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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h

NEWS: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva have SUED the U.S. House of Representatives in federal court in Washington, D.C. over Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to swear in Grijalva.

Grijalva would be the 218th vote for the Epstein Files discharge petition.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Revised headline: Trump wants to steal another $230 million from taxpayers

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING

President Trump is demanding that the DOJ pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.

Any settlement will ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit.

Full Story: nyti.ms/3WNm2sv

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WIRED @wired.com · 5h

“What Trump is doing is creating more and more permission structures for people to carry out violence for his goals."
Experts point to Trump's encouragement of military generals to be more aggressive by using US cities as “a training ground” to fight “the enemy from within.”

Are We on a Path to Civil War, or Something Else?

Experts in civil unrest don’t think a civil war is around the corner. But they’re still nervous about what happens next: “The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its fi...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 6d

"REMEMBER: WE NOT BREAK NEWS. WE POUND NEWS LIKE BONGOS UNTIL NEWS BREAK ITSELF."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3h

Day 22 of a MAGA Government Shutdown to hide the #EpsteinFiles and deprive millions of healthcare 🧐

Don’t let their lies distract you: keep calling for the release of the files and for Democrats to hold the line!!

Slide spotted on @silverfox_vibes’s IG.

#ReleaseTheFiles #TrumpIsAPedo #FDT

Slide says: At this point, it's very clear.
Republicans are protecting grown men that preyed on young children. If you continue to support this administration, you're also protecting them.
@silverfox_vibes

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

The brutality. The corruption. The lies.

Everything is on full display — and many Americans are beginning to learn an important lesson.

Watch.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 15h

ICE tries it with NYC. Canal Street wasn’t having it.

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Kraig Peck @kraigpeck.bsky.social · 16h

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's New Police Contract Will Boost Starting Salaries to Almost $120,000—a 42 Percent Pay Increase in Just Five Years. The Police held him hostage and he's telling voters what a great "manager" he is--pissing away Seattle taxes? open.substack.com/pub/ericacba...

New Police Contract Will Boost Starting Salaries to Almost $120,000

The contract reportedly includes only minimal concessions on police accountability. The city just bumped starting salaries to $104,000—the highest in the state—last year.

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Michael Stahlke @michaelstahlke.bsky.social · 16h

I think that elected state representatives should be able to observe federal law enforcement activities without being menaced by masked goons.

Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 20h

State rep. Hoan Huynh shared video of agents surrounding his vehicle/stopping him + staffers shortly after he said one agent pointed a gun inside his vehicle at him while another threatened to break a window. They were following feds in Albany Park after four people were reportedly taken.

Story tk.

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Alycia Ramirez @alyciaramirez3.bsky.social · 17h

Just as community members & advocates warned would happen, CBP has accessed Flock camera data from multiple police jurisdictions, including #Renton & #Auburn, allegedly through a "back door".

Despite these risks, #Seattle still voted to expand their use:

www.king5.com/article/news...

Federal immigration authorities accessed Washington state license plate readers, report finds

The findings have prompted several police departments to restrict access to their surveillance systems and investigate how federal agents gained entry.

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J. Puma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 17h

“But we have policies to prevent this federal overreach from happening,” shriek Harrell and 7 of 9 Seattle City Council members, as they join at the tails and become a Rat King

Alycia Ramirez @alyciaramirez3.bsky.social · 17h

Just as community members & advocates warned would happen, CBP has accessed Flock camera data from multiple police jurisdictions, including #Renton & #Auburn, allegedly through a "back door".

Despite these risks, #Seattle still voted to expand their use:

www.king5.com/article/news...

Federal immigration authorities accessed Washington state license plate readers, report finds

The findings have prompted several police departments to restrict access to their surveillance systems and investigate how federal agents gained entry.

www.king5.com

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Chris ❌👑 @alchemicaluproar.bsky.social · 20h

Puget Sound bringing the foggy island vibe this afternoon!

#Seattle

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The grifter-in-chief knows no bounds.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Adelita Grijalva: "There is so much that cannot be done until I'm sworn in. So every moment that passes that I'm not able to provide constituent services or be a voice for Arizona, I cannot bring the issues forward that they send me here to do."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

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ct @cteeze-nuts.bsky.social · 1d

I like how the NYT tried to do a “some experts say” framing, and the expert was like, you do not need an expert opinion to see this is bad.

Quote text from article:

Lawyers said the nature of the claims posed undeniable ethics challenges.
"What a travesty," said Bennett L.
Gershman, an ethics professor at Pace University. "The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don't need a law professor to explain it."

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 1d

Thanks to Republicans’ inability to govern, my constituents are suffering.

Republicans need to get back to work, protect health care, and end this shutdown now.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 1d

Mike Johnson hasn’t sworn in Adelita Grijalva because he doesn’t want the House to vote on releasing the Epstein files.

He is working to protect Epstein’s billionaire buddies — and denying the people of AZ-07 their voice in Congress.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

"Let me explain my Nazi tattoo" is not something I want to hear from a Democratic Senate candidate. We can raise the bar higher than that. Also, I'm all for angry mavericks running for Senate, but with that personality type, "Is he a future Fetterman?" is a legitimate question.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 15d

Happy Amazon Prime Day! Amazon collects mountains of data about how you use the service, but there is a setting you can change to make it harder for the company to use that data to sell you more things. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 2d

Whether you're concerned about your digital footprint or looking to safeguard your physical privacy, understanding where your personal address appears and how to obscure it is a crucial step. Here's what you need to know. #OptOutOctober
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Screenshot of a removal request page on Google. Text reads "Request removal. If you make a removal request that meets policy requirements, Google will remove the result for everyone."

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 1d

“Having worked in these administrations… you don't really want to pick a fight with Israel.”

Middle East peace negotiator Robert Malley talks to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the influence of the lobbying group AIPAC on American politics.

Watch the full interview:
zeteo.com/p/robert-mal...

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 1d

🧊✈️ ICE AIR – TUE 21 OCT 2025 👀

👉 The ICE Air Forecast is Back‼️

🛬 Newark NJ ~~~~~10am EDT
🛬 Boston-Hanscom ~10:30 EDT
🛬 Dallas ~~~~~~10:30am CDT
🛬 Kansas City ~~~~~11am CDT
🛬 Seattle-Boeing ~10:15am PDT
🛬 Denver ~~~~~~~~2pm MDT

Follow this account for updates ➕

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 1d

Hahaha no

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

A spokesperson for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott argued his office’s emails with Elon Musk are confidential under a “common-law privacy” exception to public records laws because they may include “intimate and embarrassing” information.

(Published July)
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org

Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public

We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not...

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Democracy lover @spottie999.bsky.social · 1d

Frogs united will never be defeated!!

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