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@brokenstruggler.bsky.social
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Boring, Nerdy, husband and dad. Would much rather not be living in interesting times. In simpler days I enjoyed DnD, video games, fantasy novels, hiking, shooting, and over priced whiskey and craft beer. When in doubt, eldritch blast a fascist. He/him.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4h
These guys in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona think a judge's order is a suggestion. On the left is Judge Hinderaker's 10/6 order in the case of a gay man the Trump admin sent to Equatorial Guinea, where he has faced beatings and threats to his life. On the right is all that DOJ filed today.
10. Within three (3) days of the date of this Order, and every seven (7) days thereafter until Plaintif's return to the United States or further order of the Court, Defendants must file a status report, supported by a declaration from an official with personal knowledge, stating: (a) the information known to Defendants about Plaintiff's current location, custodial status, and physical condition; (6) the steps Defendants have taken since the prior report to comply with paragraph 5; and (c) the further steps Defendants intend to take and the anticipated timeline. Plaintiff may respond to each status report within three (3) days.Pursuant to the Court's order issued on October 6, 2026 (Doc. 14), Respondents hereby inform the Court that Respondents are working collaboratively with Petitioner's counsel who shared valuable information to help Respondents attempt to locate and contact Petitioner.
Respondents had a conference with the relevant stakeholders within the government and are beginning the process to facilitate Petitioner's return.
Respondents will provide a more substantive update next week along with a declaration regarding specific steps that are being taken and the most recent updates on Respondent's efforts to facilitate Petitioner's return.
Case 2:26-cv-06601-JCH
Document 16 Filed 10/09/26 Page 2 of 2
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 9th day of October, 2026.
TIMOTHY COURCHAINE
United States Attorney
District of Arizona
s/Derek Faraldo
DEREK FARALDO
Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for Respondents
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 7h
“We are enforcing the nation’s laws. Why is that controversial?” The Fugitive Slave Act. The Three-Fifths Compromise. The Nuremberg Laws. Dred Scott. The Indian Removal Act. The Law for Protection of German Blood. Anti-miscegenation laws. The Defense of Marriage Act. The Reichstag Fire Decree.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨UPDATE: NJ Dpt of Labor confirmed to Status Coup they certified a U-Visa application for Delaney Hall Hunger Strike leader Martin Soto—which led to his release. U-Visa is "set aside for victims of certain crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse." MORE 🔽 bsky.app/profile/stat...
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 16h
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15h
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Come 2028, remember that Gavin Newsom helped Trump's oligarch friends buy CNN. prospect.org/2026/10/08/d...
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The Democrats Who Let Trump’s Oligarchs Buy Hollywood - The American Prospect
The Ellisons enlisted a host of Democratic notables to undercut the proposed merger’s opponents.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Border patrol ran the truck while creating a makeshift barrier, trapping the person next to fumes
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Border Patrol moved a vehicle with someone lockeddown on it this evening while pepperballing and tear gassing people standing in an adjacent ranch field
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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 08/10/2026
Local fire and EMS were called, Border Patrol told them to leave. BP is gassing and shooting pepper balls at people on private property, and moving the truck with the person still locked to it. Go follow tierralibre_no borders and rally.forthevalley on IG for updates.
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
wow -- Fox Business is now treating Trump's completely made up economic boasts as though they are factual. Note the citation here -- "The White House" Reminder that the entire US economy is about $32t. If we really had $21t flowing in, you'd notice it Fox thinks their viewers are really dumb
Fox Biz screencap that says: "$21 TRILLION INVESTMENTS POURING INTO THE US"
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
By "a few folks in the media," does Secretary Kegsbreath mean Trump's own Navy Secretary who reported on all the attempted suicides by sailors stuck on the USS Abraham Lincoln?
Eight USS Abraham Lincoln Sailors Attempted Suicide During Deployment in Iran War: Navy Secretary
“Since the beginning of Lincoln’s deployment, there have been a total of eight suicide attempts across the strike group,” Hung Cao wrote.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 07/10/2026
there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not
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Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I am thrilled and proud beyond measure to support the amazing workers who create and design the games I and my loved ones have spent a lifetime playing. I implore everybody to sign the petition and signal boost the campaign as far and wide as we can!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump shouts out Russ Vought and then says, ominously, "we have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country."
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There's a takeover of the American news industry going on, pushed by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis and others. Democracy is impossible if the truth is buried under right-wing propaganda, so we've got to push back against this "media capture." My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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American oligarchs and foreign fatcats are attempting ‘media capture’
Your access to real news is threatened by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis, and others
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is happening all over rural America. We need to wake up, people. There's no Greg Bovino in his Nazi coat to blow whistles it. It's daily Gestapo-type terror, aided by the banality of evil local cops www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10...
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ICE enforcement in a small Utah town sent a community into fear. Local police played a key role.
ICE enforcement in a small central Utah town has residents afraid to leave home, avoiding main roads and keeping their children home from school, one resident said.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚨 LIVE SHUT DOWN Delaney Hall ICE Prison Rally | LIVE From New Jersey. Status Coup's Jordan Chariton is LIVE at 12pm EST at the NJ Statehouse where protesters are calling on Gov. Mikie Sherrill to shut down Delaney Hall ICE prison. www.youtube.com/live/53EU7wD...
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Stephanie Mencimer @smencimer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One teen told ICE officers he lived with his dad down the block, but that his dad was deaf. They didn’t try to contact the father before deeming the boy “unaccompanied” and detaining him. “They’re kidnapping people’s kids,” a former Biden official told us. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Border patrol agents have entered private property in Lochiel Az, without showing a warrant I’m told, to remove people who have been camping there. They’re also setting up an exclusion zone around the tree that’s being defended.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/10/2026
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: In my lawsuit, the FBI has admitted to having NINE Epstein files redaction training videos. TWO of them instructed agents to flag files with Trump’s name for supervisory review. I will cover at NOON PT here: youtube.com/live/dYiQOhP...
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LIVE: FBI’s Trump-Epstein Training Videos Finally DISCOVERED…
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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brokenstruggler.bsky.social @brokenstruggler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We’re really contending with actual plague now? Really?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
HASSETT: If people were unhappy, it'd show up in the data TAPPER: It seems to be showing up in the data, just not the data you're looking at
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The world must stop equating wealth with knowledge, wealth with wisdom, wealth with sainthood, or to any other redeeming quality.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you live in the Princeton area, they're planning on building a massive data center near us. Register your complaints here: dep.nj.gov/boss/permit-...
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👻Really Spooky Smith👻 @reallyseansmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Secdef pruning events from the Army PT test to keep from being owned while doing his gender-affirming ~operator~ cosplay, 10/10, no notes
Hegseth utterly botching a simple pull up
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👻Really Spooky Smith👻 @reallyseansmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I will bet you anything that Hegseth tried the current test while doing PT with some rangers in the hope that some of their testosterone would rub off on him *cough* and ate utter shit, so he's turning back the clock to a test he was maybe good at during the GWB administration.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Please, for the love of God, can the media stop calling random cranks who write fan fiction about their personal heroes in the past "historians."
Geoff Shepard, a former Nixon aide turned Watergate historian and revisionist, recently gave a two-hour presentation at Justice Department headquarters that laid out his theory that the deep state took Nixon down. The title of his 78-page slide deck: “Watergate As Lawfare.”
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
we're investing millions to make it easier to have your passports stolen before delivery follow me for more process improvement life hacks
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 30/09/2026
Chicagoland friends, I have a favor to ask. I have a pro bono client, a Black woman, who is currently facing charges for allegedly pointing a gun at her abusive ex - who admitted to raping her. I would love if there could be a show of support for her at her next few court dates.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An evergreen concept
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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brokenstruggler.bsky.social @brokenstruggler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What that more Americans had such courage.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 30/09/2026
"If you hear in the next 34 days that there is a new security threat you’ve never heard of, one that somehow requires federal law enforcement or the military and not local police, an alarm bell should go off in your brain. Do not let him get away with that."
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😂😂😂
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Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Schmitt thing is kind of scary because it shows just how much many elected Rs genuinely believe the crazy stuff. He and his staff thought they’d pulled the red thread on The Giant Conspiracy. They were so convinced it must be real they didn’t even think to double check.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Look, I’m not going to suggest everyone call Eric Schmitt’s congressional office and tell them they need to check the battery in their carbon monoxide detector, because that would be RUDE
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And it might even be good business - www.startribune.com/iowa-republi...
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Perry: Republicans fought ‘indoctrination.’ Now they’re telling students what to study.
The conservative attack on higher education in states like Iowa is hard to watch. But it also provides an opportunity for blue states like Minnesota.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Listening to the D.C. Circuit's en banc oral argument regarding Judge Boasberg's efforts to investigate contempt of court in regards to the CECOT flights, and it's not going great for the government right now. It seems like the en banc court is likely to allow the investigation to go forward.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026
In response to a slew of anti-trans Democrats pushing hate during the 2026 midterms, Governor Andy Beshear provided principled criticism to the idea that red-state Dems need to adopt anti-trans views to win: "We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus," he said. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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KY Gov. Beshear Has Message For Anti-Trans Dems: “We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus.”
The governor provides a counterpoint to those who believe red state Democrats need to capitulate on transgender rights.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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brokenstruggler.bsky.social @brokenstruggler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cowards in addition to being idiots. What a combo.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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