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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

NYT: The White House omitted “the names of several individuals and companies that collectively have billions of dollars riding on the outcome of administration policy decisions.” 🤡

@kenvogel.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 18h

Love to see it….tourists that are stuck in Jamaica are helping with the cleanup after Hurricane Melissa 💪

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 21h

You can’t even use SNAP to buy a hot rotisserie chicken unless you live in a state with a special waiver.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.

SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17h

According to a complaint filed in federal court after the incident, a federal agent violated an existing court order (against using excessive force on journalists and demonstrators) by pointing a gun in a veteran’s face, saying “Bang, bang” and “You’re dead, liberal.” trib.al/rTk2Z8c

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 20h

Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 19h

On this day 225 years ago, John Adams moved into the still-not-quite-complete White House, becoming the first president to occupy it. His blessing was carved into the State Dining Room mantel in 1945: "May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof.”

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Peter Elkind @peterelkind.bsky.social · 17h

So many scenes like this, in so many previously peaceful neighborhoods…

Andrew Hayward @ahaywa.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is snatching people in Skokie today, with Bovino mugging for cameras. Proud of my neighbors for standing up to this menace.

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

With high winds expected to hamper East Coast hubs on Friday, air traffic controllers continue to call out of work in greater numbers after missing their first full paycheck—leading to further flight delays.

Flight Delays Hit Austin, Nashville And Newark Friday After 3 Air Traffic Staffing Alerts

With high winds expected to hamper East Coast hubs on Friday, air traffic controllers continue to call out of work in greater numbers after missing their first full paycheck—leading to further flight delays.

www.forbes.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d

“The victims of this Administration are not the comedians . . . . They’re the people who are struggling to have any voice and are being forcibly removed from streets by hooded agents.” Jon Stewart talks about the suppression of political speech.

Will Paramount Cancel Jon Stewart?

The “Daily Show” host talks with David Remnick about his contract with Paramount Skydance, the government’s attack on political satire, and how our institutions got so weak.

www.newyorker.com

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Amazon reported earnings and revenues that surpassed Wall Street’s expectations.

Jeff Bezos Is $24 Billion Richer As Amazon Shares Hit Record

Amazon reported earnings and revenues that surpassed Wall Street’s expectations.

www.forbes.com

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sides against U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, who had asked Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her Chicago courtroom on a daily basis.

The appeals court finds that her order "infringes on the separation of powers."

After the district court issued a temporary restraining order affecting some aspects of immigration-law enforcement in the Chicago area, the judge on her own motion entered a further order requiring Gregory Bovino, a Chief Patrol Agent at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to appear in court at 5:45 p.m. every weekday “to report on the use of force activities for each day.” The judge justified this order by stating that she had seen videos that led her to question whether the TRO was being obeyed. The order was not, however, a response to any motion by counsel for the plaintiffs (and the videos to which the judge referred apparently do not deal with behavior involving any of the plaintiffs).
The federal defendants seek a writ of mandamus with respect to this aspect (and only this aspect) of the district court’s rulings. We issued a stay of the order requiring Chief Bovino to appear and report daily, and we now GRANT the petition for mandamus.

While this litigation presents very challenging circumstances, the district court’s order has two principal failings. First, it puts the court in the position of an inquisitor rather than that of a neutral adjudicator of the parties’ adversarial presentations. Second, it sets the court up as a supervisor of Chief Bovino’s activities, intruding into personnel management decisions of the Executive Branch. These two problems are related and lead us to conclude that the order infringes on the separation of powers. Review by appeal at the end of the case would not solve the problems created in the interim, which justifies review by a prerogative writ. See In re Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 941 F.3d 869 (7th Cir. 2019). Cf. Cheney v. United States District Court, 542 U.S. 367 (2004).

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 18h

Wealthy philanthropists across the US are stepping in to help put food on the tables of 42 million Americans set to lose access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — better known as SNAP — over the weekend.

Billionaires Step In to Help Plug Food Aid Gaps During Shutdown

Wealthy philanthropists across the country are stepping in to help put food on the tables of 42 million Americans set to lose access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — better known as SNAP — over the weekend.

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Peter Elkind @peterelkind.bsky.social · 1d

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Trump’s Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Running Has Cost $80 Million So Far - Inside Climate News

Midwestern electricity ratepayers will pay the still-mounting tab under a plan Consumers Energy reported to regulators and investors.

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Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve declared a State of Emergency because the federal government is — illegally and cruelly — withholding funding for food assistance.

We are providing $10 million in emergency aid so Maryland families don’t go hungry.

Four panels of graphics summarizing the Governor’s latest executive orders. Full text available at governor.maryland.gov/news/Pages/executive-orders

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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 4d

The story of the climate crisis told in two numbers: $2.5 billion a day in direct subsidies to fossil fuels companies. 1440 deaths per day from extreme heat.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals

Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Elkind @peterelkind.bsky.social · 3d

Trump administration videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was months old or recorded thousands of miles away, an analysis found.”
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We checked DHS’s videos of chaos and protests. Here’s what they leave out.

Official videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was months old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Washington Post analysis found.

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Forbes @forbes.com · 4d

The agency was expected to review the president’s construction projects, including a recently announced “Independence Arch” near the Lincoln Memorial.

White House Fires Entire Fine Arts Board In Charge Of Reviewing Construction Projects—Including Ballroom, Report Says

The agency was expected to review the president’s construction projects, including a recently announced “Independence Arch” near the Lincoln Memorial.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

I’m sorry, if someone has a birth certificate that proves they were born here but a mobile app with face recognition software disagrees, they will side with the app?

What?

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3d

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

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Peter Elkind @peterelkind.bsky.social · 3d

Calling Jan. 6 “mob of rioters” a “mob of rioters” gets two federal prosecutors placed on leave…

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

Prosecutors Who Called Jan. 6 Attackers a ‘Mob of Rioters’ Are Punished

www.nytimes.com

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 4d

#Florida’s proposed anti-communism curriculum for schools faces criticism from historians, particularly for its treatment of Sen. Joe McCarthy, whose false accusations & bullying pushed a panic in the 1950s. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/28/f...

Florida’s ‘anti-communism’ curriculum criticized as ‘propaganda’ by experts

Florida’s proposed anti-communism curriculum faces criticism from some historians, particularly for its treatment of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who pushed a communist panic in the 1950s.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "When we announce good news, the stock markets are gonna go up. That's the way it should be. We're gonna really ride that very hard. When we announce good news, we're not gonna have a Fed that's gonna raise interest rates because they're worried about inflation 3 years from now or something."

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

In an address on the USS George Washington in Japan, the President says he will issue an EO requiring future Ford-class aircraft carriers to revert to steam catapults and hydraulic elevators, speaking at length of his distrust of "magnets"
www.twz.com/sea/executiv...

Executive Order To Go Back To Steam Catapults On New Aircraft Carriers Coming: Trump

The electromagnetic catapults and weapons elevators for Ford class carriers have historically been a headache, but changing now would create immense challenges.

www.twz.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

A judge on Tuesday ordered senior U.S. Border Patrol official Greg Bovino to meet with her at 6 PM each evening to discuss the government’s immigration crackdown in the Chicago area, an extraordinary step following weeks of street confrontations, tear gas volleys and complaints of excessive force.

Judge orders Border Patrol official Bovino to meet with her daily on Chicago immigration crackdown

Greg Bovino, who has become the face of the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps in America’s big cities, got an earful from U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis as soon as he settled into the witness ...

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 4d

In a shocking reality check, @wired.com is not, in fact, bankrolled by “donations from far left organizations.”

We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

HUNT: The president is talking about a third term. How seriously do you take that?

GALLEGO: I don't take it seriously because he will be in violation of the Constitution and he should be arrested if he attempts to do that

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