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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 6h

October 8, 2025

Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 9h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 8h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 11h

Pam Bondi sounds like every magat on the cesspool formerly called twitter
Am I right?

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

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

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10h

Along with the fascism, the other way you know this is not OK is to imagine the hysterical National Conversation™️ about freedom of religion & the separation of church & state we'd be having if an observant Muslim or Jew in a Democratic president's Cabinet opened a government meeting with prayers.

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 1d

Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.

A screenshot of a video of Noem praying at a conference table with other people wearing suits. Fast food bags and water bottles sit on the table.

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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 10h

Listen! youtube.com/shorts/9m5q_...

Trump’s depravity

YouTube video by Fr David

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Vivian M. Lumbard @vivian-m-lumbard.bsky.social · 10h

It's like a bunch of middle school bullies sucking up to the ringleader at the cafeteria table.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Vivian M. Lumbard @vivian-m-lumbard.bsky.social · 10h

<sigh>

He really believes he has the power to take away freedom of speech. Why is he not in a total care facility yet?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 11h

See for yourself.

Trump just decides on a whim that Antifa is now a "Foreign Terrorist Organization" at the urging of Jack Posobiec and some right-wing reporter in the crowd. And the approval comes right from the top: Stephen Miller.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Q: Are you going to work with your administration to designate antifa a foreign terror organization?

TRUMP: You mean anti-terror?

Q: Antifa

TRUMP: Antifa?

Q: A foreign terror organization

TRUMP: Would you like to see it done? I'd be glad to do it. Does everybody agree? It sounds good to me

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Vivian M. Lumbard @vivian-m-lumbard.bsky.social · 11h

1. There is no "organization" called Antifa.
2. Just like cartels? Does that mean extrajudicial murder of American citizens utilizing their First Amendment rights and protesting?
3. Lying over and over and over again does not make it the truth.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

"I'd love to do something about that" -- Trump floats the idea of stopping a planned protest in Austin

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Vivian M. Lumbard @vivian-m-lumbard.bsky.social · 12h

Sounds like it's not a case of "if", but of "when."

Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social · 14h

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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AltAirForce @altairforce.altgov.info · 15h

Don’t quote me on the numbers but it looks DFAS (Defense Finance Accounting Service) fucked up the pay and leave of somewhere around ~180K Air Force employees. If you are an “exempt” employee, you probably didn’t get paid for Oct 1-3, nor did you accrue any leave for the entire pay period.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 16h

Drunk sounding dinosaur costumed lounge act singing Tears for Fears and he brought a Subway sandwich with him

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 17h

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 16h

Classic:

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

www.rollingstone.com

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 16h

If you missed the chance to throw things at your television yesterday while listening to the testimony of AG Pam Bondi, here’s my recap and analysis of the most telling parts. Her evasions and attacks strongly suggest she’s hiding something and protecting people. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

Pam Bondi Is a Piece of Work

And it’s clearer than ever that she sees her job as covering for and protecting criminals within the Trump regime.

open.substack.com

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 1d

Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?

Oopsie, Stephen.

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Vivian M. Lumbard @vivian-m-lumbard.bsky.social · 16h

Personally I think someone with 34 felonies on his record should be in jail, but that's just me.

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 16h

Perfect response!

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 16h

Another day.

Another presidential threat to jail two of his political opponents.

What will it take for Republicans in Congress to speak out?

While we still have a democracy left.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 17h

If you’re bothsides-ing this, you’re actually taking Abbott’s side.

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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine @papootx.bsky.social · 2d

Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy

A 70-year-old Air Force veteran was charged while protesting outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility for handing his cellphone to a friend.

Trump Has Gone Too Far

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Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy

Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, fellow veterans and others gathered at t...

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 19h

A federal judge in Chicago says ICE violated a consent decree with warrantless arrests. blockclubchi.co/4nGUOQ8

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