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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 1h

As @thelisagraves.bsky.social pointed out last night, ICE has a bigger budget than the US Marines. Which, if the footage I've seen is any indication, they're spending on burgers, fries, and shakes.

Dorian D @drdorianoz.bsky.social · 2h

Not sure if I understood correctly, but ICE, the best funded task force on the planet, needs the presence of the military because some protesters were weally weally mean to them?!? 🤔

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

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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Jon Vander Pol @americantimes.bsky.social · 8h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8h

“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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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 16h

"The Church cannot be silent."

"Pope Leo XIV’s eyes grew misty Wednesday as an El Paso delegation led by Bishop Mark Seitz presented him letters and a video that captured the fears and anxieties of people facing mass deportation in the United States..."

In Vatican meeting with El Pasoans, Pope Leo XIV offers support to migrants facing deportation - El Paso Matters

During a Vatican meeting, Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with migrants after hearing firsthand accounts gathered by El Paso’s Hope Border Institute and La Mujer Obrera about the human toll of U.S. ...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8h

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

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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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 9h

Some cases take on outsized importance, with issues that transcend the decision the parties ask the courts to make. This is one of those cases. The stakes are high: the integrity of the Justice Department and the ability of a president to corrupt the rule of law. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Slow Death Facing The Comey Prosecution

This morning at 10 a.m., former FBI Director Jim Comey was arraigned in federal court.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

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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NotGoingBack @nooneletgo.bsky.social · 17h

File this one away for the aftermath of a terrorist attack that would've been prevented otherwise wapo.st/42y5QyO

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11h

Remember this post? The Wall Street Journal just confirmed it was meant to be a DM to Pam Bondi.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

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Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 12h

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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DocBuglove @docbuglove.smokefleet.net · 6h

Everyone on the fence about A.I., there's something you don't realize.

It's purpose is to eliminate human jobs and human skills.

That's it. That's its single purpose. For companies to no longer pay people or train them in skills.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 11h

The acting CDC Director has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health. Trump has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health.

Both are calling to make the MMR vaccine into 3 separate shots, which makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense.

Acting CDC boss wants to break up MMR vaccine into three shots

Jim O’Neill joins President Donald Trump’s call for three distinct measles, mumps and rubella shots, claiming a separation would ‘reduce the risk of side effects’ and ‘maximize parental choice’

www.independent.co.uk

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 16h

You have got to be joking hahaha

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neptune45.bsky.social @neptune45.bsky.social · 3h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObUN... here we are do as I say or else and when it comes to money these 9 universities will bend their knees and there goes freedom of speech, what’s next vote for me or else lose that social security check

Trump asks 9 universities to sign agreement or risk losing federal funds

YouTube video by CBS News

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 20h

You’ll never be able to convince me ripping an American citizen out of their Chicago apartment in the dead of night, zip tying their hands and refusing to let them call their lawyer is ‘America First’

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 12h

The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act clearly requires that furloughed federal employees receive back pay after a shutdown. This wasn’t partisan when it passed, and it shouldn’t be a question now. Trump is spinning further out of control by the day. (1/2)

Shown Here:
Public Law No: 116-1 (01/16/2019)
Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019
This bill requires employees of the federal government or a District of Columbia public employer who are furloughed or required to work during a lapse in appropriations beginning on or after December 22, 2018, to be compensated for the period of the lapse. The employees must be compensated on the earliest date possible after the lapse ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates. Employees required to work during the lapse in appropriations may use leave.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 15h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 9h

This country is barreling towards a national security nightmare and skyrocketing crime rates because of Donald Trump

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A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data — The Washington Post

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12h

"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 to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.

Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social

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.

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ElizabethC @econklin44.bsky.social · 13h

Destruction is all he's capable of now. Never very smart, he was able to use his physical attractiveness & seeming good humor to charm people. Parlaying this into a Presidency he was incapable of handling, his severe mental collapse has rendered him unable to be productive or even happy.
#ProudBlue

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