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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 7h

Trump (1) reveals he doesn't know what habeas corpus is and (2) punts to Noem, who famously revealed her own ignorance at a Senate hearing when she defined habeas corpus as "a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."
www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 6h

Quite a headline
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Trump to get a 'routine yearly' medical check-up — his second in 6 months

The White House said Trump would be at Walter Reed Medical Center and undergo a checkup after a planned meeting with service members in the facility.

www.nbcnews.com

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 6h

I wrote legal editorials for the Post for a hot minute many years ago, and I was constantly anxious about making sure I got the details right. This editorial is just humiliating for everyone involved

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 7h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 8h

incredibly, bleakly funny that trump is going after christopher wray, who spent his entire tenure at the fbi with his head down desperately trying to avoid trump's attention and did nothing to protect the bureau from trump's attacks www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Other prosecutors are investigating former CIA director John Brennan, another prominent Trump critic, and former FBI director Christopher Wray, who was originally appointed by Trump but enraged conservatives who came to believe he had wielded the bureau’s powers against them. Former officials have received subpoenas in recent days in the Wray inquiry, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 7h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 7h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 8h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 8h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

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

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

TAPPER: I don't understand why you're not calling the House back in session

MIKE JOHNSON: Members are doing important work in their districts right now

TAPPER: But the work legislating is also important work

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 11h

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 8h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 8h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 7h

Three most recent press releases from the top two members of Senate Appropriations (days ago & date):
Chairman Collins (R-ME)
19 days, Sep 19, 2025
40 days, Aug 29, 2025
68 days, Aug 1, 2025
Ranking Member Murray (D-WA)
1 day, Oct 7, 2025
1 day, Oct 7, 2025
5 days, Oct 3, 2025

#SRules

Screenshot, top of homepage of Senate Appropriations Committee, below the banner

Majority News
19 – Sep 19, 2025 – Senator Collins Urges Colleagues to Support House-Passed Continuing Resolution, Avert Shutdown
40 – Aug 29, 2025 – Senator Collins’ Statement on OMB’s Rescissions Proposal
68 – Aug 1, 2025 – Senate Passes Appropriations Bills with Significant Wins for Maine

Minority News
1 – Oct 7, 2025 – Senator Murray Slams Republicans for Refusing to Get Serious About Solving Health Care Crisis, Ending Republican Shutdown
1 – Oct 7, 2025 – REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN DAY 7: Senator Murray Blasts Trump and Vought’s Latest Threats, Slams Republicans’ Refusal to Get Serious About Tackling Health Care Costs
5 – Oct 3, 2025 – REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN DAY 3: Senator Murray Calls Out Trump, Republicans’ Cruelty & Refusal to Get Serious About Reopening Government, Addressing Health Care Costs

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 10h

Unironically, you can see how these guys’ Twitter brainrot has progressed to this stage where they have trouble remembering that you’re supposed to talk about the Nazis as the bad guys. It’s not a winking nod to neo-Nazis so much as them genuinely forgetting which way is supposed to be up

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 9h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 8h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 9h

NOTE: Back during his campaign for 2016, Trump said he wanted to go after the families of ISIS fighters. And so as Trump has now grouped antifa with ISIS, it makes sense he'd want our domestic law enforcement to go after families of antifa members – ie, irrespective of involvement by the families.

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 11h

lest anyone think the girlfriend line was a hilarious joke I concocted...

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 12h

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on President Donald Trump saying that him and Chicago Mayor Johnson should both be "jailed":

"He's a coward. He says a lot of things to the camera. He likes to pretend to be a tough guy. Come and get me. Come and get me."

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Rep. Angie Craig @repangiecraig.bsky.social · 12h

Seriously, Mike — where are they?

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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 12h

Democrats are ready to fix this crisis, but Republicans would rather keep the government shut down.

Their allegiance to Trump outweighs their duty to you—the American people.

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Indivisible MN03❌👑 @indivisiblemn03.org · 11h

LINK:
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U-Haul and Budget vehicles are being used by ICE to carry out raids in Chicago.

Transporting both people and firearms is a direct violation of their rental terms.
#uhaul #budgettruckrental #boycott #indivisible #indivisiblechicagonw

U-Haul and Budget vehicles are being used by ICE to carry out raids in Chicago. Transporting both people and firearms is a direct violation of their rental terms. Are they okay with their vehicles bei...

TikTok video by Indivisible Chicago Northwest

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

“.. the debate inside the administration has shifted recently, from whether it makes sense to invoke the act to more deeply exploring how and when it might be invoked ..”

@nbcnews.com
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