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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 16h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 19h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 1d

How has Tylenol not filed a lawsuit

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

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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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, for her work promoting democracy.

María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Live Updates and Video

The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.”

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado

The prize was awarded to the opposition leader for her work promoting democracy and fighting dictatorship in the country.

www.wsj.com

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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 1d

🎙️ ON AIR:

We're talking to Columbia Law's @olatij.bsky.social, @slate.com's @mjsdc.bsky.social and @NYULaw's @profmmurray.bsky.social about what role the Supreme Court will play in supporting or stopping Trump's efforts to shape the country.

❓What are your Qs about the new Court term?

📻 Listen:

Supreme Court Term Will Test the Scope of Presidential Power | KQED

We talk about how the conservative-leaning Roberts court might rule, and what role the Court will play in supporting or stopping Trump’s efforts to shape the country.

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Nicolette Pizzitola @nicpiz.bsky.social · 3d

No way to pull just a single quote from this article. It's worth a read from start to finish. Share it and keep it where you can reread it and reshare it. It's that good. #JustMercy

Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 3d

If you read one thing today, make it this piece by @nytimes.com's Kurt Streeter about the extraordinary Bryan Stevenson. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 3d

If you read one thing today, make it this piece by @nytimes.com's Kurt Streeter about the extraordinary Bryan Stevenson. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 4d

Judge Esther Salas, whose son was murdered in 2020, issues a dire warning today:

“Officials from top to bottom” are using rhetoric that puts judges at risk:

www.youtube.com/embed/nJO3QH...

YouTube

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 3d

KBJ’s blunt question today about the Supreme Court’s culture war hypocrisy kind of floored me, because it’s the kind of meta-criticism that we aren’t used to hearing from the justices.

It’s the second day of the term, and things are that dire already. slate.com/news-and-pol...

With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term

The justice stripped the veneer of constitutional principle from the court’s latest blatant culture war.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?

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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 4d

Or Newsies!

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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 4d

Listen. I'm rooting for TS and TK, but this look. . . .

It's giving First Husband Energy.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

I love them both but Travis and Patrick look like they’re running a traveling medicine show in the Great Depression

Travis Kelce, wearing a newsies hat and a shirt that seems to be pattered on a motels wallpaper, and Patrick Mahomes, wearing a red checkered vest made out of an Italian restaurants tablecloth

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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 4d

This was the first thing I thought of!!!!

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Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller @birdyholz.bsky.social · 6d

Out with one of my favorite due process freaks #strictscrutinyliveChicago

Strict scrutiny live sign on empty stage with four chairs

Young man in due process freaks shirt with Lawless book on his lap.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 5d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago, you were magic! @julianastratton.bsky.social, what a terrific and inspiring conversation! Thanks to everyone who joined us live! And to those listening, enjoy the show!

Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: Live from Chicago! Our term preview*** (with asterisks about term previews in the shadow docket era)

IL LT. Gov. @julianastratton.bsky.social joins to talk resistance to the regimes militarized presence in states & cities.

+ 2 truths & a lie - John Roberts edition! crooked.com/podcast/some...

a poster that says the life of a showgirl with a woman in the background

Alt: a poster that says the life of a showgirl with a woman in the background

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 6d

Again, Kavanaugh justified racial profiling by claiming that this doesn't happen--a justification that becomes more preposterous with each passing day as Trump's goons terrorize more people based on the color of their skin

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...

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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 6d

So great to meet you IRL!

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 6d

T'was fantastic to meet @profmmurray.bsky.social, @kateshaw.bsky.social & @leahlitman.bsky.social at the @strictscrutiny.bsky.social Chicago Live Show. That they also recognized me AND Melissa gave me a hug . . . I blacked out. I’m confident the rush of feelings was mutual.

What a terrific show!

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