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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 3h

Axios: "The most expensive political ad campaign of the year is being run by the Department of Homeland Security."

DHS has spent "at least $51 million this year on ads thanking President Trump for securing the border, according to AdImpact."

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

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WFIU/WTIU News @wfiuwtiunews.bsky.social · 49m

The Indiana University Media School fired its Director of Student Media Tuesday, one week after he says he was ordered by administrators to remove news from the Indiana Daily Student print edition. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social

IU fires leader of student media, including Indiana Daily Student

Editors at the Indiana Daily Student said Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush refused to tell students to remove news from an upcoming special print edition.

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Jill Geisler @jillgeisler.bsky.social · 19h

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/w...

WGN-TV producer hires attorney to ‘pursue all legal avenues’ after ICE detention

Debbie Brockman and her legal team “adamantly deny” allegations that she assaulted federal officers during an immigration enforcement action.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Jill Geisler @jillgeisler.bsky.social · 1d

Yes.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Joint statement from the networks declining to agree with the Pentagon's new press policy. Fox News, Pete Hegseth's former employer, is a signatory.

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Jill Geisler @jillgeisler.bsky.social · 1d

This excellent piece describes the essential role of Pentagon reporters and the loss to the country if they would agree to be muzzled.
www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 1d

“The companies might be getting a handout, but the miners ain’t getting none,” said Hairston, 71, a retired coal miner from WV who is the president of the National Black Lung Association. Mr. Hairston has been living with black lung disease since he was in his 40s. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 1d

Editors and reporters say they’ll continue to cover the US military thoroughly, with or without press credentials. Some well-known members of the Pentagon press corps have used the credentialing controversy to encourage tipsters to get in touch with them.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 2d

WaPo - A historic wave of retirements and other departures has swept through the federal workforce in recent months, putting enormous strain on agencies as they cope with a new government shutdown and administration layoffs. wapo.st/4q3jsfD

Historic wave of retirements is putting huge strains on the government

Tens of thousands of federal employees have taken retirement or other voluntary departures on top of the Trump administration’s latest layoffs.

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Jill Geisler @jillgeisler.bsky.social · 1d

Solid reporting. Worth a read:

Meg Anderson @meganders.bsky.social · 1d

"These are just the tip of the iceberg ... People being tackled, people getting pepper sprayed or tear gassed. We've seen people getting threatened. And we've seen at least two incidents involving gunfire."

www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

www.npr.org

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Jill Geisler @jillgeisler.bsky.social · 1d

apnews.com/article/midd... FOCUS: With a truce in Israel, Trump now says he's ended eight wars. His numbers are off

FACT FOCUS: With a truce in Israel, Trump now says he's ended eight wars. His numbers are off

As Israel and Hamas traded hostages and prisoners on Monday, President Donald Trump addressed the Israeli parliament, saying the region is finally at peace and claiming he has now ended eight wars in ...

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Jill Geisler @jillgeisler.bsky.social · 1d

Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident windycitytimes.com/2025/10/13/a...

Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident - Windy City Times

Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ICE agent who handcuffed and threatened to arrest her at Humboldt Park Health earlier this month. In an interview with Windy ...

windycitytimes.com

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Jill Geisler @jillgeisler.bsky.social · 1d

Support independent journalism and the First Amendment.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

WaPo joins NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, Guardian and others, according to @ScottNover, in announcing it won't sign the Pentagon's controversial new press policy.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Government workers 👇🏾

Lunch is on the house:

Being in the heart of downtown DC, we love that so many of our Federal employees stop by during lunch for a Donburi at China Chilcano or a Fútbol Club at Jaleo. And just because the government is shut down doesn't mean you have to miss out on your favorite lunch spot- because this time, its on us!
Join us for lunch from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM at any of our participating restaurants and enjoy a free lunch item when you present your government ID-you heard that right! Dine in with us Monday through Friday and choose your favorite: a sandwich at Jaleo, a donburi at China Chilcano, a wrap or pita at Zaytinya, or a torta at Oyamel.
We've always believed in serving our community with open arms and good food-no shutdown can stop that.

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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 1d

NJ peeps 🐥:
Check your registration!
Deadline for registering is October 14th

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

WaPo also will not be signing the new Pentagon press policy, per a note from executive editor Matt Murray

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

The Guardian won’t sign the Pentagon’s new press policy, a spokesperson tells me

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Jill Geisler @jillgeisler.bsky.social · 2d

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

We are an independent, nonprofit newsroom with more than 150 dedicated journalists.

For those who want to read the facts of our reporting — and the documents on which it is based — here’s the full story:

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

www.propublica.org

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 4d

Friday’s market slide—fueled by President Trump’s new threat of “massive” tariffs on goods from China—rattled some investors who thought the 2025 market advance was immune to trade-war tensions.

Rekindling of Tariff Fight Pressures Wall Street’s Hottest Trades

Friday’s market slide—fueled by President Trump’s new threat of “massive” tariffs on goods from China—rattled some investors who thought the 2025 market advance was immune to trade-war tensions

on.wsj.com

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Sam Fisher 90 🐝⚖️💛 @samfisher90.bsky.social · 4d

Feds arrest WGN staffer, slam into resident’s car in Lincoln Square - Chicago Sun-Times

Feds arrest WGN staffer, slam into resident’s car in Lincoln Square Chicago Sun-Times

dlvr.it

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 5d

At 11am I will try to live-blog, for @lawfaremedia.org , the hearing in Abrego Garcia’s civil (habeas corpus) case in federal court in Greenbelt MD. Abrego is seeking release from detention under a SCOTUS precedent called Zadvydas v Davis (2001). ...
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Emily Baker-White @ebakerwhite.bsky.social · 5d

This is such a weird framing — nobody “loses” the Nobel Peace Prize!

It’s not like he was in the postseason for Nobels or something; he “lost” only as much as, like, your mom did.

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