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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 10h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

more here: youtu.be/BIjw-vrte98?...

Masked ICE agents struggling to find violent criminals in spite of terrorizing cities like Chicago

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

The government’s own data and detentions like the ones we reported on in Chicago raise serious doubt about whether the Trump administration’s mission is to target “the worst of the worst” at all. New reporting from @msnbc.com. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

www.msnbc.com

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 9h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 9h

Federal law bans partisan activity in the workplace. The GOP is doing everything in their power to ignore this law.

Noem’s shutdown propaganda isn’t flying at US airports

Several major U.S. airports have refused to play a partisan video in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown and resulting travel disruptions. ...

www.dailykos.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h

I just realized that MAGA means "Make Argentina Great Again."

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 8h

ICE is out of control in Chicago and lying about all of it.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 9h

Two dozen masked ICE Federal Secret Police, who are kitted out like they are going to war, kidnap a local and brutalize the community.

Toward the end of the video, they throw a gas cannister that almost hits a baby. 😟

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

GOV. WALZ: "The biggest myth is that this guy understands business. He's an absolute abject failure at business — the irony is calling Democrats socialists when I am begging for free markets here to allow capitalism to work. Trump’s the one with government interference." (From @atrupar.com )

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

I had to listen to the audio to confirm it, but yes, as troops are being deployed to American cities, as masked goons are disappearing citizens from our streets, as ICE agents are shooting pepper balls at priests ... Mike Johnson thinks nude bicyclists are "the most threatening thing I've seen yet."

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10h

When people show you who they are, believe them.

And of course JD Vance refused to condemn this.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10h

During the shutdown, President Trump has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion for projects in Democratic-led districts — and Trump and his aides have threatened additional cuts. Here's a map of the funding affected, by congressional district. nyti.ms/4hfrbDg

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 10h

"They didn't sign up to be little toy soldiers in a political game."

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a combat veteran, sounds the alarm on the politicization of our military. She spoke with our Tristeza Ordex about Trump's illegal deployments happening in Chicago & other American cities.

Veterans on the Front Line: Sen. Tammy Duckworth

YouTube video by VoteVets

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10h

The current ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, which the Trump administration helped broker, has major shortcomings, experts warn.

"There’s no actual plan for getting any further," says Daniel Levy, the president of the US/Middle East Project. "Israel is still occupying about 50% of Gaza.”

“No actual plan”: Why the ceasefire does not mean peace

"It is also being claimed that we have a historic peace deal. That is absolutely fictitious.”

www.motherjones.com

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 1d

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING

The US State Department has revoked the visas of citizens from Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, and Paraguay for comments they made in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

- An Argentine national who said Charlie "devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric" and deserves to burn in hell.
- A South African national who mocked those grieving Charlie saying "they're hurt that the racist rally ended in attempted martyrdom"
-A Mexican national who said Charlie "died being a racist, he died being a misogynist" and stated that "there are people who deserve to die."
- A Brazilian national who said "Charlie Kirk was the reason for a Nazi rally where they marched in homage to him" and that he "DIED TOO LATE."
- A German national who celebrated Charlie's death + wrote
"when fascists die, democrats don't complain."
- A Paraguayan national who said "Charlie Kirk was a son of a b**** and he died by his own rules."

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 14h

Pretending to the world that you are the president of peace while waging war at home is diabolical.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

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 · 14h

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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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 14h

UPDATE — Multiple witness videos today show an older white federal agent straddling a young Black man on the ground outside of a Walgreens on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

This is a developing story.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

Instead of working to get the government open and pay our troops and air traffic controllers and helping his constituents keep their health plans, Mike Johnson has been tasked with helping Trump get the Nobel next year.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

Just now— @SpeakerJohnson announces he will lead a global pressure campaign to get the narcissist-in-chief a Nobel Prize next year

(Also revealing he doesn’t understand what “objective facts” are)

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 13h

She was tackled by ICE on her way to work & is now suing Trump’s government. This outrageous stuff is happening across Chicago. Thanks to vigilant residents who capture it on video as happened here, the rest of us can see how out of control ICE truly is.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/w...

Debbie Brockman, a WGN-TV producer violently arrested by ICE Friday morning in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago, has retained an attorney and intends to "pursue all legal avenues available" to hold federal authorities accountable, according to a news release Tuesday.
Brockman and her legal team
"adamantly deny" allegations that she assaulted federal officers during an immigration enforcement action, according to the release. They assert she was simply walking to the bus stop on her way to work when she was attacked by Border Patrol agents.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h

Leaked messages from leaders of Young Republican groups obtained by Politico:

They referred to Black people as monkeys and "the watermelon people" and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h

Over 1,500 measles cases have been reported in 42 states — a 500% increase from 2024 and the highest count in more than 30 years.
www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 13h

So far, the actual number of people laid off is minuscule compared to the DOGE-initiated bloodbath earlier this year. But the layoffs appear to target programs that help low-income and marginalized people.
talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/5...

5 Points on the Trump Admin’s Threatened—And Real—Government Shutdown Layoffs

In an effort to try and make good on their threats and...

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