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JBrann

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3h
ICE’s own confiscation directive only permits officers to keep belongings for a clearly defined reason. But a new lawsuit alleges the agency is refusing to return personal items like employment authorization documents, phones, and a wedding ring.
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ICE sued for refusing to return detainees' papers and property
One plaintiff is jobless after his work authorization was taken. The agency also won't return his wedding ring.
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 3h
🚨🚨 Schocking betrayal but there it is. Sources confirm that the order to limit #starshield for #ukraine's battle operations came from inside the #whitehouse and by logical extension from #trump himself. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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Susan @joeyotis.bsky.social · 13h
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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 3h
. When Trump attacked Iran, he thought it would all be over in 7 days... . . . that was eight months ago. Now he is trapped in an endless, illegal war that is destroying the entire world's economy. 💠 🧐 💠
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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 12h
Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign:
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 4h
The US government has lied yet again. A Reuters investigation has revealed that the order to restrict Ukraine’s Starshield military-grade satellite communications system, which is essential for battlefield operations and defense, came directly from the White House.
kyivpost.com
White House Behind Ukraine Starshield Restrictions as Russia Attacks
The restrictions disrupted Ukrainian drone defenses as Russia intensified attacks, raising questions about Washington’s pressure on Kyiv.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h
Russia is helping Iran kill Americans, and Trump’s response is to ease sanctions on Putin and open the door to billions in oil sales, all for a measly trickle of diesel. @weissmann.substack.com and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social tear into the absurdity of it all: "End the goddamn war."
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 7h
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Breezy Babe @grrrin.bsky.social · 15h
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 7h
Zacharia was the most competent person they could find who is willing to be the public face of the administration at this point. Think about that for a minute.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 10h
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 10h
More than likely Pete Hegseth cutoff intelligence sharing and Starlink/Starshield access to Ukraine. Pete Hegseth is a f**king war criminal.
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Thomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · 9h
So far she’s done one 15 minute presser… and two entire days of damage control for that one presser. Great start
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 9h
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 9h
If an amendment to your constitution results in children routinely being shot in school then it's time to amend it again.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 10h
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Medoyid_ua @rusni-pizda.bsky.social · 10h
The White House's decision to limit Starlink is what should worry Europe most. A single private network with its uptime decided in Washington is the dependency Kyiv has to design around, and Brussels should be funding a satcom backup now, not after the next cutoff.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 10h
This is...a huge deal.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 14h
Zelenskyy: “I told Trump: If you enable Starlink access inside Russia, we can quickly destroy their ballistic missile launchers. Putin would come to negotiating table, and I wouldn’t need to destroy a single energy facility. But instead, they shut down Starlink.” As they say, "from RU, with love"
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 14h
Stop what you are doing because you need to read this. Billions of dollars in oil trades were perfectly timed to Trump’s decision to back off attacking Iranian power plants. Trump announced the reversal just 15 minutes after those trades were placed.
bloomberg.com
CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades
Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14h
Trump’s White House ballroom is funded by lobbyists, billionaires, and pardon recipient wannabes. trib.al/jgQsNaF
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We Now Have a List of Trump’s Ballroom Donors—and It Reeks
Trump’s White House ballroom is funded by lobbyists, billionaires, and pardon recipient wannabes.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 14h
The courts say you cannot. The law says you cannot. You were a law school graduate. You were not a lawyer. Lawyers pass the bar.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h
CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE? Alabama Republican lawmakers have gone silent after one of their own Rep. Brett Easterbrook was arrested for attempting to solicit sex from an underage prostitute. Sure does remind us of the TNGOP with Rep. David Byrd. www.al.com/politics/202...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h
Under Trump and his Republican enablers, the richest Americans and biggest corporations have made out like bandits. Average working Americans are paying dearly for what the bandits have stolen. The grift and the graft must end. Accountability starts November 3.
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Charlie Mack @maichalee.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Democrats need to respond w/ force and determination. FOIA Melania and Elon’s immigration records. They’re available in State Department CCD-ACRQ records and PCQS records that house USCIS immigration records including overstays, change of status, adjudication notes, etc. The fraud is on file!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/10/2026
"In February 2024, Blanche & his partner Emil Bove — now Judge Bove — insisted that 'a fair trial cannot be conducted this year.' And yet, 22 days before the midterms, with early voting already underway in MN, Blanche’s DOJ searched a candidate’s home over paperwork a dead man filed 3 decades ago."
publicnotice.co
Republicans learn to love DOJ weaponization
Just kidding, they always love it when they’re holding the weapon.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/10/2026
Can we please not nominate another “neutral” attorney general in 2029? Go scorched earth.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
So, she never actually took the American bar exam. She’s an attorney in the same way that I’m a talking fucking unicorn. I can tell you I’m a unicorn all day long, but it still won’t make me a fucking unicorn. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/trumps-new...
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Trump’s New Press Secretary Needed a Cheat Sheet to Kiss His Ass
He wanted someone to swallow his bullshit. He got someone who chokes on conjunctions.
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Jesi🃏♠️🔥 @luciferjesit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"do you love your dad?" as a setup is diabolical
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This. I think the instability around work, school, climate, immigration, and everything else is the biggest political problem. No one can plan anything because a cabal of fickle fools who lack object permanence are constantly bouncing between crises of their own making.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 15/10/2026
Indeed they did. This is an important change that will make biomedical science like cancer and dementia research worse, by allowing newly political roles (program officials now under Schedule F/P/C and IC directors chosen by politicals) free rein to choose projects to fund.
scientificamerican.com
NIH appears to shut down comments on science peer-review rule change ahead of schedule
The proposed change to how the National Institutes of Health handles grant applications has been criticized by scientists as reducing transparency
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. — Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Warsaw, October 12 Did The Russian Bots Really Go Away? virginiaheffernan.substack.com/p/the-intern...
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The Internet Gets a Taste of Freedom
But did the bots really go quiet?
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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
There is no planet on which this technically makes her a lawyer.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
1. The new Consumer Price Index was released. You will never guess what it showed – the biggest increase in five months. Prices were 3.7 percent higher than this time last year. Why? You know. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Soaring Energy Prices Push Inflation Higher
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Arleta James @arletajames.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
If they can deport llhan, they can deport anyone - including media. Media folks should use their voices while they can. We all need to use our voices while we can.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Isn’t it time for every honest member of the political media to declare loudly and clearly that Trump and the Republicans are building a dictatorship?
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Joe @twitskeptic.sirvin.com · 15/10/2026
If they succeed at stripping her of her citizenship, then one of the top priorities of the next administration should be the same for Musk.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 15/10/2026
When you step back a second and consider that this Administration has committed so many crimes, both against the laws of the land and against humanity, that they are trying to manufacture charges against Omar becomes even more enraging.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I expect the persecution of random, mostly nonwhite and immigrant Trump critics to pick up as Trump continues to lose his grip both on his own emotional self-regulation and on his ability to do anything with the presidency except deploy violence.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Dictator shit. And Omar is very clearly being targeted out of all of Trump's prominent domestic critics because of her race.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 15/10/2026
Also they don't have evidence she did anything wrong. They're looking for some. It's unconscionable.
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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Stripping people of their citizenship should be vanishingly rare. If someone said he was a garage mechanic in Germany when in fact he ran Auschwitz, fine. But that’s not what’s at issue here. This is a danger to every citizen.
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Jonathon M. Floyd @jfloyd314.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
It's the most serious example of prosecutorial misconduct this administration has committed, which is a shockingly high bar to clear already.
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
i am not asking you to read @nbedera.bsky.social’s book on campus sexual violence. i am TELLING you www.ucpress.edu/books/on-the...
ucpress.edu
On the Wrong Side by Nicole Bedera - Hardcover
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
“The Trump administration’s investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) is aimed at building a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and other people familiar with the probe.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
Ilhan Omar Investigation Aims to Build Case for Stripping Her Citizenship
Authorities have subpoenaed members of the Democratic congresswoman’s family as part of a broader look at their immigration paperwork.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
We’re not here to re-litigate Aaron Swartz. If you’re here to point out that Aaron was a an actual criminal, I’m not going to debate you. But I do want to know why you’re not pursuing Altman et al with a proportional level of energy for the levels of intellectual property theft they have committed.
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Medoyid_ua @rusni-pizda.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The tell isnt just the alignment, its the mechanism. GOP leadership sat on Ukraine aid for months, then Trump finished the job and let Witkoff and Kushner talk directly to Moscow, a president who won't say no to Putin. Allies are watching.
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MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
If this is true, this means Trump allied himself directly with Putin and is responsible for the deaths and destruction for every attack by Russia on Ukraine. Trump is a traitor to Ukraine and a puppet of Russia. Impeachable.
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