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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 9h

Donald Trump has finally found his Roy Cohn. Read the detaios & judge for yourself if this is how the people’s lawyer should do her job. joycevance.substack.com/p/oversight

Oversight

Attorney General Pam Bondi showed up for an oversight hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and she brought her best Scarlett O’Hara demeanor along with her.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

It's clear by now that the Democrats won't press this case as aggressively as it needs to be pressed, and the media won't do that unless they have Democrats' quotes to use as a springboard either.

They won't do this work, so it's even more important that we circulate these stories ourselves.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 9h

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 9h

Today's news roundup:
-Gaza babies forced to share oxygen masks: UNICEF
-Foreign adversaries use AI tools to power hacks: OpenAI
-FBI closes corruption unit, fires agents who allegedly monitored GOP
-Prosecutors concluded witness undermines case against Comey
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www.justsecurity.org/122173/early...

Early Edition: October 8, 2025

A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h

1,000+ people currently imprisoned in Louisiana were convicted by split juries — ruled unconstitutional in 2020.

Yet the state Supreme Court has declined to grant new trials, and lawmakers have repeatedly denied a reexamination of their cases.

With @veritenews.org

An Unconstitutional “Jim Crow Jury” Sent Him to Prison for Life. A New Law Aims to Keep Him There.

Five years ago, the Supreme Court decided that nonunanimous jury verdicts are unconstitutional. But for this Louisiana prisoner — and hundreds of others — “tough on crime” state leaders have ensured t...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

i think it is cool that a government run by fanatical bigots is on track to plunge the economy into a mountain and cause a food crisis

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 8h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Nancy Hicks @nancyhicks.bsky.social · 7h

Agreed.

They will, however, claim we started something, or everything.

Nancy Hicks @nancyhicks.bsky.social · 7h

He may believe that, but it’s not true. He believes he’s a genius too.

There were presidential elections during the Civil War, WWI, WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War (3), the most pertinent being the Civil War.

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 1d

I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it.

His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.

This is now very obvious.

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Evan S. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 @winstonsmith2024.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. He WANTS riots, mayhem, and tear gas in the streets in order to justify more repression by the government, which, in turn, creates more mayhem, and so on, until he invokes either the insurrection act or martial law in blue cities. He WANTS people to violently resist.

Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 1d

I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it.

His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.

This is now very obvious.

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Nancy Hicks @nancyhicks.bsky.social · 8h

Fingers crossed that there is one. I’m not on TikTok (I’m very old).

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Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 4d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 4d

Genuinely incredible how unprofessional these guys are. One dude yelling in your face and you immediately assault them on camera?

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 4d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 9h

IRS has been saying this.

The Trump Administration will bankrupt this country.

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 11h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 9h

Donald Trump is calling for the Chicago mayor and Illinois governor to be locked up because they won’t bend the knee to his fascism and legitimize his lies and propaganda.

Locking up political opponents to crush dissent is fascism, whether you like the word or not.

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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 8h

In past shutdowns, Congress has been in session and voting. This time, Speaker Johnson has closed the House floor and stopped all negotiations. We should be negotiating right now.

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Cheryl Price @cherylprice.bsky.social · 8h

God bless whoever he hired.

Nancy Hicks @nancyhicks.bsky.social · 9h

Finally!
This is the representation I want from my senator.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 19h

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 19h

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 12h

📌 OH SNAP ‼️ Stank Ice just
brutally shot a Priest with a pepper ball‼️🙈👀

❌️🔴 E N O U G H 🔴❌️ ⬅️🐥

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

I’m shocked.

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🦋💙LC 4 Democracy💙🦋 Peace☮️Joy😊Love💙 @cotol17.bsky.social · 10h

What a joke! Hes a day late and a dollar short because @mcuban69.bsky.social beat him to the punch with a REAL chance for Americans to save money on drugs with www.costplusdrugs.com. It works better than some of the best insurance companies. I should be a brand ambassador!!

Homepage of Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug homepage. Provides safe, affordable medicine or medication with transparent low prices.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 9h

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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David Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social · 21h

A decade after it was written, I find myself pulling out the @cingraham.bsky.social's gerrymandering explanation to help people understand why California’s Prop. 50 is so important to pass.

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This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see

By simplifying gerrymandering we see how problematic it really is.

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