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🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 7h

They will keep going lower and lower till they get the response they want

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

The trial of Sydney Reid, who was initially charged w/felony assault for videotaping ICE, then charged w/misdemeanor, and whose case has been beset by all sorts of discovery problems since, has finished.

Judge Sooknanan threw out allegation involving one of two "victims" (on same assault charge).

Case Name: USA v. REID
Case Number: 1:25-cr-00244-SLS
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Docket Text:
Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan: Jury Trial as to SYDNEY LORI REID resumed on 10/15/2025 with the same jury of twelve (12) and two (2) alternates. Oral motion by the defense for a "mistrial", heard and reserved. Government rests. Oral Rule 29 motion by the defense, heard and granted as to Officer Liang only. Defense commenced and concluded their case in chief. Oral renewed Rule 29 motion as to all other portions of the Information, heard and reserved. Charge conference held. Jury Trial continued to 10/16/2025 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 14- In Person before Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan. Bond Status of Defendant: PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE; Court Reporter: Bryan Wayne; Defense Attorney: Eugene Ohm and Tezira Abe; US Attorney: Travis Wolfe and Jason Facci; Government Witness: Agent Eugenia Bates: Defense Witnesses: Jessica Mason and Katie Campbell-Morrison. (znbn)

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 8h

But here's the problem: if you tried to transfer that money into the military personnel accounts (milpers), it would immediately transform into money whose period of availability ended on September 30, 2025 - and thus not be usable anymore, despite the money existing.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5h

This entire thread explains why Trump's money laundering to pay the troops is a crime.

Here's the key bit.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 8h

But here's the problem: if you tried to transfer that money into the military personnel accounts (milpers), it would immediately transform into money whose period of availability ended on September 30, 2025 - and thus not be usable anymore, despite the money existing.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5h

One of the people whose visas Marco Rubio canceled was snitched by right wing South Africans.

theintercept.com/2025/10/15/s...

He Tweeted Charlie Kirk “Won’t Be Remembered as a Hero.” The State Dept. Revoked His Visa

Nota Baloyi is one of several people who lost a visa to visit the U.S. because he spoke ill of Charlie Kirk on social media.

theintercept.com

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Lisa @lafthegreat.bsky.social · 2h

I'm a therapist that works for a small group private practice and we've also stopped receiving payments from Medicare. Most therapists who don't work for large agencies are either in solo practice or work for a small business. An interruption in payments really affects us.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

🚨BREAKING: Missouri state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at blocking voters’ efforts to invoke their constitutional right to veto the state legislature’s new gerrymandered congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Missouri Republicans Sue to Block ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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klynner.bsky.social @klynner.bsky.social · 3h

www.instagram.com/reel/DP2Szij...

jolly_good_ginger on Instagram: "I hope the elected Dems are ready because starting today I am on their ass. These people in Northern Virginia literally FILLED A RO…"

I hope the elected Dems are ready because starting today I am on their ass. These people in Northern Virginia literally FILLED A ROOM because they are fed up with the high energy prices. But meanwhile Dems can’t read the room and see that candidates like Zohran or Graham Platner are popular because they are talking about shit we CARE about. Rant complete…..for now.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5h

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 5h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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Harold Jennings @hdjennings.bsky.social · 3h

Fundraiser by Robby Roadsteamer : Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE in Portland! share.google/JrNyNNgmfHu8...

Donate to Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE in Portland!, organized by Robby Roadsteamer

Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE in Portland, Orego… Robby Roadsteamer needs your support for Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE in Portland!

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 4h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

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

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h

About 13 officers in a crowd of community members and protesters were exposed to the tear gas. This is the second time CPD officers have been gassed by ICE while trying to work with them.

The move violates a judge’s order telling federal agents to rein in excessive force. trib.al/hmhsWkI

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

Portland continues to amaze me 👏

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klynner.bsky.social @klynner.bsky.social · 7h

Around 839,000 Ohioans served in the armed forces during World War II. About 23,000 of them died or were listed as missing in action. Elia is a stain on Ohio and to the families of the 839,000 who served. Shameful behavior.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 7h

Imagine telling these men that morning in the landing craft that 80 years later their grandkids would be putting the swastika up in their offices in Congress

"Into the Jaws of Death" - photo in black and white of soldiers disembarking from landing craft at Omaha Beach on D-Day

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 8h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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klynner.bsky.social @klynner.bsky.social · 8h

Says something about us and our capabilities that we need RU files? And shouldn't the surviving family member get a first look before the public?

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11h

I fell down an election-data rabbit hole.

The votes-per-acre paradox

One of Donald Trump's favorite places in the country is Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Not because there's anything in the county that's particularly compelling beyond its natural beauty. No, Trump likes...

www.pbump.net

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9h

Considering the remarkable gap in vote choice between urban and rural counties.
www.pbump.net/o/the-votes-...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5d

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klynner.bsky.social @klynner.bsky.social · 8h

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klynner.bsky.social @klynner.bsky.social · 8h

OT: anyone having trouble with BSky loading right now? I can see my profile and the profiles of anyone I have in my feed. Nothing else.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 9h

Billionaire wealth has gone up by $33 trillion in the last ten years.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 1d

In the latest installment of Bad Letters, let's learn from EFF's @maassive.bsky.social about the surveillance tech that could soon be roaming the skies in your city. Learn more at www.eff.org/DFR.

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