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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 6h

“It is hard to imagine how an injunction that requires the defendant to adhere to the Constitution could be harmful," the judge said.

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Federal judge weighs protections for protesters and press at ICE protests

A federal judge is considering a temporary restraining order against the government.

www.nbcchicago.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 6h

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 6h

McCormick spice company has a $140 million tariff problem www.thebanner.com/economy/mcco...

McCormick spice company has a $140 million tariff problem

McCormick & Company, a spice giant based in Hunt Valley, said in an earnings call Tuesday that it anticipates $140 million in annual costs associated with President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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@geoffmcgivern.bsky.social @gmcgiv.bsky.social · 6h

whut?

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

I keep hearing from people who say they bought my book on Amazon but received something with empty pages or with what appears to be filled with AI crap.

I don’t want you to be defrauded, so please read this for more info. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/because-amazon-wont-police-its-offerings

Because Amazon won’t police its offerings, you’re getting shafted (and so am I)

Here’s direct evidence

robertreich.substack.com

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 6h

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6h

Remember that "Pam: I have reviewed ..." TruthSocial post from Trump, the one that looked a lot like a private message?

Yes, it was supposed to be a private message.

Trump "was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h

Didn't Trump already have his annual check up in April?

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7h

"The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote"

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.

Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 7h

A classic "big if true" situation

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 9h

it’s all just a grift

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 8h

Does Donald Trump know Mike Lawler said, “He’s not my boss”? I bet he wouldn’t like that too much.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 8h

Bovino also says he can arrest you if "you're gripping the steering wheel so tightly that I can see the whites of your knuckles."

Trump Watch @trumpwat.ch · 14h

Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino: "We need reasonable suspicion to make an immigration arrest. Notice I did not say probable cause, nor did I say I need a warrant? Perhaps you look panicked when you see a Border Patrol agent. Perhaps you look scared ..."

So they scare people and then can arrest them.

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Trump Watch @trumpwat.ch · 14h

Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino: "We need reasonable suspicion to make an immigration arrest. Notice I did not say probable cause, nor did I say I need a warrant? Perhaps you look panicked when you see a Border Patrol agent. Perhaps you look scared ..."

So they scare people and then can arrest them.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 8h

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8h

If you think Trump’s latest threats are just bluster, consider that former FBI Director James Comey was arraigned today after being indicted last month by the DOJ—a longtime dream of Trump’s.

As troops invade Chicago, Trump threatens to jail the mayor and governor

"What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?"

www.motherjones.com

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@geoffmcgivern.bsky.social @gmcgiv.bsky.social · 8h

wasn't it a Wharton professor who said he was the stupidest student he'd ever taught?

JP Collins @profjpc.bsky.social · 8h

“Who” is, objectively, the funniest possible response here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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@geoffmcgivern.bsky.social @gmcgiv.bsky.social · 8h

senile felonious idiot free styling.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: Roy Singham is married to one of the co-founders of Code Pink

TRUMP: Who?

Q: What is the administration going to do to bring consequences?

TRUMP: Well I don't know the name, but I'd like to ask Pam to take a look at it. I'd like you to look at it, Pam

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@geoffmcgivern.bsky.social @gmcgiv.bsky.social · 8h

who cares what that enabler of austerity for a government car and a red box and an empty role in government before money-grubbing in California, says?

Paul Brown @foolmentaljoker.bsky.social · 17h

'Making people pay for retail goods would kill the shoplifting industry.'

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

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@geoffmcgivern.bsky.social @gmcgiv.bsky.social · 8h

ffs

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: There's compelling proof that antifa did infiltrate on January 6 dressed up like Trump supporters and incited violence. Is that something you'd like the new J6 committee to look at?

TRUMP: Well I've heard that. Yeah. We will be acting on some of that.

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@geoffmcgivern.bsky.social @gmcgiv.bsky.social · 8h

they have no fear of saying this shit out loud. are they relying on the majority of Americans being too indifferent, ignorant lazy or stupid to object to this affront to them?

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 9h

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

POLITICO
"They killed Charlie Kirk — the least that we can do is go through a legal process and redistrict Indiana into a nine to zero map," Sen. Jim Banks, the Republican of Indiana, told POLITICO last month.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

I don't want to call the president unreliable, but there *seem* to be store windows still intact here

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@geoffmcgivern.bsky.social @gmcgiv.bsky.social · 8h

this is where proper national news organisation doing their job and not cravenly sucking up to Trump would be so useful, but, hey, them's the breaks.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

Again, if you live in Portland, just strolling around the city to verify the (checks notes) existence of store windows would do wonders for counteracting the delusions of President Livia Soprano.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h

Remember this as Trump goes on about being "tough on crime."

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 12h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 10h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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