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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 6h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Dave Thomas @davidjthomas.bsky.social · 1d

A federal appeals court on Saturday rejected the Trump administration's request to immediately allow the deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois, leaving in place a lower court's order that blocked the mobilization temporarily. www.reuters.com/world/us/app...

Appeals court rejects Trump request to deploy National Guard in Chicago area

A federal appeals court on Saturday rejected the Trump administration's request to immediately allow the deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois, leaving in place a lower court's order that blocked the mobilization temporarily.

www.reuters.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

US actress Diane Keaton dies at 79, People reports reut.rs/46Z0vSs

US actress Diane Keaton dies at 79, People reports

Diane Keaton, the quirky U.S. actress who won an Academy Award and captured hearts with her endearing performance as Woody Allen's eccentric, insecure girlfriend in the 1977 romantic comedy "Annie Hall," has died at the age of 79, People reported on Saturday, citing a family spokesperson.

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

Federal appeals court rules National Guard troops in Illinois can remain federalized but can't be deployed as the appeals process continues.
https://cnn.it/3KIZEOl

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rob Wittman, R-Va., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, all voted for cuts to the CFPB.

Yet collectively, they routed more than 1,000 constituent complaints to the agency, ProPublica found.

(Published August)
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social

These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.

Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, lo...

www.propublica.org

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 2d

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, a nun who became a national sports icon for cheering on the Loyola men’s basketball teams during their NCAA Tournament runs, died Thursday, the school said. She was 106.

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, beloved nun who inspired Loyola’s NCAA Tournament runs, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the longtime chaplain of the Loyola men’s basketball team who became a national sports icon, died Thursday. She was 106.

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Dave Thomas @davidjthomas.bsky.social · 2d

One reason why people liked this series is that you got to keep the songs you bought. Fortnite Festival is an online-only game, and it can disappear as quickly as it came.

Dave Thomas @davidjthomas.bsky.social · 2d

People had been hoping that the success of Fortnite Festival would lead to the creation of a Rock Band 5. But that dream seems to be dead.

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Dave Thomas @davidjthomas.bsky.social · 2d

According to certain reddit users, they're panic-buying these songs, sometimes in the hundreds of dollars (each song costs $1.99). I bought the digital copy of RB4 on a whim, because I didn't want to lose my copy of the game in case my disc broke.

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Dave Thomas @davidjthomas.bsky.social · 2d

One Harmonix rep basically said that the pre-RB4 DLC was in a weird spot and that those songs would come down in the coming months. People are freaking out though that the delistings are already starting: www.reddit.com/r/Rockband/s...

From the Rockband community on Reddit: Warning for those on xbox

Explore this post and more from the Rockband community

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Dave Thomas @davidjthomas.bsky.social · 2d

Rock Band 4 and the DLC for it -- roughly 1,100 songs -- are being delisted as the content hits the 10-year mark. This means that a DLC song that was released in 2019 won't be taken down til 2029.

What we don't know is what's going to happen with the 2,000 songs that came out before RB4.

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Dave Thomas @davidjthomas.bsky.social · 2d

The subreddit for the rhythm video game Rock Band has been turmoil ever since Harmonix, now owned by Epic Games, announced they were taking down the DLC for the game, some of which has been online for 18 years. www.ign.com/articles/roc...

Rock Band 4 Is Being Delisted from Digital Stores This Weekend - IGN

Rock Band 4 DLC will also begin to vanish, fate of legacy DLC will be figured out over the coming months.

www.ign.com

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Dave Thomas @davidjthomas.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of hundreds of National Guard soldiers in Illinois, five days after another U.S. judge blocked a similar deployment in Portland, Oregon. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 3d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 3d

New York AG Letitia James, a longtime foe of President Trump, was indicted for bank fraud, a source said, as the administration seeks to use government power against those who have pursued investigations into him or publicly resisted his agenda reut.rs/3IYvbLy

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 3d

Perry: "We would be in a very different position" if you were arguing the National Guard was just here to defend federal property and agents enforcing immigration law.
But you are not arguing that, she says.
"I am very much struggling to figure out where this would ever stop."

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Federal judge issues a TRO in the Northern District of Illinois (including Chicago and the Broadview ICE facility), providing protections for protesters and journalists covering the protests.

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

Some of the key elements:

1. It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless
Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.
Defendants may order a Journalist to change location to avoid disrupting law enforcement,
' President Trump, one of the named Defendants, is not included in this Order.
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as long as the Journalist has an objectively reasonable time to comply and an objectively
reasonable opportunity to report and observe;

b. Issuing a crowd dispersal order requiring any person to leave a public place
that they lawfully have a right to be, unless dispersal is justified by exigent circumstances as defined by Department of Homeland Security Use of Force Policy (updated Feb. 6,
2023), Sections III.F and XII.E;
С.
For purposes of this Order, a crowd dispersal order is a lawful command
given by a Federal Agent for all persons to leave a designated area when three or more persons are committing acts of disorderly conduct that are likely to cause substantial harm in the immediate vicinity;
d. Using riot control weapons including kinetic impact projectiles (KIPs), Compressed Air Launchers (e.g., PIS and FN303), Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Spray, CS gas, CN gas, or other chemical irritants, 40 mm Munitions Launchers, less-lethal shotguns,
Less-Lethal Specialty Impact-Chemical Munitions (LLSI-CM), Controlled Noise and Light Distraction Devices (CNLDDs), Electronic Control Weapons (ECWs) - on members of the press, protesters, or religious practitioners who are not posing an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer or others;

To facilitate the Defendants' identification of Journalists protected under
this Order, the following are examples of indicia of being a Journalist: visual identification as a member of the press, such as by carrying a professional press pass, badge or credentials; wearing distinctive clothing or patches that identify the wearer as a member of the press; or carrying professional gear such as professional photographic or videography
equipment. Other indicia of being a Journalist under this Order include that the person is standing off to the side of a protest, not engaging in chanting, sign holding, shouting slogans, or otherwise protesting, and documenting protest activities, although these are not
requirements. These indicia are illustrative, and a person need not exhibit every indicium
to be considered a Journalist under this Order. Defendants shall not be liable for unintentional violations of this Order in the case of an individual who does not wear a press pass, badge, or other official press credential, professional gear, or distinctive clothing that identifies the person as a member of the press.

It is further ORDERED that all Federal Agents, excepting those who do not wear a
uniform or other distinguishing clothing or equipment in the regular performance of their official
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duties or are engaged in undercover operations in the regular performance of their official duties, must have visible identification (for which a unique recognizable alphanumeric identifier sequence
will suffice) affixed to their uniforms or helmets and prominently displayed, including when
wearing riot gear.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 3d

Greetings from U.S. District Court Judge April Perry’s courtroom in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is present, waiting for the high stakes hearing to begin. @wttw.bsky.social

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 3d

FULL STORY: As lawyers for the Trump administration defended the president’s unprecedented decision to send National Guard troops to Chicago despite the objections of Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson, officials acknowledged that California troops had also been sent to Illinois. @wttw.bsky.social