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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 15h

Meanwhile, south of the border: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 1d

Hi, how are you? I’m agog over this 3,500-year-old Hittite poem translated and published in @theparisreivew.bsky.social

Photo of a page from the Fall 2025 issue of the Paris Review containing a Hittite poem called “Telipinu went,” written between 1450 and 1350 BCE

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required license plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

Federal immigration officers wear masks and no name tags. Now some are driving cars without license plates.

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

#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 · 1d

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

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d

'Comerica intentionally ended phone calls before the cardholder could speak to a representative, and callers sometimes had to wait on hold for several hours, according to the CFPB’s December lawsuit...In April, the CFPB dropped its suit as the Trump administration gutted the bureau.'

Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: How do you think the US distributes social security benefits to people without bank accounts? If you answered “badly,” you’re correct. Yizhu Wang & I took a look at the latest fumbles in Treasury’s efforts to improve the program, & what’s likely to happen next www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Lifeline for Millions of Americans Becomes Hot Potato for Banks

The US government has begun phasing out paper checks for unbanked Americans who receive federal benefits, adding to the ranks of millions who rely on Direct Express prepaid cards. The problem: that pr...

www.bloomberg.com

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: How do you think the US distributes social security benefits to people without bank accounts? If you answered “badly,” you’re correct. Yizhu Wang & I took a look at the latest fumbles in Treasury’s efforts to improve the program, & what’s likely to happen next www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Lifeline for Millions of Americans Becomes Hot Potato for Banks

The US government has begun phasing out paper checks for unbanked Americans who receive federal benefits, adding to the ranks of millions who rely on Direct Express prepaid cards. The problem: that pr...

www.bloomberg.com

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 1d

Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, unbeatable from the very first paragraph

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 2d

58% of Americans - including half of Republicans - think the president should send armed troops only to face external threats, a sign of unease as President Donald Trump increasingly deploys National Guard troops to police American cities, a @reuters.com poll found.

www.reuters.com/world/us/mos...

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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 3d

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 3d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

* ILLINOIS FILES LAWSUIT SEEKING TO BLOCK PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TO CHICAGO

@reuters.com

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 4d

Not to be a pedant but Bari Weiss was a junior editor who occasionally wrote opinion pieces in the opinion section, not a columnist.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 5d

As Trump pursues a trade pact with the US’s biggest economic and strategic rival, advocates of a tougher China policy fear they’re being sidelined inside the administration as the tech industry’s influence grows

China Hawks Grow Queasy Over Trump’s Push for Deals With Beijing

President Donald Trump rewrote Washington’s rules for dealing with China in his first presidency, embracing confrontation, launching a trade war and upending decades of policy. In his second term, China hawks in Washington fear that Trump is going soft.

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The National Press Photographers Association @nppa.org · 5d

Link to full statement here: nppa.org/news/814

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

Lotta “A.I. bubble” talk this week — but this time, it’s coming from the folks inventing it, selling it, buying it and financing it. 👀

@cnbc.com @fortune.com @axios.com
fortune.com/2025/10/03/s...

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 7d

Pittsburgh successfully pivoted from steel to universities and hospitals. Now Trump’s economic agenda is putting that model at risk.

Trump Is Targeting an Economic Revival Story

Pittsburgh shows how universities and hospitals can fuel renewal — and why Trump’s manufacturing push and cuts to higher education could undermine it.

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 7d

We are in the Bad Faith Era.

Shot/chaser.

Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say
Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?

https://gizmodo.com/cracker-barrel-outrage-was-almost-certainly-driven-by-bots-researchers-say-2000664221

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 7d

“It was heartbreaking to watch. Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Gregory Korte @gregorykorte.com · 7d

NEW: The White House still employs 45 staffers for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency despite the Tesla Inc. CEO’s departure in May — and they’re exempt from being furloughed during the government shutdown.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

White House Keeps 45 DOGE Employees Working Despite Shutdown

The White House still employs 45 staffers for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency despite the Tesla Inc. CEO’s departure in May — and they’re exempt from being furloughed during the govern...

www.bloomberg.com

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◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 7d

If Russ Vought gets a line-item veto over any federal spending in any jurisdiction with any Democratic executive how is the federal government supposed to ever reopen? What would be the point? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Vought Suspends $2 Billion for Chicago Trains in Shutdown Gambit

White House Budget Director Russell Vought announced the withholding of more than $2 billion for transportation projects in Chicago, the latest move by the Trump administration to use the shutdown as ...

www.bloomberg.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8d

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

projects.propublica.org

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 7d

Journalist Mario Guevara is reporting that he will be deported to El Salvador today, after spending more than 100 days in detention after he was arrested on June 14 while covering a "No Kings" protest near Atlanta, GA. The charges against him were dropped, but DHS pursued deportation anyways.

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KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 8d

BREAKING: The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.

Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword

The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.

www.kcur.org

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