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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

The government has submitted a wailing motion on discovery in the Jim Comey case--partly wailing that bc he won't agree to a protective order--they don't have agreement.

But they basically ignore Judge Nachmanoff's order that ALL discovery is due Monday.

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

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 3h

Mind blowing.

The Luxon Government has confirmed it will rewrite NZ’s once bipartisan climate change law to dilute methane reduction targets and PERMANENTLY exclude dairy from the Emissions Trading Scheme – a move Greenpeace says amounts to full-blown climate denial.
#nzpol

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womblingweka.bsky.social @womblingweka.bsky.social · 3h

I don't think the people in my region have a particular dislike of Welly. They're just racist 😞

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like a bad idea to fire air traffic controllers when there's already a shortage but what do I know

Sean Duffy Threatens to Fire Air Traffic Controllers as 10% Call Out Sick During Shutdown

gizmodo.com

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 9h

Before targeting Trump foes, Pulte practiced on his own family, per @
Brian Slodysko and Chris Megerian. He accused his grandfather’s widow of insider trading, was tied to a website trashing an aunt as a "fake Christian" and called another relative "a fat slob." apnews.com/article/trum...

How Bill Pulte learned the art of the attack, from his own family to Letitia James

Bill Pulte has become a significant player in the Trump administration. Known for his aggressive online persona and bitter public fights with several family members, Pulte currently serves as director...

apnews.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11h

Everything about this is bonkers. The arrest, the charge, the possible sentence, the **$2 million bail.**

reason.com/2025/10/10/t...

Tennessee man arrested, gets $2 million bond for posting Facebook meme

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.

reason.com

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Burger @burg3rtime.bsky.social · 9h

A fantastic breakdown of why this case has been doomed from the start

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15h

By the time of James' arraignment on October 24, DOJ will EITHER have dismissed Jim Comey's case, OR the evidence that Halligan was unlawfully appointed AND the evidence that EDVA knew they had no probable cause against Comey will be public.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/11/p...

Prosecutors Sucking Lemons in Their Vindictive Prosecution of Jim Comey - emptywheel

Unless prosecutors find a way to make the Jim Comey prosecution go away, in nine days, we'll get details (in the Vindictive and Selective Prosecution motion) of the efforts Trump has already made to p...

www.emptywheel.net

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womblingweka.bsky.social @womblingweka.bsky.social · 3h

But...meritocracy!

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 8h

The Trump administration filed an error-filled motion in federal court on Friday in a case about the potential permanent firing of federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown.

lawandcrime.com/high-profile...

Trump admin files error-filled motion in case about federal worker layoffs during shutdown

In terms of substance, the Trump administration insists the plaintiffs are simply overstating their case in terms of what a memo – and accompanying guidance – actually mean.

lawandcrime.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10h

Madness. Absolute madness. This is entirely about the Epstein Files and you can't convince me otherwise at this point. Miller and Hegseth want Generals who will take over blue cities but it looks like that's clearly not a priority for the guy in charge. Number 1 is covering for him.

CNN @cnn.com · 15h

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party | CNN Politics

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

www.cnn.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

A second generation nepo baby, raised by a pair of sociopaths and given every advantage in the world. I'm sure this story will end well.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h

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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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

A First Lady who lied about having a college degree on her immigration application, who is married to someone who rapes children and arrests his political opponents, and has a "back door channel" to an evil despot who kidnaps children and assassinates his political opponents.

Incredible.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

One evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries consoles another evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries for not getting an award for which neither evil man is even remotely deserving.

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 12h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7h

If someone merely acknowledging the humanity of your enemies enrages you, you’re the baddies.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h

Writing something about ICE and sweet Jesus it is so incredibly dark what they are doing to these cities. We have all seen the videos, but when you wade into the details of their actions, it is extraordinarily bleak.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 9h

Are you fucking kidding me.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h

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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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 13h

They must be exhausted.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 7h

This is quite a split screen:

➡️Trump & RFKjr layoff the top two leaders of the federal measles response team as part of CDC purge
⬅️Measles outbreak expands, hundreds of unvaccinated children hit with highly contagious disease

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

Scientists who focused on other infectious diseases, like an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also were let go.

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 9h

I’m so glad Portland is doing this, it’s genius, and also I desperately want it to stop being just a Portland thing, this needs to be a national tactic

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 11h

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

Letitia James is being indicted for saving $50/month on a loan?

Gee, I wonder how much loan money Donald Trump saved when he got more than $270 million in debt forgiven after he failed to repay loans on his Chicago skyscraper development . . .

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h

The grand jury indictment against New York AG Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased.

James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, the indictment alleges.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Letitia James saved only about $50 a month with lower interest rate, indictment alleges

The grand jury indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses her of receiving a lower-cost loan on a home she purchased in Norfolk, Virgini

www.nbcnews.com

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 8h

This pair of tweets live rent-free in my head :

Tweet thread

Alexander J.A Cortes
@AJA_Cortes
Unnatural hair colors in woman are a warning signal to stay away,
Its an example Aposematism-the phenomenon of poisonous animals in nature advertising their toxicity and lethality
JulieG @stringy
Replying to @javafour and @Ennaaseret7
Aposematism is there to warn off predators, not sexual partners. If you're repelled bv it. it's working.

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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 12h

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president.

Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 7h

Looks like ICE again has a big, hot mess on its hands. This time with the arrest of a Chicago TV station employee.
Witnesses say Debbie Brockman was just standing nearby when ICE roared up. She was later released from custody without charge....now this:

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 7h

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino said today that Brockman has “charges pending.” He also posted a photo of her in the ICE minivan after she was detained.

I asked how she wasn’t charged right away if she assaulted officers and what the charges will be but he hasn’t replied.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 8h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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