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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1d

Argentina’s libertarian experiment crashed and burned.

But that’s bad for our president, whose ally implemented those reforms.

So now this.

Meanwhile, we gutted USAID.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 17h

The word terrorist no longer means anything thanks to the Trump administration using it for everything they simply dislike.

Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 22h

Again, these people want violence. They want their supporters radicalized and ready to commit it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 19h

Here’s all you need to know about her without the sanity filter of WaPo editors:

www.importantcontext.news/p/trumps-new...

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 18h

The ham sandwiches are now indicting the ham sandwiches.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Good time to read @mollyroberts.bsky.social:

“It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.”

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

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Molly Roberts
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It's hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey-until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 18h

She agrees with the Trump administration on a great many things and has supported multiple RW authoritarians. It actually makes perfect sense that she is thanking him.

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 18h

Congratulations 🤣🤣💀

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 20h

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 19h

I’m reminded that Henry Kissinger was once given the Nobel Peace Prize. It explains a lot.

María Corina Machado C
@Maria CorinaYA

This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!

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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 1d

MIT became the first university to reject the Trump administration’s compact of demands, after its president Sally Kornbluth said the school already “meet or exceed many standards outlined” by the federal government.

MIT becomes first school to reject proposed ‘compact’ with Trump administration - The Boston Globe

MIT president Sally Kornbluth said the university’s practices already “meet or exceed” the federal government’s list of demands.

trib.al

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 19h

It’s objectively funny that Peter Theil thinks Greta Thunberg is the antichrist.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. It isn’t clear when the Consumer Price Index report, originally scheduled for Oct. 15, will ultimately be released. But it will almost certainly be in time for the Federal Reserve’s next meeting ..”

@bencasselman.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

No clearer indication of the right’s moral rot than the swift evolution from angrily denying any association with buffoonish bigots like like Posobiec and Fuentes, to “there’s no harm in having a conversation,” to openly praising and promoting them.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Not the least surprised by this. I’d hope it might finally wake up some mainstream libertarians to what Smith is really about. But it probably won’t.

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 1d

Donald Trump begging for a Nobel Peace Prize is really something

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

Fairweather federalists: A coalition of MAGA attorneys general file amicus brief supporting Donald Trump’s militarization of a sovereign state and city.

Of note: This is not surprising, given some of these same actors supported overturning the election results in states Joe Biden won.

Counsel for State of Iowa

ADDITIONAL ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN SUPPORT
Austin Knudsen
Attorney General of Montana
Gentner Drummond
Attorney General of Oklahoma
Lynn Fitch
Attorney General of Mississippi
Catherine Hanaway
Attorney General of Missouri
Alan Wilson
Attorney General of South Carolina
Steve Marshall
Attorney General of Alabama
Tim Griffin
Attorney General of Arkansas
James Uthmeier
Attorney General of Florida
Chris Carr
Attorney General of Georgia
Raúl R. Labrador
Attorney General of Idaho
Theodore E. Rokita
Attorney General of Indiana
Kris Kobach
Attorney General of Kansas
Liz Murrill
Attorney General of Louisiana
Michael T. Hilgers
Attorney General of Nebraska
Marty Jackley
Attorney General of South Dakota
Ken Paxton
Attorney General of Texas
John B. McCuskey
Attorney General of West Virginia

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

www.mediaite.com

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 1d

Every accusation is a confession holding strong with Trump

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

“To all the FBI Agents who were forced by Christopher Wray to go to the Capitol on the afternoon of January 6th…”

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

NOTABLE: Lindsey Halligan requested that a summons be issued for Letitia James to appear in court.

She did not request an arrest warrant.

Criminal cover sheet showing that summons, not arrest warrant, was requested for Tish James

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 1d

The thing that most people don't realize is that the deportation machine was already operating at capacity. No one, ever, was just allowing millions of undocumented immigrants into the country willy-nilly. That was mythology. The process to get legal status in this country is already a very high bar

Rich Burroughs @richburroughs.dev · 1d

The first numbers in this blew my mind.

ICE made 100k arrests from January to June, which was double the same period last year. The shocking part to me is that it was only double, though. I certainly didn’t know they arrested so many people under Biden.

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 1d

My first foray onto YouTube for @wired.com, doing a deep dive into the state of immigration enforcement and deportation under the Trump administration.

youtu.be/uD9ETC80HDA?...

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 1d

Federalist Society judge is overseeing the Oregon hearing

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 1d

This was probably the most absurd of Judge Nelson's sarcastic responses to Oregon's argument.

Out of nowhere, he suggested that the president could have made the decision to federalize the NG based on secret info and then suggested that's why the decision should be unreviewable. Crazy stuff.

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 1d

Judge Nelson says the determination is "not all driven by what we see on the streets," suggests that there is behind-the-scenes information that we don't have.

Chaffin: on this record, there was not evidence that sporadic violence was a rebellion to justify federalizing the NG.

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 1d

A DOJ attorney stated this in court. It would be shocking in any other timeline.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Hamilton: “The president’s power is unreviewable.”

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 1d

Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican and the chairman of the National Governors Association, on Thursday criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as a violation of his beliefs in federalism and “states’ rights.”

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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