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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 5h

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5h

Once again, trigger discipline of a guy playing a video game in an arcade. These rejects are playing Call of Duty on our streets.

Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 6h

Earlier on Canal Street, as agents attempted to disperse, one who I recognize from the courts pulled out a taser and threatened protester with it. @thecity.nyc

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

there are good & worthwhile historical & legal arguments for why the unitary executive is nonsense but to my mind the most straightforward argument is that it makes no logical sense that the president has absolute removal power over the people whose job it is to keep the executive branch accountable

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

The Inspector General system is basically broken now. Most IGs have been fired, most positions remain vacant. Those who remain or would take the job pose no risk to holding the regime accountable.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 7h

Here's the thing I don't understand. You can't as much as sneeze near a historic site in Washington without like 14 commissions, councils, and advisory boards giving you the okay. And everybody now is like...yup, fine with us? wtf?

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7h

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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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

Important to note that it's New York STATE that brought charges against the J6er that threatened Hakeem Jeffries. Not the DOJ.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 6h

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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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 6h

The Trump regime has an incredibly sophisticated and widespread propaganda machine behind it—from Fox News to techno-fascist owned social media—yet it’s still losing the messaging war, because no amount of propaganda will ever overcome the constant stream of lies and shit they’re spewing every day.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 5h

"Trump is going to invade American cities and bulldoze the White House" would have been seen as an alarmist liberal fever dream thing to say a year ago

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

Trump’s ICE goons get welcomed to New York

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

> @newyorker.com

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 4h

So this is going to give quite a few people some sleepless nights.

The Senate stacked a whole bunch of nominees into one hearing so that each one would only get a few questions. Ingrassia was expected to suck up all the Dem questions.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4h

over yonder

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wisemet well met @wisemet.bsky.social · 1h

Rage room. $15/ticket to swing a sledgehammer in there and on the concrete in the Rose Garden. It should raise enough money for the rest of the reno.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 3h

We are big fans of spending money on global health to protect American shores from health threats. But a critical component of any foreign aid package is accountability. Otherwise it’s just cowboying around in foreign countries.

We don’t want any Mark Thatchers running around. We need sunlight.

PEPFAR's Missing Data: Why Transparency Matters More Than Ever

The Trump administration has promised to preserve this lifesaving assistance. But since the start of the year, there has been no way to confirm if assistance is still reaching those who need it.

www.cgdev.org

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3h

This is from the Washington Times. The reason he is trying to arm up ICE and DHS is because the military won't do his bidding to take over cities

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3h

‘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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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 3h

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

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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

www.amny.com

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 3h

This is why I think Democrats need to let the GOP pass their budget. Let the voters see and feel what GOP government means. See if Ron is right about this not being a “gut-wrenching problem.”

People need to understand what GOP rule is: Pain and poverty.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Ron Johnson: "I don't think this is going to be any kind of gut-wrenching problem if these enhanced subsidies just go away. We'll probably have the weather the lies told by the Democrats. Democrats say all sorts of things that are untrue."

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wisemet well met @wisemet.bsky.social · 1h

I’d rather see Marc Elias on SCOTUS. Then make Larry Krasner or Sherrilyn Ifill AG.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2h

Good call. We've never gotten a full accounting of why this happened and just how it went down. We have a lot of clues. But we should go all the info.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

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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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 11h

Does seem like there’s a non-zero chance that the shutdown never really ends and that Congress has already abolished itself.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14h

I find it amazing too that Republicans’ boycott of Washington isn’t the biggest story of them all.

The shutdown can’t end if they refuse to show up for work.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 5h

AI assistants make widespread errors about the news, new research shows reut.rs/4qkIfvx

AI assistants make widespread errors about the news, new research shows

Leading AI assistants misrepresent news content in nearly half their responses, according to new research published on Wednesday by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

The provision of law barring ICE from turning away members of Congress is part of the annual appropriations bill. With the FY25 bill now expired and the government shut down, ICE is now saying they are no longer obligated to allow members entry; and their congressional visit process isn’t funded.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h

In Congressional Dem lawsuit against ICE for prohibiting their oversight entry, ICE provides a filing abt what is funding detention operations during shutdown. But it doesn't specify what is going where in how much.

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

8. Additionally, certain ICE operations during the lapse in annual appropriations are being unfed by appropritions made through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) ... Appropriations made through the OBBB are a distinct source of funding with defined amounts for specific purposes and are not used to fund all of ICE's operations throughout the lapse in appropriations.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 9h

NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."

Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Standing with Immigrants
Oct. 21, 2025
My dear brothers and sisters, today I speak to you as your shepherd, but also as a fellow pilgrim who shares the pain of many of our immigrant communities. Families are being torn apart. Children are left in fear, and communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants.
We stand with a mother who crosses borders to feed her children. We stand with the father who labors in silence to build a better future. We stand with the young person who dreams of safety and a better future. Our parishes and schools will not turn away those who seek comfort, and we will not be silent when dignity is denied in the enforcement of the law, it is essential that we respect the dignity of every human being.
Now I want to say something directly to those immigrants without documents. Most of you have been here for years. You have worked hard. You have raised families. You have contributed to this nation. You have earned our respect. As the Archbishop of Chicago, I will insist that you be treated with dignity. Americans should not forget that we all come from immigrant families.
You are our brothers and sisters. We stand with you.
God bless you all.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

So, per reporting from Zeteo’s Asawin Suebsaeng, in today’s new ‘First Draft’ newsletter, Trump tried to get a newly-divorced Russ Vought, Project 2025 architect & now budget chief, laid at Mar-a-Lago.

The details are, ahem, as crude as you’d expect from Trump.
zeteo.com/p/trump-shit...

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 8h

there is a new scandal as bad or worse than what got trump impeached the first time about every 48 hours

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 8h

North Carolina already one of most gerrymandered states. Now GOP passing new gerrymander giving Rs nearly 80% of seats in state where Trump got 51%. Specifically targets Black Dem Don Davis. This is preview of what post-Voting Rights Act America will look like www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged

North Carolina Republicans just passed a new Trump-inspired congressional map to oust a Black Democrat.

www.motherjones.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Goldman on Comer's role in the Epstein coverup: "That Oversight investigation very specifically does not ask for the types of evidence where Trump's name, likeness would be -- photos videos, audio, witness statements, the investigation origination documents. Oversight has not asked for those"

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