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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 14h

"Not the only one." Reacting to WSJ reporting that the now-deleted Donald Trump post demanding AG Pam Bondi prosecute his political enemies was meant as a direct message, Preet Bharara bets there are more such messages.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 15h

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he has not yet been briefed since President Trump posted to Truth Social about a signed first phase in the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 15h

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: "I agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene!"

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 16h

House Democratic leader Jeffries: We're waiting for Trump.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 16h

Coming up next hour!

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries will be Jen Psaki's guest on The Briefing.

9pmET on MSNBC

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 17h

Tonight on The Briefing!

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 1d

Full video: Jacob Soboroff's @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social powerful reporting on how ICE agents are terrorizing suburban Chicago neighborhoods:

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Neighbors push back as Trump's ICE army terrorizes Chicago suburbs

YouTube video by MSNBC

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight on The Briefing!

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 5d

"Every single week we have seen one-sided escalation from ICE. We come with songs and chants and signs. They come with tear gas and pepper bullets and flash bangs." @katmabu.bsky.social on ICE brutalizing protesters in Chicago.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 5d

Rep. Dan Goldman wonders if Trump knows how his policies are impacting Americans: "I think he is fed so much dung from his staff that was put in there with a very express purpose of usurping total control of the government and cutting back as much as possible."

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 5d

Rep. Greg Casar on Republicans skipping town: "It's like the entire Republican party has taken a lesson out of Cancun Ted Cruz' playbook."

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 5d

"It's like an erosion of constitutional norms-themed Mad Libs." Michael Feinberg, former FBI assistant special agent in charge, remarks on how everyone at the FBI has pre-emptively composed their resignation letters.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 5d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 5d

"The frantic effort to undo the rolling cuts made to the Homeland Security Grant Program, with the last $100 million slashed over the weekend, underscored the chaos unfolding as the Trump administration moves to punish political adversaries..."
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Trump Administration Reverses $187 Million in N.Y. Counterterrorism Cuts

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 5d

Tonight on The Briefing!

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 5d

This by @katmabu.bsky.social is the best speech I've heard yet by any politician about what ICE/Trump/Noem is doing and it's not close.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

I am just so fucking proud of her.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 6d

Psaki: "All around the world, Trump is the butt of the joke, and it's a little less funny to many people living here."

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 6d

Rep. Madeleine Dean: "It looks like the president is trying to take us off the world stage in terms of our credibility as the indispensable nation. I want the speaker to go to the president and say it's recognizable what you are doing and your deterioration."

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 6d

Tonight on The Briefing!

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 7d

Apparently, Trump commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, didn't get the "ixnay on the epsteinyay" memo.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 7d

Season 2 of Jen Psaki's Blueprint podcast is almost here!

And the first episode, featuring the hilariously witty and politically savvy hosts of the I've Had It podcast will be taped at the MSNBC Live event in New York City on October 11.

Details and tickets are at MSNBC.com/Live25

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 7d

MD Gov. Wes Moore says troops don't need to follow Trump's orders if they are unlawful. "I think this becomes a really challenging moment for the members of our military when you usually have the ability to trust the orders that you are getting are lawful."

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 7d

"I'm not hearing a world in which John Thune wants to negotiate." @warren.senate.gov reacts to new @politico.com reporting that Senate Majority Leader Thune says he's open to negotiating on health care if enough Democrats support House GOP to reopen the government. (www.politico.com/news/2025/10...)

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 7d

Donald Trump knew he was going to be speaking to all of those military leaders, but he still didn't bother to write a comprehensive speech?

Watch Jen Psaki talk about it with Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré:
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Trump, Hegseth put on embarrassing show before a distinguished military audience

YouTube video by MSNBC

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 7d

Watch Jen Psaki's full interview with House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries: youtu.be/d_BE6Vj2if4?...

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