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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 26m

Trump in July, on the WH $250MM ballroom project:

“It won’t interfere with the current building.... It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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stillngb.bsky.social @stillngb.bsky.social · 4h

Favorite lyric: CAIAPHAS:
“One thing I'll say for him -- Jesus is cool.”

stillngb.bsky.social @stillngb.bsky.social · 5h

Nothing in my Venmo yet 🤷‍♀️

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stillngb.bsky.social @stillngb.bsky.social · 7h

Mother Jones has this as well…

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

To understand that horrific Chicago apartment raid, go back in time—to Texas

Gov. Greg Abbott's political stunts kicked off a crisis that left immigrant families in a lurch.

www.motherjones.com

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 10h

Erez Reuveni, a fired Department of Justice lawyer who's now blowing the whistle, says he witnessed a disregard of due process and for the rule of law at the DOJ. cbsn.ws/4qkAtSr

Fired Justice Department lawyer blows the whistle on what he describes as abuses of power at the DOJ

Former Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni is speaking out about a pattern of troubling behavior he says he witnessed inside the DOJ that undermined the rule of law.

cbsn.ws

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 18h

"Unless something dramatic changes, Vladimir Putin will be unable to win the war on the battlefield. The fact that he nevertheless continues to try regardless suggests that he is out of ideas."

www.economist.com/interactive/...

Russia's latest big Ukraine offensive gains next to nothing, again

Hundreds of thousands of Vladimir Putin's troops are losing their lives for barely any land

www.economist.com

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John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 23h

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 1d

The sign was Hannah’s idea. I think Taylor Swift would’ve been proud.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

⚡️Update: All 192 miners evacuated after Russian attack on coal facility.

All 192 miners have been safely evacuated to the surface, the energy company DTEK announced on Oct. 19. No workers were injured.

Russian mass attack on coal facility traps nearly 200 miners underground

All 192 miners were safely evacuated to the surface after a large-scale attack on a coal enterprise in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the energy company DTEK announced.

kyivindependent.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

JUST IN: Israeli officials halt the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and ramp up military strikes after accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire. Israeli officials are pushing for military operations to resume “in full force.”

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 1d

At @nationalacademies.org annual meeting. An award recipient (92 years old, born in Slovakia) just reminded us, in her acceptance speech,

“Science always survives - it even made it through Stalin.

Don’t let your curiosity be diminished.”

🌼🧪📈🩺

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stillngb.bsky.social @stillngb.bsky.social · 1d

🤣 LOVE THIS!!!

stillngb.bsky.social @stillngb.bsky.social · 1d

🎁 link

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal

To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d

I was thinking about this after No Kings.

If there was hope, it must lie in the proles, because only there, in those swarming disregarded masses, eighty-five percent of the population of Oceania, could the force to destroy the Party ever be generated. The Party could not be overthrown from within. Its enemies, if it had any enemies, had no way of coming together or even of identifying one another. Even if the legendary Brotherhood existed, as just possibly it might, it was inconceivable that its members could ever assemble in larger numbers than twos and threes. Rebellion meant a look in the eyes, an inflection of the voice; at the most, an occasional whispered word. But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire. They need only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies. If they chose they could blow the Party to pieces tomorrow morning. Surely sooner or later it must occur to them to do it.

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stillngb.bsky.social @stillngb.bsky.social · 1d

I thought they said we WERE paid actors.

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Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 2d

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

Downtown L.A. right now.

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stillngb.bsky.social @stillngb.bsky.social · 1d

I saw just one. A white guy maybe late 50s? (Hard to tell) in a blue Corvette convertible with a trump flag. Everyone around me was like, “There’s always ONE 🙄.”

stillngb.bsky.social @stillngb.bsky.social · 1d

I was at that one! Great turnout!🗽 🇺🇸

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

Two transgender leaders spoke to the crowd of more than 100,000 people attending the No Kings rally in DC, telling them, “this is my country too!” to cheers and applause.

www.advocate.com/news/no-king...

Massive ‘No Kings’ rally in D.C. features LGBTQ+ rights advocates: 'This is my country too'

Millions of people around the country are participating in "No Kings" rallies voicing their opposition to Donald Trump and his anti-LGBTQ+ administration.

www.advocate.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

This is a blatant attempt to silence and isolate us. He’s stopping the trains, closing the freeways and firing live rounds into California. We will not be intimidated. We will not be silenced. #NoKings

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

Oh. Essayli charged with misdemeanor. Wonder how may times he got no-billed.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

Four months after assaulting, then arresting SEIU CA President David Huerta at a protest, DOJ is moving to dismiss.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
DAVID JOSE HUERTA,
Defendant.
No. 2:25-MJ-03504-DUTY
MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT
AGAINST DEFENDANT PURSUANT TO
FEDERAL RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
48(a)
The Acting United States Attorney for the Central District of
California hereby requests leave of the Court to dismiss the
complaint against defendant DAVID JOSE HUERTA without prejudice
pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48(a).

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Today's No Kings protests showcase the absolute best of America

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 2d

📍Washington D.C.

Tag @OfTheBraveUSA with your pictures and videos from your local #NoKings peaceful protest!

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