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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 51m

Once upon a time, the social media accounts of federal agencies weren't a stream of fascist, white nationalist garbage interlaced with whiny culture-war posts. Earlier this year, even!

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Adoptable Dogs @adoptabledogs.bsky.social · 50m

Finley 🦮
Baby female Labrador Retriever mix
Adoptable from Houston Cares Animal Rescue (Houston, TX)

https://www.petfinder.com/dog/finley-78656975/tx/houston/houston-cares-animal-rescue-tx1981/

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 21h

"Reproductive dragnets."

Flock "and the Johnson County Sheriff insisted that she was being searched for as a missing person."

"[U]nearthed court documents about the incident show [..] police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the death of the fetus."
#Texas #USA #Healthcare #Policing

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 13h

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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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h

If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.

We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h

I'm on the record saying that Russ Vought will do things during the shutdown that will make his illegal rescissions visible in the way they otherwise weren't. And boy howdy, threatening to ignore the law on backpay is a great example. [corrected]

Shaheen, a retiring Dem Rs are looking to flip on shutdown, says of OMB threats on back pay:

“It would be a lot easier to resolve the situation if Russ Vought would stop talking.”

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DEMSEC @demsec.bsky.social · 20h

Stephen froze like a deer in the headlights and pretended to have connection issues because he unintentionally gave away the game plan.

“Plenary authority is complete, absolute power over a specific area or issue, with no significant limitations."

Show people this clip. This is an insane slip up.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20h

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h

I'm on the record saying that Russ Vought will do things during the shutdown that will make his illegal rescissions visible in the way they otherwise weren't. And boy howdy, threatening to ignore the law on backpay is a great example. [corrected]

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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 18h

If you are a Texan being investigated for your connections to "radical leftist" groups, I am interested in representing you against harassment by Ken Paxton's office.

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 21h

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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last vixen on the left @liberalvixen.bsky.social · 18h

She stood have been off to the side and just stepped in and said Why Not Now??

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

Monica Crowley, Trump’s chief of protocol and former Fox News contributor, goes on Fox primetime to gush over his masculinity, elevating propaganda aesthetics while the state recasts power as performative strength.

Trump Goon Drools Over ‘Muscular’ Trump Bringing ‘Real Masculinity’ to America

Trump picked former Fox News star Monica Crowley as his Chief of Protocol.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Rachel @rachmarie.bsky.social · 1d

Clover: still available! She was protecting her kittens from coyotes when she was rescued! She deserves a safe place to call home!

Rachel @rachmarie.bsky.social · May 30

Have a kitty. This beautiful floof is Clover. She’s available for adoption in Minnesota through Animal Ark. Learn more about her here: animalarkmn.org/adopt/

A long-haired brown tabby cat with green eyes

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller's cousin:

“I am living with the deep pain of watching someone I once loved become the face of evil. I grieve what you’ve become, Stephen… I will never knowingly let evil into my life, no matter whose blood it carries—including my own.”

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Stephen Miller’s Own Cousin Disowned ‘Face of Evil’ in Wrenching Post

Stephen Miller’s own cousin has disowned him for becoming “the face of evil” as the architect of the Trump administration’s hardline immigration crackdown. Alisa Kasmer penned a lengthy Facebook post ...

www.yahoo.com

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 1d

NPR has been cooked for a while but its pathetic to see a once prestigious news outlet desperately try to make an overtly autocratic abuse of power sound reasonable

NPR @npr.org · 1d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor

Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like “60 Minutes,” “Face The Nation” and …

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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, they are. "Each employee of the United States Government or of a District of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations..." 31 USC 1341. It's not even close.

www.axios.com/2025/10/07/t...

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

www.axios.com

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last vixen on the left @liberalvixen.bsky.social · 1d

It looks like he let Jesus take the wheel.

last vixen on the left @liberalvixen.bsky.social · 1d

Twice. That’s what got me.

last vixen on the left @liberalvixen.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to report I’m not a grizzled old dude 🙂

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last vixen on the left @liberalvixen.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to report that my four days of work went well and I got everything done that needed to be done. Now, I can be all there tomorrow for my sweet furbaby as she has eye surgery.

My lynx point Siamese YaYa with her head in a soft cone laying with her head on a rug and her body on wood flooring.

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last vixen on the left @liberalvixen.bsky.social · 1d

I wouldn't know where to find my suits if you took me into the room where they are hanging :)

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last vixen on the left @liberalvixen.bsky.social · 1d

IP litigator, Patent Prosecutor, Trademark Attorney

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Megan Corcoran @megancorcoran.bsky.social · 1d

YOU GUYS stop at what you’re doing and look at Matilda’s little pink hat!!!

Matilda, Andrés Muñoz’s white, grumpy-faced car, is being held up as she’s wearing a fashionable pink flat cap

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