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I play percussion @carolpercussion59.bsky.social · 45m

Trump is now unstoppable.
He’s not leaving.
He is mentally ill.
He is pure evil.
He is supported by Congress and scotus.

I am so discouraged.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1h

Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works

(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Screenshot of a text exchange via Signal between Anna Bower and Lindsay Halligan.

Halligan: By the way - everything I ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know.

Bower: I'm sorry, but that's not how this works.
You don't get to say that in retrospect.

Halligan: Yes I do. Off record.

Bower: I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked. But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story?

Halligan: It's obvious the whole convo is off record.
There's disappearing messages and it's on signal. What is your story? You never even told me about a story.

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I play percussion @carolpercussion59.bsky.social · 27m

My thots exactly

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30m

Busted!

Mike Johnson Gets Epically Fact-Checked After Trying To Blame Nancy Pelosi For His Refusal To Swear In New Dem Rep.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 45m

Now we build on the momentum. ezralevin.substack.com/p/whats-come...

What's comes after the largest peaceful protest in American history?

Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action

ezralevin.substack.com

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I play percussion @carolpercussion59.bsky.social · 45m

Trump is now unstoppable.
He’s not leaving.
He is mentally ill.
He is pure evil.
He is supported by Congress and scotus.

I am so discouraged.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 12h

“What is to stop Trump from making comparably inflated claims about the situations on the ground in other American cities as a pretextual basis for deploying troops? And what’s to stop him from making those claims not tomorrow, but next November—on the eve of the midterms?”

Me, via “One First”:

184. The Massive Stakes of Trump v. Illinois

The Trump administration's 29th emergency application—to let it deploy federalized National Guard troops in Chicago on a profoundly dubious factual predicate—is a make-or-break moment for the Court.

www.stevevladeck.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2h

for those who missed it:
bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

"Every tyrant tries to convince the public that support for them is all but universal and opposition is both dangerous and futile. Trump will keep saying that. But after No Kings, it will be even harder to believe than it was before." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

No Kings was a huge success. Just look at Trump's response.

Turnout was enormous. There was no violence. And the wannabe king is triggered.

www.publicnotice.co

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Vote Save America @votesaveamerica.crooked.com · 1h

Thanks to everyone who came out across the country to say NO KINGS.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 5h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "We took care of Medicaid and Medicare. We took care of everything. We didn't know where we'd stand in a year or two years from now, so we put every single thing that we wanted in that bill for four years. So we don't need anymore votes."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

The Republican shutdown means that nonessential federal employees like soldiers and TSA agents aren't being paid anymore, but rest assured that the truly vital work of this administration -- building a Dancing with the Stars ballroom for the dementia-addled president -- still goes on.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 5h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1h

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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TheCatMan @bigbrohem.bsky.social · 8h

"Republicans were desperate to convince Americans that the event should be discounted, ignored, or greeted with horror and contempt.
No Kings did indeed reveal the American left for what it is: angry, joyful, determined, silly, organized, creative, cacophonous, committed — all of it and more."

No Kings was a huge success. Just look at Trump's response.

Turnout was enormous. There was no violence. And the wannabe king is triggered.

www.publicnotice.co

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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 8h

Trump "told so many lies about No Kings during a gaggle with reporters Sunday evening … that it was hard not to wonder if he’s confusing AI videos with reality.”

No Kings was a huge success. Just look at Trump's response.

Turnout was enormous. There was no violence. And the wannabe king is triggered.

www.publicnotice.co

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Anne Caprara @annecaprara.bsky.social · 3h

In a social media world images do really matter - and for a Trump team that has always been obsessed with winning the image war, they are sure giving up a lot of ground lately.

But anyway congrats to Democratic ad makers for the next 12 months having this one in your pocket.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 5h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

POLITICO: Ingrassia “told a group of fellow Republicans in a text chain the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be ‘tossed into the seventh circle of hell’ and said he has ‘a Nazi streak,’ according to a text chat ..

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 1h

Last weekend, @annabower.bsky.social started to receive Signal messages from the U.S. attorney who is leading the prosecution of Letitia James.

Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”

My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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I play percussion @carolpercussion59.bsky.social · 2h

Useless toothless old man.

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 2h

NEW: Former FBI Director James Comey's legal team files motion to disqualify acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan and to dismiss the case. @nicollewallace.bsky.social reports.

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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 8h

On the 18th day of October in the Year of Our Lord 2025, the President of the Unted States, successor to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and nominee for the Nobel Prize, posted a video of himself dumping a load of shit on his fellow Americans.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

Who Really Hates America?

Plus: After "No Kings," What Next?

open.substack.com

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2h

Trump’s priorities:

Bulldozing the White House ✅
Reopening the government ❌

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4h

Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House to build President Trump’s long-desired ballroom — despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing building. https://wapo.st/4hl7jyF

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2h

Trump's AI video, showing himself as a pilot dumping shit on Americans, fits right in to a long authoritarian tradition

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Why Trump Turned to the Sewer

The president’s disturbing, excremental propaganda campaign

www.theatlantic.com

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