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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8h

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

Real talk…

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John Dandridge @jonthetherapist.bsky.social · 4h

'Heritage demolished': Trump blasted over shocking White House demolition for new ballroom

www.rawstory.com/white-house-...

'Heritage demolished': Trump blasted over shocking White House demolition for new ballroom

Observers bashed the groundbreaking of President Donald Trump's signature White House renovation project on Monday, calling it "an abomination."Trump announced on Monday that crews broke ground on the...

www.rawstory.com

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💙Red Hibiscus💙 @redhibiscus23.bsky.social · 18h

Indeed

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5h

those White House demolition photos look real rough

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 7h

Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

That’s seven.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/uni...

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 6h

American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17h

One more reason why Democrats need to take back Congress. We need hearings, subpoenas, and daylight on every back-channel to Moscow.

We have no ‘friends’ at the Kremlin‼️

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 5h

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 4h

If politicians get paid while soldiers don’t, that shouldn’t be politics — it should be illegal. 😡

A newspaper clipping quotes Norfolk servicemembers frustrated with Congress over a government shutdown. One says lawmakers keep getting paid even when others lose income. Another says it’s “disgusting that our politicians play games with other people’s paychecks and not their own.”

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙🐸 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 11h

open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...

It’s up to you, New York, New York

The Empire State can probably undo Trump’s commutation of Santos’s sentence

open.substack.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13h

OH MY GOD!

What's Happening at Mar-a-Lago?

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙🐸 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 10h

open.substack.com/pub/politicu...

Democrats Move To Cut Off Funding For Trump's White House Ballroom

Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) has introduced a bill that would cut off all funding for the construction of Trump's White House ballroom during the government shutdown.

open.substack.com

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah. So The White House
is designated a National Historic Landmark.

That means:

It’s formally recognized as having exceptional national historical significance.

Any substantial changes, demolitions, or new construction affecting it are tightly restricted.

It’s not his house! WTF.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

OMG! In Comey's motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution, he points to others who have lied to Congress that were NOT prosecuted. Number one is JEFF SESSIONS when he said "I have been called a surrogate at a time or two, but I did not have contact with the Russians." 1/

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

[checks calendar]

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14h

It’s long past time for Speaker Johnson to do his job and swear in Arizona Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva. She won on September 23rd that’s 26 days ago.

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Epstein @genelisadaily.bsky.social · 1d

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11h

NEWS: A 9th Circuit panel rules 2–1 (2 Trump-appointees, 1 Clinton appointee) that Trump can deploy the Oregon National Guard to guard an ICE facility in Portland while the lawsuit plays out. The Texas Guard remains blocked.

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Andy @andy.wrestlejoy.com · 11h

ICE is now the 13th largest military in the world on its own.

Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 12h

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DJ "Jo" NoneYa 🟧 @djnoneya.bsky.social · 9h

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

My Son Was 1 Day Old When I Learned Our Family Had Been Exposed To Measles. Here's What Happened Next.

"Because of parents who opt out of vaccinating their kids, I was put in this position."

www.yahoo.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

The biggest renovation of the White House -- the so-called Truman Reconstruction of 1949-1952 -- came about only because the building was in such a state of disrepair that inspectors decided it was unsafe for occupancy.

Not because the president just decided he needed a big fancy ballroom.

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