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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 20h

Marc Maron ends his podcast with final guest Barack Obama after 16 years and nearly 1,700 episodes www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...

Marc Maron ends his podcast with final guest Barack Obama after 16 years and nearly 1,700 episodes

Obama gave new status to Maron and to podcasts in general when he visited Maron’s Los Angeles garage studio while still in office a decade ago.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 20h

“That was the plan: Use ancillary melodramas, blanket denials and sweeping counteraccusations to create a dense fog in which everything blurs together and nothing is clear.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/o...

Opinion | The Appalling Campaign to Erase Jan. 6 Never Ends

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Alicia Victoria Lozano @aliciavlozano.bsky.social · 4d

This is the scene right now outside ICE processing center in #Portland. The creatures are multiplying by the minute: “This is an optics battle” the Chicken Man told me @nbcnews.com

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Alicia Victoria Lozano @aliciavlozano.bsky.social · 4d

Someone showed up with a cart of inflatables. The protest is now a dance party outside the PDX ICE facility. Federal police have mostly stood back but did unleash a toxin into the air @nbcnews.com

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 2d

There’s lot of disturbing language in the letter mailed to pro-Trump influencer Benny Johnson, but will be curious to see if a jury sees this language as an actual threat.

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DOJ charges man with sending threatening letter to pro-Trump influencer Benny Johnson

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the charges at a news conference in which Johnson argued that violence had been "mainstreamed by the Democrat Party."

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 2d

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 3d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

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Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 3d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 3d

“Based on the government’s allegations, James has paid about $594 less in interest per year, or roughly $50 less a month, over the last five years than she would have paid had she characterized the purchase as an investment property.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Grand jury indicts N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump opponent, on bank fraud charges

James, a Democrat, has clashed with President Donald Trump after she brought civil charges against him in New York.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 3d

Trump accidentally posted message pressuring Pam Bondi to charge his enemies, source says www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Trump accidentally posted message pressuring Pam Bondi to charge his enemies, source says

Trump pressured the attorney general to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey, Sen. Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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Shane McNichol @ontheshanetrain.bsky.social · 4d

New meme format

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 4d

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 4d

The standard for securing an indictment before a federal grand jury is much lower than securing a unanimous conviction by a jury at trial. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Grand jury indicts N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump opponent, on bank fraud charge

James, a Democrat, has clashed with President Donald Trump after bringing civil charges against him in New York.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 4d

NEW: Trump's former personal attorney has convicted a federal grand jury to indict another one of Trump's political enemies

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N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump opponent, indicted by grand jury on bank fraud charge

James, a Democrat, has clashed with President Donald Trump after bringing civil charges against him in New York.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5d

If you’d like a more realistic assessment; I wrote about it today. www.pbump.net/o/dethawing-...

Thawing out ‘Arctic Frost’ and the new Biden-was-worse argument

A recent American presidency, you may be alarmed to hear, engaged in an action that was "arguably worse than Watergate" — an event still positioned in some circles as the gold-standard of presidential...

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 4d

'My kids could die': C-SPAN caller confronts House Speaker Mike Johnson about shutdown effects: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

C-SPAN caller confronts House Speaker Mike Johnson about shutdown effects: 'My kids could die'

The caller, who was identified as a Republican and military spouse, said she would not be able to afford her children's medication if the shutdown continues.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 4d

“It can’t be the case that a president tries to steal an election and there are no legal consequences.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Experts fear impact of deepening polarization and perceived political prosecutions

Reforms enacted after Watergate to bolster public confidence in the impartiality of prosecutions are proving dated and ineffective, legal experts warn.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 4d

“Our old tools for trying to create the appearance of neutral and detached nonpartisan decision-making by prosecutors don’t seem to be working." www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Experts fear impact of deepening polarization and perceived political prosecutions

Reforms enacted after Watergate to bolster public confidence in the impartiality of prosecutions are proving dated and ineffective, legal experts warn.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 4d

“What we don’t want to become the norm is where people think, ‘OK, there’s a new administration, now everyone in the old administration gets prosecuted. That’s an incredibly dangerous cycle where nobody wins.”

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Experts fear impact of deepening polarization and perceived political prosecutions

Reforms enacted after Watergate to bolster public confidence in the impartiality of prosecutions are proving dated and ineffective, legal experts warn.

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Tim Lambert @timlambert-pa.bsky.social · 5d

"One of the fired FBI employees, a combat veteran who was months away from becoming eligible for retirement, was called back to the office after having left for the day and informed of the dismissal, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News."

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 5d

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

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FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The three agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Jack Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referenced.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 5d

One of the FBI employees fired, a combat veteran who was months away from becoming eligible for retirement, was called back to the office after they left for the day and informed of their dismissal, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News.

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FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Jack Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referenced.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 5d

this is fine www.nbcnews.com

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 5d

“None of this should be a surprise to people,” a person familiar with the probe said of the fact that Jack Smith's team got toll records of members of Congress. "They followed Justice Department policy and obtained the approvals necessary before they took any steps."

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FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The three agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Jack Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referenced.

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 5d

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

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FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The three agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Jack Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referenced.

www.nbcnews.com

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