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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 3h

Hello? 👀⚖️

ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 4h

👀⚖️‼️

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Greene on the Epstein files: "I can't conclusively say that's why the House isn't in session, but the House should be in session...there is a new Democrat that's been elected that deserves to be sworn in...if it's to avoid the discharge petition, why drag this out? It's going to have 218 signatures"

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 6h

One more time for the people in the back: Bad Bunny is from Puerto Rico which is part of the United States making him…. Wait for it…. All American. 🇺🇸 🇵🇷 #badbunny

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 6h

🤣 Who?!

"Performers and event details coming soon."

Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA Sets 'All American Halftime Show' in Protest of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Performance - Variety

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Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA Sets 'All American Halftime Show' in Protest of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Performance — Variety

Because even music has turned into team sports, Turning Point USA has announced that it will be hosting its own Super Bowl halftime show in protest of the NFL's official headliner, Bad Bunny.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Thursday froze President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in and around Chicago, saying the president lacked the authority to do so. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Chicago Military Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 6h

Love to see my book Corporatocracy getting out in the world. politicalresearch.org/2025/10/09/b... 📖⚖️✍🏾 #booksky

Building Alternative Economic Systems to Fight Authoritarianism with Hialy Gutierrez and Claudia Espinel

politicalresearch.org

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 7h

Is everything he texts a presidential record? Where are my NARA nerds at?

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 7h

😱🤳🏾📱 (Also wasn't Trump famous/infamous for not using email for fear of paper trails? Is texting somehow different in his mind?)

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 1d

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 7h

😱🤳🏾📱 (Also wasn't Trump famous/infamous for not using email for fear of paper trails? Is texting somehow different in his mind?)

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 1d

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 7h

more proof facts mean little to them...👀⚖️👇🏾 #James

Cynthia Hope Laub @bloomlove.bsky.social · 7h

ALSO:

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 8h

Sadly no. They had about 4 hours on the skewers but the cook was fast and hot so maybe that quick cook wasn’t enough to impart lemon grass flavor.

Charles W. Wagner @sanjoseatty.bsky.social · 8h

Did the meat absorb the flavor?

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 8h

This was true of January 6. There were videographers and documentaries crews and their film was subpoenaed and used in court cases. #j6 #video 👀⚖️🎥

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 8h

There’s a lot of lemon grass in my front yard. So I made lemon grass skewers. Worked pretty well.

Charred chicken kabobs on lemon grass skewers

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Emi And The Desert Crow @emdissents.bsky.social · 9h

I’m going to be looking out for both Comey and James to reference one another’s cases in motions to dismiss.

Trump sent an order, his lackeys are carrying it out.

a woman says " i am so tired of this " in front of a netflix logo

ALT: a woman says " i am so tired of this " in front of a netflix logo

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 13h

In her placenta? Does he know nothing about physiology and pregnancy?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12h

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

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Scott Myers @gointothestory.bsky.social · 1d

Greta Gerwig: "Whenever I have trouble writing, I think about the pace of baseball. It’s slow, just grinding out another play. You strike out a lot. This, for me, is very helpful to have in my mind while writing.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwritin... #screenwriting

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 13h

Your tax dollars at work, Florida. 🤨

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 1d

Bill filed in #Florida Legislature would make every single college & university name one street after Charlie Kirk. And the bill even specifies WHICH street at each one. (But the governor doesn't want streets used for political messages, which is why no rainbows!) www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...

Bill would make Florida colleges, universities name streets after Charlie Kirk

A new bill would make all of Florida's public state universities and colleges rename one roadway on their campuses after Charlie Kirk.

www.tallahassee.com

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 13h

✅⚖️📰 #chicago #ice #journalists

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: Federal judge issues a TRO in the Northern District of Illinois (including Chicago and the Broadview ICE facility), providing protections for protesters and journalists covering the protests.

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Some of the key elements:

1. 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:
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.
Defendants may order a Journalist to change location to avoid disrupting law enforcement,
' President Trump, one of the named Defendants, is not included in this Order.
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as long as the Journalist has an objectively reasonable time to comply and an objectively
reasonable opportunity to report and observe;

b. Issuing a crowd dispersal order requiring any person to leave a public place
that they lawfully have a right to be, unless dispersal is justified by exigent circumstances as defined by Department of Homeland Security Use of Force Policy (updated Feb. 6,
2023), Sections III.F and XII.E;
С.
For purposes of this Order, a crowd dispersal order is a lawful command
given by a Federal Agent for all persons to leave a designated area when three or more persons are committing acts of disorderly conduct that are likely to cause substantial harm in the immediate vicinity;
d. Using riot control weapons including kinetic impact projectiles (KIPs), Compressed Air Launchers (e.g., PIS and FN303), Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Spray, CS gas, CN gas, or other chemical irritants, 40 mm Munitions Launchers, less-lethal shotguns,
Less-Lethal Specialty Impact-Chemical Munitions (LLSI-CM), Controlled Noise and Light Distraction Devices (CNLDDs), Electronic Control Weapons (ECWs) - on members of the press, protesters, or religious practitioners who are not posing an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer or others;

To facilitate the Defendants' identification of Journalists protected under
this Order, the following are examples of indicia of being a Journalist: visual identification as a member of the press, such as by carrying a professional press pass, badge or credentials; wearing distinctive clothing or patches that identify the wearer as a member of the press; or carrying professional gear such as professional photographic or videography
equipment. Other indicia of being a Journalist under this Order include that the person is standing off to the side of a protest, not engaging in chanting, sign holding, shouting slogans, or otherwise protesting, and documenting protest activities, although these are not
requirements. These indicia are illustrative, and a person need not exhibit every indicium
to be considered a Journalist under this Order. Defendants shall not be liable for unintentional violations of this Order in the case of an individual who does not wear a press pass, badge, or other official press credential, professional gear, or distinctive clothing that identifies the person as a member of the press.

It is further ORDERED that all Federal Agents, excepting those who do not wear a
uniform or other distinguishing clothing or equipment in the regular performance of their official
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duties or are engaged in undercover operations in the regular performance of their official duties, must have visible identification (for which a unique recognizable alphanumeric identifier sequence
will suffice) affixed to their uniforms or helmets and prominently displayed, including when
wearing riot gear.

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 13h

‼️⚖️👀 #ring

Shira Ovide @shiraovide.bsky.social · 6d

Amazon's Ring is adding facial recognition to its home doorbells and security cameras for the first time.

To identify people you know, it needs to run everyone's face in sight through facial recognition.

wapo.st/4mR2v5l

Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door

For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.

wapo.st

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 13h

Why does anyone take this seriously? A price can only be reduced 100% which would make the price zero. After that is he saying the drug companies will pay customers to take the drugs??? #math 💊🙄

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 13h

#ai #bubble 🫧📈📉

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value.

This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.

Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.

Be warned.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 13h

Paging the Chief Legal Officer of Kenvue Inc., producer of Tylenol

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 13h

Her chocolate doodles look very similar to my 100 pound chocolate labradoodle. Brava 🐕👇🏾

Aut. Stuart Miller 📖✍️🤓 @authorstuartmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Jo Hobbs is a UK-based needle-felting #artist renowned for creating realistic miniature #animal figures from wool.

Artist: @curlyjocreation.bsky.social

#art #needlefelting #dog #sculpture #UnitedKingdom

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 13h

I don’t think the Supreme Court thought this all the way through when upheld age gating websites. 👀😒💻⚖️👇🏾 #discord #hack

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 15h

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 15h

For those of you who like to read more than you like to listen to podcasts, here's the transcript of my conversation with Dahlia Lithwick: ciaratorresspelliscy.substack.com/p/democracy-... ⚖️✍🏾

Democracy & Destiny EP 9 with Dahlia Lithwick

This is a transcript of a podcast.

ciaratorresspelliscy.substack.com

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