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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 6h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

Oh noooooo!

After a jury found Greg Bovino to be full of shit in LA, a judge found him to be full of shitshow in Chicago.

[This is Judge April Perry's opinion on her TRO.]

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This indicates to the Court both bias and lack of objectivity. The lens through which we view the
world changes our perception of the events around us. Law enforcement officers who go into an
event expecting “a shitshow” are much more likely to experience one than those who go into the
event prepared to de-escalate it. Ultimately, this Court must conclude that Defendants’
declarants’ perceptions are not reliable.6

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womblingweka.bsky.social @womblingweka.bsky.social · 3h

Whether she called him or not, he has no idea what her name is.

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 4h

Critics raged Friday after President Donald Trump announced higher tariffs on China as the stock market sank, calling the move "really, really consequential.

'Really consequential': Critics rage over Trump's massive new tariff as markets plummet

Critics raged Friday after President Donald Trump announced higher tariffs on China as the stock market sank, calling the move "really, really consequential."Trump unleashed multiple rants on Truth Social Friday, saying he was planning repercussions after China added new retaliatory port fees for U....

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womblingweka.bsky.social @womblingweka.bsky.social · 4h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

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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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 5h

There goes another Trump admin talking point.

Claim: Abrego told an immigration judge that he fears persecution in Costa Rica.

Judge Xinis reads the immigration judge's ruling, which doesn't say that.

"That's very troubling to me," Xinis tells Ensign.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 5h

Judge Xinis shows her frustration at the Trump DOJ.

"See, Mr. Ensign, this is the problem that I have."

She notes that her order demanded a witness who could deliver answers on Costa Rica.

"You come today with a witness that knows nothing about Costa Rica."

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 5h

Judge Xinis notes that the govt's witness wasn't prepared for the testimony she ordered:

"I had very specific directions for what that witness should be prepared to testify about."

She adds that it's getting close to "three strikes, you're out."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5h

I have a couple of comments about Paul Ingrassia's lawyer, who sounds like a lawyer who would be hired by Paul Ingrassia.

First, vagueness in legal threats is the hallmark of legal thuggery. Notice the letter does not identify a single allegedly false statement of fact in the Politico story.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

Paul Ingrassia is now threatening to sue Politico:

“This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.”

October 10, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Re: Statement on behalf of my client Paul Ingrassia regarding last night's story, Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment, POLITICO (Oct. 9, 2025), https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/09/ingrassia-trump-harassment-dhs-
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POLITICO's hit piece about Mr. Ingrassia is calculated to cause maximum harm to his promising career — and torpedo his nomination for Special Counsel. This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.
To be 100% crystal clear, so that there is zero room for doubt: Mr. Ingrassia did not engage in any wrongdoing in connection with the matters reported. As POLITICO itself reported: "The woman, whom POLITICO is not naming, said in a statement that she 'never felt uncomfortable' about Ingrassia's behavior and said she had never made a complaint." This is one of the only accurate parts of POLITICO's otherwise fantastical and fictional partisan fairy tale.
Accordingly, one last time, I call upon POLITICO to publicly apologize and issue a full retraction of this disgraceful and partisan sludge.
/s/ Edward Andrew Paltzik
taylordykema.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 7h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 5h

#nzpol
As ever, Anne Salmond is on point

"When Act mounted its despicable Victim of the Day campaign, delivered by Act’s parliamentary staffers at the taxpayers’ expense and attacking individual scholars as ‘deranged,’ that was another attack on institutional autonomy and academic freedom."

Anne Salmond: Academic freedom and its enemies

In NZ there are chilling moves towards illiberal democracy. While they are being strongly resisted so far, political leaders and others must wake up.

newsroom.co.nz

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womblingweka.bsky.social @womblingweka.bsky.social · 4h

Can a reporter PLEASE, PLEASE ask him how much a drug will cost if it was originally $10 and goes down 400%????!!!!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

womblingweka.bsky.social @womblingweka.bsky.social · 4h

Can a reporter PLEASE ask him how much a drug will cost if it was originally $10 and goes down 400%????!!!!

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Jeff Thomson @jeffct.bsky.social · 19h

Luxon’s trying to claim he’s secured a trade agreement with Singapore. We’ve had one since 2001, updated in 2021.

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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 4h

Having heard the hotel room cancelation story, unfortunately only from one source, and gotten scooped, I don't understand the Politico story to be a vexatious political attack.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

Paul Ingrassia is now threatening to sue Politico:

“This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.”

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows. The Dezers made billions on Trump-branded condos. Now they're cleaning up with no-bid contracts to fly prisoners to foreign concentration camps.

This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows.

zeteo.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

2017 TRUMP: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

2025 TRUMP: “Thank you, Qatar, for my free $400,000,000 personal jet!”

TRUMP, a few months later: “I'm letting Qatar be the first foreign nation to build a military base on US soil.”

www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...

President Calls on Qatar to Stop Supporting Terrorism

President Trump says the nation of Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level and that it's time to stop this funding, stop teaching hate, and stop the killing. "We ask Qatar and other ...

www.c-span.org

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 4h

also a sign of how far trump has checked out-there is zero chance in the old days he would countenance anyone else taking credit, even in a slip of the tongue

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

That's right. Laugh right at these sweaty losers and double down on the peaceful protests against them.

Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 9h

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7h

Florida’s surgeon general’s anti-vax beliefs are only the tip of a very deeply weird iceberg.

Joseph Ladapo’s guiding voice? His wife, who believes she can talk to “Archangel Michael, Mary Magdalene, and many other beings of light.”

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

www.motherjones.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 7h

Both Donald Trump and his Slovene-born escort spent years calling for Obama’s birth certificate. I am calling for Melania Trump’s legal immigration papers: How did she get an “Einstein” visa for extraordinary abilities despite her blatant lie under oath about her college degrees?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

We've all heard that there is no free lunch.

Well, guess what?

There is no free 747 either.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

Bari Weiss’s first project for CBS brought in a phenomenal 145 viewers. Love this for her.

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womblingweka.bsky.social @womblingweka.bsky.social · 4h

Is that Fauci?

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