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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 9h

Seeing many posts about how ICE isn't trained. That's not really the problem. The problem is what they were sent to do, not whether they're qualified to do it.

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 2h

There is no single way to resist; only the courage to invent one. 👍

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Scottdamn @peepwhatisow.bsky.social · 4h

Ah yes, the famous “only during business hours” clause of the 1st amendment

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 4h

“The ever-expanding mission of California’s federalized National Guard troops bears no resemblance to what the Ninth Circuit provisionally upheld in June. And it is causing irreparable harm to California, to the nation’s democratic traditions, and to the rule of law.“

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 4h

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In New Filings, Attorney General Bonta Urges Ninth Circuit to Block Trump from Using California’s National Guard as His Own Personal, Traveling Police Force

Since the Ninth Circuit first stayed the lower court’s order blocking the federalization of the California National Guard in June, facts have significantly changed undermining the Trump Administration...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5h

I guess I should also add that a key difference between the Trump investigation and the Comey indictment is that *Trump did something obviously and significantly wrong*. Like, if you can't grok that distinction as important, I don't know what to say.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6h

If you’d like a more realistic assessment; I wrote about it today. www.pbump.net/o/dethawing-...

Thawing out ‘Arctic Frost’ and the new Biden-was-worse argument

A recent American presidency, you may be alarmed to hear, engaged in an action that was "arguably worse than Watergate" — an event still positioned in some circles as the gold-standard of presidential...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 5h

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🏳️‍🌈MaryAnnNM.bsky.social @maryannnm.bsky.social · 6h

These states signed on to the amicus brief supporting the invasion of Illinois. #NewConfederacy

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 5h

He may sound moronic, but he and his lackeys are surely coming for our free speech rights. This is why @indivisiblesantafe.org is holding Speakers’ Corner every Saturday this fall. Learn more at indivisiblesantafe.org/speakers-cor...

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onion person @junlper.beer · 8h

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Sherilee ❌ 👑 @sherileevs.bsky.social · 5h

Stay the course! New Mexicans are counting on you not caving!

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Indivisible Santa Fe ❌👑 @indivisiblesantafe.org · 6h

Here, the 'Portland Frog'--whose dancing clearly reveals him to be a dangerous and violent insurrectionist--is being shot at by ICE agents in Portland.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 5h

As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 12h

Excellent information on the established First Amendment right to film law enforcement including ICE agents. archive.is/2025.10.08-1...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Benjy Sarlin @benjysarlin.bsky.social · 16h

In related news, let me know if you or someone you know has any interesting work opportunities!

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 17h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

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status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 13h

How many times have I said this? 2x just today.

Now someone please tell us how we get through elections with Trump's armed thugs stationed everywhere.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

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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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 18h

On Tuesday, Johnson said he would swear in the newest elected member of Congress as soon as she wants but now he's changing his tune and making it contingent upon the reopening of the government. Typical

#USDemocracy

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Speaker Johnson said he’d swear in new House Democrat ‘as soon as she wants.’ Now Republicans are backtracking | CNN Politics

Speaker Mike Johnson is not planning to allow Democrats’ newest congresswoman-elect to be sworn-in until her party agrees to end the government shutdown, despite telling CNN earlier Tuesday that he wo...

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 13h

Americans are being far too complacent about masked government agents in unmarked vehicles grabbing people and taking them to unknown destinations.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

(shared with permission) ICE/CBP has been active on Chicago's northwest side this morning—and also met with rapid responders.

Agents reportedly abducted one man from this Dunkin at Belmont and Milwaukee around 9:30am before speeding off.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 13h

What we don't talk about enough is the dignity harm suffered by women who have to share the public sphere with guys who go around talking about our bodies like we're a public resource whose use and distribution they're qualified to determine.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 13h

"Reproductive freedom should be sacrosanct" and "we should tax women who refuse to breed" are not in fact mutually compatible statements.

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 15h

My most controversial take on this is probably that while I think reproductive freedom should be sacrosanct, I don’t really have any problem with additional taxes on (high income) childless people. Someone gotta pay into the pensions!

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Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting @pcgvr.org · 13h

"We have to acknowledge they're in the community, they're doing this work."

Grassroots organizations share in the success of reduced gun violence in Philadelphia

As gun violence statistics in Philadelphia dip to pre-pandemic lows, city leaders are pleased with the decrease, but they know they didn't do it alone.

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