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People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · 1h

US attorney Bill Essayli: “rap music caused the palisades fire”

Essayli: He exited the car and walked up a nearby trail and took iPhone videos at nearby hilltop and listened to a rap song whose music video included objects being lit on fire. The defendant had listened to this song repeatedly in the days leading up to the fire

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2h

The obvious question here is how you can indict when you're "just getting your hands around" the evidence.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

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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glennmrobinson.bsky.social @glennmrobinson.bsky.social · 1h

Ya know I think all our tech was oversold.

Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 1h

South Korea has lost 858 terabytes of government data after a fire destroyed its government data center and there were no backups.

quasa.io/media/south-...

South Korea's Catastrophic Data Center Fire: 858 Terabytes of Government Data Lost Forever Due to No Backup

The fire has ignited calls for overhaul - stricter battery protocols, mandatory offsite backups, and lithium-ion audits worldwide.

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glennmrobinson.bsky.social @glennmrobinson.bsky.social · 1h

Schumer getting fired up around the thought of rising health insurance costs but not the fed govt kidnapping, brutalizing, and terrorizing people.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2h

Schumer says “people are just devastated by how much it will cost.”

Schumer says “58 percent of Trump voters” want an extension with the ACA tax credits.

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glennmrobinson.bsky.social @glennmrobinson.bsky.social · 1h

This mother fucking chair. The fate of our democracy is in your stupid hands sir, stand up!

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2h

Schumer has some nice socks on.

Chuck Schumer, an elderly white man seated, he is wearing a suit with ornate socks.

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 2h

A $160m isn't everything, but it's also not nothing. Could allow for a ~10% increase in LIRR service, maybe more if focused on the shoulder-peak (mornings and evenings) and mid-day.

Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 2h

And as @ndhapple.bsky.social's analysis of federal data shows, the MTA could save as much as $160 million annually if it could run the LIRR as efficiently as the Metro-North.

Read more about why you can't take the train to the game here: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/m...

MONEY TRAIN: How LIRR Unions 'Game' The System - Streetsblog New York City

An old work rule means that the MTA would have to pay millions of dollars just to provide a little extra service after special events like Mets games or the Ryder Cup.

nyc.streetsblog.org

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Craig Gilmore @craiggilmore.bsky.social · 1h

Next thing you know, yelling at an ICE officer is going to be a hate crime.
#FuckThisShit.

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 1h

All tech ecosystems are collaborating with the regime, but at least I paid a lot less for my Pixel and I can still say Fuck ICE without getting flagged.

Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 2h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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glennmrobinson.bsky.social @glennmrobinson.bsky.social · 1h

Look I don’t like Uber either but what does the ride share company have to do with anything?

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1h

Authorities arrested an Uber driver suspected of intentionally starting the fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades and killed 12 people.

Read more www.latimes.com/california/s...

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 1h

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.

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glennmrobinson.bsky.social @glennmrobinson.bsky.social · 3h

Aside from being a total moron he essentially doesn’t care what happens as long as him and his buds are the guys controlling everything.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...

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glennmrobinson.bsky.social @glennmrobinson.bsky.social · 3h

This is actually really wild. Is it extortion?

Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 3h

@ndhapple.bsky.social put out an excellent story on one of the LIRR's real troublesome work rules. this is just the tip of the iceberg. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/m...

MONEY TRAIN: How LIRR Unions 'Game' The System - Streetsblog New York City

An old work rule means that the MTA would have to pay millions of dollars just to provide a little extra service after special events like Mets games or the Ryder Cup.

nyc.streetsblog.org

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En Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 3h

I really really keep thinking about how all the Democratic side did was clap for the cops who did do their jobs on January 6th and entirely shut up about all the collaborators.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3h

The fact that Fanone had to stop being a police officer because he was so vocal about January 6 should’ve been a big clue for people.

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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 1d

I've covered a lot of campaigns. This is not normal:

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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 1d

Very odd SCOOP:

Just weeks before the 2024 primary election between Cori Bush and Wesley Bell, Bell used over $35,000 in campaign funds to buy his friend's Dodge Durango, which the friend had failed to sell two years earlier.

He then hired the friend, who now drives the car.

Wesley Bell Used $35,000 in Campaign Cash to Buy His Friend’s Dodge Durango

The congressman from St. Louis put some of AIPAC's money to an unusual use. He now faces a rematch with Cori Bush.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 1d

want to close your Wells Fargo account because you want to punish them for siccing ICE on a building of impoverished immigrants that Wells Fargo execs wanted to foreclose and sell?

here's how

Mama Murphy☘️ @mamamurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s how you can close your account:

Call 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557)
Visit a Wells Fargo branch near you.
You can close most accounts immediately when:

The account has a positive or zero balance.
All deposits, outstanding and pending items are posted.

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holden m. accountable @noahs.bsky.social · 3h

that’s a very good reason to do so but also if you need a second one Wells Fargo let someone wash a check of mine, cash it for all the money in my checking account (which they only could have known if they had an employee on the inside) and then refused to extend me credit and stalled on reversing

Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 1d

want to close your Wells Fargo account because you want to punish them for siccing ICE on a building of impoverished immigrants that Wells Fargo execs wanted to foreclose and sell?

here's how

Mama Murphy☘️ @mamamurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s how you can close your account:

Call 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557)
Visit a Wells Fargo branch near you.
You can close most accounts immediately when:

The account has a positive or zero balance.
All deposits, outstanding and pending items are posted.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 6h

Try to imagine if federal agents under a Democratic administration had fired pepper balls at conservative clergy protesting--- let's just say --- abortion.

They've litigated and won Supreme Court cases over much less.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 19h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 7h

Texas bishop had brought Pope Leo a packet of letters from terrorized immigrant families

apnews.com/article/vati...

El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown has met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.

apnews.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3h

Just for the avoidance of doubt, this is inexcusably racist and a sin against God.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

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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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4h

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 5h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3h

Every big police union endorsed him, and he saved some of his most violent rhetoric for appearances in front of law enforcement.

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