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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1h

I have a friend who owns a restaurant. He says tourism and travel to DC in recent months has devastated many restaurants in DC. So, yes, Trump is lying. Again.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "You can go and eat at the restaurants. The restaurants are booming. They were closing one after another and now they're booming, they're opening. Nobody has ever seen a transformation like they have in Washington DC. It's as hot as it can get."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1h

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 · 2h

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.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 1h

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he has not yet been briefed since President Trump posted to Truth Social about a signed first phase in the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
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Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Jeffries: "The streets are hot right now on Capitol Hill because the Republicans are just falling apart. They cannot justify their position having shut the government down. They cannot justify their position in terms of hiding the Epstein files from the American people."

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 1h

Utterly impossible to argue otherwise.

Even if you laughably believed Trump wasn’t in the files, Johnson is protecting everyone in them!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Jeffries: "Mike Johnson and this group continue to cover up for the pedophiles. That's crazy."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

“.. 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
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Artesian Mystic @artesianmystic.bsky.social · 3h

Yes.

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White House doctor says Trump is 'fully fit' in medical report

President Trump lost 20 pounds, lowered "bad" cholesterol and has "diverticulosis and a benign polyp," according to a medical report released by the White House.

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Artesian Mystic @artesianmystic.bsky.social · 3h

“Routine” when he had his annual physical last April, as many have commented here. What’s changed since then? 👉

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White House doctor says Trump is 'fully fit' in medical report

President Trump lost 20 pounds, lowered "bad" cholesterol and has "diverticulosis and a benign polyp," according to a medical report released by the White House.

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 3h

NEW: @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports as protests begin in Chicago amid the mobilization of National Guard troops.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 3h

The same thing happened under Trump when U.S. Navy SEALs on a mission in North Korea killed civilians, including fishermen (or shellfishermen), after accidentally encountering them.

Petro claims US strike in Caribbean may have killed Colombian citizens

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has indicated there are "signs" that a recent U.S. military boat attack off Venezuela involved Colombian citizens.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 3h

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 8h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 3h

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.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 3h

Agreement reached on the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, including the release of all Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners as well as the entry of aid. - Qatar foreign ministry

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 3h

Donald Trump has declared this to be a warzone. Maybe our memories are hazy, but any veterans out there remember inflatable animal costumes dancing during combat operations during OIF or OEF?

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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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 4h

Some really good signage and costumes on the streets tonight in Chicago to protest the deployment of the National Guard and the continued ICE presence

A photo of a crowd at a protest in Chicago. Many people are standing in a group, some are holding signs. The person in the center is dressed as the statue of liberty with a sign that reads "betrayed" on them.

A photo of a group of people at a protest. A person in the center is holding up a sign that reads "pepper spray your own damn family."

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 3h

“Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine said Wednesday that he and other members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a classified briefing this week, were denied access to the Pentagon’s legal opinion about whether the boat strikes adhered to U.S. law.”

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Trump has yet to provide Congress hard evidence that targeted boats carried drugs, officials say

The Trump administration hasn't provided evidence to lawmakers that recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats were justified.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

AP: “.. the administration has only pointed to unclassified video clips of the strikes posted on social media by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and has yet to produce ‘hard evidence’ that the vessels were carrying drugs.”

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 4h

On 8 October, Russian troops struck residential neighborhoods in daylight, leaving homes shattered

Less than an hour later, a Russian drone slammed into an apartment building. No military targets, no “mistakes” — just another act of terror against civilians
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