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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 9m

It’s becoming increasingly clear that one political party in America thinks Naziism is a normal thing for a young man to look into, like trying out a new video game.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 48m

this also drives me insane, this idea that it is the most normal thing in the world for a young (white) man to have a nazi curious phase. it isn’t!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27m

Holy shit.

Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 1d

Just insane thing for a NYT editor to say publicly:

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23m

It’s beyond pathetic. The mainstream media, on the whole, is comprised of feckless cowards and shameless hypocrites.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 33m

He was upset that 7million people turned out to protest him and so he immediately reposted AI slip of him bombing protestors with shit and literally knocked down part of the White House.

This should be clarifying.

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 51m

A reminder all: GO TO JURY DUTY WHEN YOU ARE SUMMONED

Yes it is disruptive of schedules but these days, juries need you

Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 4d

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

Yes, if a news outlet reports that the president posted a video in which he shits on the American people — if they merely describe what he posted — that is the same as “propaganda for the left.”

Peter Jackson II @jaximperator.bsky.social · 4h

Wrong -- they're staying away from it, because of its offensive nature. Do NOT expect @cnn.com and @msnbc.com to become propaganda mouthpieces for the left, the way @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy is for the right.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Media outlets who refuse to describe in plain terms what the president did because they find it objectionable are lying to their audiences and running cover for the president. It's as simple as that.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20h

So, per reporting from Zeteo’s Asawin Suebsaeng, in today’s new ‘First Draft’ newsletter, Trump tried to get a newly-divorced Russ Vought, Project 2025 architect & now budget chief, laid at Mar-a-Lago.

The details are, ahem, as crude as you’d expect from Trump.
zeteo.com/p/trump-shit...

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 15h

Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works

(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Screenshot of a text exchange via Signal between Anna Bower and Lindsay Halligan.

Halligan: By the way - everything I ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know.

Bower: I'm sorry, but that's not how this works.
You don't get to say that in retrospect.

Halligan: Yes I do. Off record.

Bower: I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked. But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story?

Halligan: It's obvious the whole convo is off record.
There's disappearing messages and it's on signal. What is your story? You never even told me about a story.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20h

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Lawrence Connolly🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @lawrenceconnolly.bsky.social · 13h

Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)

Back for another look at this injured GHOW that was last seen at Millennium Park. Looks healthy, but I see one porcupine quill still stuck in its breast.

Nikon Z6 III, NIKKOR 500mm f/4

Boston, MA 🐕‍🦺🦉#birds 🪶
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GHOW with a porcupine quill stuck in its breast just below

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

I hope Portland and Oregon appeal en banc ASAP. This is a ridiculous ruling.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 18h

Two Trump-appointed judges of the Ninth Circuit let Trump send the troops into Portland, pausing another Trump appointee's TRO.

The only non-Trump appointee denounces the "political theater" behind the deployment, calling for an en banc review to stop it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

you’re telling me that another thirtysomething republican has nazi beliefs. wow

Politico @politico.com · 18h

EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.

Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts

Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

www.politico.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

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 · 19h

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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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 19h

This is a picture of the White House.

They are demolishing the East Wing to build a tacky ballroom.

This should be illegal.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18h

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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Lawrence Connolly🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @lawrenceconnolly.bsky.social · 18h

Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)

I spotted this owl while out walking Tango. There have been a couple reports of an injured GHOW that was last seen from Millennium Park. This bird is close by, but appeared not to be injured.

Nikon Z6 III, NIKKOR 500mm f/4

Boston, MA 🐕‍🦺🦉#birds 🪶
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Great horned owl perched in deep cover high in an oak tree.

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Lawrence Connolly🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @lawrenceconnolly.bsky.social · 19h

A pedophile is taking an actual wrecking ball to the country

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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 19h

I am surprised by how upset it makes me to see this. I didn't know that I cared this much about that building. But I do.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 19h

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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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 19h

Buried in this piece and notable given giant Trump admin cuts to the humanities: “This September, the National Endowment for the Humanities presented its largest-ever grant—$10.4 million—to the conservative Zionist Tikvah Fund.”

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

What Is Lorin Stein Doing at “Tablet”?

The former Paris Review editor was ostracized over sexual harassment allegations. Now he’s editing a divisive, right-wing Jewish magazine. What’s going on?

www.thenation.com

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 19h

taking an actual wrecking ball to the White House is a little on the nose as far as metaphors go

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 19h

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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Lawrence Connolly🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @lawrenceconnolly.bsky.social · 19h

The perfect image for what Trump is doing to our country FFS

Joe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 19h

To be honest, before this presidency I did not imagine that any occupant of the White House could just unilaterally start demolishing parts of it. Seems like there should be some kind of limitation on such a thing, the house not being theirs and all.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 19h

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

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Lawrence Connolly🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @lawrenceconnolly.bsky.social · 19h

JFC

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Q: You are the most powerful man on earth. Why don'y you just enable Ukraine to finish this war tomorrow?

TRUMP: Well, if you know anything about what you were talking about--

Q: I do

TRUMP: I don't think you do

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Steve Saidemonster @smsaideman.bsky.social · 22h

Ernst needs to live with the shame that she, by voting to confirm Hegseth, betrayed her entire identity/career and will always be seen as a craven betrayer of women who served in the US military.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 22h

"The evil Jew is funding the entire US left" is a piece of rank, obvious antisemitism that we have just collectively decided to accept in public, because IOKYR.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Ernst: "I think it is extremely important that we look at who is funding these protests. We have to get to the bottom of this. It could be the usual suspect -- George Soros."

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 1d

12/ more ugly scenes in the White House. Just not televised like in February. bsky.app/profile/chri...

Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 1d

NEW:Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Putin had said he would “destroy” Ukraine if it did not agree.

The meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy descended many times into a “shouting match” on.ft.com/3WMSQSu

Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia

US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting

on.ft.com

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