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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 1h

Guaranteed that this “ wanted to get it done“ trope is incomplete or a bald lie. A spanking new US attorney who brought a (weak) case against a sitting state AG without coordinating with main justice would get a phone call from the deputy AG firing them within 10 minutes
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Trump’s Favored Prosecutor Is Moving at Full Steam

Lindsey Halligan wasted no time in bringing charges against two of the president’s adversaries.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 1h

Sixty-five judges responded to a @nytimes.com questionnaire sent to hundreds of federal judges across the country. Of those, 47 said the Supreme Court had been mishandling its emergency docket since Mr. Trump returned to office.

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Klobuchar: "I remember Bondi saying, 'the president is the most transparent president in history.' I wish I said, Well then why doesn't he just release the Epstein files?"

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 16h

FYI, all law enforcement already treats Black Americans this way. Welcome!

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 14h

Look at these clowns…

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 12h

This is what people in Chicago have to do to keep their neighbors safe.

Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 22h

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller from Missouri to Missouri Rep. Mark Alford: "I hope you, sir, as an elected official, will think of the people who are in nursing homes, their parents are in nursing homes, their Medicaid is going to be cut. What is going to happen to Missourians whose hospitals are gonna close?"

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Chicago 21222 @chicago21222.bsky.social · 13h

Kamala Harris punching back at the bs Gaza heckler is giving me life! F those f-ing ppl who voted for fascism. May they get every single thing they voted for bc we certainly are.

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 1d

MIT rejects "the Compact"
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Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 4h

Praying for this amazing man.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 16h

We’ve reclaimed frogs from Pepe.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 18h

I love this image.

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Matt @mattmurph24.bsky.social · 16h

Source: The Hill
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Spanberger rolls out ad hitting Earle-Sears over abortion comments before debate

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 16h

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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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 16h

Kamala Harris is doing more for my Gubernatorial race & 2026 than some elected officials are since there’s a split donation fundraising email out for Sherrill & KDH For The People. Her email list is helpful.

Exhibit A: She did this for Jon Ossoff recently & he just raised $12 million in 3 months.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 16h

We took the freedom of speech away

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 1d

Virginia Gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger (D): "she does not think that gay couples should be able to marry...she thinks it's ok for someone to be fired from their job for being gay"

Winsome Earle-Sears (R): "that's not discrimination!"

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 1d

When Turning Point says it wants its own "Christian" halftime show, they mean "white"

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Melanie Jean @princessmom122.bsky.social · 17h

No one cares, grandad.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Melanie Jean @princessmom122.bsky.social · 17h

I mean, “low energy“ seems a little unfair. I’d say maybe upbeat?

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 1d

Trump described Portland as a “war ravaged” city that was “under siege from attack by Antifa” mobs protesting ICE raids. But federal officers described the scene outside an ICE building in Portland this way: "low energy" @haleaziz.bsky.social Adam Goldman Anna Griffin www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’

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Melanie Jean @princessmom122.bsky.social · 17h

Um, California? New York? Illinois? Massachusetts? This seems unsafe for us.

Shannon Peel 🇨🇦 @shannonpeel.bsky.social · 17h

US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, announced that Qatar is sending soldiers and planes to a US military base in Idaho and the narrative took on a life of it's own

What happens when misinformation gets into mainstream media and creates controversy?

#uspoli

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Hegseth's Gives Qatar space on US Military Base and the Narrative gets a Life of it's Own

YouTube video by Shannon Peel

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

A five-point-five billion Trump golf course in Qatar, and Qatar gets an air base in Idaho.

New Trump Golf Course, $5.5 Billion Beachside Project Announced for Qatar

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