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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 10h

"State Sen. Phil King (R), who led the Senate’s redistricting committee, began his testimony Tuesday ... King’s evasive answers Thursday appeared to frustrate attorneys and the court. Chad Dunn, an attorney for the plaintiffs, asked King, “Are you familiar with the concept of willful blindness?”

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10h

NEW: In federal court Thursday, some information about Texas’ secretive redistricting process started to come into focus as Republican leadership took the stand.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

New Details Emerge in Federal Court About Texas’ Secretive Redistricting Map

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 11h

Civil War on hold. Court issues TRO against Trump administration. h/t @chrisgeidner.bsky.social

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Federal judge issues TRO following a second day of hearings, blocking the Trump administration from “ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois” from now through Oct. 23. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
STATE OF ILLINOIS, a sovereign state; and the CITY OF CHICAGO, an Illinois municipal corporation,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 25-cv-12174
Judge April M. Perry
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; KRISTI NOEM, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security;
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; PETER B.
HEGSETH, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Defense; UNITED STATES ARMY; DANIEL P. DRISCOLL, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Army,
Defendants.
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
This Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Doc. 3, and
ORDERS as follows:
1. Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns entered, and all persons acting in concert with them, are temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the
National Guard of the United States within Illinois.
2. This Temporary Restraining Order is at 5:55 P.M. central time on this 9th day of October
2025 and expires on October 23, 2025 at 11:59 P.M.
'President Trump, one of the name Defendants, is not enjoined by this Order.

3. Within two (2) calendar days of entry of this Temporary Restraining Order, Plaintiffs
shall post a nominal bond of $100. The bond shall be filed in the Clerk's Office and be
deposited into the registry of the Court.
4. Defendants' Request to Stay or Administratively Stay the Temporary Restraining Order,
Doc. 62 at 58, is DENIED.
5. A telephone hearing will be held on October 22, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. to address whether
this Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for an additional fourteen (14)
calendar days.
Dated: October 9, 2025
Coul MPeray.
APRIL M. PERRY
United States District Judge
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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 11h

In Cell Where Jeffrey Epstein Died, a Scene of Disarray that Never Underwent Thorough Inspection, Experts Said h/t @macfarlanenews.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey... #ReleasetheFiles

In cell where Jeffrey Epstein died, a scene of disarray that never underwent thorough inspection, experts said

Photos of Jeffrey Epstein's cell show a scene of disarray that never underwent a proper inspection, according to experts.

www.cbsnews.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 11h

Republican sex capades ... h/t @donmoyn.bsky.social

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

"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.

ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 12h

Another distraction. This show is getting old. h/t @annabower.bsky.social #ReleasetheEpsteinFiles

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 12h

Indictment alleges that James claimed the property as a 2nd home but used it as a rental investment property.

It says she rented the property out but conveniently doesn’t specify the timeframe or duration.

That’s notable bc you can rent out a 2nd home and the rider allows short-term rentals.

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On or about August 17, 2020, JAMES, as sole borrower, purchased the three (3) bedroom,
(1) bathroom property located at 3121 Peronne Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23509 (the
"Peronne Property"), for approximately $137,000, financed with a mortgage loan of approximately $109,600 (Loan #4430025978) backed by Fannie Mae.
6. The loan was originated by OVM Financial under a signed Second Home Rider, which required JAMES, as the sole borrower to occupy and use the property as her secondary residence, and prohibited its use as a timesharing or other shared ownership arrangement or agreement that requires her either to rent the property or give any other person any control over the occupancy or use of the property.
7. Despite these representations, the Peronne Property was not occupied or used by JAMES as a secondary residence and was instead used as a rental investment property, renting the property to a family of (3).
8. This misrepresentation allowed JAMES to obtain favorable loan terms not available for

In addition to the covenants and agreements made in the security Instrument Borrower and Lender further covenant and agree that Sections 6 and 8 of the Security Instrument are deleted and are replaced by the following:
6. Occupancy, Borrower will occupy and use the Property as Borrower's second home. Borrower will maintain exclusive control over the occupancy of the Property, including short-term rentals, and will not subject the Property to any timesharing or other shared ownership arrangement or to any rental pool or agreement that requires Borrower either to rent the Property or give a management firm or any other person or entity any control over the occupancy or use of the Property. Borrower will keep the Property available primarily as a residence for Borrower's personal use and enjoyment for at least one year after the date of this Second Home Rider, unless Lender otherwise agrees in writing, which consent shall not be unreasonably with-held, or unless extenuating circumstances exist which are beyond Borrower's control.
8. Borrower's Loan Application. Borrower shall be in default it, during the Loan application process, Borrower or any persons or entities acting at the direction of Borrower or with Borrower's knowledge or consent gave materally false, mislead-ing, or inaccurate information or statements to Lender (or failed to provide Lender with material information) in connection with the Loan. Material representations include, but are not limited to, representations concerning Borrower's occupancy of the Property as Borrower's second home.
BY SIGNING BELOW, Borrower accepts and agrees to the terms and covenants
contained in this Second Home Rider.

ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 12h

🎁🔗: The Trumpian Fantasy of White House dot Gov www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

The Trumpian Fantasy of WhiteHouse.gov

The administration’s confusing, creepy new style

www.theatlantic.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 12h

Who 'woke' Rogan up? h/t @factpostnews.bsky.social #ReleasetheEpsteinFiles

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 17h

Rogan: The Democrats were pushing to release the Epstein files. The Republicans fought against it. So what the fuck's in there, man? The government's shut down right now. If they get back, this is the first thing on the docket, and that's sort of what's holding them back

ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 12h

6 Month Check-up ... er, annual physical: 6'4", 200 lbs., perfect specimen of man half his age, the most healthy president in the history of our country ... just kidding.

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 13h

Well, there you have it. Apparently, all you need is enough money to buy the results you want. h/t @jayshams.bsky.social #smdh

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 19h

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

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

ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 13h

🎁🔗: Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago "Gov. Kevin Stitt, the current chairman of the National Governors Association, broke with Texas, saying, “Oklahomans would lose their mind” if Illinois sent troops to their red state." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 16h

🎁🔗: The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning

What the Trump administration is portraying as a drug mission may be about a lot more.

www.theatlantic.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 20h

🎁🔗: Voters Favor Deporting Those in U.S. Illegally, but Say Trump Has Gone Too Far >>> Poll methodology - This poll was conducted in English/Spanish, by TELEPHONE using live interviewers and by text. message.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/trump-deportation-illegal-immigrants-voters-poll.html

Voters Favor Deporting Those in U.S. Illegally, but Say Trump Has Gone Too Far

www.nytimes.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 21h

I believe it's the caller who is disappointed.

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 21h

🎁🔗: This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up >>> "Mr. Trump is going after clean energy, and Americans will face higher bills as a result." h/t @dailyrotation.bsky.social @shellital.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up

www.nytimes.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 21h

Republicans consider this a bonus! 2-fer ... no Epstein, no oversight.

ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 22h

TY for the mention, Amy @abbarsha.bsky.social It's a home run vs. a strike out ... Vote blue! 💙🌊💙 #StrongerTogether

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 23h

Making America Great Again ... NOT! #ETTD

Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 1d

U.S. manufacturing contracted for a sixth straight month as factories dealt with the fallout from the Trump regime's import tariffs, with some manufacturers describing the current business environment as "much worse than the Great Recession."
www.reuters.com/business/us-...

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 23h

They are truly monsters ... all of them. #ETTD

NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

n.pr

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 1d

AM Must Read: Trump is The Insurrection >>> "The only issue is whether the Supreme Court will allow the president to say that there is an insurrection ..." Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social hits it out of the park! h/t Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-insu...

Trump is the insurrection

And the Supreme Court's conservatives are his shock troops.

www.publicnotice.co

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 1d

The Christian Nationalist Rewriting American History >>> "Wilson unequivocally believes that the United States was founded as a “Christian Republic” for a Protestant population." arcmag.org/the-christia...

The Christian Nationalist Rewriting American History | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera

Idaho pastor Douglas Wilson is having a moment. The 72-year-old Christian nationalist was recently the subject of a CNN story. He just planted a church in Washington, D.C. The secretary of defense, Pe...

arcmag.org

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 1d

🎁🔗: Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It >>> "The best defense against this weapon is solidarity among groups who disagree ferociously on many questions, but who agree on the need to keep America democratic ..." h/t @ryanlcooper.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It

www.nytimes.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 1d

They act with impunity. It's as if they have all been assured they will be pardoned regardless of any action they take in service to this president. h/t @premthakker.bsky.social

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 1d

🎁🔗: Retribution Is Here >>> "Trump rages about how his guilty verdict is sure to be mentioned way up high in his obituaries." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Retribution Is Here

The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.

www.theatlantic.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 1d

Texas Companies Threatened with Boycotts Amid National Guard Deployment h/t @psychopete.bsky.social www.chron.com/culture/arti...

‘Good luck’: Consumers organize boycott against Texas companies

Protests against the deployment of the National Guard may hurt these brands' pockets.

www.chron.com

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 1d

Well, that's all folks ... #ETTD

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