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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 36m

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1h

🚨IRS, FBI, Federal Marshals, MPD, DEA, ICE, HLS, and ATF here to “investigate” this woman. Suspicious for being black? The regime has made their white supremacism clear. The time for us to reject it is NOW!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 35m

MacCALLUM: Margaret Thatcher said socialism is great until you run out of other people's money

MAMDANI: Well, what Andrew Cuomo said is that if you have $957m you give it to Elon Musk in tax credits

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 41m

Preparing to invade Venezuela. bsky.app/profile/wesl...

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 1h

Besides the Marine Expeditionary Unit afloat in the Caribbean with its helicopters, the SOF “floating base” vessel MV Ocean Trader, which has a helipad and trains for SOF helo operations, has been spotted off St. Kitts and St. Croix in recent weeks taskandpurpose.com/news/mv-ocea...

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1h

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Vought: "We're gonna keep those RIFs rolling throughout this shutdown ... think the Minority Business Development Agency that divvies up business grants on basis of race. Think Environment Justice at EPA ... "

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 3h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1h

Also a reminder these weren’t “Kids”! Some of these “Young Republicans,” which includes ages up to 40, were elected officials or government appointees.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

Trump doubling the bailout to Argentina to $40 BILLION (while they steal market from our farmers and Americans lose health care)

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2h

The UN says Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza, having killed 15 Palestinian civilians since October 10, despite a ceasefire coming into effect.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ttcve3

Gaza death toll from Israeli attacks rises, despite ceasefire

Palestinians continue to be killed by Israel as people struggle for aid in decimated Gaza.

aje.io

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 3h

Now updated: The 'Presumption of Regularity' study.

1. Noncompliance with judicial orders: 20 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of DOJ information: 43+ cases
3. Courts’ findings of “arbitrary and capricious” conduct: 58 cases

www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...

The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation

Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."

www.justsecurity.org

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

They arrested a giraffe.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 2h

In the Supreme Court’s upcoming term, it will hear Slaughter v. United States, a case many scholars expect to narrow or overturn Humphrey’s Executor.

@nicholasbednar.bsky.social explores what the consequences of eliminating removal protections for multimember commissions would be.

‘Slaughter’-ing Humphrey’s Executor

The Supreme Court will decide whether to overturn long-standing precedent that protects independent agencies in Trump v. Slaughter.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 8h

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

- CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
@wmo-global.bsky.social

#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

www.theguardian.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 16h

Welp—CDC’s entire data team for its legendary national health and nutrition survey (NHANES)—our health census—has been laid off. Now we are flying blind to nutrition and chronic disease status in the U.S.—is this supposed to help us be MAHA? www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 9h

Jack Smith Speaks
open.substack.com/pub/weissman...

Jack Smith Speaks

And Mary and I dissect this week's news on the Main Justice podcast

open.substack.com

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11h

"Donkey, what unit are you from? Are you an assaultman or a rear folk?"

A Russian soldier filmed a donkey wearing a helmet and body armor.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

The 15 year old girl who was dragged from her car by ICE had recently had kidney surgery.

She was thrown to the ground despite screaming “I’m not resisting”

She had to return to the hospital.

These aggressive tactics will disable. They will kill.

They must be held accountable.

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 19h

👀 "An entire lane of solo drivers on Denny Way between Seattle Center and I-4 can fit into one articulated Route 8 bus, and a dedicated transit lane would allow that bus to be over four times faster than driving along this section"

Cars just don't scale well, especially in dense cities.

200 people in different modes on 2nd ave demonstration

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19h

Handover comes as Trump says Hamas must disarm or be disarmed, 'perhaps violently'.

Israel restricts aid into Gaza; Hamas releases bodies of 4 more captives

Handover comes as Trump says Hamas must disarm or be disarmed, 'perhaps violently'.

bit.ly

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 22h

ICE on Walgreens Property in Chicago grabbing another BLACK citizen! This isn’t about deporting criminals.

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Valerie Steel @pagev2.bsky.social · 19h

The Portland naked cycling event has been taking place since 2004. It is part of a global movement to protest oil dependency, promote body positivity, and advocate for cyclist safety

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Valerie Steel @pagev2.bsky.social · 19h

The Portland naked cycling event has been taking place since 2004. It is part of a global movement to protest oil dependency, promote body positivity, and advocate for cyclist safety