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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

Merrick Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago. It happened in August 2022 three months before Jack Smith was appointed. Jack Smith was in the Netherlands at the Hauge prosecuting Kosovo war crimes when Mar-a-Lago was searched. Eric should have listened to my podcast.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Eric Trump accuses Jack Smith of "planting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Nicole Guenther Discenza @ndiscenza1.bsky.social · 6h

Happy anniversary!

a greeting card that says happy anniversary with balloons and confetti

Alt: a greeting card that says happy anniversary with balloons and confetti

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

#WarRavagedPortland

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Nicole Guenther Discenza @ndiscenza1.bsky.social · 11h

If only we could cancel @washingtonpost.com more than once!

Shame!

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 15h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 13h

Breaking news: Jim Comey has a trial set for January 5, 2026 — but his lawyers will try to disqualify Lindsey Halligan, the attorney President Trump appointed at the very last minute to indict the former FBI director.

Comey's team will try to have the case dismissed for "vindictive prosecution."

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 15h

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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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 15h

Wrote a lil bit for the Clarion about Speedwell House, for those of you who saw my posts on it the other day! Am I ready for Serious Historians to call me ridiculous? Yes. Did I have a lot of fun writing it? Also yes

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 16h

An unexpected archaeological discovery in Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent @oldenoughtosay.com unearths a fascinating site – and floats an intriguing possibility…

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Have we found St Frideswide’s Priory?

An unexpected discovery at Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent explains more… Oxfordshire County Council received some u...

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Nicole Guenther Discenza @ndiscenza1.bsky.social · 11h

I knew she’d prepared, but I thought she’d put in the time to memorize this stuff! Silly me!

Also, I remember when officials called to testify did NOT regularly yell at and insult senators. Where are the civility police now?

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

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

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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.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

I'm never ever gonna forget all the furrowed browed corporatist Charlie Kirk hagiography and sportsball halftime memoriams for a race baiting brigading zealot

Stephen Soldz @ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social · 1d

Professor Flees to Europe After Turning Point USA Calls Him Antifa, Leading to Death Threats for Him and His Family
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Professor Flees to Europe After Turning Point USA Calls Him Antifa

Rutgers University professor Mark Bray no longer feels safe at home.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Mike Johnson says he'll swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social as soon as she wants. Okay, so how about today?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 1d

Vermont Senator Peter Welch asks why the attorney general of the United States has zero apparent interest in figuring out what happened to the $50,000 undercover FBI agents gave border czar Tom Homan.

She... doesn't take it well.

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Nicole Guenther Discenza @ndiscenza1.bsky.social · 1d

If you're a fan of The Oatmeal, you already know it will be gross and offensive as well as thought-provoking and hilarious.
If you're not, now you know before you click. Your choice.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

Danielle Allen fails the Lando test / lives out the Arrested Development meme: "A deal on the core principles in a compact could then become a framework for negotiating on legislation." Come ON. With this administration and this Congress?
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 1d

#MedievalSky

Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 1d

MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration has until late tomorrow night to explain to a judge exactly what its military plans for Chicago are.

Something tells me the president's edgelord post last month about "war" is going to become relevant in this court.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 2d

Perhaps many millions of asthmatics (🙋🏾‍♀️) wouldn't need our inhalers if governments and corporations had actually cared about the air, the water, and the planet we live on...

They can talk to the ✋🏾 or one of the geese who live in our pond. "So, HOW did they end up with asthma in the first place?"

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

This is so Bizarre. I’ve had multiple conversations this week with several people about Ellis. He’s the guy that stashed the perfect phone call transcript in a code word classified system. And took over prepub review of Bolton’s book. Now this. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hirono: "I have to conclude that, since no wrongdoing was determined, that Homan kept the money. And I hope he will put that on his tax returns as income."

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 1d

I thought Unitary Executive Theory was all about increasing political accountability

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Why do you say some federal workers should not get their backpay?

TRUMP: Well, you're gonna have to figure that out. Ask the Democrats

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Nicole Guenther Discenza @ndiscenza1.bsky.social · 1d

"Nearly all these deaths occurred among unvaccinated children (89%), while about half happened in children with no preexisting health conditions."

Vaccinate yourself and your children!

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More Kids Are Dying From Seasonal Flu Than Ever

There are already reasons to be worried about next winter's flu season.

gizmodo.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Ms. Martinez’ lawyer says body cam footage shows the agent turned into HER car and yelled “do something bitch” before firing shots.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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