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Wrecked @wrecked9n76e.bsky.social · 9m

The kkkification of the NYTimes is so thorough and complete

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 12m

The New York Times, seeing increasing numbers of youth-led national revolutions happening: Not very orderly stuff going on here, quite distasteful if you ask me

The New York Damn Times, 2 hours ago: how Nepal's Gen z revolution spiraled out of control

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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 29d

NEW: Nine months ago, Elon Musk's nascent, DOGE effort killed off a beloved pediatric cancer initiative in the govt funding fight. I circled back to see where those bills now stood. What I discovered was less scandalous but no less depressing.

www.thebulwark.com/p/elon-musk-...

Elon Musk Torpedoed a Beloved Pediatric Cancer Bill. It’s Yet to Recover.

Sometimes, a good piece of legislation fails to become a law for one simple, stupid reason: congressional inertia.

www.thebulwark.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 59m

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 27m

The judge, for his part, warned the government that the case shouldn't get off track because of classified information issues.

Either the information will be declassified or we'll go through the "fastest CIPA process you've ever seen in your life," he said.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 34m

The government's lack of a plan prompted Comey's counsel, Fitzgerald, to say that the prosecution "put the cart before the horse."

Usually, you figure out classified information issues in consultation w/ DOJ's national security division *before* bringing a case, he said.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 45m

MORE: The government indicated that it is not yet sure how it intends to handle the potential use of classified information at trial — i.e., whether it will use the process set out in the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) or opt to declassify the information.

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@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · 23m

can't wait to find out what Elon Musk had access to for the first 4 months of this year!

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1h

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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Heather O’Neill @honeill.bsky.social · 1h

Nearly unanimous bipartisan support for expanding and planning Virtual Power Plant resources that would bring much-needed flexibility to our grid in CA - and save all of us $$$. Disappointed (is the polite word) in Gov. Newsom’s baffling veto. 💡🔌 @advancedenergyunited.org

Jeff St John @jeffstjohn.bsky.social · 2h

California could save billions of dollars in grid and energy costs by tapping rooftop solar, batteries, EVs, and smart appliances as virtual power plants. Why did Governor Gavin Newsom veto three widely supported VPP bills meant to enable those savings?
www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir...
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Why did Newsom veto California’s virtual power plant bills?

Supporters say the bills would have helped ease the state’s energy affordability crisis while strengthening grid reliability.

www.canarymedia.com

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 25m

See, people think AI is useless, but without it this dude would have had to imagine burning down an entire neighborhood all by himself

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28m

The suspect accused of igniting the fire that destroyed LA's Pacific Palisades neighborhood allegedly used a ChatGPT prompt to show "a burning forest and a crowd fleeing from it," months prior, officials say

Man arrested, faces federal charge in connection with Palisades Fire: DOJ

The fire caused widespread destruction in Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people earlier this year.

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Cullen Anderson @cullenish.bsky.social · 27m

AI take entire neighborhood

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1h

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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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 18h

as a kid growing up right-wing i regularly heard people express their desire for "a government so small I can drown it in the bathtub". imagine my surprise growing up to realize i was the only one who actually believed that.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 24m

NEW for The Ten Four:

An arrest has been made in conjunction with the Palisades Fire in early 2025, the suspect was arrested Tuesday and is expected to make his initial appearance today in United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

latenfour.com/2025/10/08/a...

Arrest Made In Conjunction With Palisades Fire

By Sean Beckner-Carmitchel Arrest Made In Conjunction With Palisades Fire LOS ANGELES — Bill Essayli, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, announced via social media that an…

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Wrecked @wrecked9n76e.bsky.social · 26m

*broader WHITE KLANSMAN audience

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28m

Mike Johnson is putting an “aw shucks” face on an effort to erase people from public life.

Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 2h

lmao this dolt is beyond parody.
yeah Lee Greenwood, totally appealing to all audiences. you nailed it buddy

“Lee Greenwood for Super Bowl halftime show!” says the idiot

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Wrecked @wrecked9n76e.bsky.social · 27m

Nick seems unaware Amy

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 54m

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

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Joad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.social · 1h

Kung Lao Wins

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1h

Coincidence that the CEO of Harper UK resigned abruptly? Or… www.newsweek.com/publisher-ha...

Publisher removes Melania Trump claims from book, issues apology

Publisher HarperCollins UK has said it removed "unverified" claims about First Lady Melania Trump from a recently published book.

www.newsweek.com

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1h

The unofficial jobs numbers are in, and it’s rough out there - The Wall Street Journal

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The Unofficial Jobs Numbers Are In and It’s Rough Out There — The Wall Street Journal

In a federal data blackout, Wall Street numbers and surveys are filling the void

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1h

They should have him profile RFK Jr. next

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 13h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3h

I don't think most people understand what we're facing. Not really.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2h

Affidavit from Cook County Public Defender (yay!) Sharone Mitchell Jr, testifying that his clients are being deprived of their due process rights by ICE/CBP.

For example, during the first three weeks of September 2025, ICE agents have

entered courthouses in at least four separate court locations: the Daley Center, the Leighton

Criminal Court Building, the Domestic Violence Courthouse, and the branch courts at 111th Street.

ICE agents have arrested people attempting to attend their civil or criminal court hearings. ICE

agents have been observed at multiple Cook County courthouses in a single day. Employees of our

office have witnessed the following ICE actions in Cook County courts in recent months:

a. On July 24, 2025, at the suburban Maywood courthouse, a man was taken

into custody by plainclothes ICE agents inside the courthouse after he left his court hearing.

The agents never showed a warrant or identified themselves during the arrest.

b. On September 2, 2025, at the Domestic Violence court located at 555 W.

Harrison in Chicago, a man was detained and arrested outside of the courthouse building

after attending his court hearing.

c. On September 3, 2025, at the Domestic Violence court located at 555 W.

Harrison in Chicago, a woman attempting to attend her misdemeanor court case was

stopped inside the court building by ICE agents. ICE agents arrested her, and she missed

her court hearing, during which her misdemeanor case was subsequently dismissed.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2h

Affidavit from Maywood ASA Jose Villarreal, testifying under oath that the presence of ICE/CPB is harming his office's prosecution of crimes.

Aggressive immigration enforcement by Homeland Security agents in and around
Cook County courthouses undermines that trust and cooperation by instilling fear of arrest and
deportation in the victims and witnesses of violent crime.

10. The activities of the Department of Homeland Security in and around the 4th
Municipal District courthouse, the Domestic Violence courthouse, and the main Cook County
Criminal Courthouse located at 2650 S. California in Chicago has materially harmed the State's
Attorney’s office’s efforts to protect the victims of crime and uphold the law through criminal
prosecution.

Tae For instance, I am familiar with a murder prosecution in which a witness has
expressed to my ASAs that she is afraid to come to court and testify for fear that she could be
arrested by Homeland Security agents. In this case, the fearful witness is the wife of the murder
victim.

12 Their fear of arrest makes it more likely that her husband’s murderers will go free
and justice will be denied.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2h

Among other things, Cook County just filed an affidavit in the IL v. Trump case showing that violent crime rates are DOWN in Chicago.

This is from the affidavit of Guy Lissuro, Deputy Chief of the Cook County State's Attorney.

The Chicago Police Department (“CPD”) has provided us with data showing that the
number of violent crimes has decreased in 2025 when compared to the same time
period (January 1 – October 6) in 2024, as set forth in the chart below:

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“Hey man did you get QA to sign off?” Gigan @gigansprogress.bsky.social · 2h

Russ remains really bad at his job

Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 2h

Speaker Johnson appears to say furloughed federal workers should get back pay under 2019 law

"It has always been the case. It is tradition and I think it is statutory law that federal employees be paid. And that’s my position."

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