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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 9h

Expand it to 60 justices.

Move it to a strip mall in rural Kansas.

Cut the clerk budget to zero.

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 10h

“Four months ago, in Skrmetti, the Court used purported medical uncertainty to give Tennessee more flexibility to discriminate. Today, Alito used purported medical uncertainty to give Colorado less flexibility to protect.”

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 13h

I've written my analysis of today's grim Supreme Court oral argument in the conversion therapy case:

As far as the Court's concerned, imaginary medical uncertainty gives states the authority to hurt queer kids, and takes away states' authority to protect them

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/chile...

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 10h

This is ground zero for ICE. Nothing burned. No broken windows. No damaged cars. A few dozen protestors hanging out. This is war ravaged? This is terrorists in control?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 10h

The minute we’re done sanctioning Judge Moraes we need to fly him up to give intensive trainings to uncorrupted DOJ officials, whatever he charges will be a bargain

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 11h

Man…man.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...

“Why Sergio?”: Deportation ends 36-year dream for celebrated Waco chef

Sergio Garcia built a wide following for his regional Mexican cuisine over the decades, becoming a favorite of the White House press corps visiting Waco during the Bush presidency. Then in March, ICE ...

www.texastribune.org

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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 10h

Not to worry, @schumer.senate.gov will be writing a letter after his nap
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is alas too busy not endorsing the Dem candidate for NYC mayor to take part

Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 12h

absolute mad king behavior here. singlehandedly raise taxes, then singlehandedly dole revenue out whenever advantageous

White House says it will use tariff revenue to fund federal food aid for mothers and young children | CNN Politics

The Trump administration said Tuesday it will use tariff funds to keep afloat a federal food assistance program for nearly 7 million pregnant women, new moms and young children during the government s...

www.cnn.com

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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 10h

We need an energetic, high-functioning or at least semi-capable opposition party and we don’t have one

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12h

It isn’t surprising that this would be happening with a 79-year-old man. The crazy and dangerous part is that there’s an entire political movement and media ecosystem that rationalizes, justifies, and tries to retroactively validate every synapse misfire that escapes his mouth.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12h

I know invoking Latin terms can be a bit esoteric, and "dementia" is fine and accurate, but I think there's real merit in zeroing in on the relevant legal concept: he is non compos mentis. Not just that he's a batty old man, he is debilitated in a concrete legal sense, fit for conservatorship.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 17h

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Isaac Levitan @isaaclevitan.bsky.social · 3d

Trunks of the trees https://www.wikiart.org/en/isaac-levitan/trunks-of-the-trees

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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 11h

The new person’s copy is so overwritten, it hurts my eyes and soul

Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 11h

I miss Pete Wells’s restaurant reviews

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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 12h

Bernie/AOC’s position on trimming but not ending military aid to a state they say is committing genocide is deficient – and foreign aid is their job as national legislators!

Zohran’s 10/7 statement however is fine.

Judge politicians in relation to their actual capabilities & reponsibilities!

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14h

US military action is done with the American people’s money in the American people’s name, as is DOJ. The people’s elected representatives in Congress have oversight authority. They are 100% entitled to this info.

You know who doesn’t have to disclose legal advice? Personal attorneys and advisors.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 14h

I am so here for the Sewer Socialism www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | ‘They’re Not Avoiding the Things They Don’t Know’

www.nytimes.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14h

Picture here is from 1992. LA riots. Ive seen this called bad news judgment. In any real journalism outfit this is more like a firing offense. I basically say such things. Beyond belief.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 14h

This New Yorker cartoon hits at the same faulty circular logic of “force protection” deployments overseas tcf.org/content/repo...

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 15h

Shoutout to the Boomers, really showing everybody else up in 2025

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15h

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15h

I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 16h

Any candidate for municipal office who issues a statement on Palestine-Israel-Washington that is longer, more detailed and more nuanced than this one is a dumbass who should get out the way to make room for someone who is not a dumbass

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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 16h

Good statement
My apparently odd opinion is that a candidate for elected office should have good political and social skills

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 21h

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.

In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.

This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.

These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 17h

And similarly, it’s resentment of immigrant success while many Americans feel stuck or in decline that feeds xenophobia; the hysterical fear is a fig leaf

Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 17h

Resentment of what our cities get right undergirds the lurid exaggeration of their failings

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

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Dean Jackson @dwj88.bsky.social · 20h

A secret meeting with X. A senior State Dept. advisor just out of college. The VP's speech in Munich. Pressure on European regulators.

What do they share? They're all part of an agenda to turn the transatlantic alliance into a far right international:

www.techpolicy.press/trumps-state...

Trump’s State Department Wants to Use Tech Policy to Remake Europe In Its Image | TechPolicy.Press

Tech policy is a key part of the Trump administration's dramatic project to replace the US's traditional European alliances, Dean Jackson writes.

www.techpolicy.press

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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 17h

Resentment of what our cities get right undergirds the lurid exaggeration of their failings

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 19h

NYC DSA has endorsed Andrew Cuomo

(That's the New York City Deputy Sheriffs Association)

Cuomo Receives Endorsement of New York City Deputy Sheriffs’ Benevolent Association

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, candidate for mayor of New York City, today proudly received the endorsement of the New York City Deputy Sheriffs’ Benevolent Association.“New York City is in crisis and ever...

www.andrewcuomo.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

Just as a reminder, Bondi’s origin story in Trump world is that she said she was going to investigate Trump University, Trump sent her a $25K check and the investigation disappeared. She later became Trump’s personal defense lawyer. So yeah, don’t challenge her integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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