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Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 2h

As it should be

God @thegodpodcast.com · 15h

The biggest threat in Portland is getting caught in the the middle of an inflatable frog–unicorn dance-off.

Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 3h

Summoning my inner Charlton Heston:

“You can pry this cup of Starbucks Single Origin Sumatra Dark Roast with notes of Rich Herbs and Rustic Spice from my cold, dead hands”

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Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 1d

Who wore it better?

Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 2d

The Photos app (and most iPhone “improvements”) is akin to someone rearranging your house while you’re asleep.

Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 2d

Every time I think they can't make the layout of the iPhone Photos app worse, they manage it somehow

Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 2d

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 3d

No lies detected

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 3d

People are really asking me why the mainstream news is barely reporting the closing of special ed dept at DoEd like all our big media companies aren't owned and run by absolute psychopaths.

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Resistance Media @resistancemedia.bsky.social · 4d

The Trump administration is drawing up “secret lists of terrorist groups inside the United States,” Senator Elissa Slotkin said on the floor of Congress yesterday — the first such reference to the effects of National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7).

open.substack.com/pub/kenklipp...

Senator Warns of Trump's Secret Watchlist for Americans

NSPM-7 finally gets Congressional attention

open.substack.com

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Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 4d

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Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 5d

Hey, if they can get along…

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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 5d

A $500 million dollar grant to convert the General Motors Lansing Grand River Assembly plant to electric vehicle production is among more than $16 billion in federal grants being considered for cancellation by President Donald Trump.

Story from @jonkingnews.bsky.social

Trump threatens GM's $500 million EV project in Lansing, other Michigan grants, reports say • Michigan Advance

A $500 million dollar grant to convert the General Motors Lansing Grand River Assembly plant to electric vehicle production is among more than $16 billion in federal grants being considered for cancel...

michiganadvance.com

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Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 6d

Hat tip (again) to Beth LeBlanc and @craigmauger.bsky.social with @detroitnews.com for unraveling every last thread in this story. Just outstanding.

Whitmer chief of staff privately apologized over $20M Beydoun grant, records reveal

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is calling on Attorney General Dana Nessel to sue her past campaign donor, Fay Beydoun, to recoup $8.2 million in grant funds.

www.detroitnews.com

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Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 6d

“‘John Roberts isn’t an umpire — he’s a Trumpire,’ Lisa Graves said, describing how Roberts orchestrated the immunity decision that effectively placed the presidency above the law.”

Is John Roberts the Worst Chief Justice in History? | First Draft with Susan Demas & Author Lisa Graves

John Roberts’ carefully crafted “umpire” persona has masked a radical remaking of American democracy.

open.substack.com

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 6d

9 October 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Judit Erdos, was born in Miskolc.

In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

A vintage black and white photo of a young girl, smiling softly.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 7d

The First Amendment explicitly guarantees:

-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech

If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s video of the incident

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Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 7d

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 7d

This image haunts me now.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 7d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 8d

Public opinion polling is among the greatest ills that have befallen our republic.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 8d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 8d

If we connect a drive belt to the corpse of Edward R. Murrow, we’d never need fossil fuels again.

Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief of CBS News as Paramount buys Free Press startup

Commentator to lead storied US news network, five years after acrimonious exit from New York Times

www.theguardian.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Jon King @jonkingnews.bsky.social · 10d

No lies detected

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10d

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him “simply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well.

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

In sum, the President is certainly entitled "a great level of deference," Newsom II, 141
F.4th at 1048, in his determination that he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws
of the United States." 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3). But "a great level of deference" is not equivalent to
ignoring the facts on the ground. As the Ninth Circuit articulated, courts must "review the
President's determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law
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Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56
Filed 10/04/25
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within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (quoting Sterling, 278 U.S. at 399). Here, this
Court concludes that the President did not have a "colorable basis" to invoke § 12406(3) to
federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal
law enforcement officers to execute federal law. Id. at 1051-52. The President's determination
was simply untethered to the facts.
c. Whether there is a Rebellion or Danger of Rebellion
Defendants also aroue that the Sentember 28 2025 federalization order is authorized

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Oregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 10d

BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard troops to Portland following a challenge from the state and the city of Portland.

oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/04/f... by @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social

Federal judge blocks Trump from deploying Oregon National Guard to Portland • Oregon Capital Chronicle

This is a breaking news story and will be updated. A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard troops to Portland following a c...

oregoncapitalchronicle.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10d

The judge who granted this restraining order was appointed to the bench by Trump.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10d

BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.

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

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Leah-Bug @leah-bug.bsky.social · 10d

It only took 256 days to reach the “zip tying little kids at 2am on the street” stage of this administration.

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