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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4h

Federal officials telling social media companies to take down posts was supposedly a free speech crisis. It’s not even really hypocrisy, since the right was lying about much of it.
And this isn’t misinformation, foreign influence ops, or public health, just 1A-protected speech the govt doesn’t like.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

And they‘re all such overt creepy losers. Subormals.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 4h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

First the Trump regime fired 1,300 CDC workers. Then it rehired about half of them.

Those who remain fired include key officials working on injury and violence prevention and crucial health statistics.

This hurts federal workers and puts us all at risk in a public health emergency.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4h

More of this, please.

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 4h

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Curmudge1 @curmudge1.bsky.social · 4h

Cartoon: Caught off guard! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Cartoon: Caught off guard!

A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related |� Vance hints at expansion of Trump’s police ...

www.dailykos.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

🚨BREAKING: Federal court DENIES Indiana motion to dismiss lawsuit challenging Indiana’s new law — Senate Bill 10 — banning the use of student ID for voting. www.democracydocket.com/cases/indian...

🚨 Count US IN v. Morales

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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Aaron Brakel @junolocal.bsky.social · 20h

No Kings!!! Juneau, October 18 at noon at the Whale.

No Tsars No Kings protest rally flyer. Protest is Juneau, October 18, at the Whale. Hosted by Juneau Indivisible and Juneau for Democracy. Accepting non perishable donations for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: Counsel for James Comey confirms that his defense team plans to file a motion challenging the lawfulness of Lindsey Halligan’s appointment as interim U.S. Attorney.

Motion will be heard and decided by an out-of-district judge.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria Division
United States of America
v.
James Comey
Defendant.
Case No. 1:25CR272-MSN
NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE MOTION ON UNLAWFUL APPOINTMENT
Please take notice that on October 20, 2025, James Comey, by counsel, will
file his motion to dismiss challenging the lawfulness of the appointment of the
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. See, e.g., United States
v. Garcia, Crim No. 2:25-CR-00230-DGC-BNW, ECF No. 39 D. Nev. Sept. 30,
2025); United States v. Giraud, et al., Crim No. 1:24-768-MWB, ECF Nos. 144, 145
(D.N.J. Aug. 21, 2025).
The Court advised at arraignment that such motion will require designation
of and assignment to an out-of-district judge to hear and resolve that motion. See 28
U.S.C. § 292(b); Minute Order, ECF No. 19 (Oct. 8, 2025). Thus, in the interest of efficiency and to avoid any unnecessary delay in such process, Mr. Comey files the
instant Notice to formally alert the Court.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES COMEY
By Counsel
Is/
Patrick J. Fitzgerald
Michigan Bar No. P86579 (pro hac vice)
Jessica N. Carmichael

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Josh Campbell @joshscampbell.bsky.social · 10h

The Supreme Court just declined an appeal from right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. He was seeking to overturn a $1.4 billion libel judgment over his lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/p...

Supreme Court rebuffs Alex Jones’ effort to overturn $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment | CNN Politics

The Supreme Court declined an appeal from Alex Jones on Tuesday, brushing aside the right-wing conspiracy theorist’s effort to overturn a $1.4 billion libel judgment a lower court ordered against him ...

www.cnn.com

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 11h

1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.

Quid Pro Presidency

Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 7h

The whites are literally arguing it's literally *unconstitutional* if they're not OVERREPRESNTED in Congress.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 7h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 7h

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

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Mickey Lenin @thepolitburo.bsky.social · 7h

By order of his sloshiness, Plastered Pete, every member of the US military must confirm, in writing, that they have watched his bellicose “no fatties” rant to the generals.

Seriously. This is an official directive.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6h

If you read one story ahead of tomorrow's Supreme Court argument, make it this one. The fate of the VRA and the 2026 elections potentially hang in the balance. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Fair Elections — and Perhaps Control of Congress — at Stake as SCOTUS Hears Challenge to VRA

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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akmk @akmk.bsky.social · 5h

US generals and admirals now weighing how to respond when Trump issues illegal orders

Historian Sean Wilentz and former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal have some keen insights on the rapid deterioration of civil-military relations under Trump, in a YouTube video posted by Legal AF on Su...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

"Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs; the [Willamette River] shall swarm with frogs which shall come up into your house...

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7d

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Vivian Faith Prescott @alaskapoet.bsky.social · 1d

“Through a single descendant’s voice that speaks to the Indigenous Sámi diaspora, this collection of poems is a journey through colonialism, transgenerational trauma, and identity.”

upcolorado.com/university-o...

#AlaskaSky #indigenous

University Press of Colorado - Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap

The Alaska Literary Series "Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap brought me to tears, anger, and some laughter. This search for cultural identity can be a painful one for it often brings up family se...

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Vividity @i-vividity.bsky.social · 1d

"Historians are not denigrating historical actors or the nation when they uncover sordid parts of our past. Historians study how and why societies change." Such an important distinction by @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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สุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 20h

Lingít songs at pick up today ♥️

I love that the kids are singing in their jackets and backpacks. Culture is celebrated everyday.

Happy Indigenous people’s day! #indigenouspeoplesday

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Wait. We get paid?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Sean Duffy says the No Kings protests this Saturday are “really frustrating” because they are all paid Antifa people.

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 22h

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