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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2h

this is a tacit admission that the administration is not confident in the legal arguments it would have to make in order to detain them, which should also cast into question the legality of the operation in the first place

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3h

Those men are super dangerous drug smuggling terrorists, which is why . . . we are letting them go.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel

www.nytimes.com

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 3h

Land of 10,000 Lakes and No Kings ❌👑

Selfie of Tina Smith speaking on stage at the Twin Cities No Kings protests as American flags wave and people hold up signs of crowns with red X’s painted over them.

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A Man Goes Home and Names His Typical Post Office @bromeliaceae13.bsky.social · 2h

This was a great event - very well organized, and a nice day to be out with a lot of very enthusiastic people.

NJ 11th for Change @nj11thforchange.bsky.social · 4h

Morristown NJ! 10-12 thousand people chanting NO KINGS! ❌👑 @indivisible.org

Drone shot of 10-12 thousand people at Morristown NJ No Kings!

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 5h

A crime so bad you need not prove it in a court of law! Your punishment? Death or a very stern warning before going home.

It boggles the legal mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

U.S. to Repatriate Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel

www.nytimes.com

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 4h

Spoke at the No Kings rally in Atlanta this morning. It's inspiring to see so many across our state coming together to use their voices and exercise their American right to peaceful assembly. We create the context for change.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 4h

Why does the US DOT even have a social media “rapid response team”?

Why are we paying people (during a shutdown!) to post lame politicized memes from an agency responsible for making sure the highways work?

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5h

This is what the Department of Transportation is tweeting out today.

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 4h

Protestors march through downtown Montgomery, Alabama on Oct. 18, 2025 holding a banner saying "No Kings In America." The protest drew more than 600 people. (Ralph Chapoco/Alabama Reflector)

A crowd of people holding a banner saying "No Kings in America" with an inflatable dinosaur holding an upside down American flag

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 4h

new "self-driving by the end of the year" just dropped

Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 4h

He's not even trying anymore. Just phoning it in. Sad!

My estimate of the probability of Grok 5 achieving AGI is now at 10% and rising

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 5h

June feels like years ago, not four months

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 5

DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?

LUTNICK: Generally 10%

DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%

LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff

DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 5h

On the one hand, it makes sense, because the Trump admin has no legal basis for detaining them, not least because the blew up the supposed evidence.

But on the other hand it just underscores how illegal the entire operation is, it's nothing more than murder on the high seas to generate content.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5h

So dangerous that they must be blown into small pieces rather than arrested … unless they are actually captured in which case they may go home with a warning. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 9h

the money you used to give to the New York Times and Washington Post should be going to ProPublica

Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 9h

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Governor Tony Evers @govevers.wisconsin.gov · 5h

Instead of working with Democrats to extend tax credits that make healthcare more affordable for millions of Americans (and that the majority of Americans support extending), Republicans would rather shut down the government for 18 days and do nothing. 🤔

GOP Shutdown Counter with a calendar that reads 18 Days

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 11h

Welcome to the largest day of peaceful protest we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes.

Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

the title of duke of york stands vacant for any enterprising marquess or earl with, say, eight or nine thousand men to seize

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 1d

Official government accounts getting on bluesky pushing three weeks into a shutdown to try and troll ppl is unbelievably washed behavior

Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 1d

You just can’t make this stuff up

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Congresswoman Andrea Salinas @salinas.house.gov · 1d

Our nation's Smithsonians have officially run out of funding and are now closed until the government re-opens.

History, culture, science — all on PAUSE while President Trump and Republicans continue to play their political games at the cost of Americans.

Smithsonian Update

www.si.edu

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Congressman Dwight Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social · 1d

28 days and counting! House Democrats are ready and have been waiting to get to work for the American people- but once again, Speaker Johnson and House Republicans extended their paid vacation today for ANOTHER week.

Milk carton with black and white photo of Mike Johnson and House Republicans on it and big, red “missing” text. Underneath the photo “House Republicans; If found, please have them come back to work for the American people”

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Jane Norman @janenorman.bsky.social · 1d

Here @statesnewsroom.com DC we will be covering the demonstrations in DC and compiling all the action in the states; follow @ashleymurray.bsky.social for her reports, photos and video

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson, Speaker of the (Vacation) House

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

It's official: Speaker Johnson just cancelled all votes in the House next week.

The next scheduled voting day is 10/27; the last time the House was in session was 9/19.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 1d

Asked who chose Budapest as the site of the Trump-Putin summit, given that it's where Russia promised not to invade Ukraine three decades ago, top White House aides told HuffPost: “Your mom.”

Trump To Hold Putin Summit In Budapest – Where Russia Promised Not To Invade Ukraine

Asked who chose Budapest given that history, top White House aides told HuffPost: “Your mom.”

www.huffpost.com

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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve entered the third week of the Republican shutdown.

Democrats are fighting to save health care.

Republicans are still on vacation.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court Friday to stay a lower court order barring his attempted military deployment in Chicago. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Greenlight Chicago Military Takeover