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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

Just sent some money to @ohiocapitaljournal.com, whose work I’ve relied on regularly to keep up with what’s happening in my home state since launching Law Dork in 2022.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 1d

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Donate • Ohio Capital Journal

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16h

At Law Dork, I wrote about Justice Barrett's disingenuous Fox News shadow docket response:

Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings

Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

www.lawdork.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16h

"Content moderation for me, not for thee."

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 17h

Statement from AG Pam Bondi:

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 12h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 12h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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

www.nytimes.com

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 7h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 12h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 12h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6h

Amended complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Redline from original complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

My report at Law Dork on the earlier preliminary injunction ruling:

Judge criticizes Trump admin, blocks effort to quickly deport children to Guatemala

Judge Timothy Kelly, appointed by Trump in 2017, questioned whether the "plan" was implemented in "good faith" and found that one initial claim "turned out not to be true."

www.lawdork.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6h

Remember the Trump administration's unsuccessful Labor Day effort to expel children to Guatemala?

The lawyers filed an amended complaint today, expanding the scope of the litigation — reflecting the long-term goals of the administration to do the same thing with kids from many countries.

INTRODUCTION
1. This is a complaint on behalf of hundreds of children at risk of unlawful removal
from the United States.
2. Plaintiffs are unaccompanied minors in Office of Refugee Resettlement (“ORR”)
custody whom Defendants have sought or are seeking to remove from the United States in clear
violation of the unambiguous protections that Congress has provided them as vulnerable
children. Defendants have unlawfully claimed the power to expel these children, in violation of
the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (“TVPRA”), the Immigration
and Nationality Act (“INA”), and the Constitution. Plaintiffs seek to represent a class of
unaccompanied children who are or will be placed in ORR custody and who do not have a final
order of removal or grant of voluntary departure by an immigration judge

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4h

Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves.

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 4h

😂 😭

"You no longer have Medicaid, so expect a big beautiful bill."

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 4h

JUST IN: Kansas Young Republicans were deactivated after a Politico investigation uncovered racist messages in a group chat among young GOP members.

Chair Alex Dwyer reportedly reacted to “Great. I love Hitler” with a smiley face and heart-reacted to a message about killing political opponents

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 4h

Chicago today

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 6h

Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 7h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 10h

new from @tusk81.bsky.social

Rev. David Black, a Presbyterian minister, raised his hands in peaceful prayer when agents on the roof fired pepper balls at him, striking him in the head.

Rev. Black & other faith leaders have faced violence for nothing more than praying outside ICE detention centers.

Clergy Member Shot With Pepper Ball Outside ICE Facility Says He Could Hear Agents ‘Laughing’

Rev. David Black, who has since joined a lawsuit against the administration “alleging violations of the First and Fourth Amendments,” says he protests to let immigrants know “that they are not alone."

americasvoicecnn.substack.com

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 17h

The Oct. 18th "No Kings Day of Peaceful Action" has now surpassed 2,500 community events across all 50 states, per No Kings organizers.

All of these events were "organized by average Americans across personal, political, and geographic demographics."

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 12h

Noem’s South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce.

Dairy owner says fears are spreading in the industry that ‘we’ve turned off the tap’ with no plan to help or replace lost workers.

southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/10/10/d...

Noem's South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce • South Dakota Searchlight

Dairy farm audits in South Dakota under the Trump administration’s escalated immigration enforcement efforts have “created unrest."

southdakotasearchlight.com

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Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 1d

Friendly reminder: "I was just following orders" didn't protect those who faced the Nuremberg trials who had once dragged crying women and children from their homes from the consequences of their actions.

#Pinks

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21h

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Emnara @emnarajayne.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you. We stand with you. The American people want healthcare. We also don’t want the government to be shutdown. And the great majority of us understand that the Democrats did not shut the government down, nor are they refusing to negotiate. Keep standing. Healthcare is a right, not a privilege

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21h

3/ The Senate keeps voting on 2 bills to reopen.

1. The GOP bill - it raises premiums on 22m Americans and lets Trump keep acting illegally.

2. The Dem bill - it stops the premium increases and checks Trump's illegality.

Each time, neither bill gets the necessary 60 votes.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21h

2/ Democrats aren't going to vote for a budget that throws millions off health care and funds Trump's growing totalitarianism. At least I'm not.

Why work so hard to get to the Senate if you don't use your power to fight for what you believe in? Especially at a time like this.

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Rocío @rociomdp.bsky.social · 1d

Pues mira si nos obligan a tener que pegarnos por lo menos que sea divertido

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

STOP THE ANTIFA TERRORISTS

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ennaliadon.bsky.social @ennaliadon.bsky.social · 12h

Listening to our attorney one more time explain to a US citizen why his wife & stepdaughter from El Salvador w/ 0 crim record, living in US w/ work authorization for 10 yrs could be deported now. 😖