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MBlue.Bsky.social 🌺MB🌺 @mblue.bsky.social · 18h

Yup. Love Lawrence ODonnell 🥊 #Traitor #Coward

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Isabel Ravenna @theravennareport.com · 16h

A way more instantly believable claim than Tylenol = autism, like what are we doing here

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 16h

Many people are saying heroin, brain worms, swimming in sewage, and eating roadkill cause insanity.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

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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DIGITALMB @digitalmb.bsky.social · 16h

@maddow.msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @joyannreid.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @velshi.com @ayman.msnbc.com @ahylton26.bsky.social

States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 9d

A state lawmaker has accused Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti of revising a legal opinion on use of the National Guard in violation of the state constitution.

via @tennesseelookout.com

Tennessee lawmaker says AG omitted, altered Guard deployment opinions

A Tennessee Democratic lawmaker is accusing the state’s attorney general of revising and withdrawing a legal opinion on National Guard deployment, enabling the governor to send troops to Memphis in…

www.newsfromthestates.com

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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 7d

Refugees are among the lawfully present noncitizens facing the loss of federally funded health care coverage.

via @stateline.org

1.4M lawfully present immigrants could lose subsidized health coverage

An estimated 1.4 million immigrants who are in the country legally but are not citizens stand to lose their government-subsidized health care coverage under the sweeping tax and spending bill…

www.newsfromthestates.com

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 16h

sitting my mainline ass down and holding space

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Listening and learning

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 15h

Feel safer now?

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Ryan Doerfler @ryandoerfler.bsky.social · 20h

An actual opposition party would run this on a loop in every conceivable space.

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 21h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 16h

The judge found “no credible evidence that there is a danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois.” The courts keep checking this president’s unconstitutional actions which are designed to fractionalize rather than protect and strengthen the nation. www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Chicago, saying it violates Constitution

A federal judge granted a request to temporarily block a National Guard deployment in Chicago, saying the move violates the U.S. Constitution.

www.nbcchicago.com

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 16h

I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16h

Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.

Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats

An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.

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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 16h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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Emma Roller @emmaroller.bsky.social · 18h

The ruling class has correctly assessed public schools as a threat to them. Two reasons:
1. An educated working class is their worst nightmare
2. Public schools are one of the last places where working-class families mix across racial and ethnic lines

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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 16h

May the other states take note.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14d

NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court.

The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.

The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:

Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS - Bolts

Hawaii justices ruled that their state constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaiians—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.

boltsmag.org

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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 16h

Hasn't Hegseth *already* deployed the Texas Guard to Illinois?

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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 2d

Justice Alito's line of questioning about possible-but-speculative harms in Bost, in light of his opinion for the Court in Clapper, is ... a bit rich.

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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 16h

Anyone know where one might find Trump's alleged Oct. 4 determination that the "regular troops" are unable to execute federal laws in Chicago and/or his activation of the National Guard for Chicago?

@justsecurity.org

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16h

Here is the actual TRO:

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING: Federal judge issues TRO following a second day of hearings, blocking the Trump administration from “ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois” from now through Oct. 23. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
STATE OF ILLINOIS, a sovereign state; and the CITY OF CHICAGO, an Illinois municipal corporation,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 25-cv-12174
Judge April M. Perry
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; KRISTI NOEM, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security;
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; PETER B.
HEGSETH, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Defense; UNITED STATES ARMY; DANIEL P. DRISCOLL, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Army,
Defendants.
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
This Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Doc. 3, and
ORDERS as follows:
1. Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns entered, and all persons acting in concert with them, are temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the
National Guard of the United States within Illinois.
2. This Temporary Restraining Order is at 5:55 P.M. central time on this 9th day of October
2025 and expires on October 23, 2025 at 11:59 P.M.
'President Trump, one of the name Defendants, is not enjoined by this Order.

3. Within two (2) calendar days of entry of this Temporary Restraining Order, Plaintiffs
shall post a nominal bond of $100. The bond shall be filed in the Clerk's Office and be
deposited into the registry of the Court.
4. Defendants' Request to Stay or Administratively Stay the Temporary Restraining Order,
Doc. 62 at 58, is DENIED.
5. A telephone hearing will be held on October 22, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. to address whether
this Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for an additional fourteen (14)
calendar days.
Dated: October 9, 2025
Coul MPeray.
APRIL M. PERRY
United States District Judge
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 18h

We are getting at least a partial TRO in Illinois v. Trump, the military deployment challenge. @jonseidel.bsky.social is covering the ongoing ruling from the federal bench in Chicago.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 18h

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 18h

#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 17h

May It PleaseThe Court
open.substack.com/pub/dankowal...

May It PleaseThe Court

Let Us Now Discuss "Domicile"

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John K. @jf23.bsky.social · 23h

Complete out of control!!!

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Dan Kowalski @skiramen.bsky.social · 23h

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 23h

I wrote about the bizarrely credulous way the New York Times’ flagship podcast “The Daily” presented Russell Vought, how it is indicative of blind spots and fallacies that undermine the public response to Trumpism - and what we actually need to understand about this dangerous man:

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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