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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning.

Democrats have no obligation to vote for a budget that funds corruption and totalitarianism.

Trump is willing to do whatever it takes to destroy our democracy and pad the pockets of billionaires.

People don't want Democrats to wilt. They want us to fight.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3h

Hey this is not a moment to stay silent.

Oct 18th - No Kings Day - is our chance to show we won't accept the militarization of our citizens, the brazen corruption of the Trump family, and the destruction of our health care.

Find your local protest at nokings.org.

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Rachel Hurley @rachelandthecity.bsky.social · 2d

Doh!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 7h

Good statement that deserves to be shared widely.

Keith E. Whittington @kewhittington.bsky.social · 8h

A joint statement from Robert George (Princeton), Jeannie Suk Gersen (Harvard), Tom Ginsburg (Chicago), Robert Post (Yale), David Rabban (Texas) & Keith Whittington (Yale) on the Compact. A politically diverse group known for writing & work on campus issues.
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On the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education

By Professors Robert P. George (Princeton), Tom Ginsburg (Chicago), Robert Post (Yale), David Rabban (Texas), Jeannie Suk Gersen (Harvard), and Keith Whittington (Yale)

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Eric Alan Isaacson @eaisaacson.bsky.social · 8h

Country Singer Bryan Andrews Goes Viral Criticizing Christians ‘Who Laugh When Families Are Torn Apart’
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Country Singer Praised After Self-Proclaimed 'Crash Out' Against ‘Christian’ ICE Supporters Goes Viral

"You use Christianity as a shield to hide behind when you need to justify the hate that you have scolded into this world,” Bryan Andrews said.

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Eric Alan Isaacson @eaisaacson.bsky.social · 13h

Woman Is Granted a Protective Order Against Florida Congressman www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Woman Is Granted a Protective Order Against Florida Congressman

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Eric Alan Isaacson @eaisaacson.bsky.social · 21h

Richard Garnett writes in SCOTUSblog:
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The wrongheaded religious freedom narrative

Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression. [...

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Eric Alan Isaacson @eaisaacson.bsky.social · 1d

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. This is what the Republicans have become.
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‘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.

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Eric Alan Isaacson @eaisaacson.bsky.social · 1d

“Most recently, the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there,” Johnson added. “I mean, it’s getting really ugly.”
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‘It’s getting really ugly’: House speaker calls out Portland’s nude cycling protest

Portland’s nude cycling demonstration was met with criticism from U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, who claimed that the response to federal law enforcement is “getting really ugly&#8221…

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Eric Alan Isaacson @eaisaacson.bsky.social · 1d

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Portland's naked bike riders 'most threatening thing' he's seen
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House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Portland's naked bike riders 'most threatening thing' he's seen

The U.S. House Speaker's comment appeared to be a quip, but he said it while dismissing claims that federal officers are using excessive force.

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Eric Alan Isaacson @eaisaacson.bsky.social · 3d

“Roan is among hundreds of Hollywood stars who have denounced President Donald Trump's mass deportations and ICE raids”
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Homeland Security responds to Chappell Roan's explosive 'F* ICE' chant

The Department of Homeland Security hit back at pop star Chappell Roan after she slammed ICE during a recent concert at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles.

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Eric Alan Isaacson @eaisaacson.bsky.social · 5d

“This is a ‘perfect example of evolution in action,’ said Sam O’Donnell, a fungal genomicist at the University of Wisconsin ….”

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Why the Green Cheese Turned White

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Eric Alan Isaacson @eaisaacson.bsky.social · 7d

Inspired by Donald Trump and Turning Point USA, the real domestic terrorists are threatening to kill university scholars:
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Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

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Eric Alan Isaacson @eaisaacson.bsky.social · 7d

“ICE goes masked for a single reason — to terrorize Americans into quiescence,” a federal judge, William Young, wrote in a blistering 161-page First Amendment ruling handed down last week. “In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
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Opinion | ‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’

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DemCastDonGA @donshantajr.bsky.social · 8d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 8d

New Yorker profile of a small group of Los Angeles activists ("Peace Patrol") who videorecord ICE vehicles entering and exiting around Terminal Island at the city's port where the agency has a complex. /1

The Volunteers Tracking ICE in Los Angeles

How a small group of activists dubbed the “Peace Patrol” stymie the deployment of federal agents in California.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 8d

Former Tanzanian ambassador and outspoken government critic Humphrey Polepole has been abducted by unknown individuals, his family says. https://bbc.in/4mVyQrG

Tanzania should put a stop to deepening repression of media and government critics.

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Eric Alan Isaacson @eaisaacson.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks to Donald Trump's illegal tariffs: www.cbs8.com/article/news...

Spiny lobster prices crash as China stops buying, hurting San Diego fishermen

San Diego's spiny lobster fishermen are facing one of their toughest seasons in years as wholesale prices have crashed to near-record lows.

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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 8d

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Eric Alan Isaacson @eaisaacson.bsky.social · 8d

Exactly what you'd expect a dictator to say --
Trump says Chicago mayor and Illinois governor 'should be in jail' for not protecting ICE agents abcnews.go.com/US/texas-nat...

Trump says Chicago mayor and Illinois governor 'should be in jail' for not protecting ICE agents

Members of the Texas National Guard have been seen at an Army Reserve Training Center in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, ABC News has learned.

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Eric Alan Isaacson @eaisaacson.bsky.social · 8d

Talking as you’d expect a dictator to: Trump calls for jailing of Illinois governor and Chicago mayor in immigration standoff
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Trump calls for jailing of Illinois governor and Chicago mayor in immigration standoff

The president, who sent national guard troops to the city, said local officials failed to protect immigration agents.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 8d

New from me at The Dispatch: DHS says it's illegal to videotape ICE agents. That's not what the courts say. @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

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Eric Alan Isaacson @eaisaacson.bsky.social · 8d

“The rejection of charges by a grand jury, once extremely unusual, is growing more common in cities targeted by President Donald Trump with immigration raids, military deployments, and other federal resources …”
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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters (1)

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

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