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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17h

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 18h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Meg Jackson @megjackson.bsky.social · 17h

Excellent piece by @dwallacewells.bsky.social about ICE's assault on journalists trying to document their actions. (Gift article)

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

Opinion | ‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’

www.nytimes.com

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 18h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 20h

One thing people should know is that Choe works for Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk's group, and was at the WH on behalf of that group

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Jonathan Choe to Trump: "Another group right now that is behind antifa and working with antifa very closely based on the research that we have right now that we're gonna give to you and your team are the Democratic Socialists of America."

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19h

Christian minister attacked by ICE agents. Waiting for the outrage from MAGA. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats

David Black joins journalists and protesters in lawsuit to stop ‘pattern of extreme brutality’ from federal agents

www.independent.co.uk

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Meg Jackson @megjackson.bsky.social · 18h

At what point is a reporter going to ask "Do you understand the words coming out of my mouth?"

Pundits wrongly assume this is some kind of clever strategy. It's not.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

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.

Meg Jackson @megjackson.bsky.social · 23h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 1d

“If you come for my people, you come for me. So come and get me.”
IL Gov. JB Pritzker talks to @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social about Pres. Trump's call for the governor to be jailed

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Meg Jackson @megjackson.bsky.social · 1d

Debora Patta is fearless in her reporting, continually placing herself in harm's way to cover the front lines. With data from UNICEF, she captures the heartbreaking reality of traumatized young children parenting their toddler siblings as they try to survive another day on their own.

Gaza war has killed an estimated 20,000 kids. CBS News meets many more orphaned, and "always scared."

CBS News meets young Palestinians who've lost their parents to Israel's war with Hamas, who say they're scared, and know "life will never be the same."

www.cbsnews.com

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1d

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

open.substack.com

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Ashley Gable @ashleygable.bsky.social · 1d

“…And to think I voted for all of it. Why, I had no idea the leopards would eat MY face!”

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Soybean Farmer: So now I've got a tariff war that's killing my market. I don't have any money from grain we're sending to other countries for USAID. I mean, I've got a compound problem. I don't know how you plan for next year because we don't know where we're at.

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Meg Jackson @megjackson.bsky.social · 2d

The only time Pam Bondi went silent today was when she realized she could be accused of perjury if she answered.

She is in so far over her head -- and we can only hope someday it comes back to bite her.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

has anybody ever been more obviously full of shit than Pam Bondi is at the end of this 20 second clip?

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 2d

Pam Bondi is simply no match - intellectually or ethically - for Adam Schiff.

Watch this must-see clip as he dissects and exposes her pathetic performance today.

When she realizes how badly he is rolling her, she tries to interrupt. But it’s to no avail. She knows that he has her dead to rights.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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Meg Jackson @megjackson.bsky.social · 2d

"Karoline Leavitt is one of the most trustworthy human beings I know."

Thanks, Pam. I needed a good laugh today.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

SCHIFF: Was it true when the White House press secretary denied that Homan took the money?

BONDI: I was not in office, I was not confirmed, when that was handled

SCHIFF: Did he take the money?

BONDI: That happened prior to my confirmation

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 2d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 2d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 2d

This but for news

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 As you may have seen, in recent days, I've been going to the Broadview ICE facility near where I live. For @vanityfair.com I wrote about those protests & the hell that the Chicago area is being put through thanks to ICE/DHS. I hope you'll read this & share it. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Postcard From Chicago: There’s an ICE Facility in My Backyard

Chicago was not a war zone when Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz began. DHS and ICE have made it one.

www.vanityfair.com

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Meg Jackson @megjackson.bsky.social · 2d

"(We must) figure out how to live near each other -- or we can all die near each other."

I wish Israel would replace Netanyahu with Rachel Goldberg-Polin. She's a true leader.

Mother of slain Israeli-American hostage hopes for end to war as 2-year mark approaches

"If you only cry when one side's babies die, it means your moral compass is broken, and therefore your humanity is broken," Rachel Goldberg-Polin told CBS News.

www.cbsnews.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

Her contempt is extraordinary.

Trump thinks he's a king. He believes he's accountable to no one. Not Congress. Not the American people.

And so when his people testify before the Senate, they act like they are bound by no rules and no laws.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 3d

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The toddlers in Trump's Cabinet all think of him as their daddy and they get very very cross if anyone says anything mean about their daddy and their daddy is going to beat up your daddy just you wait

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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