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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8h

"El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, who attended the meeting, said Chicago-born Pope Leo was visibly moved after being handed dozens of letters from immigrants describing their fears of arrest and separation under Trump’s enforcement policies..."

www.thedailybeast.com/pope-leo-ram...

Pope Leo Ramps Up His Trump Feud With Order to American Bishops

The Chicago-born pontiff has sharpened his criticism of the Trump administration and reportedly decided to take action.

www.thedailybeast.com

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 7h

The clarity this far out is good. The plan to stop it would be better. But them wasting all their manpower in Portland, Chicago and LA would be... not super strategic?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 10h

One of the (many) legal gaps that needs to be filled after this nightmare is over is to prohibit federal law enforcement agencies from using federal funds to create propaganda videos with anyone in custody. This is all about spectacle and content creation, remove the incentive and the means

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 12h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10h

I work with Blue Missouri because our organization writes actual checks to down-ballot Democratic candidates.

No one else does what we do.

Other organizations give training or advice or texting services. While those things are important, candidates need $ to reach voters. bluemissouri.org

Home

Missouri needs you. Join the movement.

bluemissouri.org

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

Does he know the story of the birth of Jesus or nah?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine how they'll feel if Trump pardons her.

And how will MAGA feel about that? Or the non-MAGA Trump voters? It's hard to imagine that there's much of a constituency for pardoning the world's most notorious sex-trafficker.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Phang: How are these Epstein victims supposed to feel about closure when you see Blanche meeting with Maxwell and then giving her a minimum-security camp move?

And now, conversations allegedly that Trump is going to have with the DOJ about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. It is an abomination

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

Billionaire Trump Donor Paulson Scores Windfall Thanks To Government’s Investment In Trilogy Metals

One of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters on Wall Street owns a stake in the tiny mining business that tripled overnight on news of the government’s investment.

Billionaire Trump Donor Paulson Scores Windfall Thanks To Government’s Investment In Trilogy Metals

One of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters on Wall Street owns a stake in the tiny mining business that tripled overnight on news of the government’s investment.

www.forbes.com

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

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.

www.motherjones.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

When religions devolve into identitarian movements, bad things happen.

The Rise of MAGA Christian Identity

Plus: The crocodile comes to eat Jonathan Greenblatt and the ADL.

www.thebulwark.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 1d

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

Only the military remains outside Trump’s grip. Despite the firing of several top officers—and his threat to fire more—the U.S. armed forces are still led by generals and admirals whose oath is to the Constitution, not the president. But for how long?

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Tim Miller on his recent interview with Barstool's KFC about how only "absolute batshit crazy" people want masked ICE agents kidnapping random gardeners:

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

This photo of red troops from Texas invading Illinois over a fake emergency is raising some significant questions for those who watched the televised address Pete Kegstand gave to hundreds of generals, admirals and commanders recently, a speech that already lives in infamy as the "No Fatties Speech"

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

I think it is quite reasonable to ask whether the supposedly rigid standards Secretary Kegstand announced at Quantico just days ago do not actually apply to any white men from red states who are in the process of illegally invading blue states

America has the right to know it if that's the case now

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Childless Dog Lady @donotsurrender.bsky.social · 1d

Well I am certainly devastated- NOT!

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

She’s devastated.

Rand paul has unfollowed Hillary Clinton on Twitter

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

These are scary times, and it’s okay to feel afraid. The challenge is learning how to respond instead of retreating. This piece offers insight into managing that fear and transforming it into courage, understanding, and tangible steps forward.

The Fear Factor

The right and the left both use fear to drive politics, but the difference in how is striking

thinkbigpicture.substack.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe Portland.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @Chris_Meloni
asking, "Are the Epstein files in Chicago?" followed by a reply from @Sec_Noem
, Secretary Kristi Noem, stating, "Chicago, we're here for you," accompanied by a nighttime aerial video of a cityscape labeled "BODY CAM 2" with a timestamp of "2025-09-30" and a duration of 1:07.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"To the extent Republicans have managed to settle on a single talking point, it’s that Dems want taxpayer $ to pay for healthcare for undocumented people — a lie so egregious even the mainstream media is balking at repeating it. It’s almost self-parodic messaging & polling suggests it’s not working"

Democrats are winning the shutdown

Republicans, meanwhile, are bumbling and stumbling.

www.publicnotice.co

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1d

So we're playing "TAPPED!" again.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

I love that the Pope is not following 45 accounts or 47 accounts but 46 accounts.

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 1d

This is going rather poorly for Republicans if one of the three Yes votes across the aisle on the CR is now wavering and considering voting No now. Moderate Dems were how the GOP had expected to break the filibuster to reopen the government…

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 1d

@citizensunionny.bsky.social new report shows that moving local NYC elections to presidential election years would greatly improve voter turnout and representation, including in down-ballot races. This Nov., NYers can vote to jump-start this move.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 1d

Why didn't Democratic Senators ask Pam Bondi why she didn't prosecute Jeffrey Epstein when she was Florida's Attorney General from 2011 to 2019 at the very time he was running his child sex ring in Florida?!!

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