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Jason Abbruzzese

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Assistant managing editor at NBC News Digital: Tech, science, climate, health, business and digital culture. Signal:JasonAbb.78

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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 1d

Portland’s anti-ICE protests have become a magnet for MAGA influencers

Even Portland police say the influencers are acting more like counterprotesters, initiating fights and scuffles.

Trump has praised them, bringing them to the White House and sending them notes.
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Portland's anti-ICE protests have become a magnet for MAGA influencers

Right-wing influencers and media figures have flocked to Portland, helping bring national and Trump administration attention to ICE protests in the city.

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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: I wrote about the dozen-plus MAGA influencers who have been flocking to Portland, how they are shaping perceptions of anti-ICE protests, and how they and the Trump administration are playing off one another. www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

Portland's anti-ICE protests have become a magnet for MAGA influencers

Right-wing influencers and media figures have flocked to Portland, helping bring national and Trump administration attention to ICE protests in the city.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1d

NEW: Trump's former personal attorney has convicted a federal grand jury to indict another one of Trump's political enemies

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N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump opponent, indicted by grand jury on bank fraud charge

James, a Democrat, has clashed with President Donald Trump after bringing civil charges against him in New York.

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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 1d

Judge Rules Feds Can’t Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/09/j...

Judge Rules Feds Can't Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue

Block Club and news organizations sued the federal government for its actions against journalists outside the Broadview ICE detention facility. Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray...

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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 1d

ANOTHER update on my earlier reporting: NHTSA said today they're investigating Tesla over how FSD handles rail crossings. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...

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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 1d

Tesla's Full-Self Driving software is now under federal investigation, including its behavior at train crossings, after an NBC News investigation.

In September, NBC News found that Tesla owners repeatedly complained about Teslas failing to detect oncoming trains.

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Tesla's Full Self-Driving software under investigation after railroad incidents

NBC News reported last month that Tesla vehicles using Full Self-Driving software sometimes fail to stop for train tracks.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 2d

'My kids could die': C-SPAN caller confronts House Speaker Mike Johnson about shutdown effects: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

C-SPAN caller confronts House Speaker Mike Johnson about shutdown effects: 'My kids could die'

The caller, who was identified as a Republican and military spouse, said she would not be able to afford her children's medication if the shutdown continues.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 2d

“It can’t be the case that a president tries to steal an election and there are no legal consequences.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Experts fear impact of deepening polarization and perceived political prosecutions

Reforms enacted after Watergate to bolster public confidence in the impartiality of prosecutions are proving dated and ineffective, legal experts warn.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 2d

“None of this should be a surprise to people,” a person familiar with the probe said of the fact that Jack Smith's team got toll records of members of Congress. "They followed Justice Department policy and obtained the approvals necessary before they took any steps."

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FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The three agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Jack Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referenced.

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Jason Abbruzzese @jasonabbruzzese.bsky.social · 3d

Some people are using gen AI to help with their legal issues...

....and winning:

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 8d

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Early polls show Trump and GOP taking more blame than Democrats for shutdown

The national surveys taken in the final days of September and the first day of the shutdown find that voters are more inclined to blame Trump and his party. But many are uncertain.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 8d

New @kff.org poll on whether U.S. adults support or oppose extending the Obamacare subsidies scheduled to expire at the end of 2025

Overall: 78% say extend, 22% say expire

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Joe Murphy @joemurph.bsky.social · 8d

Not all #dataviz has to be in chart form – this presentation of what's happened during the government shutdown and what's to come is mostly HTML & CSS, with a little bit of SVG.

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Day 1
Oct. 1
The federal government shuts down.
National park visitor centers close.
Department of Veterans Affairs regional offices close.
Social Security benefit verifications are suspended.
Certain small-business loan approvals are now paused.
Bureau of Labor Statistics ceases to release economic and employment data.
Day 3
Oct. 3
By the end of the day, the current shutdown will have lasted longer than seven previous government shutdowns.
The Senate will revote on stopgap funding measures that have previously failed.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 8d

On top off all the NatSec brain drain at DOJ through departures and firings since Trump returned, the Justice Department’s top counterterrorism prosecutor has been out of pocket, patrolling the streets of DC as a National Guardsman because “Big Balls” got assaulted.

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DOJ fires top national security prosecutor after he’s questionably linked to Comey pushback

Prosecutors with ties to former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco have been targeted after President Donald Trump called for Microsoft to “immediately terminate” her.

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Corky Siemaszko @corkysiemaszko.bsky.social · 9d

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What the shutdown means for Medicare, Medicaid and other health programs

Core programs will keep running because their funding is built into law. But a popular Medicare benefit has already ended, and local health centers may be at risk unless Congress acts soon.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 9d

“The level of vitriol is at a spot that I’ve never observed in my entire career. It’s having devastating impacts on community and police departments and law enforcement agencies throughout the country.”

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Police chiefs sound alarm over 'disturbing rise in rhetoric,' cite rising political threats

A leading police organization called for the prosecution of "individuals, including elected and public figures, who incite violence or contribute to a climate that fosters targeted attacks."

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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 9d

NEW: I went to my hometown, Des Moines, to report on how ICE's detainment of the popular superintendent has rocked the community

New questions about his background have left many confused
-- as hundreds protest in a city where that's relatively uncommon

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In Iowa, a sleepy city is moved to protest for a beloved superintendent detained by ICE

Despite questions swirling around Ian Roberts, the demonstrations on his behalf continue.

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Corky Siemaszko @corkysiemaszko.bsky.social · 9d

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GOP misleads with claim that Democrats shut down to give health care to 'illegal immigrants'

U.S. law prohibits federal health care benefits for undocumented immigrants. Democrats want to return benefits for those with lawful presence, like DACA recipients and asylum-seekers.

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Amanda Terkel @aterkel.bsky.social · 9d

NEW — Trump admin is using fed govt websites, websites and email msgs to push out partisan shutdown messages.

Some civil servants are being given suggested out-of-office messages to use that pin the shutdown on Dems.

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Trump administration uses government websites and email messages to pin the shutdown on Democrats

Some federal workers were given suggested out-of-office email messages that said they were furloughed because "Democrat Senators are blocking passage" of a funding bill.

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 10d

NEWS: Supreme Court allows Fed's Lisa Cook to stay in office for now, agrees to hear arguments in January on Trump's bid to fire her.

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Supreme Court allows the Fed's Lisa Cook to stay in office for now as Trump pushes to fire her

The court agreed to take up Cook's challenge to her firing from the independent Federal Reserve Board and will hear arguments in the case in January.

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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 11d

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Senators urge investigation into Tesla’s Full Self-Driving after train crossing incidents

The letter comes after NBC News reviewed dozens of driver complaints alleging Tesla’s software mishandled train crossings.

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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 11d

UPDATE on my earlier report: Senators call for investigation into Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ after train crossing incidents www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...