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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 4h

The Central Park Five—whom Trump wanted executed for a crime they did not commit—were 14 to 16 years old.

Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 6h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 3h

#INDIANA
#UNIVERSITY
#CENSORSHIP

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 3h

This is a complete outrage www.indystar.com/story/news/e...

Indiana University orders student paper to stop printing. Editors say it's censorship

In recent weeks, university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student have fought over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 3h

LEGITIMIZED VIGILANTE-ISM.

youtu.be/7FQN2F7aDpc?...

Is Trump Planning a Military Takeover? | Professor David Noll

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

🔥 ZOHRAN ON FOX: "I want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Adams who will call you to stay out of jail… a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election… I’ll be a mayor ready to speak at any time to lower the cost of living.“

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

MCCALLUM: “Margaret Thatcher said socialism’s great until you run out of other people’s money.”

🔥ZOHRAN: “Cuomo had $900 million and gave it to Elon musk in tax credits— I wish the debate were like NASCAR so people could see logos of billionaires who sponsor him on his jacket.”

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Brett Marion @apresneptune.bsky.social · 5h

"you won't have to vote anymore"

Trump Declines to Back Away From ‘You Don’t Have to Vote Again’ Line (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 5h

Yes, but mainly they drank from the Unitary Executive bottle.

Voted for joy and we ended up with this @deborahinohio.bsky.social · 5h

The supreme court USED to be our last stop to uphold the constitution. Then, most of them started getting free exotic vacations, campers, kickbacks, and our actual laws were replaced with bags of cash.

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Voted for joy and we ended up with this @deborahinohio.bsky.social · 5h

Every fucking one of us! If someone needs a ride in your community, step up and take them. Reach out in your local neighborhood FB groups and see if you can help disabled or seniors get to the polls. You CAN actually make FB useful, if you do it right.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 5h

#CFPB

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 11h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 11h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 5h

There may be other reasons too -- such as agency operations or intelligence gathering inside the US that that skirt or violate the law, similar to COINTELPRO and CHAOS.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h

Why did CIA Dep Dir Michael Ellis fire the general counsel at CIA and place himself in that office? Asha Rangappa explains:

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h

Why did CIA Dep Dir Michael Ellis fire the general counsel at CIA and place himself in that office? Asha Rangappa explains:

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

See this for what it is:
*Trump wants to make the military/FBI loyal to him
*GOP refuses bipartisan legislation to pay the military
*Trump creates a new executive power: that he and he alone decides if the military/FBI is paid during shutdown

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-shutdo...

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 5h

#ICE

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 5h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

chicago.suntimes.com

kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 5h

#KIRSTEN
#SINEMA

STILL AT IT!

STILL HIGH ON THE HOG!! 🐖🐖🐖 PORK EVERYWHERE!!

(did the makeup help?🤔)

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 9h

Campaign for Krysten Sinema, who is out of office, spent $322K last quarter.

Items include—

💸 $74K on airfare

💸 $30K on security

💸 $1K in auto maintenance to Mercedes Benz of Scottsdale

💸 $800 for makeup

💸 $300 to Louisville's Bourbon and Beyond festival

💸 $800/month in vehicle insurance

FEC Disclosure Form 3 for Sinema for Arizona

docquery.fec.gov

kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 5h

ENEMY LISTS!
DEFUND THE DEMOCRATS!

"Charlie’s death is like a domestic 9/11,” Bessent said. “Just as after 9/11, and Osama bin Laden, was captured, we are operationalizing the Treasury, and we are going to track down who is responsible...”

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 7h

Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left talkingpointsmemo.com/news/big-tal...

Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that his department is in...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 7h

Solidarity is the only way we get out of this. Well done.

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 7h

NEW for @washingtonpost.com:

Pentagon reporters exited the building in unison Wednesday after turning in their badges, having refused to sign the Defense Department's press policy.

@nancyayoussef.bsky.social called it a “sad day for those who support a free press.”

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 9h

No doubt, well earned.

Rough work.

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 9h

Cruz's campaign also appeared to pay $420 to a makeup artist.

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www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-y...

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 12h

Here’s how/why Republicans jack up your electric rates: stall/kill clean energy projects, so expensive fossil fuel plants have to come online to pick up slack.

Polluting plants, otherwise idle, now get paid; your money goes to corrupt payday for big Trump donors.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/trump-officials-drop-major-solar-power-project-in-another-renewable-energy-attack"

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 9h

Whew.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 13d

New: Abu Dhabi fund MGX told me it picked USD1—a Trump family–linked stablecoin from World Liberty Financial—to put $2B into Binance, citing its “compliance history.”

USD1 had just launched.

me, for @forbes.com

🪙🍼🤷

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MGX Says $2 Billion Binance Investment Used USD1 Because Of ‘Compliance History’—But The Trump-Linked Stablecoin Was Brand New

The Abu Dhabi fund told Forbes that Binance requested settling with a cryptocurrency and used a stablecoin for stability, ultimately selecting USD1, in part, because it was backed by U.S. government a...

www.forbes.com

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kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 10h

Well, we seem to be catching up.

kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 10h

apnews.com/article/isra...

kathykadane.bsky.social @kathykadane.bsky.social · 10h

" #Ben-Gvir and his media team come in,stand there filming, he says, ’I will personally makesure youare treatedlike a terrorist and you rot inprison. You areHamas. You areterrorist. Youwant tokillJewishbabies.’ While he is shouting, Iquote UN conventions,say Israelnot immune,must respect intl law.."

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11h

Greta Thunberg describes how she was tortured in Israeli detention.

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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