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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 1d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Jaclyn Friedman @jaclynf.bsky.social · 4d

Every accusation is a confession, crisis actor edition:

Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 4d

Last week Jesse Watters spoke to man named Eric who claimed he was formerly a member of antifa. Two years ago Watters interviewed Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza, a former Mexican Mafia member. Some folks thought the men looked similar. This is a side by side comparison. 🤷‍♀️

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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 4d

Last week Jesse Watters spoke to man named Eric who claimed he was formerly a member of antifa. Two years ago Watters interviewed Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza, a former Mexican Mafia member. Some folks thought the men looked similar. This is a side by side comparison. 🤷‍♀️

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 4d

Even as Trump is attempting martial law, it's important to remember, fascism can and will be beaten back and it will most likely happen at the ballot box.

Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 18d

The study Olúfémi cited here is long and detailed, but I want to highlight two specific paragraphs which get at why, like him, I know we will win.

"U-Turn" is a new additional concept for

episodes in which democratization is born out of the initial autocratization making it meaningful to view both processes as part of one episode of regime transformation: period of substantive two- directional regime transformation along a democracy-autocracy continuum, in which autocratization is closely followed by and linked to subsequent democratization

We find that aut oritarian

manipulation is the predominant mode of U- Turns during the pre-1994 per od onstituting 56% (37 out of 66) of all U-Turns. Yet, over the past three decades, democratic reaction has become more common and now constitutes the majority of U-Turn episodes, with 61% (22 out of 36) of all U-Turns. This speaks to the changing nature of U-Turns further increasing the relevance of unpacking causes and consequences of contemporary patterns of regime transformation

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 4d

I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT.

Then shut up until you have that attorney present. You cannot invoke your right to silence just by being silent. You have to say the words.

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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 4d

You could take the Illinois National Guard out of the equation by calling the rest of them up first.

Your Rebuild Illinois site suggests there’s plenty for them to do seeing as the state’s transportation infrastructure has a C rating & 26% of Illinois roads & 14% of highways are not “acceptable”

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 4d

When this is over, we are going to have to make stochastic terrorism tortiously liable.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4d

Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data
Sep. 3, 2025

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 6d

"if we’re going to sign on to a full year budget, that budget has to have constraints on the corruption and the illegality. We cannot sign onto a full-year budget that basically puts a bipartisan imprimatur—a bipartisan endorsement of the illegality."

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone who recognizes the existential threat to US Constitutional democracy and wants Democrats to take a stand should listen to this conversation between @chrismurphyct.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social.

I found it heartening to hear a Democratic Senator with eyes open to the moment.

Chris Murphy’s Extraordinary New Takedown of Trump Should Wake Up Dems

The Democratic senator has taken the lead in drawing attention to Trump’s authoritarianism. In an interview, he offers a stark new warning that should galvanize his fellow Democrats before it’s too la...

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 6d

Today so far feds in Chicagoland have:

Attacked & arrested protesters at the Broadview detention center w/the help of the ISP other agencies

Tear gassed a street in Logan Square that has a grocery store & elementary school on it, among other things

Violently handcuffed an Alderperson

It's 3pm

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 6d

This is important. The GOP can open the government literally today with zero Democrats. Just ditch the filibuster. Go ahead. Why won’t they do it?

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 6d

Good to see resolve/resilience from rank and file and House Democrats. Good on @rephuffman.bsky.social daring the republicans to abolish the filibuster ▶️ "[L]et them proceed with GOP votes and let the country see with perfect clarity who owns all the damage and destruction they're fomenting." (1/2)

"🩺 Zoom in: Some Democrats openly acknowledge that, while health care is extremely important to them, it's not the only thing at stake.

🛑 "People want this to be a sort of reckoning, where people finally said, 'No,'" Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) told us.
"We're going to start with these ACA subsidies because it's the most urgent," Landsman told us.
"But ... you're creating a really important moment where sh*t didn't fly."
The bottom line: "I marvel at the naivete of any Democrat who thinks we should give them Dem votes so they can just turn around and ignore us, crash the health care system, and dismantle what's left of our democracy," Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) told us.

"The filibuster is toast anyway," he added, effectively daring Republicans to ignore the Senate's requirement for 60 votes and pass a party-line funding bill.
"So let them proceed with GOP votes and let the country see with perfect clarity who owns all the damage and destruction they're fomenting.""

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 6d

I have talked to CBS staffers who are worried about what will happen when they have a major story

Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 6d

“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"

CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom

EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.

www.independent.co.uk

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7d

This is why you shouldn’t be chickenshit. You’re not saving anything. You’re dooming everything you claim to love. bsky.app/profile/thef...

LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 7d

"Autocrats take over countries when elites — business leaders, media figures, civil society — accommodate rather than resist."

Trump is racing against time

The president's approval rating is closer to Nicolás Maduro's than Vladimir Putin’s

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Jaclyn Friedman @jaclynf.bsky.social · 7d

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Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 7d

Three people including the attacker were kkilled in Manchester yesterday. Two of those three were killed by Greater Manchester Police www.ft.com/content/b88e...

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 7d

SCOOP: PA prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parent's address in Pennsylvania for years. Me with @marisakabas.bsky.social

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MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7d

People are going to go back to reporting icy conditions on Waze

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 7d

Apple agreed with the Trump admin’s demands that they remove apps that helped people track ICE agents from the Apple Store: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7d

Universities considering capitulating to the Trump “conditions” should use this real world example to understand they will simply be destroying their own institution. bsky.app/profile/nich...

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 7d

Chris Rufo's disastrous takeover of New College in Florida shows what universities would become if they sign the Trump regime's extortionary "compact."

New College was supposed to model the anti-woke conservative higher-ed Americans crave. Instead, it showed the opposite, and serves as a warning.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 8d

not a single news org signed. that's what it takes. stand together. everywhere, every time.

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 8d

If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 7d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Jaclyn Friedman @jaclynf.bsky.social · 7d

Wow, what relaxing news to return to after being offline all day for Yom Kippur

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PJ @pjbrissy.bsky.social · 7d

Any attack against innocent civilians, especially those of a religious minority peacefully practicing their faith should be universally condemned, regardless of any larger geopolitical conflicts. It’s not a hard thing to do, and suggesting they’re somehow complicit is the same tactic Netanyahu uses.

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Jaclyn Friedman @jaclynf.bsky.social · 10d

The regime doesn't recognize that other people who aren't them are people at all. They see them as NPCs. They're always caught flat-footed when they turn out to be actual humans.

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 10d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10d

NEW on Press Watch: Why is the national media ignoring this revelatory quote? I'll tell you why. presswatchers.org/2025/09/trum...

Trump: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?' | Press Watch

Trump's Second Term

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 11d

ICE verbally attacked local police chief, & his officers were hit w/ICE pepper spray while investigating a hit & run when an ICE officer hit a pedestrian & drove away. DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN YOUR LOCAL COPS & ICE!!!! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8S3s8w6/

There are new claims of heightened tensions between ICE agents at the Broadview, Illinois immigration processing facility and local police. #news #chicagonews #ice #broadview #chicago

TikTok video by abc7chicago

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11d

Trump’s political prosecutions require members of the public—specifically jurors—to go along with him. Every time Trump wants to prosecute one of his political enemies, the people should say: no. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

When Trump tries to indict his political enemies on pretextual grounds, grand jurors have the option of refusing to indict. When prosecutors ask for a conviction, jurors can refuse to convict. The Trump administration can treat this government of the people as his own mob enforcers, but the people need not acquiesce. When Trump abuses his power to settle political scores, the people can choose to nullify.

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