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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 2h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: At least 6 in 10 Americans say Trump has improperly...

–used his office to punish people who say things he doesn't like (66%)

–encouraged federal investigations of his political opponents (62%)

–used his office to enrich himself and others (61%)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Bar chart showing that majorities of Americans believe Donald Trump has improperly used his office in several ways since returning to the White House in January. The chart is based on a September 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 2h

This CBS investigation isn’t going to silence critics who believe Epstein was murdered. It was a shoddy investigation. THEY MOVED HIS BODY TO ANOTHER ROOM BEFORE INVESTIGATORS ARRIVED FFS. The FBI flunked its own procedures.

www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...

In cell where Jeffrey Epstein died, a scene of disarray that never underwent thorough inspection, experts said

Photos of Jeffrey Epstein's cell show a scene of disarray that never underwent a proper inspection, according to experts.

www.cbsnews.com

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Habeas Who?™️ @mandyk.bsky.social · 3h

Say it ain't so, Amazon!!! The behemoth kneecapping American labor, Main Street USA, and now even basic democratic institutions also BILKS CUSTOMERS? 😮

@geoffreyfowler.bsky.social has literal receipts on what a crock Prime Day is. (🤫 Don't tell @nytwirecutter.bsky.social, Bezos' shill.)

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Column | I tracked Amazon’s Prime Day prices. We’ve been played.

Here’s what you should do to actually get a good deal on Amazon.

wapo.st

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 2h

Waste of time and space. Hypothesizing about Pritkzer’s presidential ambitions and positioning everything he says and does with that frame. Same ole NYT crap.

CtObserve @ctobserve.bsky.social · 3h

JB Pritzker Has Had It With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump — Pritzker has concluded it must be combated with a national campaign.

“This is exactly the moment for people to stand up. And do I see enough people doing it? No, I don’t.”
— Pritzker

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JB Pritzker Has Had It With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 3h

Exclusive: FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs

Investigators are looking for staffers who anonymously endorsed an open letter criticizing the Trump administration’s cuts to disaster funding.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jeff Stone @jeffstone.bsky.social · 3h

DHS is moving hundreds of people focused stopping mass shooters, curbing Russian hacks + counter-terrorism work into immigration roles.

Some are forcibly moved across the country. And anyone who declines risks losing their job.

exclusive with @patrickhowelloneill.com

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Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Academic Anarchy🏴 - Antifa Founder @johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 9h

GIFT LINK: For anyone wondering about Mark Bray, according to this article, it seems he is okay for now after the airport debacle and will be leaving soon.

These TPUSA dox squads are stochastic terrorists.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 8h

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 9h

"...this appears to be the Trump administration’s first official policy move to redefine contraceptives as ‘abortion’."

and Texas arrests 8 more over charges related to providing abortions.

Eight More Abortion Arrests in Texas

10.8.25

jessica.substack.com

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 17h

The next Supreme Court term is shaping up to be the most consequential since 1937. Depending on how it rules, it may cease to be accepted as a legitimate arbiter, and even nullify its own power as an independent judiciary.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 17h

Meanwhile, here's part of the amicus brief from the military brass also filed today in the same case, in support of neither party, but definitely not in support of Trump.

Our experience as military leaders has taught us that this commitment keeps our military
stronger and our communities safer. Any domestic deployment that fails to comply with the
foundational principles of the Posse Comitatus Act and similar authorities5
poses multiple risks to
the core mission of the Guard, the well-being of the troops, and the safety of the communities they
are committed to protect. First, deploying military personnel in the context of domestic law
enforcement diverts them from their primary mission, which is to train and to be ready to fight and
win the nation’s wars and protect communities after disasters. Accordingly, such assignments
come at the expense of local, state, and national safety, as well as troop morale. Second, activeduty National Guard personnel are neither intended nor specifically trained to conduct domestic
law enforcement operations. This poses a danger to the safety of both the troops and the public.
Third, use of federal military personnel in the context of law enforcement operations should be a
last resort to avoid the politicization of the military, which inevitably erodes public trust, hurts
recruitment, and undermines troop morale. Peaceful protests of government actions are
constitutionally protected political speech deserving of the highest protection, not intimidation by
the military

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 17h

This is getting wild.

The states of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 14 others have just asked for permission to file THEIR amicus brief in IL v. Trump.

The States of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and 14 additional States
respectfully move for leave to submit the attached amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants
and their opposition to Plaintiffs’ requested temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunction. Proposed amici are States with a vested interest in federalism, the relationship between
States and the federal government, and deploying the National Guard. We also each have a vital
interest in supporting the President and Congress in enacting and enforcing valid immigration
laws. Every State has a responsibility to protect our citizens.
The federalization of States’ National Guard units is a matter of profound public
importance, as it directly implicates the delicate balance of power between state and federal
governments—a true cornerstone of Federalism. States generally maintain authority over their
National Guard units, allowing governors to deploy them for state-specific needs, such as disaster
response or public safety. Federalization of state National Guard units without gubernatorial

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11h

Trump pressure to hike UK drug prices could cost NHS billions.

Corporate profits will increase. NHS budget will buy less. People to pay higher taxes or face public service cuts.

To avoid bullying UK Govt must produce cheaper generic drugs.

Who governs UK - Govt, Trump, Corporations?

Trump pressure to hike UK drug prices could cost NHS billions, experts warn

Anew deal will only trigger further increased price demands and make healthcare in the UK more expensive, say experts

www.independent.co.uk

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 21h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 10h

Casually announcing plans to murder American citizens for wrongthink.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 21h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 9h

Trump’s first months back in office have tested the limits of presidential power.

Now, the Supreme Court seems ready to erase many of those limits — embracing the “unitary executive theory”, a Republican idea from the 1980s that could make the presidency all-powerful.

buff.ly/QuWiXeG

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15h

October 8, 2025

Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 15h

"A rival petition began circulating Sunday, calling on the Rutgers chapter of TPUSA to be disbanded, accusing it of inciting violence. As of today, that petition had several hundred more signatures than the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s firing..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Receiving Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h

🚨BREAKING: The Republican Party’s top mapmaker testified in federal court Wednesday that while he’s been instructed in the past to preserve minority congressional districts protected by the Voting Rights Act, he received no such direction when drawing Texas’ new gerrymander this summer.

Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15h

Some cases take on outsized importance, with issues that transcend the decision the parties ask the courts to make. This is one of those cases. The stakes are high: the integrity of the Justice Department and the ability of a president to corrupt the rule of law. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Slow Death Facing The Comey Prosecution

This morning at 10 a.m., former FBI Director Jim Comey was arraigned in federal court.

open.substack.com

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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 11h

From WaPo
“The administration has escalated its campaign, sending U.S. Navy warships and military aircraft to the region, with Trump saying the attacks will continue and may broaden from ‘international waters’ into direct strikes on Venezuelan land.”

In other words, unprovoked war.
Like Putin.

Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 11h

Ds put the Rs (in the main) on the record. Failure to acknowledge Congressional war powers (51-48) by failing to condemn/restrict Trump actions in the Caribbean that the NYC Bar Association have labeled “murder.”

themoderatevoice.com/nyc-bar-asso...

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 15h

To understand the Trump administration’s vision for American education, @megomatz.bsky.social and I studied dozens of hours of political appointees’ speeches and podcasts and essays. What emerged is a desire to dismantle the nation’s system of public schools.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 14h

Turning Point USA is a domestic terrorism organization, and unlike "Antifa," it's an organization that actually exists, with leaders and funders and members and everything—people who can eventually all be tracked down and prosecuted for their crimes.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13h

Bari Weiss "is a self-described 'Zionist fanatic.' The idea that a 'neutral media organization' is led by someone who has a long history as a pro-Israel ideologue...is really worrying. I think there will be a lot more censorship of Palestinian voices." - me to Piers Morgan about CBS News and Weiss:

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