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David Ryan Miller

@davidryanmiller.com

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Asst Prof American University (American institutions). Fmr. asst prof ETSU & UC-Riverside & Vanderbilt post-doc CSDI. WUSTL, URI, & GWU alum. Taylor Alison Swift is my muse. www.davidryanmiller.com

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David Raymond Miller is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 63rd mayor of Toronto from 2003 to 2010.

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 45m

Pretty sure the people who will show up to No Kings rallies on 10/18 to reiterate that this country was founded on the premise of *no kings* are actually those actually *love* America, Mike.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 52m

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 51m

It’s an insane world where militarizing your own civilian streets and ordering extrajudicial murders on the high seas doesn’t get you a prize.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 52m

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Trump will just have to keep murdering fishermen until you stupid jerks give him the peace prize

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Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 10h

Ume, the Malayan tapir calf, isn’t exactly dainty when it comes to eating her salad behind the scenes. 🥬 Now, 8 months old and 400 pounds, she’s growing fast, and those loud crunches mean she’s getting all the greens she needs to thrive. 💗

📹: Keeper Katie

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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10/09/2025 08:22 PM EDT
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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 12h

Be careful not to misuse "performative" Zander 😛

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

“President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday.

(Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)”

@gettyimages.com @keithedwards.bsky.social

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14h

It's almost as if this is another bogus case cooked up by an unqualified insurance lawyer appointed to do the president's bidding...

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14h

Brown M&Ms. Mirrors the screwups in the Comey filing. They can't even get basic information right. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14h

Brown M&Ms. Mirrors the screwups in the Comey filing. They can't even get basic information right. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h

America, 2025: Government lawyers tell judges that the President can declare any protest he dislikes to be a rebellion, and the courts must agree.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 20h

Perry: DOJ's definition of rebellion would mean that
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 14h

Honestly disappointed in Clinton for agreeing to participate.

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 14h

Why is @hillaryclinton.bsky.social participating in this farce?

Honestly disappointed.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 15h

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14h

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 14h

Perry: The federal government is "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois."

That's it. Thanks again for following.

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 15h

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
― Hannah Arendt,

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 15h

Perry is now taking on the idea that Trump's decision is not subject to judicial review.

She says 10 USC 12406 permits federalization of guard troops in three instances, "not whenever he determines when one of them is met," Perry says.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 15h

Perry: Four (4) federal judges have issued rulings in the past two (2) days in separate cases that cast significant doubt on federal officials' "credibility and assessment of what is happening on the streets of Chicago."

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 15h

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 15h

#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 15h

Perry: "I'm going to issue an oral ruling."

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING

New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued her first statement in the aftermath of being indicted by President Trump’s DOJ.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 15h

Perry: "I'm going to issue an oral ruling."

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 15h

That an unqualified beauty pageant contestant is emerging as Donald Trump's hatchet woman is somehow fitting.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 16h

It wasn’t immediately clear what the charges are.

MAGA Beauty Queen Prosecutor Indicts Another Trump Enemy

It wasn’t immediately clear what the charges are.

trib.al

David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 15h

Another day, another crime against the Constitution.

218 members of the House and 67 senators could end this madness any day now and, in doing so, give us a chance to rebuild our Republic.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING: Letitia James has been indicted on one count of bank fraud in Virginia, charge brought directly by Lindsey Halligan, just like the Comey indictment.