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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22m

My latest: The fight for democracy is the defining battle of our generation. Within that struggle, protecting free and fair elections must be our top priority. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Scott Immordino @scottimmordino.bsky.social · 18m

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2h

it’s all just a grift

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1h

Oh this is not great

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Q: A lot of the free healthcare for illegal aliens you've been talking about is care provided in ERs, which are required by federal law to care for everybody. Should that law be changed?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. You're cherrypicking a tiny subset of the issues.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

Johnson: Miss Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the house was out of session,

Gallego: You don't want her to be on the Epstein discharge.

Johnson: You guys are experts at red herrings.

Gallego: This is an excuse

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Kim-M 26947 @kimberlymorgan.bsky.social · 7h

And that is just the way they like it.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22h

thank you brett kavanaugh!

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 22h

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

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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.

southsideweekly.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5h

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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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 6h

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements, writes @andrewperez.bsky.social.

Read now: zeteo.com/p/leonard-le...

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.

zeteo.com

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 4h

Six former U.S. Surgeons General slap WARNING on RFK Jr. - he’s a serious threat to our nation’s health.

RFK Jr. isn’t leading HHS, he’s poisoning it.

Join our fight to impeach RFK Jr. here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-gram...

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

#impeachthequack

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 6h

in the column this week:

-advocates have confirmed/are investigating the abductions of ~25 unhoused folks by federal agents in chicago (via @katieprout.bsky.social)

-state/local leaders crack down on anti-ice protesters

-civil rights orgs ask chief judge to bar ice arrests at county courthouses

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

chicagoreader.com

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 12h

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Scott Immordino @scottimmordino.bsky.social · 3h

Donald Trump:
“I want to see Comey in prison.”

James Comey:
“Why does Trump think I would visit him in prison?”

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 6h

Russia’s intelligence service has accused Western countries of plotting “false flag” operations to discredit Moscow. While the claims lack evidence, analysts warn they may be signs that the Kremlin is preparing the narrative ahead of a potential conflict with NATO.
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

Russia’s ‘false flag’ claims spark fears of pre-war posturing

In a series of escalating statements, Russia’s foreign intelligence service has accused Western countries of plotting “false flag” operations to discredit Moscow. While the claims lack evidence, analy...

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 8h

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

jessica.substack.com

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Scott Immordino @scottimmordino.bsky.social · 3h

Electricity costs are up 267% near data centers.
Data centers in Virginia use 40% of state electricity.
By 2028, they’ll consume 12% of all U.S. power.

Big Tech gets tax breaks. You get the bill.
All so they can automate surveillance at scale.

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🦋💙🦋 MazieMae @maziemae.bsky.social · 1d

Truth!!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h

Someday these ICE thugs will be brought up on criminal charges and receive the justice they deserve.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23h

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

i think it is cool that a government run by fanatical bigots is on track to plunge the economy into a mountain and cause a food crisis

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 9h

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.

prospect.org

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