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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1h

Many people are saying heroin, brain worms, swimming in sewage, and eating roadkill cause insanity.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Thursday froze President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in and around Chicago, saying the president lacked the authority to do so. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Chicago Military Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 46m

The FBI took personnel action against three special agents who worked in connection with former special counsel Jack Smith's probe of Donald Trump, firing at least two, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News.

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FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referred to.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1h

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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Ellen K ⚖️ @datagoodies.bsky.social · 46m

Live Updates: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Troop Deployment in Chicago Area www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Troop Deployment in Chicago Area

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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 4h

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

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Where ICE Has Taken The Most People | On The Grid | WIRED

YouTube video by WIRED

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

NEW: Here's the indictment of Leticia James. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 4h

As a show of sincere commitment to Trump’s so called “Gaza Peace Deal,” Israel is continuing to bomb civilians through out the night.

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John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social · 3h

The Nazis used the concept of "plenary power"—or complete, absolute authority—to legally dismantle Germany's democracy and establish a dictatorship. The Enabling Act of 1933 was the key piece of legislation that granted these powers to Adolf Hitler and his cabinet.

Stephen Miller Says Trump Has 'Plenary Authority'

YouTube video by HuffPost

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The hedgehog @the-hedgehog.bsky.social · 14h

Drone attack on a Russian oil depot in Rostov

"Went to the oil depot."

And here is where they were flying to. An attack is underway on Matviiv Kurgan in the Rostov region."

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Ellen K ⚖️ @datagoodies.bsky.social · 2h

Live Updates: N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James Indicted After Trump’s Pressure Campaign www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James Indicted After Trump’s Pressure Campaign

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Son of Eric @spiritof44.bsky.social · 15h

REPORTER: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA: "Suspending who?"

REPORTER: Habeas corpus?

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 5h

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 2h

Um...Go Marge?

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene just said the Republican Party is “getting destroyed” during this government shutdown as they refuse to protect health care.

“Everyone’s just getting destroyed... Republicans, you have no solutions... It is hurting so many people.”

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Ellen K ⚖️ @datagoodies.bsky.social · 2h

They were so sure they were obliterating Venezuelan drug traffickers.
Turned out to be Colombians.

nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 16h

Colombia’s President says that the last boat that was bombed by the U.S. was carrying Colombians, not Venezuelans.

“Signs show that the last boat bombed was Colombian, with Colombian citizens inside. I hope their families come forward and file a complaint.”

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Colombia’s President Says Boat Bombed by U.S. Was Carrying Colombians

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Ellen K ⚖️ @datagoodies.bsky.social · 2h

“But there is another, far deeper issue driving the impasse: their outrage about what is happening across the country under a president they regard as lawless and unchecked. “
Democratic Alarm Over an Unbound Trump Fuels Shutdown Standoff www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Democratic Alarm Over an Unbound Trump Fuels Shutdown Standoff

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RV 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇮🇳 🇬🇧 @rave74.bsky.social · 7h

This is how you do it

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h

Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent letters to four of the nation's largest banks demanding information related to "more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators."

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3h

Banana republic shit.

If the reported facts are accurately, this is going to be a colossal embarrassment for DOJ.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

CNN: We have just learned that Letitia James has just been indicted by the DOJ

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Ellen K ⚖️ @datagoodies.bsky.social · 2h

Donating to help with Leticia’s attorneys. (Comey doesn’t need it.)

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 3h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..