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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”

But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.

Don’t believe his lies for a second.
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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mkwarren2.bsky.social @mkwarren2.bsky.social · 17h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: James Comey is filing a motion to dismiss his case based on United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan, being appointed illegally.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

> @governor.ca.gov

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17h

New York health officials have confirmed the first locally transmitted case of the chikungunya virus which causes high fever, joint pain and fatigue.

It’s usually a tropical virus, but there are now infected mosquitoes spreading in New York. (NYT)

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 1d

"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.

A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 23h

Jack Smith the picture of calm self-assured professionalism in explaining that any suggestion that his prosecutions of Trump were political is "ludicrous."Looking forward to discussing, along w/ the latest on Comey & Bolton, on @cnn.com w/ @lauracoates.com & @elliotwilliams.bsky.social @ 11:30 PM ET

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

COLLINS: The Dept of Energy just canceled $1b for a hydrogen hub that covers Montana. Is that taking away good-paying jobs?

SHEEHY: Of course it is. We want govt to be open

C: But the Energy Secretary says he would've pulled that funding even if govt was open

S: ... Well, that's unfortunate

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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 1d

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 23h

At about 0:55, a couple in a nearby car gets out and hurries away with an infant in a carseat to try and escape the tear gas:

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 1d

Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way🇺🇸

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mkwarren2.bsky.social @mkwarren2.bsky.social · 17h

Just not THEIR stuff . . . everything else can go

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 23h

I thought they said it was wrong for an administration to ask a social media platform to take stuff down.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 23h

A huge and consequential argument in the SCOTUS tomorrow. Is SCOTUS hell-bent in gutting the Voting Rights Act?

The Two Section Twos
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

The Two Section Twos

The Protection Against Racial Gerrymandering in Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is Constitutional. Just Read Section 2 of the 14th Amendment.

open.substack.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned UK inflation is set to surge to the highest in the G7 in 2025 and 2026

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

UK facing highest inflation in G7 in yet another pre-Budget blow for Reeves

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is predicting the UK will have the highest inflation in the G7

www.independent.co.uk

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves

It’s about time!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow is a critical day for democracy in court. Compare how the Washington Post framed it vs Democracy Docket.

Right now, fearless, pro-democracy media is more important than legacy media platitudes. Sign up now to say informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22h

Remember when you tried to tell us “the younger generations don’t think that way.” And “the young people will save us.” There are a lot of great, humane, decent, bright young people out there. But there are also a lot of these young people. And they’re not going anywhere.

Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 1d

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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mkwarren2.bsky.social @mkwarren2.bsky.social · 17h

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 23h

She marched to Mike Johnson’s office and will be the 218th vote to finally release the Epstein files

YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko

youtube.com

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mkwarren2.bsky.social @mkwarren2.bsky.social · 18h

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mkwarren2.bsky.social @mkwarren2.bsky.social · 18h

DHS is run by liars.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21h

I don't think I've seen a network TV news report more transparently full of shit since maybe 2003, right before we invaded Iraq

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23h

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 21h

“People like Maxim — who refuse to become silent accomplices to the Kremlin’s crimes — are saving our country’s honor amid this current darkness. And it will be they who will lead Russia back to normality once the drawn-out nightmare of Putin’s rule is over.”

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | What Putin is crushing in Russia

The arrest of opposition leader Maxim Kruglov is a blow against the last vestiges of Russian democracy.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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