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jekolski.bsky.social @jekolski.bsky.social · 2h

Who is going to take their case? All the way to SCOTUS if necessarily!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h

Check out this whole interview! I think we got into a ton of really interesting topics over the course of the interview.

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19h

As Trump and ICE unleash terror on Chicago, due process is nowhere to be found.

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social unpacks ICE’s overreach
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/ice-is-out-of-control-aaron-reichlin

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2h

When manufacturing got outsourced a lot of things got cheaper and a lot of jobs went away in those industries. Was it on the balance "good" - really depends! Are you buying a washing machine or employed in a factory that used to make them?

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 2h

My new @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social piece tells how DHS continues to deny that citizens have a right to videorecord its agents and raids even in the face of overwhelming court precedent that the First Amendment protects their right to do so. Nor is it just a matter of positions taken in court. /5

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

thedispatch.com

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Patty Shenker @pattys06.bsky.social · 15h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

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Ed Hirsch @edhirsch.bsky.social · 15h

IVANKA TRUMP:
"CRIB NOTES BONDI"
bsky.app/profile/deni...

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Ed Hirsch @edhirsch.bsky.social · 15h

IVANKA TRUMP:
"CRIB NOTES BONDI"
bsky.app/profile/deni...

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Ed Hirsch @edhirsch.bsky.social · 15h

IVANKA TRUMP:
"CRIB NOTES BONDI"
bsky.app/profile/deni...

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4h

Under Nazi rule, clergy who refused to support the regime were surveilled, arrested, assaulted, and in some cases, executed. The Nazis publicly aligned themselves with Christian values while targeting religious figures who defended the vulnerable or spoke against state violence.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 19h

'Hypocrite!' Pam Bondi's attack notes snapped by photographer during contentious hearing

Attorney General Pam Bondi drew reactions from those watching her appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, when, instead of answering specific questions from Democrats, she turned ...

www.rawstory.com

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DC3 in the 'sky ✈️ @dc3inthesky.bsky.social · 19h

Presumably she has a folder like that for each Democratic Senator. Might be wise (necessary?) for one of those Senators to remind the Attorney General of her obligations under the Federal Records Act of 1950 in case she's unfamiliar. Those folders might need to be subpoenaed or requested under FOIA.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 19h

So Bondi plans her congressional hearings by bringing up dirt on the senators who questioned her rather than answering the questions. This is the lying schemer that is running the DOJ.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 19h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16h

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Post Traumatic Disorder

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

www.status.news

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 15h

They love to play dress up but hate drag queens.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 15h

It’s a whole administration of dweebs who just want to play dress-up and ride in the big trucks and they gotta make it everyone else’s problem. He’s the middle-aged man who won’t stop talking about his high school football stats then he made his rich daddy buy a team so he can suit up for practices.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 16h

Pete Hegseth put on his military fatigues for a new photo op a week after yelling at top brass about grooming and DEI.

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jekolski.bsky.social @jekolski.bsky.social · 14h

They are getting better at being ungodly horrible mean Nazi-like. Apparently it takes practice. Now they can do SCOTUS…esp Kavanaugh

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 18h

Here’s video of the incident

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 17h

Justice Dept has 10 days left to respond to civil lawsuit filed by Jan 6 police responders who are seeking court order to require display of Jan 6 law enforcement honorary plaque at US Capitol

Plaque was required to be hung by 2023 under federal law

It hasn’t been hung

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jekolski.bsky.social @jekolski.bsky.social · 14h

But the reality is that S Miller et all is propping him up as King. And he’s lapping it up and playing the role. King/General

jekolski.bsky.social @jekolski.bsky.social · 14h

He doesn’t care! He’s convinced by all, aka S Miller, that he’s at war. As long as he doesn’t have to work more than a couple hours a day works for him.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17h

Donald Trump has heard all his most loyal voters' complaints about how health care sucks in their states, it costs too much and it's a pain in the ass to access, and he has a message for them: fuck you and die bsky.app/profile/murr...

Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17h

Catching up on what happened while I was in court and then writing, and this is among the notable developments. —>

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

NEW: The Ninth Circuit schedules oral argument for Thursday in the Trump admin's appeal of Judge Immergut's order temporarily blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.

The panel assignment:
Susan P. Graber (Clinton)
Ryan D. Nelson (Trump)
Bridget S. Bade (Trump)

2025-10-09 9:00 am Courtroom 2, 3rd Floor Rm 330, James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse, San Francisco
Before: GRABER, R. NELSON, and BADE, Circuit Judges
Case No.
25-6268
State of Oregon, et al. v. Trump, et al.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 17h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 14h

I think I had a post a while ago that was like “I’ll take Bill Kristol if I must but I’ll be damned if I’ll take Frum”

anyway,

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 15h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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jekolski.bsky.social @jekolski.bsky.social · 14h

Another coup for Trump. Two in in one week CNN + WaPo

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