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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1h

And another update: A grand jury has handed up an indictment against Juan Espinoza Martinez, the man accused of soliciting the murder of top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino:

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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 1h

Gov. Spencer Cox signaled Tuesday he may support an expansion of the five-justice Utah Supreme Court, a move weighed — then abandoned — by a disgruntled Republican supermajority Legislature earlier this year.

Does the Utah Supreme Court need more justices? Gov. Cox is thinking about it.

Gov. Spencer Cox signaled Tuesday he may support an expansion of the five-justice Utah Supreme Court, a move weighed — then abandoned — by a disgruntled Republican supermajority Legislature earlier this year.

www.sltrib.com

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 1h

Here's another Kavanaugh stop in action. Agent says: "Why are you running?" Admitting that he had no cause to stop and tackle this boy.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2h

One of my only remaining joys is that every single time Amy Coney Barrett makes a stupid argument, Ketanji Brown Jackson gets a chance to follow up and illustrate her stupidity.
And this will happen again, and again, for the rest of Barrett's life.

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 2h

Wonder if Ron Howard can see it…

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 2h

It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 2h

It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 2h

oof

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2h

When asked which Senators he admired, he rattled off Bernie and Chris Van Hollen and Ed Markey but he also said Josh Hawley as the lone Republican so I guess you can read that how you want

In Collins’ hometown, Platner brings his grassroots pitch to The County • Maine Morning Star

Graham Platner, the progressive, union-backed oysterman challenging longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, has been making national headlines and turning out large crowds at town halls in southe...

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 2h

Incredible stuff.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Lisa McClain: "We don't need to do political stunts and storm the Speaker's office -- we just have the facts on our side."

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 2h

I’m a bit surprised she hasn’t.

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2h

Adelita Grijalva should just show up to one of these smarm conferences with a bible in hand and say, "Why not now?"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 2h

They’re getting more and more worried, aren’t they?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2h

Oof, relatable disclosure in Illinois's/Chicago's National Guard case: One of Judge Perry's law clerks tried to text a fellow clerk to complain about DOJ, accidentally texted a friend who worked for the opposing party (IL AG's office)

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social • 15m
U.S. District Judge April Perry just took the bench for this morning's status hearing in Illinois v. Trump, over deployment of the National Guard.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social • 10m
Perry called everyone in to make a disclosure. After listening to 9th Circuit oral arguments on Nat Guard over the weekend, Perry says one of her clerks realized the government had taken a position there
"inconsistent" with what had been said in Perry's courtroom.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social • 8m
That frustrated law clerk texted someone they "believed" to be another law clerk, but who turned out to be a "friend of theirs who works at the Illinois attorney general's office."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social • 7m
That clerk realized what they'd done within about 90 seconds, deleted/edited the message and asked the friend if they'd read it. The friend said they'd "seen enough to know it was not meant for them."

Jon Seidel
@jonseidel.bsky.social
Bottom line: Perry says that clerk will no longer be working on this case, going forward.
Neither side made a motion based on this disclosure, but I didn't hear anyone rule it out, either.
Either way, hearing adjourned.
October 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM

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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 2h

A minor example of what can happen when we refuse to use their language and force them to use ours.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 2h

Justice Kavanaugh in the Callais oral argument keeps alluding to some longstanding requirement of strict scrutiny that use of race have a time limit. This is invented.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2h

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

www.nytimes.com

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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 2h

Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 2h

Bradley probably has a crush.

bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 2h

interesting…

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3h

Just watched this clip where Gavin Newsom was asked about AIPAC by podcaster Van Lathan Jrand he says it's an interesting question no less than 10 times in 60 seconds

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Jonah Newman @jonahshai.bsky.social · 3h

I know advocates and attorneys have been calling for Chief Judge Evans to do this. But I'm wondering how this order can possibly be enforced. Are sheriff's deputies (who run security at court buildings) going to detain ICE officers they see trying to arrest people on courthouse grounds?

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 17h

NEWS: Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans issued an order today meant to prevent immigration arrests -- "civil arrest" -- for individuals attending court proceedings in Cook County.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 5h

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 3h

An American journalist was brutalized while in Israeli custody and reports being threatened with pepper spray and rape.

Yet U.S. officials are silent about the abuse of their citizens by one of America's closest allies and Israel's utter disregard for press freedom. There's no excuse.

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 1d

Noa Avishag Schnall -- @noavi on IG -- a photojournalist who reported from the Conscience for @dropsitenews.com, has been released from Israeli detention.

Here she is just before her illegal abduction in international waters, and here she is after she was treated viciously in detention.

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 3h

It’s not even a hole either.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h

A team of researchers analyzed the anatomical dimensions of an infamous imprint on a Chicago sidewalk, sifting through photos and measuring mammal specimens in museum collections to put what they were seeing in context.

Their conclusion? The Chicago Rat Hole was not made by a rat.

The Chicago Rat Hole Was Not Made by a Rat

A statistical analysis of an infamous indentation in a sidewalk suggested a 99 percent likelihood that another rodent made the mark.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

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bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social · 10h

38 variations

WTF

Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 10h

Taylor Swift set a new record for first-week album sales, reaching 4M+ by releasing 38 variations of Life of a Showgirl, an increasingly popular strategy (Elias Leight/Wall Street Journal)

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