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ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 6h

I’ve said this before: The Nobel people should give Trump a participation trophy — ideally a little gold one. Gold spray paint will do.

James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 11h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 7h

Boom there it is!

untethered to the facts

no credible evidence

if that's a judge's view, no degree of deference should dictate the opposite result. This is a really important principle

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 12h

Perry: "I have seen no credible evidence that there is danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois."

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23h

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ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 10h

Trump’s assertions of the need for troops in Chicago are “simply unreliable”?

That’s an understatement!

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Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 1d

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 1d

A candidate who won’t answer follow-up questions? Seriously?

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ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 1d

You don’t need to be a lawyer to understand how bogus Trump’s prosecutions of his enemies is. Listen to this clip of US Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on MSNBC:

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ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 1d

The 10th Amendment is critical to preventing the current Trump power grab.

It reserves certain rights to the states (and their political subdivisions, like cities) and to the people.

It’s these rights Trump is abrogating by creating “emergencies” to call in troops and give himself more power.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

We need more leaders, Dems and (come ON!) even Republicans to speak up this way.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 1d

“The #InsurrectionAct requires a violent rebellion trying to take over the government that does not exist, doesn't exist in Portland, DC, Chicago, L.A., anywhere. But they like the power that these emergency, laws provide to them…And so they lie about the factual circumstances” - CA AG Bonta to me

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ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 1d

The NYT-Siena poll is damning: No segment of the US population thinks the country is on the right track except Republicans and MAGAs who actually voted for Trump.

Even white, non-college -educated voters — his base — break 50-50 against him.

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ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi’s made-for-Fox-News performance at the Senate Judiciary Committee should tell everything you need to know about the Trump administration’s respect for our system of government.

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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 1d

As one who has litigated FOIA cases for over 30 years, this decision is consistent with applicable law and policy.

As the Court notes, "record evidence establishes that any privacy interest of Musk’s is outweighed by the substantial public interests in disclosure."

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2d

NEW: After a filing in California today, voters and pro-voting groups have now moved to intervene in all DOJ lawsuits seeking full, unredacted voter lists — in CA, MI, MN, NH, NY, PA, ME and OR.

Follow Democracy Docket for the latest updates on these cases.

🚨 United States v. Weber

Learn more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 2d

Take a minute or so to watch this clip of JB Pritzker on Rachel Maddow’s show on Monday on the Trump strategy in Chicago:

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ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 2d

Send Trump back to Russia!!

Let him bankrupt a casino or hotel there.

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ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 2d

Close to breaking point:

Thumbing their noses at congressional oversight

Ignoring the plain language of statutes they don’t like

Misleading federal judges

It’s not a big step to expect them to ignore SCOTUS orders they don’t like.

When that happens, itt’s game over.

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 2d

MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace couldn't help but notice that Attorney General Pam Bondi had a large binder of answers and personal attacks to lodge against Democrats.

'Never seen that!' Nicolle Wallace needles Pam Bondi over binder of ad hominem attacks

MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace couldn't help but notice that Attorney General Pam Bondi had a large binder of answers and personal attacks to lodge against Democrats. While a Reuters reporter managed to capture a shot of some of Bondi's binder notes, Wallace noticed just how thick it was and how overtly pa...

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

I am so very tired of listening to Republicans lie. It's not just since Trump. Republicans have been blatantly lying since at least the 1990s. But Trump lies so constantly without being called out on it that the rest of them put their dishonesty on steroids. It's like their primary tactic now.

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ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 2d

Should the courts believe the man untethered from reality who says Portland is “war-ravaged”?

The same man who lies as he breathes?

Gift article:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants

www.nytimes.com

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ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 3d

Something wicked this way comes.

ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 4d

It’s one thing to lie under oath. It’s another to lie all the time. It’s time judges hearing cases involving Trump’s claimed emergencies recognize his pattern and practice of lying on matters big and small.

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ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 5d

So, the Nobel people are going to be asked to give the Peace Prize to a man who helped Israel engage in genocide, then belatedly decided to clean up a humanitarian crisis he helped create. Do I have that right?

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ABQ Free Press @freeabq.bsky.social · 6d

The military is trained to kill people, not police cities.

Trump wants the military to crush dissent, not police our cities.

Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 6d

Deploying the 82nd airborne in Portland ...

Art by @pxmolina.bsky.social

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