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Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · Sep 5

Federal appellate courts have upheld a right to record the police...In 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit held in Irizarry v. Yehia that filming the police...as they perform their official duties acts as ‘a watchdog of government activity’ and is a constitutional right.

Recording Police: First Amendment Right or Arrestable Offense?

Is recording police protected by the First Amendment or an arrestable offense? Here's everything to know about filming law enforcement.

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Paula Schwartz @paulasz24.bsky.social · 17h

NY Times Gift Article by David Wallace-Wells
“ICE goes masked for a single reason — to terrorize Americans into quiescence,” a federal judge, William Young, wrote in a blistering 161-page First Amendment ruling handed down last week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | ‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’

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L.C. Webs, Now With Extra Spoopy @lcwebsxoxo.bsky.social · 1d

Praise the Lord

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · 1d

I hope they're held in Chicago, and that they're open to the public

Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · 1d

*most insufferable voice* It was Flavor-aid

Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · 1d

Hey what are we going to call the American equivalent of the Nuremberg trials?

Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · 1d

Yankees haters 🤝 Slayer fans

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running don’t.

And Speaker Mike Johnson won’t let the House come back to work. So basically they’re on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.

Did I get that right?

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Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · 1d

Today is the anniversary of the 1871 Chicago fire

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Durbin: "What has taken place since January 20, 2025, would make even President Nixon recoil. This is your legacy, AG Bondi."

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

A Win! A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard troops to Portland. Ruling that the proposed deployment oversteps constitutional limits and threatens state sovereignty.

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland, Oregon

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland. U.S.

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Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · 6d

For a non-Swiftie, I sure am on my 2nd listen of the new album 🙃

Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · 7d

Is that how you eat mild giardineria? In a bowl?

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Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · 13d

Good for them. My (xennial) graduate program (2011-13) also hailed the coming Boomer wave of retirement, which unfortunately didn't come in time for me to remain in my preferred field.

Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · 13d

Adrenal Crisis is @mynextbandname.bsky.social

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Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · 28d

Chef's kiss on the background music on this episode

[On the Media] No, Trump Isn't Cracking Down on Crime. Plus, How Ukrainians Tell Their Story of the War. #onTheMedia
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On the Media - No, Trump Isn't Cracking Down on Crime. Plus, How Ukrainians Tell Their Story of the War.

Listen to On the Media - No, Trump Isn't Cracking Down on Crime. Plus, How Ukrainians Tell Their Story of the War. by WNYC Studios on Podcast Addict. President Trump is preparing to send the National Guard to cities across the country. On this week’s On the Media, what the press is missing about the president’s so-called “crackdown” on crime. Plus, in the aftermath of a Russian attack, a Ukrainian town asks journalists to record the atrocities.[01:00] Host Micah Loewinger speaks with Jamison Foser, media critic and autho

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29d

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Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · Sep 7

You can never go home #svengoolie

Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · Sep 7

3 kinds of fish: youtu.be/On2V_L9jwS4?...

#svengoolie

The Hardest Problem Evolution Ever Solved

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Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · Sep 7

#thecreaturewalksamongus #svengoolie

We just took a hard turn into Sleeping With The Enemy

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Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · Sep 7

#svengoolie #thecreature walksamongus

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Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · Sep 7

Wow! A second female character!!! #Svengoolie

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Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · Sep 7

#barracuda #svengoolie

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Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · Sep 7

Aw yeah it's #Svengoolie time again

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Merry Death (7/9 lives left to live) 🐈‍⬛🎃 @meridith.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thread 🧵

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · Sep 5

When Trump and Hegseth say we could have won every war after WWII if the Department of War hadn't gone woke, what they mean is that we should have killed more civilians

Hegseth wrote about this in his book. A lot of people believe it

I used to believe it too