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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 5h

Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, only two of 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the most senior jobs in government were Black. From NYT Politics:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

Johnson and Lauer are stalling.

If Grijalva isn’t sworn in, it gives them time to pressure one of the 4 Republicans who signed the discharge petition to flip.

The reason they’re working this hard to shield the Epstein files is because Trump’s name is all over them.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h

🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 9h

@warnock.senate.gov: "You know that it's a critical moment any time Raphael Warnock and Marjorie Taylor Greene are essentially saying the same thing. That doesn't happen often... She saw that the premiums of her own adult children will go up so much in 2026 that their healthcare is unaffordable."

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 8h

President Gustavo Petro of Colombia said his government believed one of the boats recently bombed by the United States in its campaign against alleged drug traffickers had been carrying Colombian citizens, not drug traffickers.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 9h

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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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 5h

Some cases take on outsized importance, with issues that transcend the decision the parties ask the courts to make. This is one of those cases. The stakes are high: the integrity of the Justice Department and the ability of a president to corrupt the rule of law. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Slow Death Facing The Comey Prosecution

This morning at 10 a.m., former FBI Director Jim Comey was arraigned in federal court.

open.substack.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

THIS is the energy we’ve been waiting for. Credit where credit is due.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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❌👑 Deb Verla 💙 Register Democrats 💙 Save the world ❌👑 @villaverla.bsky.social · 1d

Be like Scott! Vote YES on 50 and talk to the people you care about to let them know how important it is!

#YESon50 #Voterizer

Scott Farrand ❌👑 @scottfarrand.bsky.social · 1d

I too am voting YES on 50, to try to counterbalance Trump's power grab. I'll talk with everyone in my family about it too. We need folks to TURN OUT with their YES ballots in California!!

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1d

In a nutshell.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23h

Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...

A picture of Sergio Garcia and George W and Laura Bush. It is signed, To Sergio Garcia with best wishes.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 21h

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 21h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

I’m shocked.

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amdjerz.bsky.social @amdjerz.bsky.social · 5h

Love this so much

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20h

10 days until the biggest peaceful protests in modern American history. A No Kings Day event is likely happening near you wherever you are. Please join us to show we won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

Imagine that.

www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 19h

DEVELOPING: Convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and financial fraudster calls for the imprisonment of Chicago’s mayor and Illinois’ governor because they will not help him turn their home into a war zone.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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amdjerz.bsky.social @amdjerz.bsky.social · 5h