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fred @fdtate.bsky.social · 2h

#BestSongHeardToday

Deep Sea Diver - Shovel
💿 Billboard Heart (2025)

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Deep Sea Diver - Shovel (Official Video)

YouTube video by Deep Sea Diver

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fred @fdtate.bsky.social · 2h

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
from 40 years ago

The Waterboys - Don't Bang the Drum

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Don't Bang the Drum (2004 Remaster)

YouTube video by The Waterboys - Topic

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fred @fdtate.bsky.social · 3h

#Howl-A-Ween
trickery

Colter Wall - The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie

One of those the devil tricked me out of my soul songs

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Original 16 Brewery Sessions - Colter Wall - "The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie"

YouTube video by Original 16

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3h

The new immigration dragnet is everywhere, rife with conflicts, and it’s only just begun.

American Gulag

The brutal rollout of Trump's police state.

www.motherjones.com

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h

Colombian President Gustavo Petro called out Donald Trump’s extrajudicial strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea, comparing him to Adolf Hitler and accusing the U.S. president of murder.

On Sunday, Trump announced he will slash all financial assistance for Colombia. trib.al/6uhZjUQ

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

OMG! In Comey's motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution, he points to others who have lied to Congress that were NOT prosecuted. Number one is JEFF SESSIONS when he said "I have been called a surrogate at a time or two, but I did not have contact with the Russians." 1/

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

NEW: Comey has filed his motion to dismiss based on the unlawful appointment of Lindsay Halligan. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 12h

Pete Hegseth’s Marine Party Such A Blast It Exploded Shrapnel Onto JD Vance’s Motorcade
Those wacky boys!

By @marciej.bsky.social

www.wonkette.com/p/pete-hegse...

Pete Hegseth’s Marine Party Such A Blast It Exploded Shrapnel Onto JD Vance’s Motorcade

Those wacky boys!

www.wonkette.com

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Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 13h

Millions Show Up AGAIN To Tell Trump They Hate Him
And Rebecca won a Nobel prize!

By @marciej.bsky.social

www.wonkette.com/p/millions-s...

Millions Show Up AGAIN To Tell Trump They Hate Him

And Rebecca won a Nobel prize!

www.wonkette.com

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 6h

The "factual background" begins with something irrelevant and erroneous. Dallas is not in Oregon, and the Dallas shooting wasn't connected to any ICE protest.

If that's enough for the President to federalize a different state's National Guard and deploy them elsewhere, then the power is limitless.

II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
A. Disturbances at the ICE Facility in Portland
In the days and months leading up to the federalization order at issue here,
immigration-related protests and events have occurred at several ICE facilities
around the country. While many of these events have been peaceful, others have
been violent and even deadly. For example, on September 24, there was a shooting
at an ICE facility in Dallas in which one detainee was killed, and two others were
seriously injured. Wamsley Decl. ¶ 21.1 On September 26, over 200 protesters
1 Declaration of Camilla Wamsley, ICE, Enforcement and Removal
Operations (ERO), Field Office Director (FOD), Seattle Field Office (Wamsley
Decl.). ICE is the largest investigative branch of DHS and is charged with the

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 9h

New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Ninth Circuit panel, on a 2-1 vote, allows Trump to deploy National Guard troops in Portland during litigation. Both judges siding with Trump were appointed by Trump in his first term.

Background at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/the-trials...

Before: Susan P. Graber, Ryan D. Nelson, and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges.
Concurrence by Judge R. Nelson; Dissent by Judge Graber.
PER CURIAM:
Defendants-Appellants, President Donald J. Trump, Secretary of Defense
Peter Hegseth, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, in their official
capacities, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) (collectively, Defendants), seek an emergency stay of the district
court’s October 4, 2025 temporary restraining order (TRO) enjoining the President’s
Case: 25-6268, 10/20/2025, DktEntry: 61.1, Page 2 of 93
order to federalize 200 members of the Oregon National Guard for 60 days to protect
federal personnel and property at the Lindquist Building, an Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Oregon. After considering the
record at this preliminary stage, we conclude that it is likely that the President
lawfully exercised his statutory authority under 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3), which
authorizes the federalization of the National Guard when “the President is unable
with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.” The evidence the
President relied on reflects a “colorable assessment of the facts and law within a
‘range of honest judgment.’” Newsom v. Trump, 141 F.4th 1032, 1051 (9th Cir.
2025) (per curiam) (quoting Sterling v. Constantin, 287 U.S. 378, 399 (1932)). We
thus conclude that Defendants are likely to succeed on the merits of their appeal, and
that the other stay factors weigh in their favor. We grant Defendants’ motion for a
stay pending appeal.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7h

Exclusive: Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised to betray MS-13 informants in exchange for access to El Salvador’s most notorious prison.

Justice Department officials say Rubio threatened to undercut years of work to secure the cooperation of high-ranking gang members. https://wapo.st/4qgbdg6

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 8h

Wow.

"Antenna estimated a total of 3 million cancellations for Disney+ and 4.1 million for Hulu in Sept. Both of those figures far exceeded the trailing three-month avgs for the services, a sign of customers’ ire over Disney’s decision to temporarily suspend the show."

www.wsj.com/business/med...

Customers Ditched Disney+, Hulu After Kimmel Suspension

Cancellation rates for both Disney’s streaming services doubled in September from a month earlier.

www.wsj.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

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 · 8h

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.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

CNN: Do you really believe that the 7 million attendees who participated this weekend hate the United States of America?

REP. LISA McCLAIN: Well, look at what they're standing for. They're standing for communism. They're standing for antisemitism.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 13h

look at the framing of this story, placed in the most important position of yesterday's new york times, and tell me this newspaper isn't trying to take out the democratic party

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8h

"Trump has now pardoned or commuted the sentences of most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century...."

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

With George Santos, Trump finds another convicted congressional Republican to reward

The president has now pardoned or commuted the sentences of most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century.

www.msnbc.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 11h

Watch my supercut of things Mike Johnson doesn’t know. You can see the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

Moskowitz: We need $30 billion to extend, obviously, these healthcare subsidies, which allow Americans—Americans, not illegal—Americans, citizens, to afford healthcare.

And the president’s like, “We don’t have $30 billion, but I am going to send $40 billion to my dear friend in Argentina.”

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

* COLOMBIA RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM THE U.S., FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS, AMID DEEP DIPLOMATIC TENSIONS

@reuters.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on No Kings: "It's a joke. I looked at the people. They are not representative of this country. And I looked at all the brand new signs I guess paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics. We're checking it out. The demonstrations were very small. And the people were whacked out."

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 13h

“The demonstrations were very small.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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