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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 3h

The Administration’s own lawyers evaluate Hatch Act violations. Dear Lord. 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 8h

This is the office that would handle Hatch Act complaints, i.e. the federal law that prohibits using the federal government for partisan political activity

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

⚡️ UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Rep. Justin J. Pearson & Rep. Gabby Salinas send letter putting Gov. Bill Lee on notice that his deployment of the National Guard to Memphis violates the TN Constitution.

Lawmakers ask Governor for community investments to eradicate poverty instead of military occupation.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 7h

Democrats are evil ads playing in the TSA line, like ads at the gas station. Except hella unlawful.

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

Video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown “rolling out” at TSA security checkpoints across the country | CNN

Travelers waiting in airport security lines across the country will now be met with a video where the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown.

www.cnn.com

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 3h

I keep thinking they can’t go lower.
Then they do.
😳

Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 7h

Democrats are evil ads playing in the TSA line, like ads at the gas station. Except hella unlawful.

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

Video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown “rolling out” at TSA security checkpoints across the country | CNN

Travelers waiting in airport security lines across the country will now be met with a video where the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown.

www.cnn.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 7h

Did a quick post earlier to reinforce that in the places where Trump says crime is out of control crime is demonstrably under control.
www.pbump.net/o/a-quick-re...

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 7h

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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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 3h

He also lives in MD but votes in PA using his parent’s address. His wife is registered in MD.

themoderatevoice.com/maga-influen...

MAGA influencer and voter fraud proponent appears to be voting illegally in PA while living in MD – The Moderate Voice

Voter fraud is rare[1], despite wild accusations from Republicans like Jack Posobiec, 40, although he may be best known for his touting the fake Pizzagate conspiracy. Slate and Handbasket reported Fri...

themoderatevoice.com

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 3h

Comparing PDX today to Fort Sumter? REALLY?

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6h

UPDATE: DOJ filed a notice that it is appealing the 14-day TRO, an order that is not generally appealable. This will go to the Seventh Circuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
STATE OF ILLINOIS and the CITY OF CHICAGO,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 1:25-cv-12174
v.
DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., in their official capacities,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF APPEAL
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that all Defendants in the above-captioned case hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from this Court's October 9, 2025, Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction. ECF No.
67.

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Caffeine 🇺🇦 @caffeine.fellas.army · 2d

How it started how it’s going

January 6 rioters beating police

Ice beating lady liberty

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

MOODY’S: Twenty-two states are either in a recession or on the precipice of a downturn. 👀

@axios.com 🇺🇸
www.axios.com/newsletters/...

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 14h

This is not good

The story is actually worse than the headline. The ex-GOP official worked in Missouri with Ed Martin.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

Axios headline: Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

MEMPHIS VS. MUSK — @keshaunpearson.bsky.social : “xAI was able to pollute our community over 12 months illegally with up to 33 methane gas turbines. That’s unheard of, illegal, uncivilized, and truthfully it’s disgusting.” wreg.com/news/local/p...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 14h

It's weird to write this conspiratorially, but it seems clear that the president actually doesn't want you to know that crime is down in the cities he's targeted. www.pbump.net/o/a-quick-re...

A quick reminder that crime is down in U.S. cities

One of the particularly frustrating things about President Trump's push to send federal officials and red-state National Guard soldiers to cities to "fight crime" is that those cities (and cities gene...

www.pbump.net

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16h

Meanwhile, the hearing in the Illinois v. Trump case over military deployment is ongoing.

Follow @jonseidel.bsky.social's coverage from Chicago here —>

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 17h

U.S. District Judge April Perry is now questioning DOJ lawyer Eric Hamilton about the National Guard deployment. She starts by noting the 14 CA troops, 200 TX troops and 300 IL troops.

But she asks if those numbers could increase, and whether the troops could go elsewhere in Illinois.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 17h

Hamilton is done. We're expecting questions from Perry now.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14h

Donald Trump wants to sell YOUR student loan debt to Wall Street.

He's not looking out for you — he's looking to make his CEO buddies more money off of your back.

Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt

The discussions have taken place among senior Education Department and Treasury Department officials.

www.politico.com

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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: The Trump administration is portraying its boat-bombing campaign in the Caribbean as an anti-drug mission. The evidence suggests it's about a lot more, report @nancyayoussef.bsky.social, Gisela Salim-Peyer and @jonlemire.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning

What the U.S. government is portraying as a drug mission may be about a lot more.

www.theatlantic.com

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3d

A memorandum filed by Illinois and Chicago in support of their motion to stop Trump from sending in the National Guard lists almost every single reference Trump has made to invading Chicago, including social media posts.

On August 25, President Trump again referenced plans for a Chicago troop deployment,
stating: “We go in, we will solve Chicago within one week, maybe less. But within one
week, we will have no crime in Chicago just like we have no crime in D.C.”54
• On August 30, after Governor Pritzker voiced opposition to a potential Chicago troop
deployment, President Trump posted on social media that the Governor “better straighten
it out, FAST, or we’re coming!”55
• On September 2, President Trump called Chicago “a hellhole” and worse than Afghanistan;
when asked whether he had made up his mind “on Chicago,” the President answered
simply: “We’re going in – I didn’t say when, we’re going in.”56
• On September 3, President Trump sent a fundraising email to his supporters with the
subject “We’re going to Chicago!” The email began: “WE’RE GOING INTO
CHICAGO. I’m not saying when, but we’re going in!” Claiming he had “turned our Great
Capital into a Safe Zone,” President Trump declared: “NOW I WANT TO LIBERATE
CHICAGO!” After decrying that “The Radical Left Governors and Mayors of crime
ridden cities don’t want to stop the radical crime,” the President assured his supporters:
“WE’RE GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY.”57

In its imagery, language, and font, the post evoked a character from the 1979 Vietnam War film,
Apocalypse Now, who led a helicopter attack on a Vietnamese village, massacring several

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 13h

Rule 6 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

(2) Secrecy.

(A) No obligation of secrecy may be imposed on any person except in accordance with Rule 6(e)(2)(B) .

(B) Unless these rules provide otherwise, the following persons must not disclose a matter occurring before the grand jury:

(i) a grand juror;

(ii) an interpreter;

(iii) a court reporter;

(iv) an operator of a recording device;

(v) a person who transcribes recorded testimony;

(vi) an attorney for the government; or

(vii) a person to whom disclosure is made under Rule 6(e)(3)(A)(ii) or (iii) .

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 13h

W.T.F.

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 13h

Oh www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

CNN headline: Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting
Systems, says he'll push for paper ballots

Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 13h

For the love of Pete. Shut this man up. Get him OUT.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Zack Stiegler @gonzeux.bsky.social · 13h

In one breath, Carr trumpets a "focus on consumer protection," while his next breath aims to wipe
out tranparency in fees and pricing.

Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 14h

This reads almost like an Onion article. @saschameinrath.bsky.social @christopherali.bsky.social @davidberman.bsky.social @sydneyforde.bsky.social @ppopiel.bsky.social

ISPs created so many fees that FCC will kill requirement to list them all

ISPs complained about Biden-era rule, said listing every fee was too hard.

arstechnica.com

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 13h

A Kavanaugh stop, right?
NO Warrant. Can you imagine police doing this even with a warrant? ICE is lawless.

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 15h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.