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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 46m

No city is currently on fire, and if Chicago (and LA and Portland) is a war zone, the threat is our maniacal president attempting to turn federal law enforcement into his personal enforcers.

He doesn't even bother to lie convincingly; they are just meant to cast doubt on reality. trib.al/a66FEwJ

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 40m

Back in the 1970s and 80s when Philadelphia police officers would routinely do this to gay men, at least they had the self-respect to not hide their faces behind masks.

Renee (paix120) @paix120.bsky.social · 12h

Masked ICE agents threatened an American citizen, put him into an unmarked van, held him for several hours, and dropped him back off at his workplace, without ever explaining why they abducted him

VIDEO: ICE detains, threatens Oregon man despite U.S. citizenship
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 40m

More than eight months after President Trump cut U.S. foreign assistance to Africa, health officials are reporting a rise in deadly infections brought on by a shortage of medical supplies, including a new Ebola outbreak in the Congo that has already killed several dozen people.

U.S. aid cuts are being felt across Africa. Here’s where.

How the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. aid has affected disease preparedness and response in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 4h

Jimmy Kimmel returns with unfinished business over Trump’s birthday letter to Epstein

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.

"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."

Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 3h

Without provocation, masked federal agents indiscriminately shoot peaceful protesters with rubber bullets from the rooftop of the Portland ICE facility.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

New in PN: Trump is the insurrection

"It’s a wild assault on state sovereignty, bringing us ever closer to the brink of civil war. This is despotism, & whatever chaos & violence is about to be unleashed lies squarely on the robed shoulders of Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, & Barrett."

Trump is the insurrection

And the Supreme Court's conservatives are his shock troops.

www.publicnotice.co

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The Lever @levernews.com · 3h

Private-equity nursing homes: 10% higher death rates. 20,000 extra deaths. Where care goes to die.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3h

Senator whose wife is from South America votes to murder South Americans

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 3h

Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, voted down an attempt to block the Trump administration’s missile strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. interc.pt/4o9CBur

A photo of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., sits on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, overlaid with the headline, "Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks," and the DEK, "It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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While waging war in the U.S.

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Republicans don’t need a single Democratic vote to reopen the government. They can break the filibuster as they’ve already done several times.

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Senate Republicans poke holes in the filibuster despite vowing to protect it

Facing Democratic opposition, the GOP has discarded a series of precedents and weakened minority power in order to vote through Trump's nominees and legislation.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 3h

Anyone who lived in NY in the ‘90s knew Trump was a con artist & a two-bit hustler who bankrupted businesses over and over. There’s a reason 9 out of 10 people in Manhattan didn’t vote for him. But Mark Burnett convinced millions of reality TV-watching Americans he was a successful businessman.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3h

Federal investigators who used to fight crime are now being redirected to immigration
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Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases

Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.

www.wsj.com

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He’s been saying that for 10 years. In the meantime, enjoy the doubling of your premiums!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

⚡️ NYT Editorial Board: “Blame Trump when your energy bills go up… Rather than trying to put oil companies out of business, Mr. Trump is going after clean energy, and Americans will face higher bills as a result.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3h

The record-breaking numbers of this system are hard to overstate. But it’s also not JUST that there’s more money to detain and deport undocumented immigrants.

There’s also been a shift in the kinds of folks the feds are arresting—and where they’re being arrested. bit.ly/3WrAsyq

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3h

From the companies profiting off the administration's dragnet to the hell of Alligator Alcatraz, our reporters trace the brutal rollout of President Donald Trump's police state.

That includes the tiny, inexperienced firm that somehow landed a $1.3 billion detention deal to hold 5,000 human beings.

How a tiny, inexperienced firm landed a $1.3 billion detention deal

To hold 5,000 human beings.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3h

Masked agents snatching people at work, church, their child’s daycare. A return of family separations. States are lining up to run their own detention centers.

Anti-immigrant animus is now being paired with unprecedented funding, manpower, and technology.

We report from inside the American gulag.