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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 3h

FYI for all New Yorkers:

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 2h

$20 billion for a trump fan. But we are stripping our own people of health care, food stamps and cancer research.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 2h

Being a degenerate is basically a job requirement for these folks.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to head up the Office of Special Counsel, cancelled a female colleague’s hotel reservation on a work trip so he could stay with her, and they ended up sharing a room after she learned she didn't have a hotel room. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

www.politico.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 3h

Nobel committee could do the funniest thing.

Clinton Global Initiative ad with Bill and Gavin Newsom

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 3h

Beauty Pageant "Miss Uncongeniality" winner screws up again #LindseyHalligan #BrooklynAintInNewJersey 🤦🏼‍♂️

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5h

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JW Robison @jwrobison.bsky.social · 3h

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 3h

Okay I change my vote to Zelenskyy.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 3h

I think laminating dough is really fun and I can’t seem to make bread to save my life.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 3h

After Pritzker and Newsom threatened to leave the NGA, the Republican Chair breaks with Trump. Pressure works. Keep it up!

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 11h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 3h

Barack Obama. They should give him a second one just for the stroke.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 7h

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

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 5h

Today I found out he was on blue sky. Today I blocked him. Life is too short.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 6h

nothing like Republicans reacting to Bad Bunny, an American who was born in the United States and has lived his whole life here, by creating an "All-American" alternative Super Bowl halftime show

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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 6h

Again, Trump has crossed a Red Line no president has ever crossed: personally ordering the criminal prosecution of an American he doesn't like despite DOJ not finding evidence of any crime.

If Trump can do this to the powerful, he can do it to you. That's not freedom, and its not America.

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 8h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 5h

When his estate went up for auction, the one thing I wanted was his thesaurus. Well, no, I wanted everything, but I wanted his thesaurus more than anything else.

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 5h

Is the whole thing available?

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Four Seasons Total Landscaping (not really!) @4seasonstl.bsky.social · 6h

Did Schumer hire a new social media team?

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 6h

Someone like JD Vance, who has been on the receiving end of a lot of insinuations, should know to couch his language more carefully.

Anyways, I’ll be here, ready to make a deal to save Americans’ health care and reopen the federal government that Republicans shut down.

A headline from the New York Post reads: “JD Vance calls Chuck Schumer ‘one of the most famous Palestinians’”

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 5h

Second threat walked back after a couple days.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 8h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: Federal judge issues TRO following a second day of hearings, blocking the Trump administration from “ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois” from now through Oct. 23. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
STATE OF ILLINOIS, a sovereign state; and the CITY OF CHICAGO, an Illinois municipal corporation,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 25-cv-12174
Judge April M. Perry
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; KRISTI NOEM, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security;
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; PETER B.
HEGSETH, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Defense; UNITED STATES ARMY; DANIEL P. DRISCOLL, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Army,
Defendants.
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
This Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Doc. 3, and
ORDERS as follows:
1. Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns entered, and all persons acting in concert with them, are temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the
National Guard of the United States within Illinois.
2. This Temporary Restraining Order is at 5:55 P.M. central time on this 9th day of October
2025 and expires on October 23, 2025 at 11:59 P.M.
'President Trump, one of the name Defendants, is not enjoined by this Order.

3. Within two (2) calendar days of entry of this Temporary Restraining Order, Plaintiffs
shall post a nominal bond of $100. The bond shall be filed in the Clerk's Office and be
deposited into the registry of the Court.
4. Defendants' Request to Stay or Administratively Stay the Temporary Restraining Order,
Doc. 62 at 58, is DENIED.
5. A telephone hearing will be held on October 22, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. to address whether
this Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for an additional fourteen (14)
calendar days.
Dated: October 9, 2025
Coul MPeray.
APRIL M. PERRY
United States District Judge
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 9h

typically you don't receive play by plays of what a grand jury is doing

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9h

Per Fox News, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia is currently weighing whether to charge NY AG Letitia James with mortgage fraud.

Fox News & @FoxNews
X.com
BREAKING: A federal grand jury is meeting in the Eastern District of Virginia court, weighing charging NY AG Letitia James with mortgage fraud, two sources confirm to Fox News.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 11h

As long as they don’t circumcise the placenta.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 12h

I’m sure someone else has seen this if it exists, right?

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