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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11h
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The White House won’t even try to explain Trump’s fictional inflation numbers | CNN Politics
The actual inflation numbers aren’t good for President Donald Trump and his party. So Trump has come up with something of a solution: just use fake inflation numbers.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h
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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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11h
Two women are accusing former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) and two other men of involvement in a sex trafficking scheme involving recent high school graduates and drugs, according to a new lawsuit. wapo.st/4s8xAp5
Sorry, I can’t help with that.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 11h
Even Fox Business can’t ignore it. To be clear, this massive jump in inflation was driven by Trump’s disastrous, pointless war against Iran but he’s using this as an excuse to do what he’s wanted to do for many years now — he’s trying to shift the blame to Ukraine in order to help Putin.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said a cargo ship sunk on Wednesday after striking a naval mine as it was attempting to navigate the Strait of Hormuz via "an unauthorized and hazardous route." Expect insurance rates to rocket even higher now.
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Cargo ship sank after striking mine in Strait of Hormuz: IRGC
YouTube video by ABC News
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 14h
“Rubio has long been friendly with the new Chilean president, José Antonio Kast – the son of a Nazi lieutenant and supporter of former military dictator Augusto Pinochet.” Read the second installment of our series, the ‘Four Horsemen of the Trump-ocalypse.’ zeteo.com/p/secretary-...
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12h
Read much more in our very detailed profile on "Narco Rubio" – with a lot of episodes that illustrate exactly how he got to where is now:
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‘Secretary of Cuck’: How Marco Rubio Learned to Love Waging Trump’s War on the World
Rubio was once a supposedly reasonable Republican, even the GOP’s ‘savior.’ Now he’s Donald Trump’s ‘Narco Rubio’ and overseeing a level of violence his staffers are terrified to question internally.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14h
Did ya know Marco Rubio's brother-in-law had a $75M drug ring? And now— "Rubio is helping carry the torch for a now decades-old U.S. foreign policy: claiming to fight drug trafficking while in fact tolerating, protecting, or even cooperating with…the criminality Rubio purports to be concerned with."
And as the nation’s top diplomat, Marco Rubio has in some respects served as a friend and accomplice of drug trafficking or criminal enterprises, earning him the moniker “Narco Rubio” from critics. The complaints extend well beyond noting Rubio’s cocaine-trafficking brother-in-law. Rather, it’s that Rubio is helping carry the torch for a now decades-old U.S. foreign policy: claiming to fight drug trafficking while in fact tolerating, protecting, or even cooperating with criminal enterprises that advance U.S. establishment political and intelligence aims.

In his role as secretary of state, Rubio has protected, praised, and propped up a murderer’s row of Latin American leaders who each have ties to the criminality Rubio purports to be concerned with.

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For years, Rubio has praised former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, and defended him against allegations of bribery and fraud. The Pentagon has identified Uribe as a Colombian politician “dedicated to collaboration with the Medellin cartel at high government levels,” as being “linked to a business involved in narcotics activities in the U.S.” and being a “close personal friend” of Pablo Escobar. On the other hand, Rubio perhaps appreciates Uribe’s efforts to stamp out communist insurgencies in Colombia – to the point of committing war crimes.

Rubio said last year that Ecudoran President Daniel Noboa “has done more just in the last couple years to take the fight to these narco-terrorists… than any previous administration.” Five months before that, Noboa’s family fruit business was revealed to have trafficked 700 kilos of cocaine to Europe. (Notably, this summer, an anti-corruption activist who was investigating ties between Noboa’s family and cocaine trafficking was found dead in her home with a noose around her neck; and days later, a prosecutor who had been investigating the drone attacks on Ecuadorian fishing boats carried out by the Trump administration was shot dead in the streets).
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13h
BREAKING: DOJ sues California, as signaled earlier this week, over allegations of "likely noncitizens" getting sent vote-by-mail ballots. Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
No. 2:26-cv-12025
v.
COMPLAINE FOR DECLARATORY ACTION SEEKING STATEWIDE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SHIRLEY N.
RELIEF
Calfor scerary of care, and DERAN
C. LOGAN, in his official capacity as the Recorder/Cous Ay Celes Registrar-Defendants.
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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 12h
New: In Dec. 2025, two months before the U.S. war with Iran began, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George wrote an assessment that they would be critically short on missile defense munitions until 2030. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ousted George in April. www.cbsnews.com/news/randy-g...
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Ousted general warned of years-long missile defense shortage before Iran war
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, ousted by Defense Secretary Hegseth, said the shortage of missile defense munitions would extend into 2030.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 12h
New and Improved - a cartoon by RJ Matson
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KatWomanScreamingIntoTheVoid @katwomanwalks.bsky.social · 13h
"The secretary of state is not managing anything at Foggy Bottom so he can stay close to the president;..."
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 13h
The WaPo has its grievous problems. But some reporting can still be superb. Including this jaw-dropper about plutocrats (by name and corp) funding demolition of East Wing and ludicrous "ball room." www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... NB: Apple tied for $25m lead, w Adelson, Nvidia, + Dish.
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Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom
The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 20h
Trump gutted the Justice Department’s anti-corruption unit from 36 lawyers to 2. So who’s left to hold him accountable? Congress. Tell your members to start drafting articles of impeachment: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress to Impeach Trump
Contact Congress today!
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 20h
Kushner and Witkoff spent six hours in Miami with Ukraine and Europe, dropped the Russian diesel idea on them, and Fuckface announced it after a 90 minute call with Putin that same day. Allies were floored. Who exactly are these guys negotiating for?
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'Floored' US allies were blindsided at Trump Russia plan meeting: report
President Donald Trump’s decision to approve Russia selling a substantial amount of diesel on the world market caught U.S. allies flat-footed, according to the Wall Street Journal.In a deep dive on gr...
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 20h
Fuckface spent years mocking Biden's age and now boards Air Force One with a bruised hand caked in makeup. He's 80, he can't walk a straight line to the helicopter, and the concealer is losing. Maybe sleep instead of posting at 1 a.m.
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Shocking New Photo of Trump's Hand Reveals Extent of Bruise
The president’s health issues are getting harder to hide.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 20h
Chief Justice John Roberts handed Trump a get-out-of-jail-free card and called it constitutional law. He thinks a lifetime seat makes him untouchable. It doesn’t. Congress can impeach a chief justice. Most Americans have no idea. Spread it.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 20h
Melania's old modeling agent is freelancing foreign policy at the State Department, bragging about a Boeing deal in Uzbekistan and asking for a statue. His boss calls his emails unhinged. More than sixteen officials were copied and nobody stopped it.
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Trump administration chaos laid bare in explosive new leaked emails
Leaks expose the chaos within President Donald Trump's administration, particularly a bitter internal State Department dispute that escalated from petty arguments about diplomatic authority into accus...
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 20h
Katie Miller posts grass-fed steak the day gas and grocery prices jump and half the country can't afford basics. Enjoy it while you can, Katie. Stephen has earned a prison cell, and the people who helped him might end up in the next one.
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Katie Miller's 'let them eat cake moment' flagged as she's caught 'flaunting her wealth'
Katie Miller, a podcast host and the wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, posted a photo of her dinner on Wednesday. Critics said her timing was terrible.“Grass-fed steak, asparag...
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 20h
Rare steak piled on a cutting board, posted the day inflation hit 3.7 percent and Pew said nearly half the country struggles to afford basics. Her husband works for the man cutting health care. Let them eat grass-fed.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 20h
Katie Zacharia says she misheard the bar question over Marine One and just guessed what it was. Answering questions nobody asked is the whole press office now. She sat the bar and didn't pass, and a paid internship in China makes her general counsel of nothing.
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WH Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Tries — and Fails — to Explain Away ‘China’ Law Credentials Question to NYT
Katie Zacharia tried to explain away a very confusing moment in which the press asked her directly where she had passed the bar exam.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h
So perfect: This week Trump claimed his rallies are having a "tremendously positive impact" on GOP candidates. Then Republicans promptly leaked that they fear the House is lost—and blamed Trump for all of it. On the pod, @stevebenen.com is good on the Trump bubble: newrepublic.com/article/2166...
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Trump’s Boast about Rallies Backfires as Humiliating New GOP Leaks Hit
As Trump’s brag about his rallies runs into reality, MS NOW’s Steve Benen explains how this captures broader truths about Trump’s toxicity, GOP cultishness, and our strange political moment.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20h
NEW: For 86 years, Missouri has held on to a nonpartisan system of selecting its top judges. But after the state Supreme Court overruled a gerrymandering attempt by the GOP, some Republican lawmakers are calling for the system to be overturned.
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Frustrated by Losses in the Courts, Missouri Republicans Want to Change How Top Judges Are Selected
For 86 years, Missouri has held on to a nonpartisan system of selecting its top judges. But after the state Supreme Court overruled the GOP’s redistricting push, some Republican lawmakers are calling ...
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 20h
John Brennan goes before a Fort Pierce grand jury on a conspiracy theory three investigations already rejected. The prosecutor who signed his subpoena quit the same day. The guy still at the table runs election security for the White House. Fourth try, Cannon's courthouse.
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John Brennan Walks Into a Fort Pierce Grand Jury Room Tomorrow. The Man Who Put Him There Quit the Day the Subpoena Was Served.
Joe diGenova quit September 10 after five months and no charges. The prosecutor still on the case runs election security for the White House. What the grand conspiracy is, and what tomorrow can do.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 20h
“I’ve never seen a situation where all of the first set of cabinet departures have been of one gender — all women." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...
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The Trump Administration and the Shrinking Number of Women in Top Roles
In President Trump’s second term, those heading for the exits, voluntarily or involuntarily, are female officials.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 20h
Today's news roundup: - Trump says people who leak military plans should be shot - Eight states sue OpenAI alleging the company misled users about the safety of ChatGPT - ICE rejects idea that officers wear cameras that turn on automatically 👇️ www.justsecurity.org/160924/early...
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Early Edition: October 15, 2026
A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
Cait Conley to Mike Lawler: "I do not need you to mansplain to me what domestic abuse and sexual assault against women is and the appropriate response. Don't start. Sit over there."
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 20h
Sixteen officials got copied on one email chain while the deputy secretary of State ordered Fuckface's pal Zampolli to stop freelancing outside cultural diplomacy. Nobody vetted him for a real job, they just handed a friend a title and now the whole building has to referee him.
politico.com
Nasty email fight between 2 top Trump appointees spills into the open
The messages offer a window into interpersonal conflicts within the administration.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20h
Trump loyalists, including Steve Bannon, like to claim that the outcome of the 2020 election is up for debate. Make no mistake, Marc Elias says: This is not true. “I know. I was there.” They lost in court. They'll try again. Be ready when they do: demdock.com/4B3FJPX
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 20h
Zacharia didn't pass the California bar, blamed her China answer on Marine One noise, and now the Chinese firm says her old gig was similar to a paid internship. Her law school president told her not to say attorney. Fuckface hired her anyway and keeps calling her one.
rawstory.com
Trump's 'attorney' press secretary hit with new blow as Chinese firm clarifies her role
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia’s legal résumé took another hit as a partner at the Chinese law firm she lists on her LinkedIn profile clarified that her job there was likely “similar to a ...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h
To my knowledge, it is not correct that Judge Reyes issued an order requiring approval to cut down more than 10 trees. What she said is that she had secured a (now broken) verbal commitment from DOJ that nothing major would go forward without them telling the court and the plaintiffs first.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
NEW: Is the clock about to run out in the “Cornell 7” case? I dug into a statute of limitations issue that could gut parts of Jane Doe’s civil suit and keep some of the men from ever being charged. Read all about it on Slip Opinion: annabower.substack.com/p/is-the-clo...
Is the Clock About to Run Out in the
"Cornell 7" Case?
A little-noticed statute of limitations problem could decide whether parts of Jane Doe's civil suit survive - and whether some of the men face charges
at all.
Slip Opinion by Anna Bower
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 20h
Mike Florio on @profootballtalk.bsky.social does a really good job of breaking down what this all means in the context of the ongoing litigation www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiTi...
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Brian Flores case against NFL takes new turn with Korn Ferry document | PFT PM | NFL on NBC
YouTube video by NFL on NBC
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 20h
This Brian Flores document is some one the most racist dogwhistle shit *put in writing* I've seen in an employment discrimination suit. frontofficesports.com/article/bria...
frontofficesports.com
Controversial Search Firm Memo on Brian Flores Unsealed by Court
The memo says Flores is “Polished and a good presenter despite growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn.”
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 19h
Kash Patel runs the agency that's supposed to catch Russian spies, and he's in Russia posting a Bond line about love while Russian missiles hit Ukrainian cities. Any earlier FBI director would be explaining that to a Senate committee. This one is busy counting his million views.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 19h
For more rigorous accountability journalism, subscribe to Popular Information. popular.info/subscribe
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 19h
As I first reported on Monday, Katie Zacharia is not a lawyer and has never been licensed to practice law. The WSJ reports that she took the California Bar Exam but failed. Nevertheless, Zacharia appeared on media programs for YEARS and repeatedly called herself a lawyer. Here's a super cut:
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19h
Even the Trump regime doesn't believe the Trump regime.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 19h
Trump's envoy Zampolli is already fighting Deputy Secretary Landau in leaked emails, and he's doing it while facing a lawsuit accusing him of drugging and raping a much younger woman. Fuckface built this administration out of guys he golfs with, not guys anyone vetted.
thedailybeast.com
Trump Officials Raging Secret Civil War Spills Into the Open
Explosive emails expose a bitter feud between two senior Trump appointees.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 20h
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19h
Your regular reminder that for DECADES, a consistent majority of the American public have told pollsters that undocumented immigrants living here for years should have a chance to "fix their papers." The "deport them all" crowd are the minority, and always have been.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
James Talarico: What we've seen over the last year is a secret police force, and that's what we don't want in this country. I think about Lorenzo Salgado, our fellow Texan. He lived in Houston for 35 years. He sent his 3 boys to college. They watched as their whole world died in a video on Facebook.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Maryland is an all party consent state when it comes to recording phone conversations and other situations where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy. It does not apply to public press conferences where someone asks a question you, as a public official, find embarrassing.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19h
Another lawsuit to keep an eye on. M.V.M., the main contractor, is the same one that in 2018 was caught holding some unaccompanied children they were transporting to shelters in an office building overnight, and making them bathe in the office sinks.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Jon Husted took a maximum campaign contribution from an Epstein co-conspirator weeks before blocking the release of the Epstein files. He sided with the predators funding his campaign instead of the survivors demanding accountability.
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Graham Sinclair @esgarchitect.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
How corruption worked.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 19h
Leadership adjourned the House specifically to dodge votes on the Epstein files and impeaching Hegseth, and Massie is the one saying it out loud. He's not exactly a reliable ally, but when he's right about his own party burying evidence, he's right.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19h
The ICE officer who faces charges for road raging in Minneapolis (pulling a gun on a random motorist who blocked him from driving his unmarked SUV on the shoulder) broke into tears on the stand and said he was under a lot of stress, ok?
Morgan, who was abruptly called up to the Twin Cities from Washington, D.C., said he did not want to join the surge because he was unfamiliar with the area and had heard reports of animosity toward immigration officers.

“I’m not used to that, I’ve never seen something like that in policing,” he said.

The agent broke down in tears while testifying about feeling unsafe and overwhelmed during Operation Metro Surge, describing the atmosphere as a “riot” where he faced relentless harassment, racial slurs and threats of death.

Through a shaky voice, Morgan described the toll his brief deployment took on him and his family.

“I’ve never experienced something like this before,” he said. “I had to take my daughter out of school… because I did the job I’m supposed to do.”

Morgan’s second-degree assault charges stem from a Feb. 5 incident during the surge, when state prosecutors say he illegally drove an unmarked SUV on a Minneapolis freeway shoulder before pointing a firearm at the occupants of a white Cadillac that repeatedly swerved to block him.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19h
The person who trained the officer testified that ICE does not consider pulling a gun on someone a "use of force" and that ICE has no policies expressly banning pointing guns at other motorists. However, he was so evasive on the stand that the judge considered disregarding his whole testimony.
ICE training officer John Parodi, who trained Morgan, testified that displaying or pointing a firearm is not a “use of force,” and standard police restrictions, like not pointing firearms at motorists, do not apply to ICE.

“There is no tit-for-tat matching force; there is no policy that limits or forces the agent to react to a specific defined force or specific defined response,” Parodi said. “Our officers have the ability to judge and deploy a reasonable level of force.”

Under cross-examination, Minnesota offered department policy stating officers may use force only when no safe alternatives exist — exhaustively questioning Parodi on what constitutes force, if a firearm is a lethal weapon and how officers are trained.

Parodi, who noted he is under a Touhy demand, often said he could not comment on agency protocols or insights into training beyond general concepts, though his shifting testimony drew sharp criticism from Brasel.

“This witness is all over the place in terms of what he answers and what he doesn’t,” Brasel said. “I can’t discern any line. I’m really close to just disregarding his entire testimony.”
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 19h
BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org asked the California State Bar to investigate whether White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia was playing lawyer She seems to have described herself "general counsel" & lawyer w/o a law license No one is above the law, not even behind the podium 👇
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Bipartisan Ethics Experts Call for California State Bar and Attorney General to Investigate Katie Zacharia for Unauthorized Practice of Law
Falsely holding oneself out as a lawyer is a criminal offense, punishable by fine or incarceration of up to a year in jail.
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