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Navigating uncharted waters... #EmolumentsShouldHaveBeenEnough long, long ago. 🤷🏻‍♂️ #MakeLyingWrongAgain #FactsMatter #Science! 🧫🔬🔭🌌

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RevJPDonaldson @revjpdonaldson.bsky.social · Nov 25

Is this your work, @pratner.bsky.social ?
I've been mentioning this article quite a bit lately. 👇
bigthink.com/the-present/...

39 years ago, a KGB defector chillingly predicted modern America

A former KGB agent named Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov claimed in 1984 that Russia has a long-term goal of ideologically subverting the U.S.

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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 8h

Breaking: A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the deployment of National Guard troops in the state of Illinois for 14 days.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 20h

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

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RevJPDonaldson @revjpdonaldson.bsky.social · 8h

They are being purposefully deceived. 😡⚖️

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 11h

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 16h

This seems like a good time to remind everyone of when Trump gave an address to 1500 Conservatives in front of a fake presidential seal containing the Russian Eagle and some golf clubs.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 10h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Justice 🇺🇦 @loveon9.bsky.social · 8h

Another article mentioned relative signing, but failed to explain. Yes! 💯 #Leticia
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9h

The indictment may relate to mortgage documents James co-signed to help her niece secure a loan for a property in Virginia.

This @mollyroberts.bsky.social piece explains why it appears to be a pathetically weak case.

(Fixed the link, sorry!) ⬇️

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

Courts & Litigation Criminal Justice & the Rule of Law
Next Up: Letitia James
Molly Roberts
Monday, October 6, 2025, 9:59 AM
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It's hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey-until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 9h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 1d

The Dude has spoken:

"ICE? Let's get ICE off our streets and into our beverages. This aggression will not stand. Let's just abide together"

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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davidmaxwell161.bsky.social @davidmaxwell161.bsky.social · 17h

10/9/25 National Security News and Commentary conta.cc/3IQMTRi

10/9/25 National Security News and Commentary

Email from Informal Institute of National Security Thinkers and Practitioners (IINSTP) Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners Quotes of th

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 16h

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 15h

“Abortion providers say Missouri’s attorney general is trying to get patient records” 10/7/25 … 1/ apnews.com/article/abor...

Abortion providers say Missouri's attorney general is trying to get patient records

Planned Parenthood officials say in court filings that Missouri's Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of patients who’ve had abortions.

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 14h

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13h

I knew something was afoot in Missouri: On 9/30/25, Judge Kacsmaryk transferred a long-standing suit re: the FDA’s regulation of mifepristone from TX to the eastern district of Missouri. “All but one of the current full-time district court judges in [that district] were appointed by…Trump.” 1/

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File411 @file411.bsky.social · 12h

Oh goodie gumdrops, an adjudicated rapist is attempting to (literally) defend & honor a man who committed countless atrocities against Native Americans
Source: Washington Post circa 2019
washingtonpost.com/history/2019...

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Clay Jones @claytoonz.bsky.social · 11h

You can't say for certain that any participants of the J6 terrorist attack are working for ICE, but you can't say for certain that they're not. #ICE

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RevJPDonaldson @revjpdonaldson.bsky.social · 8h

Netanyahu will resume his attacks on civilians as shortly after the hostages are released.

He is not to be trusted.

He had foreknowledge of the October 7 terrorist attacks and allowed it to happen.

Like Drumpf, he needs to stay in power to avoid criminal consequences. 😡⚖️

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 10h

From @saraboboltz.bsky.social

www.huffpost.com/entry/letiti...

New York Attorney Letitia James Indicted By Trump Justice Department

Trump ordered his attorney general to prosecute political enemies, including James, just a few weeks ago.

www.huffpost.com

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mrspanstreppon @jamiepeppard.bsky.social · 9h

If I were Letitia James, I'd make sure there's lots of noise about FL AG James Uthmeier not being investigated by the DOJ for allegedly laundering $10M thru Casey DeSantis' charity, Florida Hope, & into FL GOP coffers.

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ITSACOUP!AgentKrasnovonDuty @n0madbotz.bsky.social · 1d

dingdong...

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(Lizzie)🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @pip-kin.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget, the longest running GOP Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert was sentenced & served 15 mos for sexual abuse of teenage boys.

The judge at sentencing referred to Hastert as a "Serial sexual molester".

There's a theme here that doesn't fade w/ time.

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