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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5m

A practice that would have been unthinkable under past administrations is becoming normalized: Sending ICE detainees, without due process, to far-flung prisons.

@nlanard.bsky.social takes us inside the "legal black hole" in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini where Trump is sending detainees.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 3h

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1h

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

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Dennis M Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 2h

House GOP Proposes Changing Name Of Federal Pell Grants To ‘Trump Grants’ In New Bill

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House GOP Proposes Changing Name Of Federal Pell Grants To ‘Trump Grants’ In New Bill - NewsBreak

Rhode Island lawmakers are infuriated by a proposal to rename one of the federal Pell Grants – a grant honoring one of Rhode Island’s former and longest se

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Dennis M Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 3h

Wait until the see how much their healthcare premiums go up!

Dennis M Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 3h

Trump says Johnson, Pritzker 'should be in jail' for 'failing to protect' ICE officers

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Trump says Johnson, Pritzker 'should be in jail' for 'failing to protect' ICE officers - NewsBreak

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Mayor Johnson and Gov. Pritzker "should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!"

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Dennis M Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 3h

Trump says Johnson, Pritzker 'should be in jail' for 'failing to protect' ICE officers

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Trump says Johnson, Pritzker 'should be in jail' for 'failing to protect' ICE officers - NewsBreak

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Mayor Johnson and Gov. Pritzker "should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!"

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Dennis M Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 3h

Are Trump’s voters turning against him? - Vox apple.news/AiwgU14k2S9G...

Are Trump’s voters turning against him? — Vox

Tariffs. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. National Guard deployments. The Epstein files. Strikes on Iran. Gaza and Ukraine. Sticky inflation.

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Dennis M Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 3h

James Comey to be arraigned after Trump called for his prosecution - NBC News

Malicious prosecution.

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James Comey to be arraigned after Trump called for his prosecution — NBC News

Comey was charged amid the president's repeated calls for investigations of his political opponents.

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Dennis M Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 4h

GOP senators increasingly anxious about Trump’s aggressive use of National Guard - The Hill

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GOP senators increasingly anxious about Trump’s aggressive use of National Guard — The Hill

Republican senators are increasingly uneasy about President Trump’s standoff with Democratic governors over deploying National Guard troops from other states to Portland, Ore., and Chicago.

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Tony Negron @tnite02.bsky.social · 23h

The woman is a GD shrew and totally unfit for her position. Hopefully someday she is prosecuted.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 15h

Is Trump thinking about pardoning George Santos?

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 15h

Tensions Rise Over Trump’s Efforts to Send Troops to More Cities www.today.com/video/trump-...

Tensions Rise Over Trump’s Efforts to Send Troops to More Cities

After a Trump-appointed federal judge had already blocked the president from using Oregon’s National Guard to address protests in Portland, the administration then ordered 300 troops from California t...

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 15h

Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19h

They believe they will never be out of power and relatedly, even if they eventually are, there will be no accountability.

Refusal to openly, credible, emphatically threaten them with it isn't just a failure on the principle of the matter for what should happen then. It worsens the situation now.

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 22h

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 15h

Mass Layoffs Trump Is Threatening are Illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Mass Layoffs Trump Is Threatening in Shutdown Fight May Be Illegal

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 19h

Pam Bondi’s defensive attacks against Senate Democrats questioning her was not the flex she thinks it was. All it did was vividly point out how she has abandoned Justice Dept. independence to serve the desires of her authoritarian boss.

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therascal.bsky.social @therascal.bsky.social · 17h

Stetson grad Pam Bondi scoffs at legal knowledge of senator — who went to Harvard Law

www.rawstory.com/pam-bondi-26... She is a stupid (w)itch!

Stetson grad Pam Bondi scoffs at legal knowledge of senator — who went to Harvard Law

Attorney General Pam Bondi tried to put down a U.S. senator Tuesday as she refused to answer multiple questions — begging to know of Adam Schiff (D-CA), "Do you have a law degree?"Unfortunately for Bo...

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Liberal Old Fart @oldliberalfart.bsky.social · 16h

Bondi should be charged with Contempt of Congress.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

“Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice.”

Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it

"Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18h

In 1999, Bill Clinton announced “the last, best unprotected wild lands anywhere in our nation” would be shielded by a new rule that banned roads, drilling and other disturbances.

Today, these lands could soon see chainsaws and logging trucks amid a push by Trump to raze these ecosystems for timber.

Outcry as Trump plots the plunder of US forests: "You can almost hear the chainsaws"

Public comments suggest repealing the Clinton-era "roadless rule" is wildly unpopular.

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 17h

The "antifa army" that Noem stared down 😂😂😂

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Dennis M Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 16h

Antifa is sooooo cruel.

Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 1d

Portland Protestors Baiting ICE Agents
With Donuts on Fishing Poles
calling it ICE Fishing

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 17h

The Speaker of the House is refusing to swear in an elected official, leaving an entire district without representation, just to block a vote that would release files on the world’s most notorious pedophile, whom the President once called his best friend. Why isn’t this on every front page?!

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Dennis M Taylor @dmt4mt.bsky.social · 16h

No need to vet Trump judges.

Axios @axios.com · 16h

Thanks to new rules through the "nuclear option," the Senate confirmed another big batch of nominees Tuesday evening — putting them ahead of tallies at the same point under the Biden and first Trump administrations.

Senate GOP beats Biden's confirmation numbers

Thanks to new rules through the "nuclear option."

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16h

In 1999, Bill Clinton announced that “the last, best unprotected wild lands anywhere in our nation” would be shielded by a new rule that banned roads and drilling.

Today, these lands could soon see chainsaws and logging trucks amid a push by Trump to raze these ecosystems for timber.

Outcry as Trump plots the plunder of US forests: "You can almost hear the chainsaws"

Public comments suggest repealing the Clinton-era "roadless rule" is wildly unpopular.

www.motherjones.com

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