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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

AP: “.. the administration has only pointed to unclassified video clips of the strikes posted on social media by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and has yet to produce ‘hard evidence’ that the vessels were carrying drugs.”

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IndivisibleLasVegas ❌👑 @indivisiblelasvegas.org · 8h

He cannot govern. He's trying to rule. Let's stop him on Oct. 18.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
#nokings

Info here: indivisiblelasvegas.org/no-...

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 7h

This speech from @marisakabas.bsky.social is really worth reading.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8h

New — I was fortunate to speak in front of students and faculty at Grinnell College in Iowa tonight about the business of independent journalism, the current state of media under Trump 2.0, and billionaire control.

I published my full speech because I thought it might resonate beyond campus:

Truth, morality and independence in journalism under the second Trump regime

My full remarks to students and faculty at Grennell College.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h

if this isn't civil war i'm not sure what is

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1d

In a nutshell.

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 6h

What a dumb ass! And an insurrectionist 🙄

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.

For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

(Published June)

DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts

We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...

www.propublica.org

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5h

“Senior military leaders should have stepped in to prevent Trump from turning addresses at Fort Bragg and Norfolk into political rallies; the silence of the Army and Navy secretaries, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and some top generals and admirals is appalling…”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 16h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Jacob Rosenberg @jacobrosenberg.bsky.social · 15h

Here's how ICE is sending people to a Kafkaesque "legal black hole" prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini where Trump is sending detainees.

www.motherjones.com

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SantiniMore @santinimore.bsky.social · 15h

Those trump genes are just full of horses shit.🤦🏾‍♀️

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

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 · 18h

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

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15h

Navarro: 'we are just in the most beautiful place we've been I think ever with respect to trade'

*In Q2 2024, China bought over $3 billion in soybeans from U.S. farmers. This year, they’ve bought $0.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

“[M]ilitary lawyers & legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army & Navy's top judge advocates…sets an alarming precedent for a crucial job in the military, all as…Trump has mused about using the military in unorthodox & potentially illegal ways.” 2/25/25…1/

'People Are Very Scared': Trump Administration Purge of JAG Officers Raises Legal, Ethical Fears

Military lawyers and legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army and Navy's top judge advocates general politicizes and sets an alarming precedent for a crucial...

www.military.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h

FBI agents assigned to Musk concluded he was systematically avoiding conduct standards imposed on those holding high-level clearances. FBI management concluded it could do nothing about this because of Musk's ties to Trump and the GOP.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 17h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 19h

Fox: Roasted coffee prices are up 22% in the past year. There's a 50% tariff on coffee from Brazil. That's the nation's biggest coffee supplier. Take a look at this bag right here. The container that bag came in is costing this coffee shop $68,000 more than it did over the summer

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SantiniMore @santinimore.bsky.social · 16h

Maybe this additional atrocity will finally persuade the Nobel committee to hand trump the Nobel Peace Prize?🤔

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SantiniMore @santinimore.bsky.social · 16h

Really? I'm sure the farmers had no idea that Brexit screwed them over!🙄

SantiniMore @santinimore.bsky.social · 16h

Really? I'm sure the farmers had no idea that Brexit screwed them over!🙄

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18h

🚜 A poor deal for farmers. A rotten deal for the country.

“Brexit was not principally about trade" - we know Michael we know...

🛠️ Let's fix this broken deal and get Britain building again.

https://bit.ly/42YNQxG

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18h

A tweet from Mayor Brandon Johnson says Trump has tried to unjustly arrest a Black man and he’s not going anywhere. A reply from Donald Trump says the Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect ICE officers.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 1d

In Gaza, another humanitarian crisis has emerged: the soaring displacement expenses — or, as many people in Gaza bitterly describe it, “The fees you pay to become homeless in the south.” Tents cost $1,000 and securing a patch of land to pitch it on can be almost as costly.

Israel’s “Safe Zones” in Gaza Offer No Safety. Many Can’t Afford to Flee Anyway.

Displacement costs, which many call “the fees you pay to become homeless in the south,” have reached nearly $5,000.

truthout.org

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 18h

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 18h

This is not only amazingly racist but deeply anti-Christian. Fuck this shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18h

Trump is right, there is a war on Christians. He's the one doing it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

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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