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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

I said this a week after the election and have been saying it every month since. Maybe they get it now.

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boneyardz.bsky.social @boneyardz.bsky.social · 14h

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h

Alright. I’m going to say it.

The most powerful military in the history of the world set out to destroy a jerry-rigged submarine in uncontested waters and

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Failed.

And then…

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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Dan Gleason @dwg15.bsky.social · 11h

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 13h

how you gon HANDcuff a PENIS

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13h

📽️ WATCH: This video on the rise of Russ Vought, Trump's “shadow president,” is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.

Russell Vought: The Shadow President

YouTube video by ProPublica

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23h

Four months after assaulting, then arresting SEIU CA President David Huerta at a protest, DOJ is moving to dismiss.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
DAVID JOSE HUERTA,
Defendant.
No. 2:25-MJ-03504-DUTY
MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT
AGAINST DEFENDANT PURSUANT TO
FEDERAL RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
48(a)
The Acting United States Attorney for the Central District of
California hereby requests leave of the Court to dismiss the
complaint against defendant DAVID JOSE HUERTA without prejudice
pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48(a).

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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 13h

Without referencing this post, a pool reporter should ask Trump who Harry Sisson is and why he would want to dump shit from a fighter jet on him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 12h

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants

Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 12h

If Trump has his way, this is how future generations will learn about the Constitution (i.e., the “Eed Plebnista”).

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 15h

"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered, but we have this consolation: The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph." —Tom Paine

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Dan Gleason @dwg15.bsky.social · 11h

Here we go. Predictable. This administration is murdering people. #gop won't impeach him. #scotus says Trump is immune for official acts. And our country is an international disgrace.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

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thekoolaidmom.bsky.social @thekoolaidmom.bsky.social · 19h

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

"This is a picture of a militarized American agent forcing his way into a private residence to abduct an illegal immigrant and deport him to his country of origin. When it was taken in April 2000, American conservatives were incensed by it."

Elián González, Trump, and What Happened to “True Conservatism”

Toward a quantum theory of politics.

www.thebulwark.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Republicans veterans in Congress, Joint Chiefs Chair Dan Caine, and senior military officers continue to remain silent while Trump, Vance and Hegseth, week after week, give partisan political speeches to active duty troops.

It is a betrayal of their oath to the Constitution.

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NPR @npr.org · 16h

A Missouri group is working to overturn the map that gives the state one more Republican seat in Congress. If they get enough signatures, the map cannot take effect unless Missourians approve them. n.pr/42HDimE

These voters want to overturn Missouri's new gerrymandered congressional map

A Missouri group is working to overturn the map that gives the state one more Republican seat in Congress. If they get enough signatures, the map cannot take effect unless Missourians approve them.

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Dan Gleason @dwg15.bsky.social · 16h

"Another part of his game that escaped the Red Sox?" What a ridiculous statement. The Sox played him in RF. He was a Gold Glover. They were supposed to move him to SS with Bogearts there? They didn't miss anything.

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Dan Gleason @dwg15.bsky.social · 17h

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 17h

"I hear very few people are gonna be there" -- Donald Trump, 10/15/25

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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 17h

A former ICE director says agents have been put "in a terrible position" and are being tasked with operations "in a city where they don't belong."

Ex-ICE director says Trump's immigration crackdown putting agents in "terrible position"

Federal agents deployed tear gas on a crowd in Chicago, prompting a judge to ask the agents to wear body cameras.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h

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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Dan Gleason @dwg15.bsky.social · 18h

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20h

I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.

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Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 19h

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

#NYC #NoKings 👑

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19h

Karoline Leavitt on what she expected for today’s demonstrations: “Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, violent criminals.”

Scott Bessent: “Most unhinged in the Democratic Party”

Mike Johnson: “The pro-Hamas wing, the antifa people.”

NYPD: More than 100,000 protesters; zero arrests.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

#NYC #NoKings 👑

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Dan Gleason @dwg15.bsky.social · 20h

They're such awful criminals were not going to arrest and try them in the US? Maybe because the case isn't there? 🤔

NPR @npr.org · 20h

The two survivors of an American military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, their home countries, President Trump said.

2 survivors of suspected drug vessel will be sent to home countries, Trump says

The two survivors of an American military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, their home countries, President Trump said.

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