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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 11h

“Putting your political opponents in jail because they are your opponents—not because of what they did—is the heart of tyranny. It is an obviously impeachable offense,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the indictment of NY AG Tish James on Trump-ordered charges.

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 13h

Lindsey Halligan indicts Letitia James on one count of bank fraud in EDVA. We are in an absolute nightmare.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h

MAJOR new restrictions on federal government use of riot control weapons -- and even requiring them to display identification in many circumstances. I expect a very rapid appeal and request for a stay from the 7th Circuit.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 18h

NEW: A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring Chicago-area fed agents from several violent actions they’ve taken against journalists, activists and “religious practitioners” protesting ICE — including Rev. Black, a plaintiff in the case. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 18h

Ah yes, he reached this number using the famous mathematical equation:

(Boat + Drugs(Maybe)) + Boom = 25,000 Saved Americans

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "You can't even find any boats in the water anymore. You had boats -- we were like a subway train loaded up with drugs. Every single boat that you see getting taken out kills 25,000 Americans."

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Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 17h

wow

Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 17h

Oklahoma’s Republican governor criticizes guard deployment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican and the chairman of the National Governors Association, on Thursday criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as a violation of his beliefs in federalism and “states’ rights.”

His comments, in an interview with The New York Times, marked the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and other Democratic elected officials have been strongly critical of the move and have implored Republican governors to join the opposition.

Mr. Stitt on Thursday said, “We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,” adding, “Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 18h

So they're invading and indefinitely occupying Chicago, in other words?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Noem: "With your authority, we're purchasing more buildings in Chicago to operate out of. We're gonna not back off -- in fact, we're doubling down. We're gonna be in more parts of Chicago in response to the people there. We're looking at facilities we can deploy more law enforcement out of."

Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 21h

A good interview. The conservative misrepresentation of what anti-fascist really means has dire consequences: this professor must now flee the country simply for researching the subject.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

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Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 22h

The White House posted a 'Chicago' video—of Florida.

"However, the Daily Beast can reveal that much of the footage was actually filmed in April in Florida, the state home to Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence-with a big giveaway being that it features palm trees, which are not known to grow in Chicago."

Trump and White House Busted Using Florida Palm Tree Footage to Show ‘Chaos’ in Chicago

The president posted the deceptive high-octane ICE raid video to his own social media account.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

when you are worried that THIS supreme court will rule against you on invoking the insurrection act, a statute that famously gives enormous deference to the president ... maybe that's a sign that your military deployments are pretty baseless

Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 1d

"Everything is terrorism in Trump’s America. Identifying faceless ICE agents. Mutual aid for jailed protesters. Calling JD Vance a fascist. The war on ‘antifa’ is a war on free speech, and it’s just getting started." www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

Everything is terrorism in Trump’s America

But don’t call that fascism. That would be bad.

www.theverge.com

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Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 1d

Yes and Miller did not misspeak here; he believes Trump has this kind of power. I think he simply caught himself saying too much.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. On Sept. 20, Trump meant to send a private message to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging her to prosecute” Comey.

“.. Trump believed he had sent Bondi the message directly .. and was surprised to learn it was public, the officials said.” 🤡

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 1d

We certainly know they don't care about widespread suffering or threats to democracy or millions losing healthcare, etc. but yeah, money? That could actually get their attention. They do still need us.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

wat

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

What www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

POLITICO
"They killed Charlie Kirk — the least that we can do is go through a legal process and redistrict Indiana into a nine to zero map," Sen. Jim Banks, the Republican of Indiana, told POLITICO last month.

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Elder Millennial @od-at.bsky.social · 1d

So, does that mean they're going to drop bombs on US citizens? 🤔

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 1d

It's certainly what they're implying.

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n2theblue.bsky.social @n2theblue.bsky.social · 1d

The aggravating thing is they know the press won’t call them on even an obvious lie like this

The-Autistic-Artist 🥥 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Halloween Era @theautisticart.bsky.social · 1d

The White House just announced that Trump would be going to Walter Reed on Friday for his annual physical.

Except... Trump already had his annual physical in April.

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Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 1d

So true! This fact will be intentionally missed by all journalists who want to maintain their precious White House press corps access.

Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 1d

Firefighters must be working overtime with the city getting burned to the ground every night, huh? Nah.

Two flags were burned—and there's been some confused 911 calls: "the fourth call was as a result of someone watching a TikTok video and calling 911 thinking what they were seeing was live.”

Trump says Portland is ‘burning to the ground.’ It’s not. - Poynter

Recent protests have led to a handful of small fires and arrests, but city life continues as normal

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Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 1d

Select "An active bill" from the drop-down and pick one (AB 82 / SB 497; AB 1084 / SB 59; SB 418, etc.).

Then you can add a quick message asking him to combat the Trump administration's anti-trans discrimination by signing these bills into law immediately.

Only takes about a minute!

🦇 Killy Witches 🎃👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 3d

CALIFORNIANS!

you can help make our state better and safer for trans people RIGHT NOW by telling Newsom he needs to sign these bills!

We need you!

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Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 1d

Headline writers, here ya go:

"We Took the Freedom of Speech Away": Trump Claims Authority to Revoke Constitutional Protections

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 1d

It's a soul-crushing story. And we can't look away. Our government has killed children, has robbed the desperate and starving of what little aid they'd been receiving, and the suffering is unimaginable.

We can't look away.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 1d

I agree, we need more frequent and bigger protests.

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Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 1d

"We can use our shared language to fight the fascism currently seated in power.

We talk a lot about resistance under the current regime. Reading is resistance.

We should do more of it."

Reading IS resistance: empathy-building, defiantly offline resistance.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

We told anyone who would listen that boiling learning down to a multiple-choice question assessment at the end of each year would lead to teaching to the test. That teachers would feel forced to teach test-taking strategies rather than teaching life strategies

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Silencing Mockingbirds

Reading is resistance

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