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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

i don't get it. omen sushi in nyc is cheaper than nobu in malibu, where you dined last year without your wife

Michael Rapaport tweets: "How’s a so-called “working class” mayoral candidate like Zohran Mamdani eating at OMEN SUSHI tonight — one of the priciest joints in NYC? 🍣💰
This clown lives in a rent-stabilized apartment in Queens but dines like a diplomat on a Qatar-funded per diem.
Who’s paying for that toro, “Zoron the Moron”?"

There are two photos of Zohran Mamdani and his wife eating at a restaurant.

Michael Rapaport eating outside of a restaurant. There are some white canopy umbrellas around him and a tree in the background. Also the ocean and some fence.

Two photos. The first shows the outside of Nobu in Malibu. The second shows the area where Michael sat. There is the same tree, ocean, white canopy umbrellas, and fence.

The menu for Nobu in Malibu shows prices around $60. The menu for Omen Sushi in NYC shows prices around $35.

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S(pooky) @vidiot.bsky.social · 4h

The worst of the worst, according to the committed supporters of high-end handbag brands?

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 10h

Heavily armed ICE goons going after the terrible threat of Canal Street vendors

www.amny.com/news/ice-age...

ICE conducts raid on Chinatown’s Canal Street, multiple people detained as New Yorkers rage | amNewYork

The operation began at about 3 p.m. in the area of Centre and Canal Streets where ICE agents showed up to question street vendors as part of an alleged

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 9h

Also LOL this is what happens when you ask reporters to promise to only write what news you approve.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 10h

Two things I found newsworthy:

- this is from Washington Times!
- Hegseth’s inner circle has dwindled to his wife, his brother and his flack.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10h

‘He lost us’: Generals, senior officers say trust in Hegseth has evaporated
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oc...

‘He lost us’: Generals, senior officers say trust in Hegseth has evaporated

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has lost the trust and respect of some top military commanders, with his public “grandstanding” widely seen as unprofessional and the personnel moves made by the former ...

www.washingtontimes.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.

The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.

Details:

I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid

The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

www.thehandbasket.co

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 15h

Corrupt and tainted with a thousand vices

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S(pooky) @vidiot.bsky.social · 12h

In other news, does it count more when you light candles at a UNESCO World Heritage Site? I've done it twice in the past week.

Rack of candles at Strasbourg's cathedral.

Exterior of Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamps, France.

Interior of Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamps, France with rack of candles.

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S(pooky) @vidiot.bsky.social · 12h

I'm in France and am concluding my nightly ritual of checking into my lodging, looking at Bluesky & news alerts, & becoming sickened/horrified at what is going on with my country, its politics, and my industry. I have stuff to do & people I love, but my anxiety spikes when I think of heading home.

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Chris Newman @cnewman.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI- "60 Minutes" interview with former DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni on the jaw-dropping malfeasance in the persecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Please share, and do your part to "speak up and draw attention" to the grave violation of the Constitution. www.cbsnews.com/news/erez-re... #FreeKilmar

Fired Justice Department lawyer says he refused to lie in the Abrego Garcia case

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.

www.cbsnews.com

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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 1d

Destruction of the White House East Wing began today. Here it is in better times with better residents.

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S(pooky) @vidiot.bsky.social · 12h

Engineering News Record on the White House ballroom project and the oversight landscape: www.enr.com/articles/616...

White House Ballroom Build Advances as Oversight Gaps Emerge

Crews are remaking the East Wing for a $200-million White House ballroom as questions rise over design review and oversight.

www.enr.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16h

Let's see how that government ban on White House demolition photos is going.

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 17h

Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 14h

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.

In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 14h

He did the crimes, Senate and SCOTUS Republicans let him get away with them, he got reelected, Senate Republicans let him appoint his personal lawyers to run DOJ, and now he’s ordering his personal lawyers who run DOJ to give him $230 million of your money.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h

Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 13h

He has no idea what’s going on around him and doesn’t even care if we know it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

COLLINS: The NYT is reporting your legal team is seeking $230 million from your own DOJ now in response to the investigations into you. Is that something you want?

TRUMP: It could be, yeah. I don't even talk to them about it. All I know is they would owe me a lot of money. They rigged the election.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 13h

HOLD UP. Trump now says he’s demanding payment from the US taxpayers over the ‘Big Lie’ about the 2020 election? It was bad enough when the Times reported he was seeking payment over the federal probe into his handling of classified docs but now this too? This is batsh*t crazy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

COLLINS: The NYT is reporting your legal team is seeking $230 million from your own DOJ now in response to the investigations into you. Is that something you want?

TRUMP: It could be, yeah. I don't even talk to them about it. All I know is they would owe me a lot of money. They rigged the election.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

it's dizzying to me that stories like this -- a corrupt grift built on democracy-wrecking lies that culminated in a coup attempt -- barely breakthrough anymore. they're just daily background noise now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

COLLINS: The NYT is reporting your legal team is seeking $230 million from your own DOJ now in response to the investigations into you. Is that something you want?

TRUMP: It could be, yeah. I don't even talk to them about it. All I know is they would owe me a lot of money. They rigged the election.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

So we’re now paying federal taxes so Donald Trump can withdraw them from the Treasury like it’s his own personal bank account? Really?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

Trump will prosecute Swalwell before he prosecutes the people threatening to murder him

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 13h

DOJ declined to bring charges against two people who threatened to kill @ericswalwell.bsky.social this year, @nbcnews.com reports: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

In lighter news, bears like visiting the zoo too!

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13h

An employee at Sequoia Park Zoo in Northern California found a black bear who came in from the wild, introduced itself to the zoo’s bears and played with their toys, before being shown the exit.

Bear Breaks Into California Zoo to Mingle With Other Bears

Officials at Sequoia Park Zoo have no idea how the young bear got into the zoo and went “nose-to-nose” with the three bears there.

nyti.ms

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12h

I’m skeptical that a court can or will do this, but i think it has to be tried, because the GOP has descended to full lawlessness, and we don’t have any kind of government if the majority party can just refuse to recognize others.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 13h

NEW: The State of Arizona sues the House of Representatives, demanding that Speaker Mike Johnson seat Adelita Grijalva or that someone else be allowed to swear her in. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

PRAYER FOR RELIEF
Because there is no dispute as to Ms. Grijalva's election or qualifications, the Court should:
A. Issue a declaratory judgment stating that Ms. Grijalva shall be deemed a Member of the House of Representatives once she has taken the oath prescribed by law, see 5 U.S.C. § 3331;
B.
Issue a declaratory judgment stating that if Speaker Johnson has not administered
the oath, the oath may be administered to Ms. Grijalva by any person authorized by law to administer oaths under the law of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the State of
Arizona; and
C. Award other relief as the Court deems just and proper.
Dated: October 21, 2025
Respectfully submitted,
KRISTIN K. MAYES
Attorney General for the State of Arizona
By: /s/ Joshua D. Bendor
Joshua D. Bendor
D.D.C. Bar ID 031908
Solicitor General
Joshua A. Katz
Assistant Attorney General

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S(pooky) @vidiot.bsky.social · 17h

Thank goodness it was a bar. (However, the strongest thing I was drinking was double espresso.)

Gotta love an automobile museum with its own bar though.

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