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Dr. John W Cavanaugh, PhD ⭐🇺🇲 🇮🇪

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Cancer #survivor - Consultant. Author. Award winning Educator. Former NGO Program Officer and US Senate staffer. Passionate about civic engagement & global public affairs. linkedin.com/in/johnwcavanaugh/

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Dr. John W Cavanaugh, PhD ⭐🇺🇲 🇮🇪 @drjohncav.bsky.social · Nov 8

In memory of my Beloved Therapy dog Jet (10/31/13 - 07/24/24) who is now flying free with the Blue Angels. No better wingman to Fight CRC.

Picture of my therapy dog Jet, a handsome black lab, sitting at the top of the National Veterans Memorial and Museum after a 5 mile walk.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 19m

This is not the time for supporters of Palestinian self-determination to be quiet. It’s the moment for us to demand more, writes @sunjeevbery.bsky.social.

Trump’s Plan to Deprive Palestinians Any Say in Their Future

This is not the time for supporters of Palestinian self-determination to be quiet. It’s the moment for us to demand more.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

#WarRavagedPortland

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

Imagine that.

www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2h

Republicans gave ICE so much money so they could violate all our rights.

ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones | TechCrunch

The federal contract shows ICE spent $825,000 on vans equipped with “cell-site simulators” which allow the real-world location tracking of nearby phones and their owners.

techcrunch.com

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3h

NEWS: James Comey pleaded not guilty to criminal charges that followed President Trump’s demand to prosecute.

The judge set a Jan. 5 trial date — but Comey is expected to try to kill the case before it starts, including by disqualifying Lindsey Halligan

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

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Nita Cosby @5-2blue.bsky.social · 3h

Federal prosecutors investigating former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly making false statements to Congress determined that a central witness in their probe would prove "problematic" and likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury. abcnews.go.com/US/central-w...

Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources

Ex-FBI Director James Comey faces federal charges, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness in the case would prove "problematic," sources say.

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BlueCrew community 💙💙 @libertyovergov.bsky.social · 2h

🚨BREAKING: Former FBI Director James Comey pleads NOT GUILTY to charges of lying to Congress and obstructing a proceeding. Many believe Trump is targeting him out of revenge for investigating his 2016 campaign. Abuse of power to settle scores is dangerous and unconstitutional.
#BlueCrew #Resist

Graphic styled as a “BREAKING NEWS” alert featuring side-by-side photos of James Comey and Donald Trump. Bold text claims Comey pleaded not guilty to criminal charges and accuses Trump of abusing presidential power for revenge. A call to action urges viewers to “SMASH THE 👏🏽” if they agree Trump is acting unconstitutionally. Branding at bottom reads “CALL TO ACTIVISM.”

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 2h

James Comey is not a GNAT to be gotten rid of.

Trump’s turned the DOJ into a revenge machine — staging show trials through Pam Bondi and a beauty-pageant lawyer. This isn’t law & order. It’s a dictator auditioning for absolute power. ⬇️

Trump’s Political Persecution of Comey is Flagrant Criminal Abuse of Power

CALLING DEMS "GNATS" TO BE "GOTTEN RID OF" IS A DANGEROUS NATIONAL DISGRACE

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 3h

➡️ The Trump economy SUCKS

www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

The Unofficial Jobs Numbers Are In and It’s Rough Out There

In a federal data blackout, Wall Street numbers and surveys are filling the void, and the nongovernment numbers are telling the same basic story: Few companies are hiring.

www.wsj.com

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GrouchyMarkx @grouchymarkx.bsky.social · 2h

Though I will never have respect for these grifting simps, I do welcome their influence to turn the tide they rode...

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Bro influencers who backed Trump are turning on the MAGA movement

“This is kind of crazy that that could be possible,” Joe Rogan said after President Donald Trump began sending migrants to his mega prison in El Salvador without due process

www.independent.co.uk

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 3h

Pathetic Pamela Jo

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 5h

Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.

Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing

The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Rep. Lloyd Doggett @doggett.house.gov · 2h

As usual, Greg Abbott is an eager accomplice to Trump's wrongdoing. The illegal deployment of US troops against US citizens has never been about crime or immigration; Trump only wants to normalize the misuse of our military against his opponents.

Our Texas Guard should be serving Texans, not Trump.

Texas National Guard troops arrive in Illinois over leaders’ objections

The arrival of Texas National Guard troops came ahead of a Thursday hearing in Illinois’s lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump administration from deploying into the state.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

NEW: Comey is going to file selective and vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss AND he will challenge the legality of Halligan’s appointment! There’s more, too… so glad @annabower.bsky.social is there to bring us the whole story! Thread below with details:

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3h

The judge also set an initial schedule for pre-trial motions.

The first set is expected by Oct. 12. Per Comey’s defense counsel, that batch will include motions to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution, as well as a motion challenging the legality of Halligan’s appointment as US attorney

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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 1d

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

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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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furbabies.bsky.social @furbabies.bsky.social · 21h

After yelling and obfuscating to senators for hours, Dick Durbin hit her with this one: "Eventually you are going to have to answer for your conduct in this. You won't do it today, but eventually you will." Suddenly, she went SILENT.🔥 She knows.

You're phucked, Pam....just sayin'

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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 18h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Whitehouse: "The supposed contribution made to me by some Epstein person is actually not true. It's false. So, weird when an AG of the US comes to the Judiciary Committee & makes false allegations about a senator - demonstrably false - rather than answer a simple Q: Is there a picture, or no?"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

BEHN: “Feed kids. Fix roads. And fund hospitals. Instead of handing out corporate tax breaks.”

TN-07 Democratic nominee @aftynbehn.bsky.social puts her people-first priorities front and center in a high-energy victory speech

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 14h

I wonder how, if at all, Nelson v City of Davis (2012)—about the use of pepperballs against people who posed no threat to officers—will affect this case, in terms of qualified immunity, unreasonable force, and the Fourth Amendment.

Excerpts from an article by a California public-entity law firm https://jones-mayer.com/vol-27-no-15-qualified-immunity-denied-when-force-is-used-against-non-threatening-persons/

On July 11, 2012, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the denial of qualified immunity for police officers who fired pepperballs into a crowd of partygoers who posed no threat to them. In the case of Nelson v. City of Davis, 2012 DAR 9528, the court ruled that the use of force was unreasonable and violated "clearly established" constitutional rights.

The court concluded that qualified immunity from civil liability was not appropriate in this case since, as a result of many court decisions, "any reasonable officer ... would have been on notice prior to April 2004 that the application of pepper spray to individuals such as Nelson and his associates, whose only transgression was the failure to disperse as quickly as the officers desired, would violate the Fourth Amendment."

"Thus, just as our prior cases provided notice to all reasonable officers that targeting Nelson and his group with a projectile weapon with concussive force that could cause serious physical injury or targeting them with pepper spray was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment, our precedents make it equally clear that utilizing a weapon against Nelson's group that combined both of these forms of force amounted to a constitutional violation."

The court concluded that "a reasonable officer would have known that firing projectiles, including pepperballs, in the direction of individuals suspected of, at most, minor crimes, who posed no threat to the officers or others, and who engaged in only passive resistance, was unreasonable."

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Barbara @bamart8.bsky.social · 18h

Excellent suggestion!

youtu.be/uy1MYZ1oJH4?...