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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10h

it’s all just a grift

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 4h

...so don't buy green bananas.

Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 5h

Truly insane. Lyndsey Halligan, Trump loyalist lawyer, sitting pretty there today merely because Siebert was forced out after failing to bring charges against Trump's perceived enemies; she says nothing in the courtroom - - and they have to call in lawyers from North Carolina, to boot! Farcical.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 8h

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 8h

"If the intention of Mr. Trump and his allies was to humiliate Mr. Comey, they appeared to lose round one."
- NYT

bjwood51.bsky.social @bjwood51.bsky.social · 11h

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Comey Pleads Not Guilty and Will Seek to Dismiss Charges as Vindictive

www.nytimes.com

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mindyandogs.bsky.social @mindyandogs.bsky.social · 10h

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 9h

LOL ⚖️

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, yes, it's way too early, but can't help feeling like shouting out loud:

JB PRITZKER FOR PRESIDENT ❕🇺🇸

Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 10h

No matter whose fault it is, it will be blamed on Democrats. Safe flight.

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 10h

youtu.be/vwSRqaZGsPw

Gil Scott-Heron - Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Ace Records

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 11h

@glennthrush.bsky.social
Glenn Thrush just now described on Deadline: White House what the courthouse in Virginia appeared to be today, to the uninitiated: "You would think that the defense was the prosecution and the prosecution was the defense."

Perfect analogy for everything Trump: upside down.

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 11h

"Antifa," antifa, antifa is the theme of today's sham White House meeting. Let's see who they decide to include in an organization that does NOT exist.

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... What is antifa and why Trump wants to label it a terrorist organization | PBS News

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 12h

This is capitulation. It is not the "Department of War." If CNN concedes on this point, they'll concede on any point.

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 13h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12h

I continue to just respect the hell out of this guy

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 11h

When Gov. Pritzker speaks, his words travel with speed across an entire country, longing to hear from not just him, but from every elected official in the U.S.A.
Pritzker reassures us, we are not alone screaming at our individual screens. We're in this together.
And make no mistake, we will win.

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 12h

@realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social

Sen. Boxer is right: "Public sentiment is everything."

And we, the public, will stand strong.

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio... Kimmel won. And Trump isn't scaring anybody | Opinion

Kimmel won, proving the people have power. And they're not on Trump's side. | Opinion

Regarding Jimmy Kimmel's brief suspension, I haven't seen enough people stating the obvious: The comedian won. Bigly. Donald Trump lost. Also bigly.

www.usatoday.com

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 12h

"..why assume voters will automatically believeTrump’s occupations are actually about combating crime?This throws in the towel, right up front, on communicating to voters what this debate is really about: that Trump's abuses should be utterly abhorrent to anyone who values living in a free society."

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12h

This powerful JB Pritzker response to Trump's lawless threats is another reminder of what I tried to argue this morning: Pritzker understands Stephen Miller's theory of this moment, and he's responding accordingly:

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Pete Hegseth was busy ignoring his job and doing pushups as part of a show for the Guinness Book of World Records while Illinoisans are being invaded by Trump’s military troops.

Pentagon chief Hegseth more interested in pushups than talking with Illinois leaders, Pritzker says

The governor said the Trump administration is keeping him in the dark about immigration enforcement and National Guard deployments.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 13h

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NYS Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal's Know New York's Rights Webinar

Join us for a webinar with the Brennan Center for Justice and the New York Civil Liberties Union to protect our democracy.

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ᕼᗴᗪᗩ😻🩵 🐶 🇺🇦✌️ @hedahunter.bsky.social · 13h

It absolutely positively has nothing to do with Epstein

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Johnson: Miss Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the house was out of session,

Gallego: You don't want her to be on the Epstein discharge.

Johnson: You guys are experts at red herrings.

Gallego: This is an excuse

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 14h

Speaker Johnson crashes Kelly and Gallego gaggle. Says he’ll swear in Grijalva when they reopen the government

Kelly asking why Fine and Petronis got sworn in on pro forma, Johnson says it has to do with being on recess.

Johnson: “this has nothing to do with Epstein”

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 13h

"I don’t want to be alarmist, but this is an emergency. It is incumbent on us to name the thing we are seeing and be unflinching as we describe it.

"That’s not a lot of power; but it’s the only power we have in this moment."

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 13h

Re-upping this from last night:

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

NEW: "I don’t like sending out 'emergency' newsletters, but I’ve had my eye on the situation in Chicago all day....This moment has elevated the crisis so that it is no longer just a conflict between the federal government and a state, but between two states."
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 13h

"Come and get" ALL of us❕

Not gonna happen ❕

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THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE IS GREATER THAN DONALD TRUMP!

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