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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 5h

Raskin and Schiff are on the cable shows pretty regularly. I’ve seen Kinzinger doing interviews too.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 7h

Apparently it is. I don't understand why the media isn't covering this. I don't understand why the Ds and some of the Rs aren't screaming about it.

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 7h

Somebody has to do it.

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LSU Law Center @lsulawcenter.bsky.social · 18h

To celebrate and share the splendor of Cajun culture with their classmates at LSU Law, Miguel Savoy and Jillian Coco have founded the Cajun Law Association, which will host its first Acadiana Day event on the Law Center Plaza from 12:50 to 1:50 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 13!
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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 8h

She wrote on X: “I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!”
apnews.com/article/nobe...

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key unifying figure in the opposition, advocating for free elections and...

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 8h

Bennie Thompson, Zoe Lofgren, Adam Schiff, Pete Aguilar, Jamie Raskin are all still in Congress.

Stephanie Murphy didn't run for re-election. Elaine Luria and Liz Cheney lost their re-election bids. Adam Kinzinger didn't run for re-election.

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 8h

Antifa.

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 8h

Antifa.

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 8h

Antifa.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 12h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 9h

I think Walmart has them. Also someplace called Briarwood Lane.
www.briarwoodlane.com/accessories-...

Wrought Iron Cat Garden Flag Stand Holder

Decorative Garden Flags, Yard Flags, Mailbox covers and seasonal decorations from Briarwood Lane™

www.briarwoodlane.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9h

UPDATE: Judge Perry issued an opinion explaining why she blocked the Texas National Guard deployment in Chicago.

She begins with Alexander Hamilton’s rejection of a “preposterous” idea that the Constitution lets a President deploy a State’s militia to a different State for political retribution. 🧵

OPINION AND ORDER
Since this country was founded, Americans have disagreed about the appropriate division
of power between the federal government and the fifty states that make up our Union. This
tension is a natural result of the system of federalism adopted by our Founders. And yet, not even
the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal government believed that one
state's militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution, calling such
a suggestion "inflammatory," and stating "it is impossible to believe that [a President] would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs." But Plaintiffs contend that such
an event has come to pass, and argue that National Guard troops from both Illinois and Texas
have been deployed to Illinois because the President of the United States wants to punish state elected officials whose policies are different from his own.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3d

The sheriff in Mobile, Alabama reportedly has a Halloween “display” featuring skeletons dressed like ICE agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros and serapes. www.al.com/news/2025/10...

Alabama sheriff under fire for Halloween display with ‘ICE’ agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros

The controversial display shows ICE agent skeletons chasing figures in sombreros, which the sheriff's wife defends as "tongue-in-cheek" while citing her own Cuban heritage.

www.al.com

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 10h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 12h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 10h

Aren’t they fun? I was happy to find the cat themed flag holder. I’ve seen other kinds as well.

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 10h

I don’t decorate much for the holidays but I did get a new garden flag!

Garden flag. Three cartoonish black cats cavort along a sidewalk toward a spooky house while two owls watch from a tree.

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 10h

a close up of a baby making a funny face .

ALT: a close up of a baby making a funny face .

media.tenor.com

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 11h

Because the meanings of standing and ripeness are fluid and the meaning of gender is not? /satire

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 12h

Shade is very heavy.

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 12h

I do think that the danger is coming for all of us. I don't think any of us are safe.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 15h

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 12h

Is she home? Are all the kids home? Is everyone safe?

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