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

SEN. @schatz.bsky.social : "This is not about money. There is enough💰to bail out Argentina with ($40 BILLION). Enough to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173 MILLION for Noem. Enough to renovate the ballroom. What there isn't enough💰for under this Republican government is YOU."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

Mike Johnson will now spend another three weeks insisting there’s nothing to this, he can swear her in at any moment, stop asking about it, it’s no big deal, no, I won’t just do it, shut up, that’s why

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Adelita Grijalva: "There is so much that cannot be done until I'm sworn in. So every moment that passes that I'm not able to provide constituent services or be a voice for Arizona, I cannot bring the issues forward that they send me here to do."

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2h

“It’ll be near it, but not touching it,” President Donald Trump said.

“Nothing will be torn down,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt added.

That turned out not to be the case. https://to.pbs.org/4hoL230

9 things to know about the $250 million ballroom Trump is adding to the White House

The 90,000-square-foot ballroom will dwarf the main White House itself, at nearly double the size, and Trump says it will accommodate 999 people.

www.pbs.org

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 20h

JUST IN: Judge Cameron Currie, a Clinton appointee, will decide whether Lindsey Halligan is disqualified as interim U.S. attorney, following a motion brought by James Comey. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Jennifer Shin @jennifershin.bsky.social · 1d

I'm in if anyone wants to start a class action lawsuit.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 20h

NEW: 200+ Chicago-area clergy — Protestants, Catholics, and evangelicals — have signed a letter decrying ICE's efforts and voicing a willingness to put their "bodies on the line" for migrants.

"What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," they write. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...

(RNS) - Last Friday (Oct. 17), the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister in the Chicago area, stood alongside other protesters demonstrating outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Broadview, Illinois. As a line of Illinois State Police began marching toward her and other demonstrators, gripping wooden batons, footage shows the pastor with her hands raised in prayer.
Officers then pushed into the protesters, forcing them back.
One officer shifted his stance, reared back and began shoving his baton like a battering ram - jamming it repeatedly, Kardon says, into her leg. A few seconds later, the pastor was pulled from the crowd and thrown to the ground.
All the while, Kardon says, she never stopped praying. When officers began to arrest her, they tied her arms behind her back and placed her along the curb.
"I said, 'God, please help these people to know that what they're doing is wrong, and help them to turn around," Kardon, who leads United Church of Rogers Park in Chicago, said in an interview. Her leg, she said, has developed visible bruises.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12h

Trump keeps admitting in public that he's directly running all DOJ operations—which would include deciding to keep the Epstein Files hidden to protect himself—and media keeps pretending not to hear him. Here, he states unambiguously that he *personally decides* on all DOJ payouts to alleged victims:

Trump says he ‘could be’ seeking $230 million from his own Justice Department | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he “could be” seeking $230 million from his own Justice Department as compensation for past investigations into him, though he professed to have little knowled...

www.cnn.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/p...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Raskin with Jeffries: "It's an alarming situation where now we have many of these January 6 defendants who have been picked up on other defenses. The Department of Justice is not zealously prosecuting them for other crimes they have committed ... it's a very dangerous situation."

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San Diego Bikeist @sdbikeist.bsky.social · 12h

Exactly. Even if he is earnestly and honestly redeemed and remorseful, there are certain things done whilst younger that should be automatically disqualifying once discovered. This is one of them.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

I don’t understand why anyone’s debating this — a Nazi tattoo is a non starter, full stop.

This is a race for a U.S. Senate seat. The bar for candidates to clear doesn’t have to be insanely high, but it should at least be off the ground

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Rebecca 🦋 @rebecca79903973.bsky.social · 1d

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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 21h

Here is the source - which used government docs for their reporting: popular.info/p/ice-boosts...

ICE boosts weapons spending 700%

popular.info

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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 1d

At least 170 U.S. citizens have already been detained by immigration agents, including children. There's no telling how far this Administration will go if Congress does not act.

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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 21h

NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."

Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Standing with Immigrants
Oct. 21, 2025
My dear brothers and sisters, today I speak to you as your shepherd, but also as a fellow pilgrim who shares the pain of many of our immigrant communities. Families are being torn apart. Children are left in fear, and communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants.
We stand with a mother who crosses borders to feed her children. We stand with the father who labors in silence to build a better future. We stand with the young person who dreams of safety and a better future. Our parishes and schools will not turn away those who seek comfort, and we will not be silent when dignity is denied in the enforcement of the law, it is essential that we respect the dignity of every human being.
Now I want to say something directly to those immigrants without documents. Most of you have been here for years. You have worked hard. You have raised families. You have contributed to this nation. You have earned our respect. As the Archbishop of Chicago, I will insist that you be treated with dignity. Americans should not forget that we all come from immigrant families.
You are our brothers and sisters. We stand with you.
God bless you all.

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Chain of Flowers @craigatcof.bsky.social · 17h

From Just Mustard:

Listening party for our new album on @bandcamp.com tomorrow @ 8pm EST
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Alt Library of Congress @altlofc.altgov.info · 13h

m.youtube.com/watch?v=H1VL...

LIVE: Senator Merkley holds floor to 'protest Trump’s threats to Democracy'

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17h

Hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ Trump regime officials doxxed by a coalition of loosely organized hackers known as Com. Info spilled on Telegram. #fuckICE

680+ DHS officials personal data
170+ FBI email addresses
190+ Department of Justice officials.

Hackers Dox Hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ Officials

Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters—one of the latest amalgamations of typically young, reckless, and English-speaking hackers—posted the apparent phone numbers and addresses of hundreds of government officials...

www.404media.co

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING: We @democracydefendersfund.org have filed a complaint against WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt for a possible Hatch Act violation

She used her official role to attack NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani

This demands investigation

Read here 👇

Press Release | Democracy Defenders Fund

www.democracydefendersfund.org

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 18h

He’s destroying…
The Constitution
Due Process
Public Safety
Free Speech/Press
The Economy
Small businesses
Farms
Jobs
Healthcare
Women’s access to safe healthcare
ACA Subsidies
Medicaid/Medicare
SNAP/Food access programs for children/elderly
Voting Rights
Our military
…And the actual White House

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 20h

BREAKING: Sen. DURBIN sends official congressional correspondence asking if Kristi Noem has hired any January 6th rioters at ICE.

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Councilor Angelita Morillo @councilormorillo.bsky.social · 20h

Grateful for the local perspective at the New York Times from @agpnw.bsky.social

"Ms. Morillo said she planned to create an impact fee on detention centers within city limits [...] to cover public costs such as cleaning up environmental damage caused by the use of tear gas against demonstrators."

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Oregon has one of the most complex sets of zoning and land use laws in the U.S. Portland, under pressure from its liberal residents, is using those restrictions against immigrant detention.

To Fight ICE, Portland’s Leaders Turn to What They Know Best: Zoning

Portland, Ore., is well known for its dense laws on land use. Now, under pressure from its liberal residents, the city is using those restrictions against immigrant detention.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

WATCH — @abbydphillip: “Today an ICE officer’s weapon discharged and shot a U.S. marshal and a suspect because they were using the weapon to bang on the window.” 🤦🏻‍♂️

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