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jendidit.bsky.social @jendidit.bsky.social · 1h

youtube.com/live/DoiK0Vf...
To be clear, I'm no fan of sinclair but this live feed is legit

24 Hours Outside ICE | 12 a.m. to 4 a.m.

YouTube video by KATU News

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B Grrl @bgrrl.bsky.social · 4h

We all knew there was something very wrong with the one-sided story about this women getting shot by ICE.

Lawyer says footage from Border Patrol agent's bodycam shows their vehicle struck woman's car.
DHS said agents fired defensive shots and woman was armed
Woman never touched her gun.

www.reuters.com

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jendidit.bsky.social @jendidit.bsky.social · 9h

www.newsfromthestates.com/article/bank...
Boy let's have every state get their own currency because that worked the last time

Bank of North Dakota to launch state’s first stablecoin known as Roughrider coin

The Bank of North Dakota announced Wednesday plans to launch the Roughrider coin, the state’s first stablecoin. Stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency that can facilitate instant money transfers, stre...

www.newsfromthestates.com

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 10h

woof

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

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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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 12h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 9h

www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/i...

India has a festival where a Hindu goddess slays a demon. This year the demon is Trump | CNN

Sitting atop her lion, the Hindu goddess Durga wields a celestial weapon in each of her 10 hands. But her target isn’t the usual demon of deceit, Mahishasura.

www.cnn.com

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jendidit.bsky.social @jendidit.bsky.social · 9h

I bet it's all happening in 2 weeks

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 9h

BREAKING: US President Trump says Israel and Hamas have “signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan,” adding that “all of the hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their troops to an agreed line.”

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/taonkh

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 11h

As I read it, the 9th Circuit's administrative stay of the 1st TRO in Portland allows federalization of the Oregon National Guard troops for now *but still bars deployment of any NG troops in Portland.* That's because 2d TRO was not appealed & barred deployments of any federalized NG troops.

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Will Hollingsworth @whollingsworth.bsky.social · 13h

One of the people cited here is Amy Nichols of the Cheerful Tortoise/Cheerful Bullpen.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

"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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STEAMLORD @exoplanetdinosaur.bsky.social · 13h

I find this liberal desire to suddenly look to thoughtful writing/scholarship hilariously specifically cautious; as if authoritarianism is something so alien to the US that you need academics to explain it. As if the McCarthyist era never happened. Or Jim Crow. Or the Tulsa Massacre

Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 1d

Chilling insight by @barbarafwalter.com: "Once citizens view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this… They’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns."

via www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Screenshot from a NYT article by Thomas Edsall, quoting Barbara Walter of UC-San Diego: "The quickest way to piss people off is to send soldiers into their neighborhoods especially when there’s no reason for them to be there. It’s inherently provocative, and Trump and his team understand this. Research by the political scientist Robert Pape shows that the single most powerful predictor of suicide terrorism is the presence of foreign troops on local soil. People hate, hate, hate that. They hate the humiliation, the powerlessness, the feeling of being occupied.

"Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns. In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely."

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jendidit.bsky.social @jendidit.bsky.social · 13h

I don't think Florida is going to be better

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 13h

A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico was moved from Chicago to Florida amid immigration crackdown, AP source says.

Soccer match between Argentina, Puerto Rico moved from Chicago to Florida amid immigration crackdown

A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled for next week in Chicago, has been relocated to Florida because of unrest linked to the immigration crackdown in the city, according to a person familiar with the decision.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration is considering selling federal student loan debt.

Talks have focused on selling high-performing portions of the government’s portfolio of student debt, which is owed by about 45 million Americans.

Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt

The discussions have taken place among senior Education Department and Treasury Department officials.

www.politico.com

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jendidit.bsky.social @jendidit.bsky.social · 15h

This is about their new chemtrail law, because yes, they are

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 16h

wow what happened to the "free state of florida" smh

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 16h

We recently convened a roundtable to discuss how state AGs are working together to combat the challenges facing consumers & workers.

@atg.wa.gov @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social @ilattygeneral.bsky.social @newjerseyoag.bsky.social @ag.state.mn.us @oregonaflcio.bsky.social @ucbconsumerlaw.bsky.social

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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jendidit.bsky.social @jendidit.bsky.social · 1d

katu.com/news/local/u...
Goddamnit

Noem threatens 'four times' more federal officers to Portland after meeting with mayor

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's comments on Fox News came after a visit to Portland.

katu.com

jendidit.bsky.social @jendidit.bsky.social · 1d

apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsr...

Here's the official notice sending NG troops home

Post - Newsroom

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OPB @opb.org · 1d

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday directed the roughly 200 members of Oregon National Guard troops who had been stationed at Camp Rilea, outside of Astoria, to demobilize and head home.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek asks National Guard troops to demobilize

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek wrote the soldiers deserve better than to be “uprooted from their families and careers, only to be mobilized for an illegal mission.”

www.opb.org

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

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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Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 1d

Right-wing influencer David Medina was picked by DHS to cover Secretary Noem’s Portland visit. He shows his audience “like maybe five or ten protesters,” seemingly supporting what Oregon leaders have been saying about the ICE protests: unremarkable unless ICE officers use riot control agents.

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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 1d

The Justice Department and Deputy AG Todd Blanche are in some hot water over their handling of the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. A federal judge found a "realistic likelihood" that Abrego is being subjected to a vindictive prosecution, citing comments by Blanche to Fox News. youtube.com/shorts/9iSJH...

DOJ in hot water over Kilmar Abrego Garcia case

YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

oh no no no nooooooooo nooooo

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.

Verified Facebook post by Freida Parton. The caption reads:

“Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you! ❤️”

Below the caption is a photo of Dolly Parton standing outdoors in front of lush green ivy, hands clasped in prayer, wearing a shiny silver outfit with lace-trimmed sleeves, her signature blonde hair styled in soft curls, looking upward serenely.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 1d

Tyson Foods and Cargill have agreed to pay a combined $87.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit brought by consumers who accused the companies of conspiring to inflate U.S. beef prices by restricting supply @mikescarcella.bsky.social reut.rs/4o0KthU

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