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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · Feb 26

Back on the old site, I had a pinned list of all the things planned in Project 2025. Others have been posting attention too, tracking all the things Trump has been implementing:
www.project2025.observer

Project 2025 Tracker

Track the progress on Project 2025

www.project2025.observer

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

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Howaya @dudsolo.bsky.social · 12h

Fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, fuck me. But 10 times??? Where do the MAGATS draw the line?? What happened to drain the swamp? Between all these fucking pardons and EPSTEIN, it’s clear that Trump is the swamp king aka Shrek!!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

This doesn’t even include the ones who had pending case but he had their charges dropped.

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Daniel Wagner @passittobulis.bsky.social · 12h

MAX "THE ASSASSIN" SASSON!!!

No need to double-tap that goal, as Filip Hronek delivered a lovely pass for the tap-in at the backdoor. #Canucks

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 11h

Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN

The bottom half of Trump's post:

He never went to Vietnam, he never saw Vietnam, he never experienced the Battles there, or anywhere else. His War Hero status, and even minimal service in our Military, was totally and completely MADE UP. This is far worse than what George Santos did, and at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN! George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated. Therefore, I just signed a Commutation, releasing George Santos from prison, IMMEDIATELY. Good luck George, have a great life!

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 11h

Trump: “Third Rate Congressman Thomas Massie, a Weak and Pathetic RINO…must be thrown out of office, ASAP!”

Rep. Massie is leading the push for a vote in the House to release the Epstein files.

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Donnie & Dhali @donnieanddhali.bsky.social · 20h

Friday edition of the highlights?!

Donnie recapped the #Canucks win in Dallas last night in our opening segment.

t.co/h4e2SKM7eJ

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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 18h

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20h

We are becoming a “papers, please” country, and no one should want that.

A tweet from Roy Drones Jr reads: “Remember when the right wing got upset about a vaccine card.” Below it, a retweeted post from Majority Report says: “ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair… I’m a resident.’” The image shows a man outdoors holding up a yellow citation ticket toward the camera, his face partially obscured. He appears to be wearing a dark jacket and sunglasses, with buildings and a bright blue sky in the background.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h

Plaintiffs (basically Chicago's civil society, including journalists targeted) response: "How convenient. ... Give us Bovino."

By ALL means, let's get Greg Bovino under oath about ... everything.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

4. Now, the government actually asks that Deputy Incident Commander Harvick be
permitted to testify while informing that Mr. Hott is no longer going to be assigned to the
“Chicago area of responsibility” is actually today—one business day before this Court
has directed he testify about these incidents, and one day after Plaintiffs sought his
deposition for the preliminary injunction hearing. Dkt. 55 at 2 n.2. How convenient.
5. Plaintiffs object because the government should not be allowed to play a game of hot
potato with its different agencies using force against civilians in this District. Operation
Midway Blitz presumably has a chain of command. Bovino, Hott, and Parra appear to be
within that chain of command, and the government has submitted evidence in this and
other pending cases that these individuals have knowledge of and authority over the
operation. See, e.g., Dkt. 54 at 4-5 (collecting sources about Bovino’s involvement); Dkt.
35-1 (Hott Declaration); Dkt. 35-9 (Parra declaration).
6. This Court should reject the government’s effort to substitute someone lower down the
chain of command withing CBP. This Court should order Hott to appear as an ICE
supervisor, particularly given that the government has not represented in its filing that
ICE was uninvolved. To the extent that the government is representing that a CBP
supervisor is necessary, then this Court should direct Parra to appear as a CBP supervisor,
in addition to Hott. To the extent that Court needs a single witness, Bonvio appears to be
the functional commander of Operation Midway Blitz. See Dkt. 54 at 4-5.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h

On Thursday, Judge Sarah Ellis ordered that the guy in charge of ICE Chicago, Russell Hott, show up for a hearing on Monday bc ICE is violating so many parts of an order she issued last week.

On Friday, DHS decided Hott was no longer overseeing Chicago.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

2 Defendants’ counsel have been advised that Mr. Hott’s final day as Field Office Director ERO
for the ICE ERO Chicago Field Office is October 17, 2025. Mr. Hott will no longer be assigned
to the Chicago area of responsibility.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 21h

Try to live your life in such a way that when you die, sitting members of Congress do not immediately, publicly call you a stain on your profession and the office you held ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/roger-tane...

A few months later, Congress was considering a bill to appropriate $1,000 for a marble bust of Taney, to add to the collection of busts of previous chief justices on display in the Supreme Court’s chambers. But lawmakers objected strenuously to the idea of lifting even a finger to honor a man who, in the words of one, had spent his life fighting to place the entire country “under the iron rule of the slave-masters.” Sumner, evidently a world-class hater, predicted that Taney’s name would be “hooted down upon the page of history,” which would “fasten upon him the stigma he deserves.” Ohio Senator Benjamin Wade framed the question of whether to commission the Taney bust as a simple matter of fiscal responsibility, warning that his constituents would “pay $2,000 to hang this man in effigy rather than $1,000 to commemorate his merits.”

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20h

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Prince Andrew to stop using titles and honors, including the Duke of York.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

This is potentially a massive story. Did DOJ plan for survivors? Do they have sufficient evidence to prosecute? What is US jurisdiction to prosecute? Where will they go next? When is their court date? Will they be indicted? Held at Gitmo? Returned to Venezuela? Be Epsteined?

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 20h

Ellis turns to the body-worn camera issue. She insists that, what she said yesterday "wasn't a suggestion."

"I am modifying the TRO to include the use of body worn cameras."

She said she simply gave the parties a chance to suggest the specific language. They didn't take it.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 19h

Except for all those bankruptcies, felony convictions, and all the times I got played.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Q: Are you concerned that the Russian president is trying to buy himself more time?

TRUMP: Yeah I am. But I've been playing all my life by the best of them. And I came out really well.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 19h

"Technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court warrant..."

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 19h

Fox News did an entire segment last night of feigned indignation that Kamala Harris said "fuck." last night!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Q: What could Maduro do?

TRUMP: He's offered everything. You know why? Because he doesn't want to fuck around with the United States

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

“We are not prepared” is right.

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Trevor WH 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 he/him @elvis15.bsky.social · 19h

Not prepared sounds about right.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h

Reporter: There are survivors from the latest boat strike. What happens to them?

Rubio: We are not prepared to announce details.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h

Yesterday, Martinez' lawyer told the judge the CBP officer had DRIVEN HIS ATTEMPTED MURDER WEAPON back to Maine.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

The Border Patrol agent who shot a woman after their vehicles collided in Brighton Park this month has since driven his vehicle to Maine, preventing her defense attorney from examining it as he prepares for trial “as soon as possible,” the attorney told a judge Thursday.

The car is the “centerpiece” of the dispute over the Oct. 4 incident involving Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, attorney Chris Parente explained to U.S. District Judge Georgia Alexakis.

Now Parente said he intends to ask for sanctions in the hot-button case. In the meantime, Alexakis told prosecutors, “I think you need to get the car back.”

She ordered it returned to Chicago on a flatbed trailer, at Parente’s request.

Related
Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, ‘Do something b----' before shooting
Parente, who represents Martinez, also raised concerns about potential evidence tampering. The car at issue is the agent’s personally assigned government vehicle, a prosecutor told the judge.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h

Note, this is an example where the sole focus on Dems in DC really is silly.

These are great questions. It's a good letter. It's one means of several.

It's complemented by Martinez' own defense attorney and HE is bound to have more success (he got a preservation order today for comms involved).

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19h

Important: Sen Chris Murphy just sent pointed questions to Kristi Noem about DHS's account of shooting of US citizen by Trump's paramilitary forces in Chicago. The official line is imploding. Murphy wants Noem to explain why DHS misled. More like this, Ds.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2019...

Trump’s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged.

As the official Trump administration line about the shooting of a Chicago woman crumbles, Senator Chris Murphy is asking pointed questions about what really happened here. Will we ever get answers?

newrepublic.com

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 19h

Damn. He really was a comedian wasn't he. That just made me scream

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Q: Are you interested in a Putin-Trump tunnel to connect Russia and Alaska?

TRUMP: I just heard about it. A tunnel from Russia to Alaska. That's an interesting one. We'll have to think about it. This came up yesterday. What do you think about that, Mr President?

ZELENSKYY: I'm not happy about this

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T. J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 19h

Trump refuses to acknowledge the ACA subsidy disaster he has created, and so will not negotiate. Soon Americans will learn that this fight is about them, not gang members getting health care. Trump acts as if there are no consequences to what he does—almost as if he’s working to end free elections.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "I think the Democrats are mentally damaged. They want to take $1.5t and give it to people that invaded our country. They came into our country illegally from prisons, mental institutions, gang members. They want to give them healthcare and take it away from our citizens."

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 19h

Canada’s new government is taking decisive action to combat crime and build safer communities.

Screenshot of a Global News article that reads: Bail reform targeting violent crime coming next week, Carney says

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