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Marie Rudden @mrudden.bsky.social · 5h

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October 15, 2025

Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Louisiana v.

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Marie Rudden @mrudden.bsky.social · 5h

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‘This is different.’ What the case of the arrested 13-year-old in Everett tells us about ICE. - The Boston Globe

While officials say ICE has moved with similar speed in arresting adults, this case stands out for the very young age of the subject.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Marie Rudden @mrudden.bsky.social · 6h

'Starts off with a bang': Ex-prosecutor flags case against Trump that may 'break through'

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'Starts off with a bang': Ex-prosecutor flags case against Trump that may 'break through'

Of the nearly two hundred active cases challenging Donald Trump's administration, there is one that "may break through in a way few others have," according to a former federal prosecutor.Late on Wedne...

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Marie Rudden @mrudden.bsky.social · 21h

We unfortunately have seen this before- to no good end.

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?

Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18

#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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daisymaemom.bsky.social @daisymaemom.bsky.social · 1d

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Marie Rudden @mrudden.bsky.social · 21h

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

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Marie Rudden @mrudden.bsky.social · 21h

Justice Brown Jackson flattens Louisiana lawyer in major Supreme Court redistricting trial

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Justice Brown Jackson flattens Louisiana lawyer in major Supreme Court redistricting trial

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson clashed with a Louisiana lawyer during oral arguments on Wednesday when the court heard Louisiana v. Callais, a case on whether a majority-minority district in Louisiana ...

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Marie Rudden @mrudden.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo Declares Whose Side He’s On—and It’s Not JD Vance’s newrepublic.com/article/2016... via @newrepublic.com

Pope Leo Declares Whose Side He’s On—and It’s Not JD Vance’s

Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation focuses on loving the poor. Conservative American Catholics are sure to lose their minds over it.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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TallyAnnaE ☮️🌊 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💙🦋 @tallyannae.bsky.social · 1d

Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

The three major airports near New York City have joined Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, Charlotte, Cleveland, and Buffalo.

Newark, JFK, LaGuardia will decline to play Kristi Noem’s politicized TSA video - New Jersey Globe

Three major airports in the New York City area – Newark Liberty International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport –

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Marie Rudden @mrudden.bsky.social · 1d

The Media Is Blowing a Big Story in Venezuela newrepublic.com/article/2015... via @newrepublic.com

The Media Is Blowing a Big Story in Venezuela

With the president and his cronies ratcheting up their belligerence, the political press is failing to grasp how close we are to another regime change war.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly 82 years ago

The Sobibor uprising was a revolt of about 600 prisoners that occurred on 14 October 1943, during World War II and the Holocaust at the Sobibor extermination camp in occupied Poland. It was the second uprising in an extermination camp, killing the SS commander of the camp

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ito-antifascists.bsky.social @ito-antifascists.bsky.social · 1d

Deploying gas in a residential neighborhood is some wild shit.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.