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Grant Smith @grantmeaccess.bsky.social · 3h

In the last decade, West Virginia’s jails were the deadliest in the country. Overcrowding problems have persisted for years along with ongoing staffing shortages. westvirginiawatch.com/2025/10/09/t...

Three West Virginia jails holding country’s ICE detainees are overcapacity, new data shows • West Virginia Watch

Three West Virginia jails holding immigrant detainees are over capacity, according to data from the state’s corrections division.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Grant Smith @grantmeaccess.bsky.social · 2d

Several former E.P.A. officials said that the technology they had developed for testing wastewater could be used for surveillance in states where abortion is illegal. In an extreme case wastewater testing could help identify a street or home where the pills were used www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills

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Grant Smith @grantmeaccess.bsky.social · 2d

Once Brockman was handcuffed and placed in the van, the agents pulled out, clipping the rear bumper off of a stopped car partially blocking their path and speeding away past an approaching elongated CTA bus and through the busy intersection.

Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 2d

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WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 3d

The organizers behind the No Kings Day of Action on October 18 -- the event Johnson called a "hate America rally" -- have this to say in response.

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings coalition issued the following statement"

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Grant Smith @grantmeaccess.bsky.social · 3d

“Turn around or you’re going to get the dog,” an officer said. “We’re going to put you in cuffs, or you’re going to get the dog.”

The officers struck Miranda from behind, which caused him to collapse before he was taken away in an unmarked van.

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 3d

VIDEO: ICE detains, threatens Oregon man despite U.S. citizenship

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon man and U.S. citizen is seeking damages after he said he was stopped and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement without cause. Frank Miranda said he was d…

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 3d

the auditors from Office Space with a speech bubble indicating that one of them is saying the text of bari's memo

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Grant Smith @grantmeaccess.bsky.social · 3d

American agricultural workers, who must compete in the same marketplace for jobs, will also likely see significant cuts to their own pay, experts said. In some states the resulting wages for H-2A workers will be well below state minimum wages. prospect.org/politics/tru...

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Barry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · 7d

"At least 15 government oversight websites were down—and with them, access to watchdog reports and required hotline and whistleblower links—as of Wednesday evening. That's not due to the federal shutdown that began at midnight; it's a deliberate move by the White House." @almsnatalie.bsky.social

Trump administration knocks out at least 15 oversight websites, saying IGs 'lied to the public'

It's not a shutdown issue: the White House is withholding funds from the umbrella organization for the government's inspectors general.

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Grant Smith @grantmeaccess.bsky.social · 3d

"For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Death Threats

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Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 3d

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of President Donald Trump, was indicted for bank fraud on Thursday as the administration seeks to use government power against those who have pursued investigations into him or publicly resisted his agenda.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 4d

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 5d

amazing fact check from yesterday's senate oversight hearing

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 4d

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
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The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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Grant Smith @grantmeaccess.bsky.social · 4d

A Reuters/Ipsos poll found some 39% of Democrats said they were very concerned about the shutdown, while 12% of Republicans said the same. www.reuters.com/world/us/who...

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 5d

Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 4d

58% of Americans - including half of Republicans - think the president should send armed troops only to face external threats, a sign of unease as President Donald Trump increasingly deploys National Guard troops to police American cities, a @reuters.com poll found.

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Grant Smith @grantmeaccess.bsky.social · 5d

The poll was conducted in the days after Trump told an unusual meeting of hundreds of generals and admirals summoned from around the world to Virginia that the US faces an "enemy within" and as he deploys armed troops to patrol Democratic-led cities www.reuters.com/world/us/mos...

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 5d

Have you have been following the Defense Department's attempt to prevent reporters with credentials from publishing anything that hasn't been approved? Well, by sticking together they appear to have won that fight. But there's more coming. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b... [gift article]

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Grant Smith @grantmeaccess.bsky.social · 5d

"It's absolutely, absolutely the definition of dictatorship and fascism," said Randy Manner, a retired Army major general who served as acting vice chief of the National Guard Bureau under both Republican and Democratic administrations before retiring in 2012. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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