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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 13h

Yes. And it's just going to get worse.

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 13h

Plot twist: Mamie Eisenhower or Eleanor Roosevelt are still alive.

DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 14h

Plot twist: it's the Demon Spawn lady.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person.

Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile at Thursday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.

Only at The Onion on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU.

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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 14h

2/ I volunteer to bring the Hyde Amendment civil claims against the prosecutors! Probably among the strongest of all time!

Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 14h

1/ The judge will dismiss the Comey indictment. Trump’s so stupid he’s effectively admitted it’s a vindictive prosecution, & circumstantial evidence including rejecting prosecutor recommendations, chucking the US Attorney, picking unqualified Halligan, & trying to do a perp walk corroborate that.

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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 15h

All I can tell you is that as a competent federal prosecutor, I did not indict a case until I was close to ready to try it, because defendants might insist on exercising their speedy-trial rights. This is evidence at best of incompetency, and at worst vindictive, fact-free prosecution.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 17h

Hey, you guys? Is it a good sign or a bad sign if the prosecution is just getting its hands around the evidence *after* it criminally charged the former FBI director?

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 16h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 17h

My son Akaash Chandra composed and produced the music for this wonderful short film directed by Henry Green about New York artist Daniel Um. The music really works and the paintings are spectacular! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6APm...

The Sea is Endless

YouTube video by NONSENSE COLLECTION

www.youtube.com

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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 1d

Nazis.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 3d

ICE abducts people and then immediately moves them around to prevent access to lawyers and habeas corpus petitions. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social has the story on this consistent game being played to frustrate due process.
prospect.org/justice/2025...

How ICE Hides Detainees From Their Lawyers

‘It seems like cruelty is the point,’ one attorney said.

prospect.org

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Peter M. Shane @petermshane.bsky.social · 3d

It’s kind of wild that the Second-Amendment-Protects-Us-From-Tyranny crowd thinks the 10th Amendment is no bar to sending National Guard troops from one state into another over a Governor’s objections. I had actually thought federalism, rather than guns, was the Constitution’s anti-tyranny strategy.

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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 4d

And he doesn’t even hyphenate phrasal adjectives.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 4d

Every day I log on and just see endless videos of ICE agents breaking state, federal, and international laws.

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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 5d

This is amazing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/s...

The Woman Who Always Paid for Dinner

www.nytimes.com

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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 11d

I wish you had signed the Declaration of Independence.

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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 11d

💯. Repeat.

Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 12d

Made my CNN debut last night breaking down the shutdown and why the blame falls squarely on Donald Trump. He blew off a meeting with Democrats to go to the Ryder Cup instead of working on real solutions to avert this crisis. This isn’t about partisanship—it’s about leadership & competence.

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James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · 13d

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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 13d

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 13d

Incredible to watch MAGA influencers lecture us for calling Trump a fascist when he literally fired a U.S. Attorney for not prosecuting his political enemies. That’s the literal definition of fascism.

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 13d

Let the countdown to Lindsey Halligan's eventual disbarment begin

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations to Lindsey Halligan—former insurance lawyer and third-runner-up in the Miss Colorado USA pageant—on her first indictment, which is almost as long as a Truth Social post.

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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 13d

Please bear witness to the information in this thread. This is what fascism looks like. There is no one to hold these corrupt, brutal agents accountable.

Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 13d

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.

Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.

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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 13d

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14d

Ken CHESEBRO, an architect of Trump's bid to remain in power despite losing the 2020 election, has been suspended from practicing law in D.C. (he'd already been disbarred/suspended in several states) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 14d

💯 . They worship a false god who was really Satanic.

youcameover.bsky.social @youcameover.bsky.social · 14d

None of Kirk’s supporters can defend his racist and bigoted rhetoric. What they're angry about is that we're holding them accountable by echoing his harmful words back to them. They're becoming unhinged because we refuse to participate in their attempts to rewrite history and sanitize his image!🫩

Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 14d

This is correct. Public employees have First Amendment protection for speech uttered as private citizens on matters of public concern. www.chandralaw.com/practice-are...

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Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 14d

Confession. He is nostalgic for a purported time when pedophilia was acceptable. (It never was. But that’s how sick he is.)

Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 14d

👀 Confession?

“People don’t understand that Palm Beach in the 90s was a different time, he groused.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the White House Struggle to Tame the Epstein Crisis

Finger-pointing, disorganization and unforced errors by Trump advisers made the problem worse. “Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” the president said.

www.wsj.com

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