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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 8h

@chicagotribune.com reporter sums up where things stand with the woman ICE shot www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMB4aaCs/

A judge ordered the woman shot by federal agents and accused by the federal government of assaulting them released Monday. Her attorney said agents used an expletive at her before shooting her and app...

TikTok video by Jake Sheridan

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 14h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 11h

“There is going to be infants skipping feeds. There is going to be pregnant women skipping meals so that they can feed their toddlers."
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Government shutdown threatens food aid program relied on by millions of families

Experts say a food aid program that helps 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money unless the government shutdown ends within two weeks.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 20h

Can’t stop thinking about this and what it says about a person.

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 23h

If Republicans can casually ignore precedent, so can Democrats.

Speaker Johnson has no right to stop duly elected representatives from taking office.

Call a press conference on the capitol steps, and swear in Democratic Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva - NOW.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 8h

Ah yes, the man who wrote a book on the “unfortunate consequences” of the Civil Rights act is here to (quite turgidly) defend Hegseth’s anxiety-riddled bigotry.

And, despite having never served has thoughts about unit cohesion.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9h

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Despite a raw vocabulary and some rude provocations,” Pete Hegseth “outlined a nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society,” writes Christopher Caldwell.

Opinion | That Hegseth Speech on D.E.I. in the Military Was Actually Pretty Good

Despite some rude provocations, he outlined a nuanced vision of the military.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 14h

Wanna learn more about the pastor in this photo?

I talked to him yesterday.

He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 9h

Gonna be riveting x.com/WashPostComm...

Washington Post Communications on X: "Introducing our Opinion Editor, Adam O'Neal https://t.co/wkWVrO7g1V" / X

Introducing our Opinion Editor, Adam O'Neal https://t.co/wkWVrO7g1V

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 9h

FOUR HOURS A DAY???

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 9h

Time travel back to fall of 2024 and show people the ACLU is putting out Tik Toks like this www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMBXMsG8/

TikTok video by ACLU

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 10h

They had to buy the Post, gut the newsroom, and restaff with reactionary grifters that don't deserve to carry their predecessors' dirty socks; that was the only way to remake the paper, because they were never gonna get through the front door on merit.

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 10h

This little twerp, who’s been there a few months, axed two of the lions of WaPo??

Fisher is an investigative champion and had been at The Post for 39 years. Hoffman had been there for 42, and he won a Pulitzer LAST YEAR.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 12h

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 10h

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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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 9h

Priest is going to walk from Pope’s childhood home in Chicago to Statue of Liberty to protest ICE www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMBC7kMB/

TikTok video by Miguel Puente

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10h

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 13h

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

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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.

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

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

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 13h

Here’s video of the incident

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 15h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10h

Have they started to look for Judge Carter? DB Cooper? Ambrose Bierce?

CNN @cnn.com · 12h

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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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10h

You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11h

The government is shooting priests in the head with pepper balls. I feel like this is a kitchen table issue.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 13h

Here’s video of the incident

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11h

Just have to take a beat to say that the people that have long warned about state violence and the militarization of law enforcement were right.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 11h

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 · 13h

Here’s video of the incident

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 13h

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

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Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 15h

10 out of 13 grants awarded for domestic Heat Pump manufacturing (the IRA’s Heat Pump Defense Production Act Program) are also listed. 🔌⚡

Awards for Gradient, Mitsubishi, and York International appear to be safe.

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 15h

Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...

Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law

A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 12h

Alright. Still don't think that leadership has to be the messenger here, and Chuck should speed up his delivery by 1/4-1/2 speed but...all that said it's a start and pretty clear.

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 14h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 12h

Never forget that Dolly Parton gave a million bucks for covid research at the *very start* of the pandemic—including money that helped fund the development of the Moderna vaccine.

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