoying students at Columbia were more dangerous than a gangster government."

The Rise of MAGA Christian Identity

Plus: The crocodile comes to eat Jonathan Greenblatt and the ADL.

www.thebulwark.com

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 7d

This is a really outstanding post. "That’s the point of the compact. .... It is about control. Specifically it is about turning existing federal law, over which the administration has limited control, into terms of a 'deal' that offers the government much more control."

Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 8d

I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.

It's especially for journalists covering this story!

Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 8d

The opinions of Judge Young (a Reagan appointee) and Judge Immergut (a George W. Bush U.S. attorney) are a reminder of a Republican Party that believed in the rule of law.

But the fact that so far as I know no current elected Republican has praised those opinions suggests that old GOP is long gone.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7d

The president is trying to deploy military force against American citizens based on deranged fantasies bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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Tony Michaels 🎙 @thetonymichaels.bsky.social · 7d

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Bobby Lee @bobbylee.bsky.social · 15d

It’s not the point of this story, but ICE jails now hold about half the number of Japanese Americans interned during WWII
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Immigrants with no criminal record now largest group in Ice detention

Government data shows 16,523 people with no record, versus 15,725 with a record and 13,767 with pending charges

www.theguardian.com

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