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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h

Crucial from former prosecutor @kristyparker.bsky.social: Trump might have immunity, but those who commit corrupt or illegal orders for him do not. That's why DOJ insiders are leaking word that cases against Comey and Letitia James are collapsing.

All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2015...

Trump Threats to Jail Foes Take Darker Turn with Damning New DOJ Leaks

As ugly new information emerges about Trump’s efforts to prosecute James Comey and other enemies, a former federal prosecutor explains how his corrupt schemes are running into stiff internal resistanc...

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

TAPPER: I don't understand why you're not calling the House back in session

MIKE JOHNSON: Members are doing important work in their districts right now

TAPPER: But the work legislating is also important work

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reesespeaces.bsky.social @reesespeaces.bsky.social · 4h

So right - because they are becoming arbiters of lies

Dangerous, and fatal to their futures

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6h

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 6h

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reesespeaces.bsky.social @reesespeaces.bsky.social · 4h

Infuriating - and unspeakably dangerous

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Jane Norman @janenorman.bsky.social · 5h

NEW NONPARTISAN POLLING: Majorities disapprove of RFK Jr. performance, doubt autism-Tylenol claims, KFF poll finds -- by @jennifershutt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/majo...

Majorities disapprove of RFK Jr. performance, doubt autism-Tylenol claims, KFF poll finds

WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans disapprove of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s job performance and the federal government’s evolving vaccine policy, according to a poll...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4h

It seems there are two main reasons things haven’t gone completely to shit in the US: 1. Lawyers and the courts; 2. Journalists and the media. Most of us can’t do anything about the first, but we can support journalism. Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe to news & donate to public media.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 19h

When we have prevailed...(and...we will)...and are engaged in a vigorous and unending process of protecting what we saved, doing so with a ferocity we hadn't been for decades, be one of those who is unquestionably able to say, "I never gave in. I didn't allow my position to slip so much as an inch."

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 22h

Every year I donate money to Nola to Angola, which raises money for a bus service that takes people to the Louisiana State Penitentiary to see their loved ones. What a phenomenal year for other people to do the same! www.mightycause.com/organization...

Support Nola to Angola on Mightycause

Nola to Angola is an annual three-day, 170-mile bicycle ride fundraiser. We ride from Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans to Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Each rider raises money by solic...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

@ryancroswell.bsky.social

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19h

Join me and Demi Palecek this Sunday at @raygunsite.com for a sign-making event in Andersonville on October 12, just before No Kings Day!

We'll provide crafting supplies, food, and drinks—just bring your favorite tagline to make some posters with us!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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reesespeaces.bsky.social @reesespeaces.bsky.social · 4h

But do monitor what Miller and Vought are doing at all times

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 22h

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17h

This is truly horrifying.

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach…with Antifa."

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 16h

It's difficult at times to hold both "this admin is doing lasting and serious damage to our institutions and the globe" and "this admin is full of the most bafflingly incompetent idiots you've ever seen who fall over themselves like a Vaudeville act constantly."

The duality of man is incredible.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 16h

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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thewakan.bsky.social @thewakan.bsky.social · 14h

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21h

Hoping these federal agents are held accountable, breaking the law should have real consequences. A federal judge has ruled that federal immigration agents illegally arrested more than two dozen people.

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United Independents (ANTI-FASCIST) (ANTI-COMMIE) Party💜❤️‍🔥 @unitediparty.bsky.social · 21h

Stay safe Chicago and protect each other from the gestapo.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20h

The FBI keeps insisting it’s “restoring integrity.” That’s adorable. Integrity isn’t a slogan, boys...it’s what you demonstrate before you get caught trying to clean up your own Watergate X 10,000.

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 19h

I am canceling tonight's antifa pot luck due to the tumor I got from taking the measles vaccine. I appreciate privacy during this difficult time and whatnot.

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