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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 7h

He told his barber, "Give me The Milei"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

bizarre things are happening with Trump's hair today

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 8h

Hahaha

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 8h

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

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Judge Breyer:
Knowingly violated the Posse Comitatus Act
Blocked troops in LA

Judge Immergut:
Untethered to the facts
Blocked troops from any state to Portland

Judge Perry:
No credible evidence
Blocked troops from Chicago

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Opinion | Trump’s war on ‘the enemy within’ keeps running into a legal buzzsaw

Lower courts are rejecting the president’s claims of rebellion to use the military on U.S. soil.

wapo.st

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 8h

Selecting US immigrants based on their race, or on their (Left or Right) political views, is illegal and a betrayal.

Our refugee program is an expression of our humanitarian values and, for many sponsors, a profound expression of their faith. It is not a plaything for ethno-nationalist extremists.

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 8h

screenshot of a tiktok caption that reads "when the plans finally make it out of the groupchat"

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 11h

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

Federal Judge blocks shutdown layoffs.

DOJ lawyer refuses to defend cuts, merely argues jurisdiction.

Judge: “This hatchet is falling on the heads of employees all across the nation, and you're not even prepared to address whether that's legal?”
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-shutdo...

UPDATE: A federal Judge has imposed a temporary block on RIFs during the shutdown, saying the Trump administration has:

taken advantage of the lapse in government spending, in government functioning, to to assume that that all bets are off, that the laws don’t apply to them anymore and that they can impose the structures that they like on a government situation that they don’t like. And I believe that the plaintiffs will demonstrate ultimately that what’s being done here is both illegal and is in excess of authority.

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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 11h

"Balls and strikes" my ass

James Neal @james3neal.bsky.social · 11h

"What This Supreme Court Term Means for Future Elections" www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

What This Supreme Court Term Means for Future Elections

The justices are revisiting federal campaign-finance limits and the use of race in redistricting, with cases on mail-in ballots looming.

www.wsj.com

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Abbathoniah 💙🇺🇦☮️🇨🇦♎️🏳️‍🌈🧿💙 @abbathoniah.bsky.social · 11h

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bbq-and-bs.bsky.social @bbq-and-bs.bsky.social · 12h

If they are all available for press conferences, why isn't the House at work again? Why isn't the new Rep sworn in?

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 12h

So where’s the memorial plaque, Mikey?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15h

When the next generation of your party is more repugnant than the current generation, it’s proof positive your ideologies are deeply toxic and un-American.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12h

They're just mad because these demonstrations get the kind of massive turn out the media pretended the Tea Party got.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Jacki @ftd1969.bsky.social · 1d

I heard the initial story, but the story is advancing and getting quite interesting!

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 1d

Next up on my reading list.

…I am already regretting this choice.

IF ANYONE BUILDSIT, EVERYONE DIES
WHY
SUPERHUMAN AI
WOULD
KILLUS ALL
ELIEZER
YUDKOWSKY &
NATE SOARES

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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats need to pledge that WHEN they retake the House in 2026, Day One will commence with impeachment hearings over THESE UNLAWFUL MURDERS ON THE HIGH SEAS

DemandEuphoria @demandeuphoria.bsky.social · 1d

Can't understand why he was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck you, Zuckerberg!

Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 1d

Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes

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Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes

The Facebook page ICE Sighting-Chicagoland amassed over 70,000 members in recent weeks as the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” has ramped up in Chicago and the suburbs.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 1d

Obviously, "strategery" is above your paygrade, Squeaker Johnson.

Now sit over there, and await your Atomic Wedgie of the Day!

Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 1d

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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 1d

"Remigration" to countries one has never set foot in because one's ancestors (maybe?) emigrated to the US from there, is an inherently and unthinkingly racist idea.

Wholly apart from being unconstitutional, of course.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · May 29

SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda."

My report:

State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’

The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 1d

Noem and her henchclowns are finding it difficult to get airports to jump off the Hatch Act cliff along with the feds. Particularly as state and local "little Hatch Acts" forbid the same propagandizing with taxpayer money.

Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

O’Hare, Midway and other airports refuse to play Noem video on shutdown impact, saying it’s political

In the video, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on TSA operations.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Bill Walter @billwalter.bsky.social · 1d

And to restore full context to this thread, the main point was that Trump and Netanyahu conspired and sat on Hamas' deal for 13 months, so Trump could win the election and Bibi could continue to destroy Gaza.

It was ISRAEL that was refusing the peace all this time.

Joe Biden and Netanyahu were offered Gaza deal a year ago, says negotiator

Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington

www.thetimes.com

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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 1d

Mayor Ras Baraka Reaffirms Malicious Prosecution Claim

"Can Democratic Mayors Even Bring Bivens Claims Anymore? Opinions Differ At SCOTUS."

(Just trying to get out ahead of the NYT headline writers.)

www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/14/m...

Mayor Ras Baraka Reaffirms Malicious Prosecution Claim - emptywheel

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is not backing down from his claim he was falsely arrested by Ricky Patel.

www.emptywheel.net

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ʙᴜη ₊˚⊹⋆ @bun.is.a.cutie.fyi · 2d

!!!

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 1d

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

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