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davetheresurrector.bsky.social @davetheresurrector.bsky.social · 12h

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Yes On Prop 50 | Special Election Phone Banks · Mobilize

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 13h

There are several bills to cut off Congress's pay checks during government shutdowns

Now there's a bill to halt White House ballroom renovations during the shutdown:

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

www.congress.gov

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h

I agree with @stevevladeck.bsky.social that if SCOTUS overturns Judge April Perry's injunction in Chicago, it will be a make-or-break moment for democracy. But over the weekend, Trump did several things to hurt his case.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/20/s...

Shit-Posting All the Way to SCOTUS - emptywheel

If the Supreme Court allows Trump to invade Democratic states based on transparent fabrications, we're in real trouble. But Trump spent the weekend proving how unreliable he is.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

“You call conflict of interest ‘EXPERIENCE’?”🤔

On 60 Minutes, Witkoff & Kushner try to position their conflicts in the Middle East as to our benefit— as Trumps & friends enrich themselves.

Pathologically corrupt. Where are the Hunter hunters? @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

Trump’s Gestapo is destroying evidence and lying to the court, and state attorneys general should prosecute them. My latest: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...

LIVE: Trump’s ICE Caught DELETING EVIDENCE in BOMBSHELL COURT DOCS?!

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

www.youtube.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14h

www.kgw.com/article/news...

Blind man handcuffed, dragged by federal agents at ICE facility, he says

Quinn Haberl, a blind protester, says federal agents at Portland's ICE facility dragged and handcuffed him twice. Both incidents were on video.

www.kgw.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

80,000+ !! #NoKings www.10news.com/news/local-n...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Yikes — WP reports Rubio turned over gang informants to El Salvador to get that deal to let Trump send immigrants to their hard labor prison without due process.

A lawless regime.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 14h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12h

Frogs in slowly heating water is a popular allegory for being unaware that you are being destroyed in an incrementally worsening situation.

But I'm drawing hope from the past week that we frogs may be a bit more aware of our situation than those allegorical frogs. #Hop

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13h

He’s spending millions for a ballroom while American soldiers go without pay…

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court Monday all but cleared the way for President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Appeals Judges Greenlight Trump's Portland Military Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

UPDATE: Trump has begun demolishing parts of the White House to build his $250 Million ballroom, despite claiming they wouldn’t do that.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

So much for Donald's claim - less than a week ago - that he had brokered a whole new golden era of peace in the Middle East:

Nytimes headline says "Israel, suspended aid and strikes Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating truce."

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 20h

We wondered after a full boisterous day of nationwide protests Saturday, would our Montclair Sundays protesters still show up for week 35?
The answer: HELL YES.
Highlights 🧵

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13h

Everything Worse

Tony Serrata 🇺🇦 @serrata.org · 15h

@walshfreedom.bsky.social I thought you'd want to see this. People are waking up. I hope it's more numerous than that. But it looks like we're seeing people starting to wake up.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h

The people guarding the US nuclear stockpile are being furloughed today.

Meanwhile, Trump deemed those who helped him start trolling accounts on Bluesky and who disseminated his shitpost over the weekend essential.

edition.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...

Federal agency overseeing US nuclear stockpile will furlough most of its workforce starting Monday | CNN Politics

The federal agency responsible for overseeing and modernizing the US nuclear stockpile will furlough the vast majority of its staff Monday as the government shutdown drags on, according to the Departm...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

The biggest renovation of the White House -- the so-called Truman Reconstruction of 1949-1952 -- came about only because the building was in such a state of disrepair that inspectors decided it was unsafe for occupancy.

Not because the president just decided he needed a big fancy ballroom.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

🧑‍🌾 FARMER: "MAGA now means Make Argentina Great Again — as China buys soybeans from Argentina, the same country Trump sent ($40 BILLION)… A bailout is like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. We don't want a bailout. We want markets for our crops."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h

Lindsey Halligan Lectures Someone ELSE about Conflicts

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/20/l...

Lindsey Halligan Lectures Someone ELSE about Conflicts - emptywheel

The loaner prosecutors doing Lindsey Halligan's dirty work are insinuating that Patrick Fitzgerald -- and not Halligan herself -- has a conflict on this case.

www.emptywheel.net

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence

These are the foundations of real freedom.

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Vaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 1d

me_irl

The Wicker Dan (1973) @danlehner.bsky.social · 1d

hell yeaj

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

Trump just told this “I ended 8 wars” lie 🤥 again, so here’s the truth in case anyone cares 👇🏽

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h

This passage, from Jim Comey's response to the loaner AUSAs' bid to set up a filter review, seems to suggest they're asking for a filter review that they've already started, and they're doing it under warrants for 793 rather than this case.

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The government has to date refused to answer the defense’s questions about
the legal basis to continue to review materials pursuant to [redaction] that [redaction]
. Similarly, the government has refused to answer
questions about what, precisely, it intends to review from the prior warrants.
Particularly in the face of the government’s refusal to answer basic questions about
this proposed review, and in light of the serious privilege and constitutional
concerns apparent from even a superficial review of the warrants, the defense needs
time to diligently review the discovery to respond to this motion.2 Concerns about
the potential review are amplified because the defense has reason to believe [redaction]
, as set forth in a sealed
exhibit. (See Exhibit A).

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

Oooh this is juicy. This is from Jim Comey's response to Lindsay Halligan's motion to disqualify defense counsel Pat Fitzgerald, and to set up filter protocols over old warrants. THE DEFENSE HAS REASON TO BELIEVE WHAT? lol

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