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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1h

Incidentally, in less important and kind of silly news, I think this is a first:

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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social · 2h

Great crowd tonight at this year’s George Washington Prize ceremony. We’re especially happy to have 4 finalists in the room with us!

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10h

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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters (1)

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 2h

Deluded or lying?

Portland has plenty of stores. And boutiques. Lots of boutiques.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Craig Roblewsky @pointc.bsky.social · 3h

We have a whole new website dedicated to the "burning" question.

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3h

For those who don't know, Jonathan Choe is a former TV journalist who was fired by ABC for his over-the-top sympathetic coverage of the Proud Boys. deadline.com/2022/03/komo...

Asian American Journalist Fired By Seattle ABC Affiliate KOMO After Covering Proud Boys Protest

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 3h

I have taken
the freedom of speech
that was in
the Constitution

and which
you were probably
using
for peaceful protest

Forgive me
the courts said they were
so agitating
and so irritating

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · 8h

MAGA lawmakers regularly share its content. Elon called it "one of the best accounts on X." It's run by a Macedonian who has never set foot in America — and who illegally donated to a U.S. congressional campaign.

Great stuff from @jsweetli.bsky.social:

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The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 3h

I didn't know Mamdani's wife was a comics nerd! New York, you have to vote for him now because I need at least one person in comics to have good health insurance.

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · Jun 25

This is Zoran Mamdami’s wife’s portfolio site and she is very good

HOME | Rama Duwaji

Rama Duwaji is a Syrian illustrator and animator based in Brooklyn, NYC.

www.ramaduwaji.com

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 4h

Ellis highlights the attacks Reverend David Black has suffered at the Broadview facility, finding plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged that the feds' use of force against praying people "substantially burdens their excercise of religion."

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 4h

Ellis rules that the plaintiffs have standing for their case. She cites the "ongoing and sustained record of conduct" by federal agents gathered over the last month.

She further finds the plaintiffs have plausibly shown feds have "frustrated" efforts to "protect journalist safety."

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

For Trump's secret police, the claim that US citizens have no right to monitor them or record what they are doing is a tenacious and firmly held conviction... which lacks any plausible basis in actual law. It's invoke to justify the use of violence against citizens where other pretexts fail.

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

thedispatch.com

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

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

Quick follow up for the senator -- who is they?

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 3h

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

POLITICO
"They killed Charlie Kirk — the least that we can do is go through a legal process and redistrict Indiana into a nine to zero map," Sen. Jim Banks, the Republican of Indiana, told POLITICO last month.

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 2h

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the Chicago area accused of assaulting law enforcement, the latest in a shocking string of failures by the Trump Department of Justice.
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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ICIJ @icij.org · 2h

More than 3,500 of the IRS probationary workers dismissed earlier this year were rated as “fully successful” or better, while the remainder had no performance rating or record, a recent report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration notes.

Watchdog report finds overwhelming majority of IRS employees fired by DOGE for performance had no documented issues - ICIJ

A new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration notes that the termination letters were written for the agency by the OPM and its cuts failed to follow internal IRS procedures.

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 6h

A recurrent attempt to blame people for corporate action (this news gets repeated every few years).

HFAs in inhalers = ~2.4million tons a year.

Total CO2 last year was 37.8 GIGAtons.

Inhalers are less than a rounding error.

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 3h

More history from this Nazi adulated by the Trump team. These are explicit, proud Nazis who scream and cry and call every referee they can find when you quote their Nazism back to them.

Multiple tweets from Nazi Jack Posobiec in 2016 making "jokes" involving the Nazi code "1488."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h

Discount Goebbels: Don't call us fascist.

Also Discount Goebbels: Can I introduce you to my buddy who thinks the Nazis were the good guys?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 2h

Today is Octidi the 18th of Vendémiaire in the year 234.
Vendémiaire is the month of vintage.
Today we celebrate buckwheat.#JacobinDay

More information on buckwheat

An old time-y illustration of a Buckwheat.

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CNN @cnn.com · 23h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

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Source New Mexico @sourcenm.com · 2h

The federal government is looking to exempt itself from more than two dozen federal laws to build border walls in New Mexico.

DHS orders expedited construction on New Mexico border wall • Source New Mexico

The federal government will seek to exempt from two dozen federal laws to build barriers faster on 100 miles of New Mexico’s border.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 2h

I challenge the media to show pictures of Portland. Go to a store with glass. That's all you have to do

They can't do it because it would offend Deal Leader

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

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