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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2h

"Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer."

That's who ICE arrested and disappeared as part of Donald Trump's immigration policy.

It's outrageous.

I've been pressing for answers and I'll keep pushing for accountability.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

COLLINS: For people who see that moment with your dad and the Indonesian president & say, 'there's supposed to be this wall between the president and his business,' what does say when a world leader clearly think he's still involved with the family business?

ERIC TRUMP: I think there's a huge wall

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1h

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Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast)

Some Things That Are Freaking Me Out Right Now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Pritzker: "It's clear that Donald Trump has diminished capacity, which I think is sad -- that the people around him are not getting him help, and instead they're just taking advantage of him. And that's what Stephen Miller is."

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 9h

EXCLUSIVE 1st LOOK at the flag many will be flying at the #NoKINGSRally this Saturday, October 18th!

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Smart Dissent @smartdissent.bsky.social · 3m

Wild pic

Smart Dissent @smartdissent.bsky.social · 5m

Awful

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14h

Germany’s parliament met only 20 times during the Nazis’ 12-year reign, and didn’t meet at all in the last 3 years. MAGA Mike Johnson is going after that record.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 73 out of the last 85 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h

The Trump admin is preparing sweeping changes at the IRS that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily.

A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors.

Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups

The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.

www.wsj.com

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Jay Lionel @jaylionel.bsky.social · 15h

2025

The year republicans shut down congress to protect a man who raped children.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 73 out of the last 85 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h

NEW EPISODE: Prof. David Noll joins me to talk about the growing threats to American democracy, the rise of authoritarianism, and how Trump’s second term agenda could erode the rule of law. youtu.be/7FQN2F7aDpc

Is Trump Planning a Military Takeover? | Professor David Noll

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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Smart Dissent @smartdissent.bsky.social · 20m

Where is the fucking uprising? Let's do this shit on Saturday. Fuck these fucks.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h

The Trump admin is preparing sweeping changes at the IRS that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily.

A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors.

Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups

The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.

www.wsj.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12h

Just now: New York's highest court has UPHELD a recent law that moves many of the state's off-year elections to *even years* rather than odd years, to boost turnout.

(The GOP had sued, and a trial court judge had struck down the law, but that's now over.)

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

🚨BREAKING: New York Court of Appeals UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS state law moving most county and town elections to even-numbered years. By aligning them with state and federal elections, it will boost voter turnout.

Another victory for voters and defeat for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

🚨 Onondaga County v. New York

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12h

“The number one measure of success for me personally, is fewer people dying in that jail.”

What it means to follow sheriffs...

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In New Orleans, a New Sheriff Will Take the Helm of a Jail Marred by Abuses

Police veteran Michelle Woodfork won the sheriff’s race, at a time when federal consent decrees barring ICE collaboration and lifting detention conditions may be ending.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12h

Just because Mike Johnson is keeping the House in recess doesn't mean he isn't working hard. For example, he's energetically covering up the rape of children by Jeffrey Epstein and his friends.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11h

This reminds me of the civil rights era in Alabama, when federal judge Frank Johnson, in Montgomery, ordered Alabama troopers to protect marchers, after TV footage of police clashes with them. apnews.com/article/chic...

Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says

A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other aggressive steps against protesters.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 11h

My final call for questions, folks: We're doing a mailbag to answer questions you have about November's elections!

We're thinking about governors, mayors, measures, sheriffs, DAs, school boards...

Feel free to just let me know what you have in mind / would like an answer to in a reply below ↓↓

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11h

CHICAGO (AP) — Judge says she will require immigration agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after turbulent protests.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h

Missouri state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at blocking voters’ efforts to invoke their constitutional right to veto the state legislature’s new gerrymandered congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Missouri Republicans Sue to Block ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander