Keith M. Judge
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optimist-press.bsky.social
This is hilarious. Genius, really. Expertly executed, and handled.
bencollins.bsky.social
Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.
The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein
YouTube video by The Onion
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optimist-press.bsky.social
I told @govpritzker.illinois.gov to start recruiting for a Civil Defense Corps, possibly to replace existing law enforcement. Not sure if he registered that, but I'm writing a letter. 🤷‍♂️
optimist-press.bsky.social
I told @govpritzker.illinois.gov to start recruiting for a Civil Defense Corps, possibly to replace existing law enforcement. Not sure if he registered that, but I'm writing a letter. 🤷‍♂️
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djbyrnes1.bsky.social
The Trump admin is also expected to appeal. Govt. counsel even asked Perry for an administrative stay on the order pending appeal, which the judge didn't grant.

This will probably soon end up before the 7th Circuit appellate court - which has a fair share of conservative judges.
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djbyrnes1.bsky.social
It's also unclear to me how IL and Chicago plan to enforce the order, other than expecting the Trump admin to abide by it in good faith.

Other reporters and I asked IL Attorney General Kwame Raoul about enforcement after the court hearing, and he mostly sidestepped giving a substantive answer.
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thedailyshow.com
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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beyerstein.bsky.social
Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.
Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls  while praying outside an ICE facility.
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jennycohn.bsky.social
MAGA is freaking out & splintering over a leaked text chain—which TPUSA’s Andrew Kolvet says is real—where Kirk wrote “Just lost another Jewish donor…Jewish donors play into all the stereotypes. I cannot & will not be bullied like this. Leaving me no choice but to leave the pro Israel cause.” 1/
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indrapramitdas.bsky.social
Are there any nation states in the world that aren't brutalising their own people for protesting injustice and evil at this point.
harmscommitted.com
"5,000 demonstrators marched through Athens' city center to the Israeli Embassy."

"Police attacked the crowd, using flashbang grenades, pepper spray, and tear gas."

"[D]ozens of indiscriminate arrests and [..] limbs were broken."
#Greece #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Policing #Incarceration #Genocide
Demonstrators Protest in Front of the Israeli Embassy in Greece, Police Violently Attack Crowd - UNICORN RIOT
Around 5,000 demonstrators marched through Athens' city center to the Israeli Embassy in solidarity with the Palestinian people on Oct. 7, 2025.
unicornriot.ninja
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taniel.bsky.social
NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court.

The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.

The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:
Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS - Bolts
Hawaii justices ruled that their state constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaiians—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.
boltsmag.org
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mark-bray.bsky.social
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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johngramlich.bsky.social
As the DOJ indicts Letitia James, 62% of Americans say Donald Trump has improperly encouraged federal investigations into his political opponents. That includes 85% of Democrats and 40% of Republicans. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Dot plot showing partisan differences in Americans' views of how Donald Trump has governed since returning to the White House in January. The chart is based on a September 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.
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theonion.com
Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person.

Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile today at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.

Only at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU.
Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person.

Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile today at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.

Only at youtube.com/theonion.
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djbyrnes1.bsky.social
The government hasn't moved to dismiss Briggs' case but it does appear he's now only facing a simple assault misdemeanor charge.

Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes issued a court entry today stating Briggs' prelim hearing set for tomorrow will be converted to an arraignment on the misdemeanor info.
djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Federal proseutors filed to dismiss the complaint against Ivery earlier today. No reason why provided in the filing. A preliminary hearing for Ivery, and another man arrested Sept. 27 - 70 year old Dana Briggs - is scheduled for tomorrow morning.

Feds have not yet moved to dismiss Briggs' case.
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unraveledpress.com
An agent testified in federal court in Chicago today that Bovino needed an MRI and is on two weeks bedrest for "a groin injury" he sustained during last week's protest
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optimist-press.bsky.social
If I were a betting man, I'd guess, 0 minutes.
unraveledpress.com
So this is a pretty wild part of the TRO: mandating agents wear visible identification. Taking bets on how long before they violate it, lol
It is further ORDERED that all Federal Agents, excepting those who do not wear a uniform or other distinguishing clothing or equipment in the regular performance of their official

duties or are engaged in undercover operations in the regular performance of their official duties, must have visible identification (for which a unique recognizable alphanumeric identifier sequence will suffice) affixed to their uniforms or helmets and prominently displayed, including when wearing riot gear.
optimist-press.bsky.social
If I were a betting man, I'd guess, 0 minutes.
unraveledpress.com
So this is a pretty wild part of the TRO: mandating agents wear visible identification. Taking bets on how long before they violate it, lol
It is further ORDERED that all Federal Agents, excepting those who do not wear a uniform or other distinguishing clothing or equipment in the regular performance of their official

duties or are engaged in undercover operations in the regular performance of their official duties, must have visible identification (for which a unique recognizable alphanumeric identifier sequence will suffice) affixed to their uniforms or helmets and prominently displayed, including when wearing riot gear.
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lyndab08.bsky.social
There’s a viral video reposted by a lot of news people nationally about an abduction at West Loop Elementary School, but there is no school with that name. The video seems to be of ICE detaining people near UIC yesterday. Details matter. We need to try to get them right before sharing.