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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 6h

Trump: “We took the freedom of speech away”

That's it.

That's the quote.

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 2d

Great to speak with @akelalacy.bsky.social and
@radleybalko.bsky.social on Trump's efforts to bring the War on Terror to the Caribbean -- and maybe the United States

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 2d

“There are a lot of parallels between what Trump is doing with immigration now and what we saw during the 1980s with the drug war. There was an effort to bring the military in.”

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License to Kill: Trump’s Extrajudicial Executions

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 10h

Trump appears to be merging the war on terror with the war on drugs.

Trump’s War on Drugs

Journalist Radley Balko examines how Trump’s war on immigrants merges and expands the lethal policies of the wars on drugs and terror.

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 9h

"Your taxes are coming down"

"See, everyone's happy, honey."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Valentina Di Liscia @valentinadl.bsky.social · 4d

Love to see @theguardian.com calling it like it is. No bells and whistles.

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Bari Weiss is a weird and worrisome choice as top editor for CBS News | Margaret Sullivan

When Weiss was named editor-in-chief, it was the latest turn in the network’s confounding departure from its roots

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d

"Israel expects us to feel grateful for obtaining our basic rights to life and liberty — as if they were favors, not ordinary human rights."

I Have Hope for This Ceasefire, But It Can’t Undo Two Years of Genocide

U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire deal marked “a wonderful day for everybody.” Why did it take two years to arrive?

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 11h

Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities

An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 11h

Water shortages in South Texas are posing major risks to a fast-growing industrial hub that’s crucial to Trump’s twin goals of dominating global energy markets and slashing trade deficits.

Texas Water Crisis Threatens Booming Industrial Hotspot for Exxon, Koch

Water shortages in South Texas are posing major risks to a fast-growing industrial hub that’s crucial to President Donald Trump’s twin goals of dominating global energy markets and slashing trade deficits.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 13h

Nick Turse: “If you distill it all down, basically, the Trump administration through this notice admits that it’s waging a secret war against undisclosed enemies without the consent of Congress.”

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 16h

License to Kill: Trump’s Extrajudicial Executions

@akelalacy.bsky.social, @radleybalko.bsky.social and yours truly discuss the Trump administration’s rhetoric and rationale to justify extrajudicial killings abroad — and possibly at home.

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License to Kill: Trump’s Extrajudicial Executions

Akela Lacy, Radley Balko, and Nick Turse on the administration’s rhetoric and rationale to justify extrajudicial killings abroad — and possibly at home.

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 13h

Meanwhile on TruthSocial...

Wait.

Who was president on January 6?

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 13h

What is going on at DHS?

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 13h

"Like an incantation, they call the notion of insurrection into being to justify the Insurrection Act’s invocation when no such justification exists in material reality."

The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act

An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 14h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

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For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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MPWERED @kelvin1.bsky.social · 13h

1984. When life imitates art.

This is sobering. Lies from the state. WTF.

Fascism.

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 13h

Truly bizarre...

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 13h

Meanwhile on TruthSocial...

Wait.

Who was president on January 6?

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: An @theintercept.com analysis finds that almost all Republican-led states — 23 of the 27 with Republican governors — have deployed National Guard troops in support of Trump’s war on immigrants or military occupations of Blue cities

theintercept.com/2025/10/09/r...

Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities

An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 13h

Truly bizarre...

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 13h

Meanwhile on X.com...

This is an actual DHS post...

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maccs powers @flag-division.com · 14h

blue states need to fight back with their own national guard

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: An @theintercept.com analysis finds that almost all Republican-led states — 23 of the 27 with Republican governors — have deployed National Guard troops in support of Trump’s war on immigrants or military occupations of Blue cities

theintercept.com/2025/10/09/r...

Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities

An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.

theintercept.com

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watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 14h

Can you say "civil war," boys and girls?

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: An @theintercept.com analysis finds that almost all Republican-led states — 23 of the 27 with Republican governors — have deployed National Guard troops in support of Trump’s war on immigrants or military occupations of Blue cities

theintercept.com/2025/10/09/r...

Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities

An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 2d

So much for states' rights. interc.pt/4mY1h88

A photo of Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott discussing flash flooding at the Hill Country Youth Event Center in Kerrville, Texas, on July 11, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities," and the DEK, "An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda."

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 18h

Trump isn't just rewriting the rules of the drug war, he’s shredding the Constitution’s most fundamental principle: the requirement that Congress, not the president, has the power to declare war.

License to Kill: Trump’s Extrajudicial Executions

Akela Lacy, Radley Balko, and Nick Turse on the administration’s rhetoric and rationale to justify extrajudicial killings abroad — and possibly at home.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 16h

"We’ve seen this movie before, and Black communities have been telling America how it ends."

Black People Knew This Would Happen

Generational experience has taught us what happens when the state builds a weapon for someone else: Sooner or later, it finds a way back to us.

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