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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 9h

Donald Trump is a confessed serial sexual predator, an adjudicated rapist and a convicted criminal.

Yeah this tracks.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

"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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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11h

He was definitely hired *because* he's this kind of person, not in spite of it.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

"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...

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 9h

How has Tylenol not filed a lawsuit

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19h

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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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 10h

FYI for all New Yorkers:

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

Read the piece: 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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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“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..”

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By DANIEL LIPPMAN
10/09/2025 08:22 PM EDT
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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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Nicole Adams 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 ❌👑 @blathin384.bsky.social · 13h

If you have not listened yet, you need to! And please consider giving it your vote too… “The Man Who Calculated Death” is one of the best podcasts I’ve ever listened to. 🙏🏻

#HistoryCanTeachUsManyLessons are we ready to listen and learn?

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 13h

This article hasn’t explained a single thing about how this happened. I didn’t even get a sense that Jared knew how it happened.

Get to a yes first and then work out the details? Why would I give you a yes without details? What does that even mean?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14h

Here’s how Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, helped broker an Israel-Hamas breakthrough from a makeshift command center in Florida.

How Jared Kushner, a Self-Described ‘Deal Guy,’ Helped Broker a Gaza Breakthrough

Trained in New York City real estate, the president’s son-in-law had a single goal: Get to a yes first, and hash out the details later. “It’s just different being deal guys — just a different sport,” he said.

nyti.ms

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

There’s a reason academics universally rejected the initial push to canonize Charlie Kirk as a saint devoted to free speech.

We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 13h

I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13h

Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.

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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 14h

Again, Trump has crossed a Red Line no president has ever crossed: personally ordering the criminal prosecution of an American he doesn't like despite DOJ not finding evidence of any crime.

If Trump can do this to the powerful, he can do it to you. That's not freedom, and its not America.

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 15h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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spooky tim dewey @tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 16h

Free speech is when I encourage people to send you death threats; hate speech is when you tell me to stop.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

Can you hear the words coming out of your mouth, Megan?

Yes, the guy who received so many threats because of your own actions he had to flee to Europe isn’t the real victim. No. You are, because people called you out.

Megyn Doyle, a student at Rutgers and the treasurer for the Turning Point USA chapter who started the Change.org petition to remove Bray, told Fox News Digital in a statement that Di Filippo's petition is slanderous.
"The petition once again proves that Conservative students are always on the receiving end of hate when speaking about concerning issues," Doyle said.

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Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 14h

A man who has declared war on American cities is not deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14h

2028: Trump wins all 50 states and wins big in California.

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 18h

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...

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING:

The Israeli government has officially approved the deal to end the war in Gaza.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 14h

Notable points in Judge Perry's remarks in Illinois v Trump National Guard case.⤵️

Judge:
1. Federalized deployment of National Guard not quelling civil unrest. Instead, it is "likely to lead to civil unrest."

2. State and local community policing not well geared for out of state Guards.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 14h

Big win for Chicago & Democracy today: Partial TRO against Texas Natl Guard deployment here.

"U.S. District Judge: “I simply cannot credit declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS’ perception of events are unreliable.”

chicago.suntimes.com/live/2025/10...

‪Jon Seidel‬
‪@jonseidel.bsky.social‬
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Perry: "I have seen no credible evidence that there is danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois."
‪Jon Seidel‬
‪@jonseidel.bsky.social‬
· 11m
Perry: "Deportations are up. Arrests are up. … The courthouse remains open and always has. Federal laws are being executed. They're also being broken, as they have been since the beginning of time."
‪Jon Seidel‬
‪@jonseidel.bsky.social‬
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Perry: "There is no evidence that the president is unable, with the regular forces, to execute the laws of the United States."
‪Jon Seidel‬
‪@jonseidel.bsky.social‬
· 10m
Perry goes on to say the deployment of the National Guard is "likely to lead to civil unrest."
‪Jon Seidel‬
‪@jonseidel.bsky.social‬
· 7m
Perry: "Chicago's history of strained policing community relations is extremely well documented, but also fairly nuanced. It's something I think state and local authorities understand extremely well, and it can be hard for federal authorities, and certainly those from Texas, to appreciate."

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 14h

Trump signed an EO to combat "anti-Christian bias."

This week ICE shot a Christian Pastor, David Black & not one MAGA politician, pundit, or person has bothered to condemn it. Instead they celebrate it.

It was never about anti-Christian bias—it was always about fascism masquerading as Christianity

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you! It was a crazy journey.

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you for listening. When we started we had no idea Suzanne could actually solve the mystery.

But she did it!

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 15h

Here's your lede:

Less than three weeks after Donald Trump ordered his attorney general to hurry up and start charging his enemies, the Justice Department indicted a second one: New York Attorney General Letitia James, the prosecutor who defeated him in court.

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 15h

Your Honor the prosecution asks that the “what’s taking so long on that malicious prosecution” DM be excluded

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: Trump's handpicked prosecutor in Va. has criminally charged a second person he urged Pam Bondi to prosecute "now": NY Attorney General Letitia James. Halligan brought the charge to the grand jury herself, signaling resistance of career proseutors.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 15h

🧵RFK "HIV-doesn't-cause-AIDS" Jr. is now linking circumcision with autism.

This nonsense was posted by his anti-vax group Children's Health Defense years ago, and I looked into it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS9D...

SHOCK CLAIM: RFK Jr. Says Children Circumcised Early Have Twice The Autism Rate Due To Tylenol Use

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

www.youtube.com

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