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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 1h

So let me get this right. ICE got a bajillion dollars in the OBBBA to hire hundreds of thousands of agents, which they're behind on actually doing, but they're too poor to afford a couple of bodycams. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

ICE would need more money to expand use of bodycams in Chicago crackdown, official says

ICE's deputy field office director said ICE agents have worn no cameras working at a facility in Broadview that has been the site of protests.

www.nbcnews.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2h

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

Oh

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire
East Wing

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 8h

me at NK2:

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Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 18h

When Truman renovated the White House, he “relied on congressional appropriation and formal oversight by the Commission of Fine Arts and NCPC.”
Trump claims unilateral executive authority to demolish the East Wing & build a ballroom that he alone wants.
#UnitaryExecutive

www.enr.com/articles/616...

The now-
former
East
Wing, complet ed in
1942 to house the first lady's office nd
WIST COLONNADE
ROSE GARDEN
JACQUELINE KENNEDY
MANATE
Diagram showing the White House complex with the planned ballroom addition (outlined at right) extending east from the existing East Wing beyond the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. Image by Belbury, based on prior work by Sushiflinger and ZooFari/CC BY-SA 3.0
support staff, presents significant engineering challenges. Any addition must

Unlike the Truman reconstruction, which relied on congressional appropriation and formal oversight by the Commission of Fine Arts and NCPC, this expansion is proceeding under the notion of executive authority over the residence.

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 17h

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Unitary Executive:

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING

President Trump is demanding that the DOJ pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.

Any settlement will ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit.

Full Story: nyti.ms/3WNm2sv

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Alexander C. Kaufman @alexckaufman.bsky.social · 2d

Something unusual just happened in Oregon: A utility asked for a rate *decrease*

Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 2d

In his latest article for Latitude Media, @alexckaufman.bsky.social reports that Idaho Power has requested a nearly 1% rate cut in Oregon after retiring a 522 MW coal plant and eliminating related regulatory liabilities.

www.latitudemedia.com/news/after-c...

After closing coal plants, Idaho Power is the rare utility cutting rates

The utility asked regulators to lower electricity rates in Oregon, even as its peers raise them — and Trump pushes coal as the solution.

www.latitudemedia.com

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 1d

He must’ve also missed out on School House Rock

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

That’s seven.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/uni...

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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 2d

It's this photo if you missed it, savaging the East Wing to make a vanity ballroom.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 2d

Not ideal

Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 2d

New: The federal judiciary's administrative arm today said it had furloughed all of its employees as a result of the government shutdown, though some will still do some excepted work. It has roughly 1,250 employees. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

US judiciary begins furloughing employees during government shutdown

The U.S. federal judiciary's administrative arm on Monday said it is furloughing its employees after the court system exhausted what funds it had to sustain paid operations during a government shutdown now in its 20th day.

www.reuters.com

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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 3d

"If President Biden had sent the weaponry needed to Ukraine ...we wouldn't be in this war," says Katie Britt. Trump "has met with Zelensky more times in his 9 months...than President Biden did his entire time."

The reason Zelensky meets with Trump is to plead for help. He didn't have to beg Biden.

Transcript: Sen. Katie Britt on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Oct. 19, 2025

The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Katie Britt, Republican of Alabama, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Oct. 19, 2025.

www.cbsnews.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d

Welp.

They added that the US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier.
Though Ukraine ultimately managed to swing Trump back to endorsing a freeze of the current front lines, the acrimonious meeting appeared to reflect the capricious nature of Trump's position on the war and his willingness to endorse Putin's maximalist demands.

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casey morell @caseym.org · 3d

surprise of the day: hearing chromatics playing on a convenience store's playlist

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 3d

Mike Johnson warned us about "Antifa's Hate America Rally." We sent Sarah Matthews to the #NoKings protest in Washington, D.C. to investigate. Check it out:

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 3d

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

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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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve got a history of being vocally Fine with people snitchtagging in my mentions, but just to be clear: That position does not apply to snitchtagging the admin’s new Bluesky accounts in my replies.

Instant block. No warning. Even if you follow me. Even if we’ve interacted before.

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abross.bsky.social @abross.bsky.social · 2d

This article is from 20 months ago, does not reflect current reality.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

Illinois continues to lead the way as the number one state in the Midwest for clean energy jobs.

www.dailyherald.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

KARL: “Why haven’t you sworn in Adelita Grijalva?”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I’m following the Pelosi precedent with Letlow.”

KARL: “But that was the date Letlow requested.”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: 🤷🏼

#EpsteinFilesCoverUp

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 3d

The president has one core job under the Constitution: to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Not thwarted, diverted, blunted, revised or ignored. Faithfully executed.

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Judith A. Miller @1789jam.bsky.social · 4d

Some photos from today’s No Kings Paris. Great mood—festive but serious about the state of tihngs. Was careful not to take photos of faces and to ask permission to post. #NoKings #Paris #IndivisibleParis

A dancing green frog in a costume like those in Portland.

A sign saying in both french and English, The Frogs in Paris support the frogs of Portland.

A sign saying So MUCH WRONG so little cardboard and listing many of Trump’s crimes.

A sign with joined hands of many races and the Statue of Liberty saying America was built by immigrants.

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 4d

A helicopter shot of No Kings protesters marching to Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Our Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves over what we have allowed America to become under the fascist authoritarian rule of Trump. 🙌💪👏✊️🇺🇸👇

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 4d

No Kings protests are very impressive and moving. Any sign of large protests in Republican states or cities?

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