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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 36m

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...

Opinion | The ‘Sewer Socialism’ of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2h

ICYMI here is a quick explainer on why the strikes in the Caribbean are illegal and why you should care (hint: you might be next) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

So You've Decided to Target Random People with Military Force

Here's why it's illegal.

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Doremus Jessup @doremusjessup.bsky.social · 1h

Outrageous. The government lied to the grand jury to get the indictment, then lied, hid evidence, and deleted evidence during the trial.

www.wusa9.com/article/news...

Woman found not guilty of assaulting FBI agent during ICE arrest outside DC Jail

Sidney Lori Reid was acquitted after a three-day trial plagued with evidence issues.

www.wusa9.com

Doremus Jessup @doremusjessup.bsky.social · 2h

The unintended consequences of Trump saber rattling

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Venezuela Mobilizes Troops and Militias as U.S. Military Looms Offshore — The Wall Street Journal

Maduro says his country is ready for combat, though its military is underfunded, ill-trained and no match for American firepower

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2h

NEWS: Trump has filed a renewed, 40-page complaint against The New York Times, Penguin Random House, and multiple journalists. This followed the judge throwing out the first complaint.

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

Case 8:25-cv-02487-SDM-NHA
Document 9 Filed 10/16/25 Page 1 of 40 PagelD 175
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
Tampa Division
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, an individual,
Plaintiff,
Case No.
8:25-cv-02487-SDM-NHA
AMENDED COMPLAINT AND DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
V.
NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, a New York corporation, SUSANNE CRAIG, an individual, RUSS BUETTNER, an individual,
PETER BAKER, an individual, and PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LLC, a Delaware company,
Defendants.
Plaintiff, PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP ("President Trump"), by and
through his counsel, brings this action against Defendants, NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY (the "New York Times" or the "Times"), SUSANNE CRAIG ("Craig"), RUSS BUETTNER ("Buettner"), PETER BAKER ("Baker"), and PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LLC ("Penguin") (collectively, "Defendants"), and
alleges as follows:

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Doremus Jessup @doremusjessup.bsky.social · 2h

I wonder if prosecutors will use Bolton’s comments about Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information against him at his trial?

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 6h

How it started:

"Clinton tries to minimize the seriousness of her error by arguing... that having hundreds of her emails wholly or partly redacted before release is nothing but “classification in retrospect.” This dodge is either deceitful or utterly uneducated." - John Bolton

How it's going:

Owen From Ohio @owenfromohio.bsky.social · 6h

youtu.be/Y0R5PSc0t68?...

BREAKING: John Bolton indicted by federal grand jury

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Doremus Jessup @doremusjessup.bsky.social · 3h

Yes, thank you.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3h

“At a moment when U.S. forces are building up across the Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela are at a boiling point, the departure of our top military commander in the region sends an alarming signal of instability within the chain of command...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Doremus Jessup @doremusjessup.bsky.social · 3h

bad link

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 14h

I don't understand why the coverage of this incident gives credence to the claim that the Congressman needs law enforcement to get to the bottom of this. The American flag desecrated with a swastika was in his employee's cubicle! In view of his employee!

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

American Flag With Swastika Is Found in Republican Congressman’s Office

www.nytimes.com

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Doremus Jessup @doremusjessup.bsky.social · 3h

Tonight we saw Truth & Treason based on the true story of Helmuth Hübener.

Highly recommend.

youtu.be/VAuPyP6Pu38?...

TRUTH & TREASON Official Final Trailer (2025) Thriller Movie HD

YouTube video by Rapid Trailer

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 6h

"From on or about April 9, 2018, through on or about September 15, 2019, on a regular basis, BOLTON sent diary-like entries to Individuals 1 and 2 that contained information classified up to the TOP SECRET/SCI level."

11. From on or about April 9, 2018, through on or about September 15, 2019, on a

regular basis, BOLTON sent diary-like entries to Individuals 1 and 2 that contained information classified up to the TOP SECRET/SCI level. BOLTON wrote many of these diary-like entries by transcribing his handwritten notes from his day's activities into word processing documents, which

he then electronically sent to Individuals 1 and 2 through a commercial non-governmental

messaging application. On other occasions, BOLTON used his personal non-governmental email accounts, such as email accounts hosted by AOL and Google, to email information classified up to the TOP SECRET/SCI level to Individuals 1 and/or 2 at their personal email accounts. At no point did BOLTON have authorization to store or transmit the classified information that he sent to

Individuals 1 and 2 via his personal electronic devices and accounts. Nor did, at any time, Individuals 1 or 2 have authorization to know or store the classified information that BOLTON

gave to them.

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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 6h

@kenwhite.bsky.social is it generally a good idea for a client and their personal confidants, while sharing TS/SCI information as an extralegal kitchen-NSC of sorts, to put in writing things such as "None of which we talk about!!!", "Shhhhh.", and "More to come with cloak and dagger..." ?

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8h

Judge Sooknanan gave 3 adverse instructions against the government.

1) The FBI victim's testimony was inconsistent.
2) They provided evidence belatedly.
3) Self defense/excessive force.

This is why a credible US Attorney would have dropped the case.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Instruction # 24: EVALUATION OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT STATEMENT OF A
WITNESS
You have heard evidence that Agent Bates made a statement on an earlier occasion and
that this statement may be inconsistent with her testimony here at trial. It is for you to decide
whether the witness made such a statement and whether in fact it was inconsistent with the
witness’s testimony here. If you find such an inconsistency, you may consider the earlier statement
in judging the credibility of the witness, but you may not consider it as evidence that what was
said in the earlier statement was true.

Instruction # 23: LATE DISCLOSURE OR NON-DISCLOSURE OF EVIDENCE
The Court has found that the Government made late disclosures of certain video evidence
and text messages to the Defendant. As a result, the Defendant did not have the opportunity to
investigate that evidence and possibly present additional evidence related to that video evidence
and text messages. You may consider the Government’s failure to timely disclose that evidence
and give it as much weight as in your judgment it deserves.

Instruction # 22: SELF DEFENSE
Every person has the right to use a reasonable amount of force in self-defense if she
(1) actually and reasonably believes that the use of force was necessary to defend herself against
the immediate use of excessive force, and (2) uses no more force than was reasonably necessary
in the circumstances. The question is not whether looking back on the incident you believe that
the use of force was necessary. The question is whether Ms. Reid, under the circumstances as they
appeared to her at the time of the incident, used no more force than was reasonably necessary to
defend against what Ms. Reid actually and reasonably believed to be excessive force by Officer
Liang and Agent Bates. You should evaluate the reasonableness of Ms. Reid belief based on both
what she knew and what she reasonably could have determined from the surrounding
circumstances. Self-defense can provide a complete defense to the charge here.
Excessive Force Defined

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8h

Sydney Reid acquitted.

This was a case where someone filming was assaulted, and then arrested and charged with felony assault.

The grand jury no billed that, so they took her to trial on a misdemeanor charge. There were a bunch of discovery problems.

And now this.

Kudos to the FPDS!

A verdict form for Sydney Lori Reid. She was found Not Guilty.

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LAL - Free Łink @lindli.bsky.social · 8h

fucking cruel and unusual in every sense

ACLU of New Mexico @aclunm.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING: Doña Ana County Detention Center is conducting violent and unwarranted paramilitary training operations on incarcerated people. We're representing six clients who are suing to stop this inhumane practice.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 8h

Lol that the London No Kings event is called No Tyrants because…you know…

www.nokings.org#map

A box overlaid on a map showing southern England, with London prominently marked. The box features bold black text reading:

"NO TYRANTS
INDIVISIBLE
LONDON UK"

Below this heading, the event details are listed:

Date: Sat, Oct 18

Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

Location: US EMBASSY LONDON (UK)

The time and date information is accompanied by red calendar and map pin icons. At the bottom of the flyer is a large red button labeled “RSVP” in white text.

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Doremus Jessup @doremusjessup.bsky.social · 7h

It's not just the one group. There are subgroups.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/764_(or...

764 (organization) - Wikipedia

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 9h

a) this story is horrifying
b) Trump's push to divert FBI agents onto immigration enforcement has moved resources away from continuing investigations of 764

‘It broke me’: Inside the FBI hunt for the online predators who persuaded a 13-year-old to die

The suicide of a 13-year-old from Washington state set off a years-long global investigation to find an elusive online user called “White Tiger.”

www.washingtonpost.com

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 8h

Trump’s tariffs destroyed the Chinese market for US soybean farmers

He promised to help the farmers-but now says he can’t, because of the shutdown

Yet he gave Argentina a $20 billion bailout

Now China is buying soybeans from Argentina-in record numbers

#TrumpShutdownBadForUS

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WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 8h

No wannabe king is going to silence us!

Millions of Americans are taking to the streets again to say #NOKINGS

We are not spectators to history, we are making history. app.sosha.ai/s/xuEjmPM4

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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 16h

We wanted to know what it was like to own a Cybertruck. So @zoeschiffer.bsky.social went to the desert got this absolutely amazing quotes (and Michelle Groskopf took the pictures!) www.wired.com/story/owning...

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Gore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 11h

OK the wife quote is absolutely NOT the best part of the Cybertruck article

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