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A Public Defender @pubdef.bsky.social · 7h

It’s so sad for their kids.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

My latest is about the latest revelations on the failed prosecution of Donald Trump, and why you should blame Merrick Garland more than the Supreme Court.

You Should Blame Merrick Garland

Garland's incompetence gave the Supreme Court the chance to set Trump free

stringinamaze.net

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A Public Defender @pubdef.bsky.social · 1d

Also remember the copycat killings after 1994’s Natural Born Killers?

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Adoptee Rights Law Center @adopteerights.bsky.social · 2d

Especially today, props to intercountry adopted people who speak out about being denied US citizenship despite being adopted by US citizen parents decades ago 🥚 www.bbc.com/news/article...

The American adoptees who fear deportation to a country they can't remember - BBC News

Thousands of US adoptees do not have citizenship despite being brought to the country as babies decades ago. Now many fear deportation.

www.bbc.com

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3d

Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:

www.404media.co/libraries-sc...

Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down

Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.

www.404media.co

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A Public Defender @pubdef.bsky.social · 2d

So the NY Post supports funding violence?

The Israeli settler violence was in the West Bank where the Israeli settlements are illegal. The U.S. should not enable funding of illegal settlements or support settler violence. How is this hard?

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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 3d

This is nowhere close to being true.

Two @ij.org clients are citizens who were arrested & @propublica.org found 168 more.

Plus, we have witness statements from others who--like most of the citizens caught up by Noem's tactics--didn't have their arrests recorded so they didn't make the news.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting."

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 3d

Latest: Feds arrested Juan Barbosa Gomez in Portland on October 15, even though his family says he's got a valid work permit and no criminal record.

But he's not on ICE's detainee locator. His family only could find out his location on a third-party inmate messaging app reason.com/2025/10/30/a...

A Portland family says their dad was wrongly arrested by ICE. Now he's lost in immigration detention.

ICE arrested Juan Barbosa Gomez in Portland. Now he's lost in immigration detention as his family fights for answers.

reason.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d

If you are reading this piece today, you may be interested to know that I found Adam Bonica on moderate candidates compelling. Ht @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social

data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...

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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 4d

A US Drug Enforcement Administration agent said the DEA made “high-level arrests” of 171 Sinaloa Cartel members across New England in August.

A Globe investigation found that many of the DEA’s targets were addicts, low-level dealers, shoplifters, and homeless people.

The DEA said they arrested 171 ‘high ranking’ Sinaloa Cartel members. A Spotlight investigation found that’s not true. - The Boston Globe

A Globe investigation found that the federal agency misrepresented the stature of its targets, claiming cartel ties at a time when the Trump administration is taking lethal military action against such groups.

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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 6d

i hate to be that bitch, but my sources are telling me this early voting data has gotten Zohran's people rightly spooked and y'all better stop assuming this one's in the bag. GOTV

Voter turnout surges in NYC mayor’s race, with Boomers and Gen X leading the charge

The data so far is good news for independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, a political scientist said.

gothamist.com

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West Coast Cheese 🏴‍☠️ @cheeseofthewest.bsky.social · Aug 24

Gavin Newsom, a thread:

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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 5d

denverite.com/2025/10/27/b...

Police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of package theft. She had her own evidence

"Like I said, nothing gets in or out of the town without us knowing."

denverite.com

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A Public Defender @pubdef.bsky.social · 5d

And perhaps extradited if the President tries to pardon theM.

A Public Defender @pubdef.bsky.social · 8d

The funny thing is that they are paying to create AI to do the work that they don’t want to pay real people to do and the AI is just… lying about doing the work.

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ellen teapot 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @ellenteapot.ca · 10d

CUSMA is literally how Alaska gets produce, y’all?

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Joe Allen @joeallenjoe.bsky.social · 10d

NEW STUDY PUBLISHED IN NATURE: People who got an mRNA COVID vaccine within ~3 months before or after starting immunotherapy for cancer lived longer overall than those who didn’t get the vaccine.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 10d

If you’re in the US it may be a good thing to do if you can afford it to have a small food pantry on your porch on Halloween for families of Trick or Treaters- SNAP benefits not existing in November will mainly impact children ❤️

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A Public Defender @pubdef.bsky.social · 10d

I hate the Gerontocrazy, but if he were to win, what are the chances Platner is more Sinema/Fetterman than Sanders/Mamdani?

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A Public Defender @pubdef.bsky.social · 10d

Also SAVE Act will make it harder for Americans who live abroad to vote. Overseas voters covered the difference between Biden and Trump in places like Arizona In 2020!

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 11d

Corporate media is completely ignoring the dangers of The SAVE Act. Here's what you need to know about this attempt to gut voting rights, particularly for tens of millions of women in America, and how we need to fight back to protect our democracy.

www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-the-sa...

How The SAVE Act Would Roll Back Voting Rights

What is the SAVE Act and why we cannot allow it to become law

www.qasimrashid.com

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A Public Defender @pubdef.bsky.social · 10d

I am think that it should be emphasized that the Presidential pardon power is limited to crimes and wouldn’t absolve someone of civil liability or absolve their “property“ from forfeiture proceedings… There are tools and they can/should be used.

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A Public Defender @pubdef.bsky.social · 10d

Also, if it wasn’t appropriated by Congress, “we will be getting it back whether in cash or kind.”

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve written about people who were exonerated after being imprisoned for 20, 30, and 40-plus years. Some were nearly executed. None of them ever saw anything near $320 million.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 13d

Here's my original story that explains this discrepancy. Many (maybe even most) of her donors are marked by "ActBlue," but over 150 are unmarked meaning they appear as individual donors in FEC filings
evanstonnow.com/aipac-donors...

AIPAC donors flood Fine's campaign - Evanston Now

Group seek unconditional U.S. support for Israel.

evanstonnow.com

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