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Balls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · 1h

Republican judges don't view themselves as accountable to anyone

Republicans Really Don’t Want Journalists Talking About How They’ve Captured the Courts

Conservative judges love talking to friendly media outlets. They don’t like talking to anyone who might actually try and hold them accountable.

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Protect Our Care @protectourcare.org · 2d

“I don't know if I've ever cried opening a letter from an insurance or before, but it happened this time.”

Stacy’s premium this year has been $495.32 for coverage for her and her husband. Without the ACA tax credit in 2026, it will increase to $2,168.68.

Obamacare enrollee sees premium spike over 300% as sign-up period begins: 'This will devastate us'

Millions across the country will discover just how much their plans will cost when open enrollment for Affordable Care Act insurance plans begins on Nov. 1.

abcnews.go.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

Weiss giving real Russ Vought vibes www.govexec.com/management/2...

Russ Vought bills CFPB $5M for his security detail

The expense comes as the consumer-protection agency's budget is slashed nearly in half.

www.govexec.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 3h

Brett Kavanaugh's behavior during today's second oral arguments has been incredibly obnoxious and rude. He is so eager to kill a service member's lawsuit against a negligent government contractor that he keeps interrupting other justices, raising his voice, and getting emotional. Weird and erratic.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 12h

European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.

This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.

US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules

Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.

www.politico.eu

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 4h

Insightful review of Barrett’s book by @mgraber1.bsky.social I was reminded throughout of Barrett’s eye roll when asked by Bari Weiss whether we are in a constitutional crisis.

Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...

Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography

Amy Coney Barrett’s book, "Listening to the Law," claims the Supreme Court is above politics. Its very existence proves otherwise.

washingtonmonthly.com

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Jolly Confused @riteofpassage.bsky.social · 6h

So even when Democrats win, they lose?

Why doesn't your rule apply to Republicans? Because you're partisan hacks thats why. The road to autocracy in the US is paved with WSJ articles like this.

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 7h

“The majority extended absolute immunity to a president who orders the Department of Justice to conduct “sham” investigations. In the year since, rather than preventing the weaponization of prosecutions, the court has unleashed it.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...

Opinion | How the Supreme Court Paved the Way for Revenge Prosecutions

www.nytimes.com

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Jolly Confused @riteofpassage.bsky.social · 7h

Hardly surprising is it? What is surprising is that Kenvue, maker of Tylenol, haven't sued RFKjnr, Donald Trump and Ken Paxton for destroying their well respected brand, causing lost revenue, all based on junk science and conspiracy theory.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 7h

NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability

The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 15h

Unbelievable cruelty

According to the federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits, there are more than enough funds to pay for the program in November

But Trump refuses to do it

Leaving the lives of 42 million Americans-16 million of them children-hanging by a thread

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 9h

Nigel Farage currently railing against Parliament being full of "professional politicians".

He founded UKIP in 1993 and was first elected as an MEP in 1999, twenty-six years ago. Less than 5% of current MPs (31 to be precise) have a longer career in politics than Farage. ~AA

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 9h

After two years of a genocidal campaign, the first and only officers arrested in Israel were the military prosecutors investigating war crimes.

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Jolly Confused @riteofpassage.bsky.social · 9h

Another common sense Kavanaugh stop, I hope the Brett 'I like beer' Kavanaugh is happy with the ways its going.

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Sahara Stevens ❤️🇺🇸 @sahara-stevens.bsky.social · 16h

This is some disturbing ICE Gestapo footage. They point guns at citizens and threaten to shoot them. They punch a guy in the back of the head repeatedly when he’s down and already subdued, then later slam his head into the side of their vehicle.

This took place on 10/31/2025 in Evanston, IL.

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Jolly Confused @riteofpassage.bsky.social · 9h

This is where the Greens always disappoint me. Putin will laugh in the face of a non-miliitarised European security framework. I cannot support a party this naive.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

Per Danny Kemp via press pool

Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL

“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 23h

An explosion took place in a building of the Harvard Medical School in Boston early on Saturday morning, the school’s police department said, in what the authorities described as an intentional act. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...

‘Intentional’ Explosion Took Place at Harvard Medical School, Officials Say

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 19h

it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people

if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops

But here’s the most uncomfortable truth of all: the parasites that have taken over so much of our country—pantsuited girlboss advertising executives, Skittle-haired they/them activists, soy-faced pajama-clad work-from-home HR apparatchiks, Adderall-addicted dog mom diversity consultants, nasally voiced Ivy League regulatory lawyers, obese George Soros–funded police abolitionist district attorneys, hipster trust fund socialists—are some of the least impressive people in the history of the world. The Uniparty would never have achieved what it has in this country without a great degree of rottenness, of decadence, of torpor, of complacency already

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 2d

Dancers at Trump’s Halloween party as people begin losing food stamps under his administration

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h

I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Keystone Kash needed a distraction from the story that he took another private govt jet to watch his girlfriend sing. apnews.com/article/detr...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.”

@apnews.com $TSLA
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 21h

It’s not a mistake when you have no process.

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