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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 26m

I’m glad folks are finally starting to call this what it is: Trump & Vance’s campaign against Catholic parishes nationwide.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 28m

“Worshippers fled in fear as immigration agents appeared outside St. Jerome’s — part of Trump’s new campaign against Catholic parishes nationwide.”

www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/in-anti-ca...

In Anti-Catholic Crusade, Trump's ICE Targets Holy Mass in Chicago

Worshippers fled in fear as immigration agents appeared outside St. Jerome’s — part of Trump’s new campaign against Catholic parishes nationwide.

www.thelettersfromleo.com

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 21m

This is how authoritarianism cements itself in power and crushes opposition, all while the eggheads debate if it's fascism or something else.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING via WSJ

The Trump administration is planning sweeping changes in criminal division at the IRS.

Full Story: on.wsj.com/3LbVFtK

The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily, according to people familiar with the matter.
A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said.
The undertaking aims to install allies of President Trump at the IRS criminal-investigative division, or IRS-CI, to exert firmer control over the unit and weaken the involvement of IRS lawyers in criminal investigations, officials said. The proposed changes could open the door to politically motivated probes and are being driven by Gary Shapley, an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30m

Dismantling the VRA is their plan. An all out attack on black/brown representation that would give Republicans a hammer-lock on power.

A potentially 20-plus house seat shift. Pay attention.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 BREAKING
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has sent a formal demand letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, ordering him to swear in Adelita Grijalva immediately. More ⬇️

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 1d

Just a reminder

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

As I've noted, central to Stephen Miller's propaganda is the claim that the Chicago complex targeted by ICE was "filled" with Tren de Aragua "terrorists."

Now @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports that the number of TdA members netted in that raid is down to *one.*

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27m

LA Times now confirming our earlier reporting: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 1d

This administration keeps torching the Hatch Act—propaganda videos in airports, partisan emails on federal servers, even mass firings. It’s corruption with a flag pin. See something? Say something. Expose it through the whistleblower tip line.
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Italian in Nola @italianinnola.bsky.social · 1h

My brain read Allen Toussaint…

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3h

“Not going to be great” is quite the understatement by Fox here.

Tweet by FactPost (@factpostnews) reading: “Fox: The tariffs, 10% for lumber, 25% for cabinets, vanities, upholstered furniture. On January 1st, the tariff for cabinets and vanities increase to 50%, all the rest of the furniture to 30%. The cost of building materials has increased 34%. There is a concern that this is not going to be great for the home buying industry.” Below is a Fox Business screenshot showing a reporter in a lumber workshop with the headline “New tariffs on furniture & lumber take effect.”

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 3h

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 4h

Remember, brown 13-year-olds are hardened menaces to society, but 30-something Republican Hitler afficionados in positions of power are just li’l guys.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1h

"A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said."

Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups

The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.

www.wsj.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1h

I just keep thinking for all the damage Trump is doing unchecked, forgiving student loans was just too far.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2h

If Biden got in office and immediately started remodeling shit with shit remodeling, I think the Supreme Court would have somehow gotten involved.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 1h

This is authoritarianism.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1h

"A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said."

Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups

The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.

www.wsj.com

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 8h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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EB Estes @ebestes.bsky.social · 6h

Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be Young Republicans ...

‘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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i be knowing @nthatsthetruth.bsky.social · 23h

College itself isn’t a scam, but there is something scammy about the astronomical tuition costs & the fact that 18 year olds have to take out loans that they don’t understand

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 1d

19. Is college a scam? Why or why not?

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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Mary Anne Franks @maryannefranks.bsky.social · 23h

The Take it Down Act, which makes threatening to distribute nonconsensual intimate images a federal crime, was passed on May 19 of this year. According to reports, Mills made at least one threat after this date.

Quote from Daytona Beach News-Journal article: "In another message exchange, dated June 12, Langston said to Mills: "Leave me alone."

Mills replied: "Okay Linds. Get me his number and I can send him videos. Take care.""

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 23h

“Defense lawyers who have clients caught up in the case have expressed bafflement at what possible crime could have been committed…”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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