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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

thank you brett kavanaugh!

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 22h

“But behind the scenes, the top Republican leaders agree that the subsidies have to be extended going into a midterm election year.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump's off-script comments cause shutdown headaches for GOP

President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are straining to project a united front against Democrats.

www.politico.com

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans don't want people to get paid during a government shutdown they own. Seems bad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Dates in Movies @datesinmovies.bsky.social · 2d

Oct 6th 1988 - Students discovered that school was closed due to flooding. Flooding which Donnie Darko caused, while under the influence of Frank.

📽️📅 Donnie Darko (2001)

3 Screenshots from the movie "Donnie Darko" (2001): First, a dimly lit scene shows a young man with an intense expression, holding an axe over his shoulder, with a mysterious, blurred figure in the background. Second, a black screen with white text reads "October 6 1988 (twenty-four days remain)." Third, a group of school children walks outside, with one smiling, as subtitles read "The school is closed today because it's flooded," and a Halloween-themed sign is visible in the background.

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

time.com/7323442/sout...

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

time.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 5d

Perspective check from a friend:

Her: Remember how excited you were the day that @nicklutsko.bsky.social's Ends dropped?

Me: Hell yup

Her: That's how excited normal people are about Taylor Swift's album release today

Me: OhhHHHhhhh

a man wearing a green shirt is making a sad face .

ALT: a man wearing a green shirt is making a sad face .

media.tenor.com

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 6d

Yesterday Trump and Vought announced they'll cancel infrastructure projects in states with Dem Senators. This is deeply corrupt.

Trump and Vought will raise electricity prices for millions of Americans and kill jobs including in districts represented by Republicans.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Damage from Trump's $8B energy hit list would spill into GOP districts

The department targeted 16 blue states when canceling financial awards for 223 energy projects. But both parties will feel the impact.

www.politico.com

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 6d

Before the 2024 election, immigration was Trump's strongest issue so it was good campaign strategy to tie everything to it no matter how tenuous the relationship. Now people hate what Trump's actually done, so the connection will not magically turn people around to support Republicans

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 6d

A noun, a verb, and "illegals" - the GOP's shutdown strategy. www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Republicans’ shutdown strategy: All ‘illegals,’ all the time

It’s a plain attempt to fight on friendly turf for the president’s party — where the details are arcane enough to leave Democrats with little response but protest.

www.semafor.com

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 6d

Spotted on the Orange Line this morning

Sticker that reads "the pedo president funded pedo island"

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Nita Cosby @5-2blue.bsky.social · 6d

Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked. Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment and US citizens were among those detained for hours. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 6d

[[LOLs in IR major]]

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 6d

Here's some more about the Trump FCC's decision on Monday to kill two popular programs that helped bring free Wi-Fi to poor rural school kids (at no additional cost to taxpayers):

FCC chairman leads “cruel” vote to take Wi-Fi access away from school kids

FCC Republicans kill funding for Wi-Fi hotspot lending and Wi-Fi on school buses.

arstechnica.com

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 7d

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 7d

Checking in on a friend tonight: "As long as I'm happy living in a gray void, I'm good"

what a time to be alive

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 7d

It's October! Happy @nicklutsko.bsky.social season to all who observe
open.spotify.com/playlist/08u...

Yup, It’s Spooky Time

open.spotify.com

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 8d

Yes I am bad and should feel bad

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 8d

More like Passé Comitatus amirite

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 8d

Yes because Democrats are definitely the party with majority control of federal government rn

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8d

BREAKING: Democrats vote down a GOP bill to keep the government open, putting it on track for shutdown after midnight.

Democrats vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown

Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.

bit.ly

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 8d

This morning we announced our new Economic Justice Section & Working Families Unit in presentations to the Senate Committee on Labor & Business and House Committee on Commerce & Consumer Protection.

This move will double our capacity to protect against scams & predatory practices. #orpol

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8d

SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted.

My story:

Trump mandates all federal agencies send email blaming Dems for potential gov’t shutdown

Workers call the partisan email "a vile slap in the face."

www.thehandbasket.co

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 8d

This is, quite simply, a lie. Government shutdowns have never triggered layoffs before because government shutdowns have nothing to do with layoffs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump: "When you shut it down, you have to do layoffs. So, we'd be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected, and they're gonna be Democrats."

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 8d

This is a threat

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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 8d

Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva hasn't been sworn in, so she has to roam Congress with an escort

I saw her this morning going through security along visitors — something lawmakers don't need to do when walking into the Capitol

More on her limbo status here:
www.notus.org/congress/ade...

Voters Elected Her to Congress. Mike Johnson Is Making Her Wait.

“At this point, I can’t hire staff. We don’t have an office. I can’t get around without being escorted,” Arizona’s incoming House Democrat, Adelita Grijalva, said Tuesday.

www.notus.org

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 8d

Solar and wind power have finally become important sources of energy in recent years. But the reason they have grown rapidly while coal has declined isn’t that the chardonnay set considers coal unfashionable. It’s the simple fact that coal is no longer cost-competitive, while wind and solar are.

Fossil Fuels and Fossilized Minds

What’s driving the doomed attempt to revive coal?

paulkrugman.substack.com

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