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jengunderson.bsky.social @jengunderson.bsky.social · 18h

Giving Anne Frank vibes. We. Are. Not. Okay.

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markhax.bsky.social @markhax.bsky.social · 18h

Like a story out of Nazi Germany.

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The King Teen @kingteenmusic.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit. CBS News has 10,000 employees?

I mean Bari Weiss is a fascist con artist but I'd want to know what the heck all those people are doing too. 10K FTEs? Or 10K people who might pick up a freelance check from them once in a lifetime? I would have guessed maybe 500 for FTEs.

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the full memo.

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Kirk @sankalots.bsky.social · 14h

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Cath RN, PhD 🎃 @headdoc35.bsky.social · 18h

Not exactly, Grandpa.

A restaurant association survey found 44% of full-service casual restaurants are likely to close this year thanks to the rising of grocery, produce, & beverage prices under your watch.

How Much Trouble Are DC Restaurants Really In?

A restaurant association survey found 44 percent of full-service casual restaurants are likely to close this year. How likely is it?

www.washingtonian.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "The restaurants were all closing, now you can't get into a restaurant. They're opening up new restaurants. It took 12 days for us. We sent in not politically correct military. We sent them in based on merit."

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 18h

That the networks don't have a live feed from Portland running in the corner is journalistic malpractice.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18h

The house just extended their vacation!

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h

Do you think Corey Lewandowski, Kristi Noem, or Stephen Miller himself thought it'd be cute to falsely claim FPS asked for a Guard invasion of the courthouse?

Finally, the Court notes its concern about a third declaration submitted by Defendants, in
which the declarant asserted that the FPS “requested federalized National Guard personnel to
support protection of the Federal District Court on Friday, October 10, 2025.” Doc. 62-3. This
purported fact was incendiary and seized upon by both parties at oral argument. It was also
inaccurate, as the Court noted on the record. To their credit, Defendants have since submitted a
corrected declaration, and the affiant has declared that they did not make the error willfully. Doc.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18h

One Battle After Another

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 21h

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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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18h

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Patsy Baloney @patsybaloney.bsky.social · 18h

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 18h

On our street!

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 17h

It’s really great to be able to drop your ballot in a mailbox and 24 hours later get both an email and a text confirming it was received. The sort of voting efficiency the GOP loathes.

November 4, 2025, Statewide
Special Election: Ballot
Counted

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 17h

Hitler wanted to do the same in Berlin and then rename all of Europe Germania.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 17h

unlike the rest of these folks (and unlike appellate judges and supreme court justices), the job of a district judge is essentially to see what's in front of them

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18h

It's very striking how clearly they seem to see what's right in front of their faces in way that so many others -- law firm partners, university presidents, members of congress, and on and on -- refuse to.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 17h

likewise, it's not a coincidence that the magistrate judges in dc have been getting pissed off

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17h

Week in review!

youtu.be/fv4IhkbnQK4?...

Shutdown, Trump's Qatar Deals, & Troops in Chicago | Week in Review

YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h

Meiselas: Trump says he’s focusing right now on laying off the Democratic agencies and government employees, whatever that means. Again, completely pathetic behavior, and in normal times, this would be impeachable and/or 25th Amendment territory.

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