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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 11h

and yet still, TODAY, Democrats in the Senate are voting in favor of Trump's judicial nominees

Grouped By Vote Position

Banks (R-IN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Britt (R-AL)

Budd (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Curtis (R-UT)
Daines (R-MT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)

YEAs ---58
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hassan (D-NH)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Husted (R-OH)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Johnson (R-WI)
Justice (R-WV)
Kaine (D-vA)
Kennedy (R-LA)
King (I-ME)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
McCormick (R-PA)
Moody (R-FL)
Moran (R-KS)
Moreno (R-OH)

Mullin (R-OK)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Paul (R-KY)
Peters (D-MI)
Ricketts (R-NE)
Risch (R-ID)
Rounds (R-SD)
Schiff (D-CA)
Schmitt (R-MO)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sheehy (R-MT)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

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tante @tante.cc · 9h

We keep seeing startups who want to replace something valuable (therapy, counseling, tutoring, artistic expression) with some tech bullshit under the banner of democratization. But why do we need to invest so much in bad tech that doesn't work instead of just giving people access to what they need?

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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 6h

Barely more than one year ago…

Comically wrong piece in The Hill by a conservative white man who couldn’t handle the truth a Black woman was speaking about Donald Trump’s plans to use the military against Americans

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: A federal judge says L.A.-based US attorney Bill ESSAYLI has been acting in the role unlawfully since July, declaring him disqualified from the position. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 6h

I stopped listening to Bill Gates talk about climate change a long time ago.

You should stop too.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6h

NOTABLE: The judge says the indictment sEssayli presided over are not dismissed bc they were signed by other lawfully appointed prosecutors. That reasoning, if adopted in other courts, bodes poorly for Lindsey Halligan, who was the only person to sign Comey/James indictments.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/p...

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 6h

Remember when Paul Krugman’s columns were soooo wonky.

“It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman

The Hunger Games Begin

40 million Americans are about to lose food stamps

open.substack.com

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 11h

"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"

US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says

The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade

www.independent.co.uk

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

This is the third U.S. Attorney found to be unlawfully appointed. The other two are Sigal Chattah and Alina Habba. Their indictments stand because they were signed by other prosecutors. Not true for Lindsey Halligan.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: A federal judge says L.A.-based US attorney Bill ESSAYLI has been acting in the role unlawfully since July, declaring him disqualified from the position. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8h

The president had a MRI but won't say why.

He had bruises on his hands but wouldn't say why.

He just had an 'annual medical' even though he already had his annual medical.

He got shot in the ear but has never released the medical records relating to it.

How is any of this ok?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

#TXsen

James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 1d

Three men — Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos — now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined.

They own the media.
They own the algorithms.
They own politicians in both parties.

The system is rigged — but We the People can take it back.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 13h

"Not only is Donald Trump not here, not negotiating, Mike Johnson has now shut down the House for 39 consecutive days. There's no one to negotiate with. Across town, Trump is building a $300 million ballroom while he is set to let Americans starve."

-- @repstansbury.bsky.social

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The Ankler @theankler.com · 13h

Eight years after #MeToo, Hollywood’s progress for women behind the camera has flatlined. Only three studio films this year were directed by women: the lowest in nearly a decade. Richard Rushfield crunches the numbers and calls it what it is: a crisis
theankler.com/p/female-dir...

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14h

Literally anyone I am remotely related to I refer to my “aunt,”
“uncle,” or “cousin,” (and any older Indian person I actually call “auntie” and “uncle”) and I’m pretty sure that’s quite common among South Asians

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

lmao

My Post headline

Mamdani didn’t tell the whole truth about his hijab-wearing ‘aunt’ who feared for safety post-9/11

The “aunt” who Zohran Mamdani said was too afraid to wear her hijab on the subways after 9/11 was actually his dad’s cousin.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

a trans girl in vermont was kicked off her swimming team and committed suicide and at the very same time, the discourse in d.c. today is about whether the democratic party should’ve abandoned her sooner in order to win votes

a day in an american life

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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 13h

Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino must obtain and wear a body-worn camera and report every weekday at 6 p.m. in person to the federal judge who has tried to rein in federal agents’ use of force.

https://to.wttw.com/4ocvRwh

Federal Judge Tells Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino to Start Using a Body-Worn Camera

U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

to.wttw.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Also, note that the person making all these decisions is not Secretary Noem; it's Corey Lewandowski, who is still a "special government employee" (and by many reports sleeping with Noem and running the agency while she does mostly TV), as well as Gregory Bovino himself.

The White House has signed off on a list of at least a dozen directors of ICE field officers who are set to be reassigned in coming days, the two DHS officials, the former DHS official and the federal law enforcement official said. They said that at least half of them would be replaced with Border Patrol officials. ICE has 25 field offices around the country, so the move could replace nearly half of the agency’s leaders.

The list was compiled by Corey Lewandowski, a special government employee at DHS who advises Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol sector chief overseeing the agency’s operations in Chicago and previously in Los Angeles, the law enforcement official said.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.

Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino.

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.

I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations.

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."

It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there.

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results.

Official statement to
@FoxNews
via
@TriciaOhio
:

"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

California is hitting back at President Donald Trump's plan to flood the blue state with election monitors — by having those monitors watched.

'Absolutely pathetic': MAGA melts down as blue state hits back at Trump's poll watchers

California is hitting back at President Donald Trump's plan to flood the blue state with election monitors — by having those monitors watched.The Trump administration last week said it would send federal election monitors to California and New Jersey for the upcoming Nov. 4 elections. The move was t...

bit.ly

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d

The USDA has funding set aside to keep food assistance programs running during emergencies.

Trump just won’t release it.

440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.

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threecolumns.bsky.social @threecolumns.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think Enya lives in some hidden realm, frozen in the early 2000s, like a modern-day Brigadoon? If so, where is this magical place and how do I join her?

a painting of a woman in a blue dress

ALT: a painting of a woman in a blue dress

media.tenor.com

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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 2d

Sandy Hemme spent 43 years behind bars. Even after a judge declared her innocent and ordered her freed, Missouri's attorney general tried to send her back.

The state’s legal and political systems often resist admitting error even in the face of overwhelming evidence.

Woman’s Case Spotlights Missouri’s Resistance to Innocence Claims

Even after a judge declared her innocent and ordered her freed, the Missouri attorney general tried to send her back.

www.themarshallproject.org

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

Lia Smith was 21 years old and transgender and she should still be alive

them
Lia Smith, Missing
21-Year-Old Trans Student, Found Dead in Vermont
by Mikelle Street

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

As an educator, as a fellow woman in science, I’m fucking horrified that Lia Smith who was just a year from
graduation felt her only option was to take her own life.

I lay her death at the feet of all the people hounding trans women athletes like her, you fucking monsters

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

Lia Smith was 21 years old and transgender and she should still be alive

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