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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1h

In the same event:

* Kash Patel claims the Justice Department is no longer weaponized

* Donald Trump calls Jack Smith a 'deranged criminal' and says he hopes Andrew Weissmann gets looked into

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 2h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5h

NEW via NYT:

A U.S. attorney and his deputy were removed after telling top DOJ officials they don't believe criminal charges are warranted from a new Kash Patel-backed investigation seeking to discredit the FBI's earlier Russia investigation that looked into Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 4h

Amid all the action I meant to share this statement from Juan Espinoza Martinez's attorneys, Jonathan Bedi and Dena Singer.

They say he's innocent and has "no prior criminal history or gang affiliation."

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 3h

Last month, a Reagan-appointed judge answered the question of whether noncitizens have First Amendment rights with: "“unequivocally ‘yes, they do.’”

Lawyers for @KnightColumbia.org, who won that ruling, say that principle applies to visa revocations over Charlie Kirk-related rhetoric.

“These kinds of visa revocations are censorship, plain and simple. Mere “mockery” can’t be grounds for adverse government action—whether revocation of broadcast licenses or revocation of visas. While the government can revoke visas for many reasons, the First Amendment forbids it from doing so based on viewpoint.”

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING: A federal judge just temporarily blocked the Trump admin's plans to lay off thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown — siding with unions, which have argued that the dismissals were illegal.

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Alaska House District 20 Democrats @alaskahd20dems.bsky.social · 5h

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 21h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 8h

... Zavvar had no connection to either country. On 8/27/25 (after 2 mos’ detention) a hearing was held. A DHS witness admitted that the US had no deals with Australia or Romania to accept US deportees from 3d countries. ...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 8h

If you read the precedents Abrego Garcia is citing in seeking release from detention, you begin to realize the unreported horrors Trump's DHS/ICE is quietly committing throughout the country. Take Zavvar v Scott, for instance. ...
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Zavvar v. Scott et al, No. 1:2025cv02104 - Document 28 (D. Md. 2025)

Zavvar v. Scott et al, No. 1:2025cv02104 - Document 28 (D. Md. 2025) case opinion from the District of Maryland U.S. Federal District Court

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes threatened legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

"Arizona's right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate."

Arizona attorney general threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Adelita Grijalva

The Democrat accused Johnson of playing “political games” by delaying the swearing-in ceremony.

www.politico.com

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 7h

U.S. District Judge April Perry just took the bench for this morning's status hearing in Illinois v. Trump, over deployment of the National Guard.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 8h

We also have what's been labeled a "brief status hearing" in Illinois v. Trump, the lawsuit over deployment of National Guard troops here. That's at 9:30 a.m. CT.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 8h

Good morning on what looks to be another busy day at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago.

The docket's full of arraignments and preliminary hearings, much of it stemming from the ICE campaign playing out across the city and suburbs. Stay tuned.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 6h

Excluding time would have slowed down the Martinez's bid for a speedy trial. So McShain sided with the defense here.

Hearing adjourned.

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The Alaska Democratic Party @thealaskadems.bsky.social · 21h

We are so excited to be sponsors of this year's AFN!

We'll be tabling all three days – be sure to stop by and say hello. #AlaskaDems

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 20h

Tomorrow, six more states will be able to view their 2026 health care costs.

On average, they'll find their premiums have doubled.

It's not complicated: Washington Republicans spiked health care premiums for 22 million Americans.

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Congresswoman Erica Lee Carter @repericaleecarter.bsky.social · 19h

The people have spoken, the votes are certified! Swear-in Adelita! Respect democracy! Stop stonewalling. #itstime #swearherin #votesshouldcount

Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 20h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 18h

Donald Trump has been firing people who protect your health, safety and pocketbook, and who keep our country safe.

The shutdown is just his latest excuse for these purges.

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Alaska House District 20 Democrats @alaskahd20dems.bsky.social · 20h

www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...

From the illinois community on Reddit: Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

Explore this post and more from the illinois community

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21h

A judge has issued a restraining order against Republican Rep. Cory Mills after he was accused by a former girlfriend of threatening to circulate sexually explicit videos of her.

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 22h

It is alarming that the Trump Admin & rogue ICE agents would abduct a 13-year-old child from Everett, transport him to a facility over 500 miles away & reportedly subject him to harrowing conditions.

They must stop violating our constitutional rights.

My full statement:

A graphic that reads:

“It is absolutely alarming that the Trump Administration and its rogue ICE agents would abduct a 13-year-old child, transport him to a facility over 500 miles away without his family, lawyer or a court knowing, and reportedly subject him to harrowing, inhumane conditions, including inadequate nutrition and sleeping on a concrete floor with an aluminum blanket while still healing from a broken foot.

“He is a 7th-grader who should have been met with compassion and care, not criminalized and sent to an adult prison.

“The Trump Administration must stop violating the constitutional rights of our constituents. I join the chorus of community voices demanding basic adherence to due process, preservation of this child’s constitutional rights, and his immediate return to his family.”

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Alaska House District 20 Democrats @alaskahd20dems.bsky.social · 22h

Circled is a teargas canister thrown by Donald Trump’s thugs flying towards a family as they flee with their baby from ICE’s violent escalation in Chicago.

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 1d

Sickening. Revolting. Vile. This makes you want to throw up.

This is the kind of garbage that the worst kind of people say when they think nobody is watching.

And where are Republican leaders from Trump on down condemning these comments swiftly and unequivocally!?

I’m waiting to hear it.

A headline from POLITICO reads: "‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat"

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Trump is stooping so low that he’s gutting the federal Office of Special Education.

Attacking students with disabilities is wrong. Every child in America deserves a fair shot at success.

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Multiple sources tell NPR that as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

www.npr.org

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 1d

Trump has no legal authority, "standing" or otherwise, to order the killing of people in international waters for unsubstantiated accusations of non-capital crimes.

Calling them "narcoterrorists" does not make it right or legal to order their deaths without any due process.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

You might be losing your health care, but don’t worry — Republicans are hard at work wining and dining billionaires to fund Trump’s new ballroom.

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