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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11h

Prosecutors Sucking Lemons in Their Vindictive Prosecution of Jim Comey

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/11/p...

Prosecutors Sucking Lemons in Their Vindictive Prosecution of Jim Comey - emptywheel

Unless prosecutors find a way to make the Jim Comey prosecution go away, in nine days, we'll get details (in the Vindictive and Selective Prosecution motion) of the efforts Trump has already made to p...

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 10h

The oppression and viciousness of ICE and DHS are the most immediate concerns, but there's no story about immigration in the United States that doesn't unearth decades of failures.

‘Unlivable’ conditions festered at Chicago apartment building long before jarring immigration raid

Feces smeared on walls. Swarms of gnats. Broken elevators and busted locks on front doors. Residents of the South Shore apartment complex targeted by federal agents blame the owner and property manage...

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Kat @phoebe11.bsky.social · 1d

Money over Integrity!

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 10h

"Today, the federal government has been deliberately wrecked by Trump and his allies, in an ongoing project to extract wealth for the richest Americans and deny benefits to the poorest."

The State of The Degenerate Union

YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

Page One in Boston.

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WIRED @wired.com · 10h

Plus: US government cybersecurity staffers get reassigned to do immigration work, a hack exposes sensitive age-verification data of Discord users, and more. www.wired.com/story/happy-...

'Happy Gilmore' Producer Buys Spyware Maker NSO Group

Plus: US government cybersecurity staffers get reassigned to do immigration work, a hack exposes sensitive age-verification data of Discord users, and more.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 10h

The entire DC office of the CDC was fired overnight. All of it.

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lalabote @lalabote.bsky.social · 17h

A day in the life of ICE Air ethnic cleansing operations.
Friday 10 October 2025
0000-0000 UTC
8pm-8pm EDT
5pm-5pm PDT

* (2) Coast Guard C-27s used for ICE.
globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=a2c129,...

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 15h

DAILY MEMO: In New Tactic, ICE Kidnaps Random Bystanders Near Foiled Raid Sites 🧵 2 Parts

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

Reminder: Trump vaccinates himself 👇🏽

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 18h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

🤷🏽‍♂️ 🇺🇸 💰

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 16h

Anti-vax onstage, Pfizer backstage.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

{ gift article } www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 10h

Really remarkable how Andrea uses the Klein/Coates conversation to produce so much clarity about the moment we're in.

You don't have to swallow frogs. Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.

TikTok video by degenerateartnews

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 22h

Is Argentina now the new 51st state? Imagine taking healthcare away from American so they can help soybean farmers in Argentina.

China bought a quarter of Argentina's soybean crop on Sept. 23, 7 million metric tons. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 16h

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10h

My quote of the day

Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.

William Foege

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 10h

Damn. Never thought I'd see the day.

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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 1d

It’s FEMA’s first ever Rally! If you are in the DMV area. Come on out and show your support to FEMA and send the message “Hands off FEMA”. ✊✊✊

#FEMA #FederalWorkers #ProtectTheMission #WeServeThePeople #PublicServiceStrong #Solidarity #StandUpTogether #October17 #FEMARally #WeShowUp

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The Real Zanetta @therealzanetta.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Thiel
Qatari Airbase
#SheShed
We’re eight days away from #NoKings Day, and over 2,500 protests planned in all 50 states and across the world.
October 18 is going to be the biggest day of nonviolent protest in US history — because Courage is contagious.
Find an event 👉🏾 mobilize.us

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

🚨NEW: A panel of three federal judges will soon decide whether to block Texas from using its new congressional map in the 2026 election, after a contentious nine-day hearing concluded Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘We Could Not Have Clearer Facts’: Minority Advocates Say Racial Motive Is Evident As Texas Redistricting Hearing Wraps Up