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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 12h

The first woman nominated to lead the Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her promotion abruptly canceled — and military sources blame Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's hostility to women in combat roles.

www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...

SEALs flatten 'weak' Hegseth as elite captain's career ruined because she's female: report

The first woman nominated to lead the Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her promotion abruptly canceled — and military sources blame Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's hostility to...

www.rawstory.com

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 10h

🧊✈️ MASSACHUSETTS‼️

⚠️ ICE Air inbound to Hanscom

Eastern 737 – Tail: N917XA

ETA – 6:55pm 👀

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 11h

#BREAKING: Over a public dissent from Justice Jackson, #SCOTUS *extends* the temporary pause of the district court’s order that had mandated full SNAP payments for November—keeping that ruling (and those payments) on hold through the end of the day this Thursday:

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump has broad unreviewable powers to flood U.S. cities with National Guard troops, the Department of Justice (DOJ) argued in an expansive new filing to the Supreme Court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

DOJ Tells SCOTUS Trump Has Unreviewable Power to Send Troops to U.S. Cities

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

🚨BREAKING: At long last, Mike Johnson will swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Wednesday at 4 pm ET.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

(WSJ) - Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 16h

Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 12h

Noted.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 12h

Can confirm this plane is routed to El Paso

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 12h

They do these things because they think they will never be an accounting. But a reckoning is coming. Sooner than they expect.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

A couple months back, I was curious as to how Bill Pulte was able to obtain Lisa Cook and Letitia James' mortgage documents. Today, the WSJ reports that he was actually under investigation for how he obtained them. www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 13h

🏆 Excellent report

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 13h

💲🛩️ FBI Director’s G5 (tail: N708JH) is leaving Las Vegas, but where is it going tonight? 👀

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h

Since May, Avelo has been under fire for contracting with ICE to use their planes for deportation flights.

Company leaders explained the “partnership” with ICE as “too valuable not to pursue”.

Houston-based Avelo Airlines faces backlash for deportation flights

The first commercial airline to use its planes to deport migrants says contract 'too valuable not to pursue'.

www.aljazeera.com

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 13h

🧊✈️ WE SEE YOU 🖕

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

Just moments ago, detainees transported from ICE’s Broadview facility this morning were loaded onto an Avelo Airlines plane in Gary, Indiana.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 13h

They’re not even hiding the crazy anymore

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

By sending us $2,000 to give to billionaire insurance CEOs, and by tripling the interest we pay to mortgage companies while he continues to limit what we can write off, he's effectively looting the treasury and using us a mules to launder the stolen money; funneling it to the wealthy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

QUINTANILLA: What's more likely -- a $2,000 tariff rebate check or a 50 year mortgage?

HASSETT: They're both really good ideas

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 15h

🧊✈️ EVERGLADES‼️

⚠️ GlobalX jet (tail: N570TA) visited Florida's Everglades Concentration Camp 🐊

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 16h

The Tech Bros Are NOT Alright

Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 17h

Palantir update via www.wired.com/story/alex-k...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17h

It’s beginning to look like Texas’ redistricting wasn’t such a good idea after all.

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 17h

Goldman Sachs says the U.S. lost 50,000 jobs last month—which is why Trump’s refusing to release the jobs and inflation reports. They don’t want you seeing how bad the economy really is, but everybody knows.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 17h

You’re kidding

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 17h

Bovino and his officers are expected to head to Charlotte NC, then continue to New Orleans
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/u...

Gregory Bovino and his Border Patrol agents are planning to leave Chicago as early as this week | CNN

Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, along with his agents, are planning to leave Chicago as early as this w...

www.cnn.com

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 17h

🧊✈️ HEADS UP SEATTLE‼️

⚠️ ICE Air inbound to Boeing Field

Avelo 737 – Tail: N805VL

ETA - 10:15am 👀

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 17h

Presumably they are removing Dominicans, but anything is possible with these goons.

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