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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 23m

I've lived through the tenures of a lot of shitty right wing House Speakers in my 65 years but Midget Mike the MAGA Muppet is easily the all-time worst

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 25m

The "us" in this absurd statement is conservative white people

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

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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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 41m

The consensus of macroeconomists globally is that the techbros and Trump are driving the markets towards a Crédit Mobilier-type meltdown in which they will profit massively, but the financial system will be devastated. www.ft.com/content/fe47...

IMF and BoE warn AI boom risks ‘abrupt’ stock market correction

Kristalina Georgieva and UK financial stability watchdog say valuations are closing in on dotcom bubble levels

www.ft.com

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 45m

Jack Smith wasn’t the special counsel when the FBI obtained a court order to search Mar-a-lago for classified documents.

He was in the Netherlands working at the ICC.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1h

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 · 1h

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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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 27m

Their handles are always a tell

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 12h

The guy we are saving with $20B bailout

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LizN @liznisherenow.bsky.social · 42m

"I 'CE rousted American citizens from their apartments during the middle of the night and detained them — in zip ties no less — for far longer than the ‘brief’ period authorized by the operative regulation … and envisioned by the Perdomo concurrence,' the judge wrote."

Chicago judge cites South Shore raid, Supreme Court controversy while ruling against ICE

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings found that ICE arrested 22 people early this year without a warrant, and in violation of what’s known as the Castanon Nava settlement agreement.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1h

Actually, Mike, if you're a young, pregnant American citizen woman who shows up in an ER in TEXAS or some other GOP-run states, THEY WON'T TREAT YOU AT ALL.

They'll wait until you're dying of sepsis. Then, when you're brain dead, they'll hook you up to tubes and treat your corpse as an incubator.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

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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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 3h

If you're a reporter in DC lobbing questions about who's gonna perform at the Super Bowl to the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, you're just a shit stirrer and a hack.

Plenty of things in Mike Johnson's wheelhouse you should be asking him about. Bad Bunny ain't one of them.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 4h

Important psychological component: their aggression is entirely premise on their belief that no one will fight back. They love coplaying soldier boy when there’s no perceived danger of being hurt or killed. Chicken hawks basically.

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

There’s just not enough attention being paid to how unqualified, psychologically unfit, and dangerous so many of these new ICE hires potentially are.

If we had a Congress, there’d be investigations & oversight into this.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 4h

How many impeachable offenses at this point?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

“.. the latest example of the Trump administration’s policy priorities overlapping with the business dealings of the president and his family.”

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

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 1d

I begged @spiegel.de to translate Jörg Schindler's excellent reporting on America's fall into theocracy and they did. As I keep saying, German journalists are doing a better job covering America's fall than American journalists. 1/
www.spiegel.de/internationa...

Trump's Crusaders: Christian Nationalists Are Gaining a Solid Foothold in Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump has opened the doors of power to far-right Christian nationalists. Their goal: an American theocracy. The separation of church and state in America is at risk.

www.spiegel.de

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 4h

Serious question: How is it legal for the governor of Texas to send his state's national guard into Illinois, when Illinois doesn't want them there?

In response, can the governor of Illinois call up HIS state's national guard to defend Illinoisans against the portly Lone Star occupying force?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 4h

Who pays when this crashes?

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 4h

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI - on.ft.com/4o3RheA

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI

Financial Policy Committee warns equity prices are at levels comparable with dotcom bubble

on.ft.com

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s video of the incident

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📚 John McAndrew 🌏🇺🇦 @phidipdbq.bsky.social · 14h

“Senior military leaders should have stepped in to prevent Trump from turning addresses at Fort Bragg and Naval Station Norfolk into political rallies; the silence of the Army and Navy secretaries, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and some top generals and admirals is appalling.”

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17h

If you think I'm not alarmed, read this.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

www.theatlantic.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him “simply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In sum, the President is certainly entitled "a great level of deference," Newsom II, 141
F.4th at 1048, in his determination that he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws
of the United States." 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3). But "a great level of deference" is not equivalent to
ignoring the facts on the ground. As the Ninth Circuit articulated, courts must "review the
President's determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law
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Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56
Filed 10/04/25
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within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (quoting Sterling, 278 U.S. at 399). Here, this
Court concludes that the President did not have a "colorable basis" to invoke § 12406(3) to
federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal
law enforcement officers to execute federal law. Id. at 1051-52. The President's determination
was simply untethered to the facts.
c. Whether there is a Rebellion or Danger of Rebellion
Defendants also aroue that the Sentember 28 2025 federalization order is authorized

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Liberal Librarian, Emotional Support Cuban 📚 🌿🕓 @liberallibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

There are no magic wands. The wand was on 11/5/24. It was broken. Now we do things the hard way.

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 14h

What

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16h

“Trump said it would be 'cool' to invade Venezuela because the country is 'really part of the United States,' according to John Bolton's new book” 6/17/20 … 1/ www.businessinsider.com/john-bolton-...

Trump said it would be 'cool' to invade Venezuela because the country is 'really part of the United States,' according to John Bolton's new book

Bolton also writes in his book that Trump kept confusing the current and former presidents of Afghanistan.

www.businessinsider.com

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 14h

More like "glared at"

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 15h

I only have three rules:

1. Punch left.

2. Punch hard.

3. Punch often.

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 15h

Its called a Cavuto Mark 😉

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 15h

The cruel irony here is Sergio is posing with George W. Bush, the guy who discontinued the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and replaced it with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as part of The Department of Homeland Security he created in response to the 9/11 attacks.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15h

This is so dark

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15h

I hope John Fetterman watched the Pam Bondi hearing today and felt good about his vote to confirm her.

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