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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 8h

No other U.S. president has used the military as their own personal police force against the American people.

We implore the courts to reject Donald Trump's ongoing, illegal actions and definitively affirm states' sovereign right to handle public safety matters.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 6h

If a federal prosecutor doesn’t know to say “off the record”… I wouldn’t trust them to indict a ham sandwich let alone political enemies.

This story is wild.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8h

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Biden has finished several weeks of radiation therapy treatment Monday at Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology in Philadelphia. A very positive sign for the former president and amazing human being.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

Exclusive: Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised to betray MS-13 informants in exchange for access to El Salvador’s most notorious prison.

Justice Department officials say Rubio threatened to undercut years of work to secure the cooperation of high-ranking gang members. wapo.st/4qk3Hkn

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Liza Goitein @lizagoitein.bsky.social · 7h

By a 2-1 opinion, the Ninth Circuit just held that the president can federalize the National Guard forces and deploy them when protesters shine flashlights in the eyes of ICE officers. It’s one of the most dangerous and legally flawed court decisions I’ve seen this year. 1/23

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Mayor Karen Bass: Today, I called on Congressman Robert Garcia, who is the lead Democrat on the Oversight Committee, to hold congressional hearings looking into the abuses by ICE and what is going on with the administration’s attacks on cities.

We’ll be having a hearing soon.

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AM0 @am0-klaew.bsky.social · 6h

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Trump KILLED an INNOCENT MAN... and Colombia JUST PROVED IT!

YouTube video by Keith Edwards

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 7h

President began demolishing the East Wing of the WH to build there his $200M+ ballroom.

East Wing was built in 1942 during the presidency of FDR. It was constructed to cover the bunker that he used during WWII and the President's Emergency Operations Center.

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 7h

You guys I’m really sorry but I am never going to forgive him for ripping a side off the White House and I am never going to forgive all the people who could have stopped him but just kept going along to get along.

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Phecda🇺🇦Plato @phecdaplato.bsky.social · 6h

Trump KILLED an INNOCENT MAN... and Colombia JUST PROVED IT!

YouTube video by Keith Edwards

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 8h

This is insane. If Obama did this the GOP would impeach

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11h

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 7h

Well, he crapped on us yesterday and tore the people's house down today.

Pretty much says it all.

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Christine Is Fed Up With Republicans @coralgableswang.bsky.social · 10h

Credit ~ the mighty Dems

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 7h

In some ways, the regime half-assedly tearing off part of the White House without regard for construction protocols might have more of an impact on the offline folks than the past ten months.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12h

The Trump Administration is straight up murdering people without any due process and lying about it to the world.

Senator Rand Paul is right to be concerned about this could mean for the security of our country and relations with our allies.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Officials, locals undercut Trump claims about Venezuela drug boats

Trump says the U.S. is blowing up boats carrying deadly fentanyl to the United States. U.S. and other officials say the route under attack carries cocaine and marijuana to Europe and Africa.

www.washingtonpost.com

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SpookyLizard @swamplizard.bsky.social · 9h

future grandchild: like shit, from an ass?

me in 30 years: Swear to God. Then he demolished the White House

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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 11h

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No timeline cleanser . . .

He doesn't give a 💩 about the citizens of America,
and now he's tearing down the House Of The People...

I'm stunned again !

🖕 THIS A$$HOLE !!
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Lynda Will Not Obey @ivanasstaircam.bsky.social · 8h

American citizens are being targeted in their own cities/homes and that MFer gets a ballroom?

Again, if you voted for that bas✝️ard, FU! 🖕🏻

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 8h

I don't understand the moping about how no one cares that the president of a republic is demolishing the people's property to build palaces and monuments for himself. This is exactly the kind of visible and concrete offense that inflames people.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Colombian President Petro:
The United States wants Venezuela's and Guyana's oil, oil greed is what's behind the missiles over fishermen.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 8h

You don’t have problems

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8h

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: Four years after GOP lawmakers in Georgia enacted one of the most aggressive anti-voting laws in the country, new evidence filed in federal court shows that Senate Bill 202 has drastically deepened racial inequalities in voting access in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Georgia’s Sweeping Anti-Voting Law Suppressed Black Votes, New Data Shows