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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 12h

🚨USPS mail carrier terrorized by ICE. A federal worker carrying mail over his shoulder suspected of being an “illegal immigrant? The worst of the worst?” No. He was existing while black. 1/2

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

The old rulebook is gone. It's not coming back and we all need to accept that. The DOJ is weaponized. the GOP is rigging elections. Trump is literally bulldozing the White House.

Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

🚨 oh look! Jack Smith is calling Marsha Blackburn’s bluff. Surely she should want him to testify publicly if she isn’t entirely full of 💩, right? Right??

www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/p...

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 3h

NDAs ???? Man wrap this up

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Platner reshuffles campaign and sends out NDAs as he struggles to get ahead of controversies

The Maine Senate candidate is bringing on a new campaign manager, among other changes.

www.politico.com

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 6h

This video is one of my absolute favorites. I'm pointing this out not to diminish the cyclists in chicago (who are great) but these are likely learned tactics from each other (which is ALSO good). Sometimes I think some of the cynicism on here is b/c people aren't seeing the positive push backs

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h

A Virginia couple has gone to court to try to block Trump from proceeding with the demolition of the East Wing.

Charles and Judith Voorhees has filed a motion in Washington federal court, asking a judge to halt any further damage to the White House while the legality of the project is assessed.

A Virginia couple is asking a judge to block Trump from tearing up the East Wing

They say the project is taking place “without legally required approvals or reviews.”

www.politico.com

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 5h

There is no journalistic task more imperative than getting eyes inside this process. The kind of thing historians wait for archives of dictatorships to open, when figuring out how the REAL nightmare begin.

newrepublic.com/post/202199/...

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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 4h

A coalition of groups in Maine is launching a hotline to protect immigrant families from potential harassment and detention.

via @mainemorningstar.com

Maine immigrant rights groups launch statewide ICE watch hotline

With federal immigration enforcement actions picking up in cities across the country, a coalition of groups in Maine is launching a hotline to protect immigrant families from potential harassment and…

www.newsfromthestates.com

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 4h

Russian military planes briefly violated Lithuania’s airspace Thursday evening, the Lithuanian president said, condemning what he called a blatant breach of the territorial integrity of his European Union and NATO-member country. https://to.pbs.org/4qraxVc

President of Lithuania says Russian military planes violated country's airspace

Russian military planes briefly violated Lithuania’s airspace Thursday evening, the Lithuanian president said, condemning what he called a blatant breach of the territorial integrity of his European U...

www.pbs.org

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 4h

The U.S. Education Department is looking to move the $15 billion Individuals with Disabilities Education Act program outside of the agency, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Report: Trump administration mulling transfer of special ed from Education Department • Ohio Capital Journal

The U.S. Education Department is looking to move the $15 billion Individuals with Disabilities Education Act program outside of the agency, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.

ohiocapitaljournal.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

“.. on Tuesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation demanded that the White House pause the demolition and submit the ballroom plans to ‘the legally required public review process.’ But it takes almost no time to reduce history to rubble ..”

www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

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Kyra Freestar @kyrafreestar.bsky.social · 9h

I just voted for Seattle city leaders. I voted by mail, based on my voter registration and signature.

I am a disabled person who would have lost an entire day of work if I had to vote in person. .

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 9h

Maine will vote in under two weeks on a measure that would make voting a lot harder for a lot of people, including disabled folks, older folks, and anyone who struggles to meet strict ID requirements.

If passed, this would really reshape voting in 2026.

My deep dive: boltsmag.org/maine-questi...

A Ballot Measure Targets Mail Voting in Maine - Bolts

Question 1, on the November ballot, would set up a barrage of new restrictions on absentee ballots that would considerably affect older voters and people with disabilities.

boltsmag.org

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 4h

NDAs?

Dude. Pack it in already.

Platner reshuffles campaign and sends out NDAs as he struggles to get ahead of controversies

The Maine Senate candidate is bringing on a new campaign manager, among other changes.

www.politico.com

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meabell @meabell58.bsky.social · 3h

Is this real?

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Spencer Reynolds @sreynolds.bsky.social · 9h

We're at the point in the story where the FBI is showing up at a dude's house because he attended a protest. Without suspicion of a crime, agents ask important questions like who produced signs for the event.

And it had an impact--he decided not to go back to the streets to voice his opinions.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 10h

I obtained video of two FBI agents visiting an anti-ICE protester not charged with any crime.

While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...

VIDEO: FBI Agents Visit Anti-ICE Protester

“Your name was brought up.”

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 10h

I obtained video of two FBI agents visiting an anti-ICE protester not charged with any crime.

While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...

VIDEO: FBI Agents Visit Anti-ICE Protester

“Your name was brought up.”

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Valorie Bridges Fant * Author of * Go Back to Your Country * @vrfant1.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Jack Smith brilliantly calls Donald Trump's bluff and urges Congress and the Justice Department to let him testify publicly "in open hearings" to set the record straight.

This is the last thing that MAGA wants the former special counsel to do...

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 6h

will there be any followup to this fascinating story by the president of the united states that a friend of his sent him a check for $130 million dollars and the president is going to give the money to the military because i for one am fascinated about the details tbh

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "By the way, a friend of mine called us the other day and he said 'I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have with the military.' Today, he sent us a check for $130 million. It's gonna go the military."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 6h

This is not a Kavanaugh stop. This is a Roberts murder.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h

The DOJ, led by inexperienced Trump-appointed interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, accused James of committing mortgage fraud and lying about a second home being rented out as an “investment property."

But their investigation has turned up information to the contrary. trib.al/yowhF3c

Prosecutors Find Evidence Ruining Their Own Case Against Letitia James

Prosecutors who investigated the New York attorney general for months warned that the actual evidence undermined the allegations in the indictment.

trib.al

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 4h

Longest government shutdown in US history - 35 days (Dec ‘18 - Jan ‘19)

Second longest shutdown - 22 days+ (Oct 1st ‘25 - present day)

Both shutdowns occurred under Trump.

How Americans let this criminal lunatic keep failing upwards will vex historians for generations to come.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Over a sharp dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Kagan & Jackson, the Supreme Court will not stop Alabama from killing Anthony Boyd tonight.

Sotomayor tells the reader to count to four minutes on their phone. "Now imagine for that entire time, you are suffocating."

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and

JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from the denial of appli-
cation for stay and denial of certiorari.

Take out your phone, go to the clock app, and find the
stopwatch. Click start. Now watch the seconds as they

climb. Three seconds come and go in a blink. At the thirty-
second mark, your mind starts to wander. One minute

passes, and you begin to think that this is taking a long
time. Two . . . three . . . . The clock ticks on. Then, finally,
you make it to four minutes. Hit stop.
Now imagine for that entire time, you are suffocating.

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 4h

WATCH: MAGA defenders are trying to equate Trump demolishing the East Wing with Obama adapting the White House tennis court into a basketball court. @chrislhayes.bsky.social

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4h

Oh I know Jackson's filing was trash if Forum Shopping King Kacsmaryk threw it out lol that's gotta be like striking out at tee ball or something, embarrassing

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 7h

JUST IN: Rep. Ronny Jackson's lawsuit against Gov. Gavin Newsom over California's redistricting effort was thrown out today by Judge Matt Kacsmaryk.

Jackson failed to show he faced a cognizable injury from CA's redistricting plan, Kacsmaryk says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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