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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3h

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Andrew Gray @andrewgrayak.bsky.social · 3h

I’m singing in the Alaska Chambers Singers concert this weekend:

Bloch’s Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)

Saturday night at 7:30 pm & Sunday afternoon at 4 pm.

St Patrick’s Parish, 2111 Muldoon

Please come!

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Löki Gale Tobin @lgtobin.bsky.social · 3h

I spoke at the NAACP Alaska Oregon Washington executive board inauguration tonight.

I shared words from one of the org's founders, W.E.B. Du Bois:

"It is wrong to encourage a man or a people in evil doing; it is wrong to aid and abet a national crime simply because it is unpopular not to do so."

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Alaska House District 20 Democrats @alaskahd20dems.bsky.social · 3h

He’s pretty much off his rocker entirely. We continue to see evidence of it.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 4h

Notice of appeal has arrived in Illinois v Trump.

The fight over the National Guard is officially headed to the 7th Circuit.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: Even as a judge in Illinois blocked President Trump’s deployment of the Guard in Chicago, an appeals court seemed poised to greenlight his deployment in Portland.

More on the courts’ struggle with Trump’s deployments.
w/ @ShiaKapos @joshgerstein

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

Courts split on National Guard: Blocked in Illinois, likely permitted in Oregon

At dueling court hearings, lawyers for the Trump administration defended the deployment of troops in two cities.

www.politico.com

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 8h

People shouldn’t have to beg the government for protection from toxic chemicals. But Trump’s EPA is more focused on fast tracking chemical approvals to build AI data centers in our backyard than taking dangerous toxics off the market. We deserve an EPA that works for the people—not polluters.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 8h

Another day, another hit to our democracy as Trump’s corruption of the DOJ continues. AG Bondi is his tool for prosecuting his political targets.

Normalizing this is how democracies die. I refuse to accept it — and the American people shouldn’t either.

New York AG Letitia James indicted for alleged fraud following pressure from Trump

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted on at least one count of alleged fraud following pressure from President Donald Trump.

abcnews.link

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 8h

If Trump can do this to Comey and Letitia James, he can do it to anyone. This is authoritarianism. We cannot be silent.

Screenshot of headline reading: New York Attorney General Letitia James charged in fraud case after pressure campaign by Trump

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 8h

This is what tyranny looks like.

Trump has turned the Department of Justice into his personal attack dog to go after his political enemies.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 7h

Presidents and governors shouldn't be able to deploy National Guard troops from one state to another if that state's governor objects.

That is common sense, and yet Republicans just blocked my amendment to stop this blatant abuse of power. Another shameful abdication of duty.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

Donald Trump: Stop trying to incite Illinoisans into violence. Pack up and go home.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 6h

America is not building enough housing and Americans are facing sky-high housing costs as a result.

Today, the Senate took a historic step to change that.

The ROAD to Housing Act will help communities – urban, suburban, and rural – build more housing and bring down costs.

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Congresswoman Erica Lee Carter @repericaleecarter.bsky.social · 6h

May we all be reminded of what true fearlessness is and stand strong against the abuse of our justice system. We have your back! #nyag #resist #nokings

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 10h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 6h

In the middle of a government shutdown—while millions of Americans face down dramatic increases in their health care premiums—the Senate just voted to send another $900 BILLION to our already bloated pentagon budget. Disgusting.

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The Alaska Democratic Party @thealaskadems.bsky.social · 7h

Fat Bear Week wrapped up last week, and we want to say a big congratulations to the winner, Chunk!

The only thing fatter than Chunk might be Dan Sullivan and Nick Begich’s pockets after voting for those tax giveaways for millionaires… #AlaskaDems

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Alaska House District 20 Democrats @alaskahd20dems.bsky.social · 5h

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US buys Argentine pesos, finalizes $20 billion currency swap

The U.S. Treasury has purchased Argentine pesos and finalized a $20 billion currency swap with Argentina’s central bank.

apnews.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 7h

For those who have asked about the "in part" part of Judge Perry's ruling, it wasn't clear in the courtroom what she denied.

But, noticeable in the original prayer for relief (left) was a request to also block use of the "U.S. military" — something not mentioned in the final order (right).

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 7h

For those who have asked about the "in part" part of Judge Perry's ruling, it wasn't clear in the courtroom what she denied.

But, noticeable in the original prayer for relief (left) was a request to also block use of the "U.S. military" — something not mentioned in the final order (right).

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 10h

From The New Yorker

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 7h

For Judge April Perry, it came down to credibility.

The Trump administration's "perception of events" in Chicago "are simply unreliable," she said. So she blocked Nat Guard deployment in IL, for now.

UPDATED from @chicago.suntimes.com w/ @tinasfon.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

Federal judge hits Trump administration credibility in siding with city and state against National Guard deployment

Judge's order bars 'federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois' for at least 14 days.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h

Reuters: U.S. JUDGE SAYS SHE WILL BLOCK THE DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN ILLINOIS, FOR NOW

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

Important discovery fight taking shape in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's criminal case.

The question: Can the government assert privilege to avoid handing over documents that may be relevant to a defendant's vindictive prosecution claim?

Abrego's counsel says no.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 8h

Someone like JD Vance, who has been on the receiving end of a lot of insinuations, should know to couch his language more carefully.

Anyways, I’ll be here, ready to make a deal to save Americans’ health care and reopen the federal government that Republicans shut down.

A headline from the New York Post reads: “JD Vance calls Chuck Schumer ‘one of the most famous Palestinians’”

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