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Claire Battle @clairebattle.bsky.social · 4h

I'm pleasantly surprised she also used this as an opportunity to call out the slander against Mamdani.

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 14h

wrote about how Dr. Phil pivoted to wholesale MAGA punditry after leaving daytime TV to start his own company—and why his Trump friendship and ICE ride-alongs couldn't save his new venture from the bankruptcy proceedings that now have him tied up in court slate.com/business/202...

He Used to Dominate Daytime TV. Now He’s Sucking Up to Trump—and His Media Empire Is Collapsing.

When Dr. Phil signed off his talk show in 2023, he pivoted to MAGA politics. It’s not working so well for him.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 10h

Please keep in mind this is a developing story. We're working on updating with more info as we get it.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 10h

NEW — For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in a Chicago residential area.

Members of the media, Chicago police officers on the scene for crowd control, and the broader nearby community were also exposed to the tear gas.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

Federal agents gas Chicago’s East Side • The TRiiBE

For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods.

thetriibe.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 9h

This is not morally or legally different than lining up two dozen men and shooting them in the face.

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

Brett Kavanaugh, appearing to be thinking

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

my father (a retired white engineer who has been in oklahoma for 40 years) is my weathervane for what normal people who just watch the news periodically think, and he was like “so, they want to call the guard out on a bunch of kids wearing frog suits? is that true?”, the admin is losing the PR war

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 2d

Current view outside the Broadview, around 50 or so people with lawn chairs, yoga mats sitting a listening to speeches from Jane Goodall.

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Claire Battle @clairebattle.bsky.social · 3d

@jimdoppke.bsky.social in case you somehow missed

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Claire Battle @clairebattle.bsky.social · 3d

At the time this would have had to have been explained to me as "the lady from 'Baby Boom'" making the videos. Now: 🤯 Related: I suspect "Baby Boom" has aged better than a lot of the other comedies from that time.

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Claire Battle @clairebattle.bsky.social · 3d

Also realizing that I may need to learn a brass instrument in order to achieve my final form.

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Claire Battle @clairebattle.bsky.social · 3d

Pleased to report Stereolab are in fine form. A vigorous and generous performance.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 4d

Comey/Fitzgerald 1 - DOJ/Halligen 0

Fitzgerald gets the judge to issue an order contrary to the DOJ’s claims on a routine discovery matter. They are terrible at this.

Comey asked for a speedy trial because he believes DOJ won’t be ready.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 4d

Also, looks like Pat Fitzgerald is already losing his patience with Lindsey Halligan. The feds are holding up a routine discovery order.

"As of the date of this filing, the defense has received one page of discovery."

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...

Mr. Comey asserts that the first set of pretrial motions due on October 20,
2025, which the Court ordered at the arraignment hearing, demands that discovery
be produced on Monday, October 13, 2025. Naturally, at least some of this discovery
will inform the bases for the vindictive and selective prosecution motion that is to be
filed on October 20, 2025. As of the date of this filing, the defense has received one
page of discovery. The government contends that the term “deadline for pretrial
motions” refers to the deadline for the second tranche of pretrial motions, October 30,
2025.
To be able to fully articulate all bases for the first tranche of pretrial motions
including the vindictive and selective nature of this case; to be able to effectively
defend Mr. Comey; and because it is the plain language of the standard discovery
order, Mr. Comey respectfully requests that the Court enter the additional proposed
order making clear that “the deadline for pretrial motions” referenced in the standard
discovery order is the first pretrial motions deadline of October 20, 2025.

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Claire Battle @clairebattle.bsky.social · 3d

#gopdeathcult

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 3d

The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 2/4

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 4d

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

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Claire Battle @clairebattle.bsky.social · 4d

Ok, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 4d

Just started reading the written opinion by Judge Perry in the Chicago nat'l guard case. Jeebus, the basic record facts are startling. As Perry recounts them, the protests were uneventful UNTIL the feds showed up & then all hell broke loose. Opinion here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Screenshot from a page of the opinion. I've highlighted the following two portions:

On September 12, there were between eighty and one hundred protestors present outside
of the ICE Processing Center singing, chanting, and holding small musical instruments. Id.
Around 10:00 a.m., twenty to thirty federal agents parked across the street and walked toward the
ICE Processing Center in camouflage tactical gear with masks covering their faces, which
represented a “noticeable shift” from the way agents had previously approached the building. Id.

and

Throughout the rest of the day, the crowd chanted, and some
individuals stood in the driveway to the ICE Processing Center. Id. ICE intermittently grabbed
those people to move them physically out of the driveway. Id. ICE agents eventually gave a
dispersal order through a loudspeaker, threatening to deploy chemical agents if the protestors did
not leave. Id. Approximately twenty to thirty minutes later, ICE deployed tear gas and pepper
spray at the crowd. Id

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Claire Battle @clairebattle.bsky.social · 4d

So much alarming stuff going on in the world to share and comment on, but apparently my Bluesky feed needed a rebalancing towards music geekery this week. And hey, "If there's been a way to build it, there'll be a way to destroy it...."

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Claire Battle @clairebattle.bsky.social · 4d

About to go see the mighty Stereolab, one of my faves for over 30 years and more relevant than ever. Just discovered a culturally eclectic good friend was not hip to them, so of course sent them straight to @fluxblog.bsky.social 's crucial overview! open.substack.com/pub/fluxblog...

Fluxblog 537: all Stereolab edition

A few days ago Stereolab released Instant Holograms on Metal Film, their first album of new material in 15 years.

open.substack.com

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Claire Battle @clairebattle.bsky.social · 5d

This song hit me in the gut as a teenager and only hits harder with time and experience (in my case, both parenting and being parented). Love you forever, Scrawl and hope I will finally get to see you perform someday.

Claire Battle @clairebattle.bsky.social · 5d

One of the reasons I stay on FB (in addition to scanning the local mom group and now, ICE sightings) is a long-running music geek group. Today's prompt was "songs written in the second person". Naturally I thought of this #scrawl classic which uses this technique to emotionally devastating effect.