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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1h

Sunday in Chicagoland: Masked immigration agents descend on a suburban store, which warns its customers to stay away.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2h

To check if a pundit is being honest, ask “would he have made this claim a year ago, before he knew it would be a defense of Trump” and folks, I’m 100% certain Douthat would not have argued “The president needs to demolish the East Wing and build a palace” last year

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1h

Gonna wear a suit, tie and glasses for Halloween and tell everyone I’m dressed as a soybean farmer / treasury secretary.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Bessent on American farmers being hurt by tariffs: "Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too."

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 1h

It's not like NIMBY! Trump does not own the White House! He is not a private landowner!

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 1h

People are not angry because they have a disagreement about land use rules or because they have strong prior opinions about what the White House complex should look like. People are angry because Trump is behaving like the owner of the White House instead of its steward.

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 2h

From @stevanzetti.bsky.social: In February, the Texas Observer confirmed that James “Jim” Joseph Rodden—an ICE assistant chief counsel in Dallas—operates a white supremacist X account. Now, ICE refuses to tell us, or members of Congress, if he's still employed.

ICE Still Won't Answer Questions About Prosecutor with White Supremacist X Account

Congressman Marc Veasey arrived at an ICE facility Monday in his latest attempt to follow up on the Observer's reporting.

www.texasobserver.org

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16h

The ex-prosecutor also said this:

“I have a lot of close contacts in law enforcement, and almost to a person, none of them support these actions. As a lawyer, someone who adamantly believes in the rule of law, watching it in open sight in front of my house just be completely eroded…it’s upsetting.”

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 2h

I’m sure Bessent was out on the back forty under the hood of his combine and had to be dragged into this interview.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Bessent on American farmers being hurt by tariffs: "Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too."

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Doug Pennington @morfaleji.bsky.social · 2h

Sharp discussion here

Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 12h

Instead, we should expect that any POTUS worthy of the office would recognize such moments of peril as moments requiring a measure of *personal* risk. Like the military, POTUS should be willing to take “bold and unhesitating action” even in the face of danger (esp. since the danger isn’t mortal) 5/

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3h

"ESPN showed its ass. And unfortunately, this full moon is never going away."

Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 4h

Good piece from Drew Lerner awfulannouncing.com/espn/drops-b...

ESPN dropped the ball on NBA's breaking news

ESPN dropped the ball on Thursday as it attempted to handle breaking news coverage of the NBA's FBI gambling scandal.

awfulannouncing.com

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Doug Pennington @morfaleji.bsky.social · 3h

Piece mentions Robert Moses, and Caro does feature the concept prominently in The Power Broker. I guess if you want, you can draw this comparison? But the two examples are so different, maybe we should stick with the most elegant explanation: Trump just breaks the law and dares anyone to stop him

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 5h

By proceeding with the demolition of the White House East Wing before seeking approval from federal agencies for a new ballroom, President Donald Trump forced the issue. It's a strategy known as "stake-driving."

How Trump Demolished the White House East Wing

By putting the demolition of the East Wing before the necessary approvals for his ballroom, President Donald Trump borrowed a tactic known as “stake-driving” to force an outcome.

bloom.bg

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 3h

“Bottom line, the well has run dry," the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a post on its website. It hasn’t run dry. GOP is holding it hostage so they can also take your healthcare. Other “water” is being given to Argentina, invading US cities, or Trump is demanding it for himself

Reuters @reuters.com · 15h

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 4h

november - thanksgiving break time. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

www.reuters.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 19h

"ICE officials temporarily barred immigration attorneys from the building, accused them of being fake attorneys — even after showing their State Bar Association cards — and from meeting with their clients."

St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: Dozens of Northern California immigrants abruptly summoned to ICE office for weekend check-ins www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Dozens of Northern California immigrants abruptly summoned to ICE office for weekend check-ins

Several dozen people reported to the Stockton office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday afternoon after receiving summons, immigrant advocates said.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 6h

Steve Bannon is a troll trying to normalize the next coup attempt.

Newsweek @newsweek.com · 8h

Bannon said during his interview that Trump will run for a third term because "we have to finish what we started."

Steve Bannon Says ‘There’s a Plan’ for Trump 2028

www.newsweek.com

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 13h

Federal Judges— or staff, but same-same— used "AI" to summarize & draft rulings, issued them w/o checking the work, leading to basic factual errors, & thus undermining the facticity & validity of the rulings entire.

Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*

Two federal judges say use of AI led to errors in US court rulings

Two federal judges admitted in response to an inquiry by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to help prepare recent court orders that Grassley called "error-ridden."

www.reuters.com

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 1d

Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.

Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.

Furloughed feds pick up Seattle beach trash to keep serving the public

Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday.

www.kuow.org

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 18h

A friend of mine in Chicago just shared a video on IG of an ICE operation near her house. The operation happened just minutes before the neighborhood Halloween parade. ICE used tear gas and multiple parents had to wash their kids' (including toddlers) eyes out.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6h

Again when you really boil it down, “anti wokeness” can very very often be summarized as “I’m mad a black person got a job” bsky.app/profile/hesg...

Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 6h

Sorry, Sarah, but you are now, officially and on the record, a moral degenerate. And you know it.

#racism #SarahPochin #ReformUK

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17h

I mean sure he’s bankrupting me and people like me, but he’s also making immigrants suffer. So as you can see, it’s a hard choice.

T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 17h

Farmer Caleb Ragland: "I think we’re at a crossroads ... the reality will be the increases in bankruptcies, the loss of many thousands of family farms. It will even be worse with people committing suicide"

"Ragland is a supporter of President Donald Trump"

www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...

Trump Supporting Farmer Caleb Ragland Torches Tariffs

Farmer Caleb Ragland is a supporter of Trump, but he warned on NewsNation that thousands of farms will go under if the president's trade war continues.

www.mediaite.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 15h

This is what the Democrats have been raising hell about.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17h

Well, Fam, just found out our health insurance is jumping from $1700 to over $3000 a month. And we still have to wait till Nov 1 to see more options—when the site will probably crash because everyone will be freaking out at the same time.

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Doug Pennington @morfaleji.bsky.social · 16h

Was gonna also ask if we could talk about “hemispheric reengineering” but then hit myself on the head with a mallet

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 17h

The "theory" is "I've got big guns and the Supreme Court said I'm immune from any criminal prosecution, and Congress lets me get away with everything, so I'm gonna murder brown people with big explosions and tell the public I'm saving them from drugs."

Saved you a click.

Politico Magazine: "The Theory Behind Trump's Gunboat Diplomacy"

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 16h

(next to an image of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez) “You cannot love this country if you only fight for the wealthy and big business.

To love this country is to fight for its people, all people. Working people ….. who punch a clock and are on their feet all day in some of the toughest jobs out there."

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 21h

Thinking a lot recently about the outrage over Lizzo playing James Madison's flute

Photos: White House East Wing Demolished For Trump’s Ballroom

The privately funded ballroom will be approximately 90,000 square feet, much larger than the White House itself.

www.forbes.com

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