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chitraraj.bsky.social @chitraraj.bsky.social · 7h

It was arranged by Rupert Murdock's wife no.?.

chitraraj.bsky.social @chitraraj.bsky.social · 7h

If you don't have a final opinion, don't release any.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

I think the only thing Chief Justice John Roberts and I both enjoy is a gay dinner party on Martha's Vineyard. Glory!

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 9h

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 8h

It’s been 19 days since Adelita Grijalva won—and Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in. The government’s been shut down for 12 days. They can delay, lie, and hide—but the Epstein files aren’t going anywhere. The cover-up is cracking, and they know it.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

if we are going to have a supreme court that is as powerful as it is, i basically think justices should be forbidden from public comment on their work as well as any supplemental source of income while they are on the bench. (they should also ride circuit again but that's a bit separate.)

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 18h

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 7h

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11h

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

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Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h

NEW: Trump meant to send a Truth Social DM to Pam Bondi about indicting his rivals. That sounds like official business, so I'm filing a FOIA for her DMs, plus those of five other cabinet members. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/my-latest-...

My Latest FOIA: Trump's Truth Social DMs

Recently, Trump posted a message to Pam Bondi that was meant to be a direct message. I want to know what other official messages he's sending to cabinet members.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 13h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23h

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit: the Department of Justice brought charges against the sitting New York State Attorney General without informing the United States Attorney General.

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Pam Bondi, DOJ officials caught off guard by Tish James indictment: Sources

Sources said that Tish James' indictment for alleged fraud came as a surprise.

abcnews.go.com

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chitraraj.bsky.social @chitraraj.bsky.social · 11h

Expert warns ‘bond vigilantes’ will bring Congress to its knees, forcing Social Security cuts — how to prepare
#Bondvigilantes #Congress

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Expert warns ‘bond vigilantes’ will bring Congress to its knees, forcing Social Security cuts — how to prepare

American lawmakers have long known that Social Security is on an unsustainable path. An aging population has created a funding imbalance that now threatens the program’s solvency. Despite this, cutti...

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chitraraj.bsky.social @chitraraj.bsky.social · 11h

Newsom signs bill creating Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery in major milestone for reparations
#Americanslavery #Reparations

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Newsom signs bill creating Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery in major milestone for reparations

Sacramento, California - California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill establishing a state government agency which will administer reparations for descendants of formerly enslaved people. ...

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chitraraj.bsky.social @chitraraj.bsky.social · 11h

Hedge Fund Billionaire Warns US Entering ‘Civil War’
#Hedgefund #Billionaire

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Hedge Fund Billionaire Warns US Entering ‘Civil War’

Hedge fund manager and billionaire Ray Dalio has warned that the U.S. may be entering a new kind of “civil war” amid rising inequality and debt, as well as a breakdown in the global geopolitical order...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Dasha Burns said she talked with Trump on the phone 4 days ago. But now he doesn’t know who she is 🤔

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12h

Follow ups and not tolerating lies and bullshit.

Imagine if corporate media did this for 10 years.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

STEPHANOPOULOS: Did Tom Homan give the $50,000 back?

VANCE: He did not take a bribe. It's a ridiculous smear

STEPHANOPOULOS: You didn't answer the question

VANCE: Did he accept $50,000? I'm sure that in the course of Homan's life, he's been paid more than $50k for services.

(So, no, he didn't)

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 14h

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Dannie D 🦋 @dannied.bsky.social · 12h

Helena Moreno wins the New Orleans mayoral race in a landslide — becoming the city’s first Hispanic and second female mayor. ✊🏾

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h

Never forget that when Bondi was appointed, Democracy Docket immediately called her out while The Washington Post gave her a thumbs up.

If you value independent, pro-democracy media that won't bow down or obey, support Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Diane @dianesf.bsky.social · 15h

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 15h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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chitraraj.bsky.social @chitraraj.bsky.social · 14h

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Trump’s 100% tariff threat sparks defiance from Beijing

Beijing defends its new rare earth export curbs and warns its readying “corresponding measures” to counter any new U.S. tariffs.

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chitraraj.bsky.social @chitraraj.bsky.social · 14h

Read "Trump has yet to provide Congress hard evidence that targeted boats carried drugs, officials say" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6mWwE4Vi/Y...

Trump has yet to provide Congress hard evidence that targeted boats carried drugs, officials say (Associated Press)

WASHING...

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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 17h

Here's the fallacy. People say that Tr*mp assaulted 26 women and children. That’s not true. He was caught 26 times doing that. The real figure is about seven times higher (180).

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