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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 48m

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The three agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Jack Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referenced.

www.nbcnews.com

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 34m

- @andrewperez.bsky.social reporting from Portland, Maine:

“Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.”

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 37m

NEW, via @andrewperez.bsky.social. Our @zeteo.com senior politics editor’s latest: zeteo.com/p/leonard-le...

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.

zeteo.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 30m

Across Chicagoland today, more kidnappings continue. Immigration agents have taken people from Waukegan, Elgin, Glendale Heights, potentially some other suburbs. In the city proper, feds just snatched someone near Peterson and Pulaski—and earlier today, they grabbed someone from Little Village.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3h

You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚

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Beth DeSombre @bethdesombre.bsky.social · 1h

Fantastic news -- congratulations (and well deserved) @hahrie.bsky.social !

Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 1h

Super happy for the awesome @hahrie.bsky.social and her MacArthur fellowship -- couldn't go to a more deserving scholar and person... www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Hahrie Han

Analyzing the organizations and movements that equip people to participate in public life and solve problems together.

www.macfound.org

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Chappatte Cartoons @chappatte.bsky.social · 2h

Heureux d'annoncer "Censure en Amérique", dialogue en mots et en images avec la grande dessinatrice US Ann Telnaes aux Éditions Les @arenes.fr . Dès le 23 octobre en librairies. / Happy to announce "Censorship in America" with the great US cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social at Les Arènes, Paris. 👇

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

(shared with permission) ICE/CBP has been active on Chicago's northwest side this morning—and also met with rapid responders.

Agents reportedly abducted one man from this Dunkin at Belmont and Milwaukee around 9:30am before speeding off.

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 1h

After Carney and Trump's meeting at the White House, Canadian and U.S. officials have been tasked with "quickly" reaching agreements on steel, aluminum and energy before moving on to other trade issues. This is what U.S. tariffs currently look like for Canada: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

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Audie Klotz @audieklotz.bsky.social · 1h

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1h

A healthy democracy, where the leader and his followers spent a week threatening the destruction of the UN because the president fucked up an escalator briefly, and we all just moved on largely because the president was busy invading his own people’s territory in part because he got mad at a tv

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1h

A healthy democracy, where the leader and his followers spent a week threatening the destruction of the UN because the president fucked up an escalator briefly, and we all just moved on largely because the president was busy invading his own people’s territory in part because he got mad at a tv

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[redacted], MLIS @unbuildingwalls.bsky.social · 17h

Pritzker on Consider This earlier:

"There's some sort of dementia going on, and he just keeps repeating things from years gone by."

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3h

The judge also set an initial schedule for pre-trial motions.

The first set is expected by Oct. 12. Per Comey’s defense counsel, that batch will include motions to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution, as well as a motion challenging the legality of Halligan’s appointment as US attorney

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 3h

This is a good way to hit back at Trump's deranged statements and calls to jail Democrats.

Media needs to focus on his mental decline. Democrats must force media to do it.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

In a scathing critique of President Donald Trump, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday accused the Republican president of deploying National Guard troops to the Democratic cities of Chicago and Portland based...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h

The people running our major media institutions are not human beings—they're paid mercenaries.

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 5h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Richard Price (they/them) @advincensorship.bsky.social · 3h

Got some coverage of our silliness from higher ed press.

Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference

University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.

www.insidehighered.com

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 3h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: Texas Bishop Mark Seitz just met with Pope Leo XIV and brought him a packet of letters from migrants terrorized by the Trump administration —
apnews.com/article/vati...

El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown has met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3h

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I understand why people *want* the police to intervene--normies are like, 'I thought cops are supposed to arrest people doing crimes, ICE is right there doing crimes, go do your thing'

but police organizations take nearly every opportunity to be like, 'oh you misunderstood what our thing is'

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 4h

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...

National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

www.foxnews.com

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Chastity Blackwell @blackisis.bsky.social · 3h

This is a good explainer by folks doing the work here in Chicago about why Pritzker can't just start ordering the ISP to arrest ICE.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 17h

NEW — Some TRiiBE readers, among many others on the internet, have been suggesting that the Chicago police arrest ICE agents for their misconduct.

TRiiBE publisher @morganelisej.thetriibe.com put out this explainer video, breaking down the legality for y’all.

youtube.com/shorts/WDHFe...

Can local police arrest ICE?

YouTube video by The TRiiBE

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Patty Read Project 2025 @handi817.bsky.social · 3h

"Fear is contagious; but so is courage." Protestor outside Comey arraignment.

Good job Jim, Olivia, Miles and Glen!!

Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 6h

Morning folks! We will have live coverage of the targeted prosecution of former FBI director @jamescomey.bsky.social starting at approx. 9am ET. Experts on hand to discuss including @oliviaoftroye.com @milestaylor.bsky.social and @glennkirschner.bsky.social - live on Substack and YouTube.

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Audie Klotz @audieklotz.bsky.social · 3h

They finally caught up to Al Capone for tax evasion. Just saying…

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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 3h

Mob Boss Politics 101: Deploying the National Guard to yet another an American city and then threatening to jail your political opponents.

This isn’t keeping us safe. We have to reject Trump’s mob boss tactics of threats and intimidation.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4h

President Trump has called for the jailing of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both Democrats, for “failing to protect” ICE officers who have been sent to the city.

Trump says Chicago mayor, Illinois governor should be jailed for response to ICE

Trump, without providing evidence, said Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker should go to jail for “failing to protect” immigration agents.

www.washingtonpost.com

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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 16h

Another radical idea, then & now (more than then). bsky.app/profile/100y...

100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 22h

Oct. 7, 1925: The Lutheran Church refuses to endorse blue laws to restrict recreation and business activity on Sundays. It adds: "No ecclesiastical body worthy of the name Christian has the right to call on the state for assistance in carrying out the mission of the church."

Cartoon by Reginald Marsh: "Hey, take your arm down, don't you know today is a Sunday?"

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 22h

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

www.pbs.org

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