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Jim Manley @jamespmanley.bsky.social · 2h

Is he saying Trump isn’t deporting U.S. citizens? Cause that is a lie

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump smiles along as Sortor refers to the White House press as "the garbage standing over here"

Jim Manley @jamespmanley.bsky.social · 2h

lol. But who is the so called journalist asking the q.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 2h

…and they’ve always been the good guys, Jack.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2h

Out of control.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Q: How will you decide which workers get backpay and which do not?

TRUMP: Most of them are gonna get backpay. Some of them are being hurt very badly by the Democrats and they therefore won't qualify

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h

DHS claimed they had arrested 11 people at a "shitshow" Greg Bovino staged on September 27. Only 5 were ever publicly charged (another was a journalist who is suing). Of those 3 cases have been dismissed. [2 got no-billed.]

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/g...

Greg Bovino's September 27 "Shitshow:" Batting 18% - emptywheel

Of the eleven people the government charged in conjunction with a "shitshow" Chief Custom and Border Patrol Greg Bovino staged at Chicago's ICE facility on September 27, the publicly filed charges aga...

www.emptywheel.net

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2h

Posobiec isn't a nazi in some generic rhetorical sense of having fascistic impulses or simply being far-right. He is a full-blown Hitler-loving Jew-hating mask-off literal capital-N Nazi, with a longstanding public record to match.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Q: Do you think you will win a Nobel Prize?

TRUMP: I settled seven wars. But perhaps they'll find a reason not to give it to me

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Jim Manley @jamespmanley.bsky.social · 2h

Good. That saying sucked then and really sucks now

The DSR Network @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social · 2h

"When they go low, we go high" is officially dead—and @djrothkopf.bsky.social and @normornstein.bsky.social are here to hold a scathing critique of the Democratic Party's refusal to fight back. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 4h

when you are worried that THIS supreme court will rule against you on invoking the insurrection act, a statute that famously gives enormous deference to the president ... maybe that's a sign that your military deployments are pretty baseless

Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social · 4h

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 2h

the dork in question is Jed Rubenfeld, husband of Amy Chua of Tiger Mom fame, who also mentored Vance. The fix was in, and it was most likely a very gentle 'debate'

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 3h

At Yale Political Union, 72% of students voted against Curtis Yarvin’s resolution to “end the democratic experiment.”

He debated a Yale Law professor on the question.

New rule: Anyone who “debates” Yarvin is an even bigger and more desperate dork.

yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10...

Yarvin argues for American monarchy at closed-door debate

Curtis Yarvin, who is known for his anti-democratic views, argued to “end the democratic experiment” against Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld in front of the Yale Political Union Tuesday evenin...

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Jim Manley @jamespmanley.bsky.social · 2h

What can possibly go wrong

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 2h

The IRS says it is placing more than 34,000 employees, or about 46% of its workforce, on furlough as the government shutdown stretches into its second week.

IRS to furlough nearly half its workforce as shutdown drags on

The move comes a week before a payment deadline for taxpayers who received extensions on their 2024 filings.

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Jim Manley @jamespmanley.bsky.social · 2h

Just gross

Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 2h

It feels surreal to see the East Room, where I've attended functions and receptions, made into a stage for this nuttiness.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Katie Fallow @katiefallow.bsky.social · 2h

Paying a $16M bribe gets results!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "I think they work in conjunction with some of the media. I think ABC Is very bad. I think NBC is very bad. CBS has a new owner, so we have hope for CBS. CBS has a great new owner."

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2h

Trump once again says the quiet part out loud when it comes to David Ellison and CBS:

"I think ABC is very bad. I think NBC is very bad. And CBS has a new owner, so we have hope for CBS. CBS has a great new owner, in my opinion."

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Jim Manley @jamespmanley.bsky.social · 2h

He is both delusional and living in a world where his TiVo rules

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3h

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 · 3h

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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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 4h

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Jim Manley @jamespmanley.bsky.social · 2h

I am beginning to believe the lengths speaker johnson is going to here to not bring the house back into session is about more than avoiding an embarrassing vote for trump...there may actually be something in the documents.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 3h

this is fine www.nbcnews.com

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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 3h

Amazing this comes from the official White House account and press team. It’s just straight up lying. Not surprising, since they lie all the time, but this is straight up disinformation. The Kremlin would be proud.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5h

"Antifa-led hellfire"

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

www.whitehouse.gov

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 4h

[ME, when I get my Stumptown + Salt & Straw vegan affogato:]

"Gosh — is this antifa-led hellfire?"

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5h

"Antifa-led hellfire"

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

www.whitehouse.gov

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

To sustain his rage against "Antifa," Trump summons a team of proven fabulists and conspiracy theorists including the notorious inventor of the Pizzagate conspiracy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

SORTOR: I took this flag from the man that was burning it in the street

TRUMP: Do you know who he is?

SORTOR: Oh yeah

TRUMP: So why don't you give it to Pam. Give it to the attorney general and we'll start prosecutions

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