Reposted by @curious-flutter-byThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1hQ: “Wherever you go you are the Attorney General…” Blanche: “That’s not what the law says…I’m allowed to go and support administrative priorities in my personal capacity.” 5618263
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h(FT) - Diesel prices will not return to normal for more than a year, according to US oil and gas executives surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. @financialtimes.com $CRAK www.ft.com/content/0d74... 23195108
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 2hTomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America. 501844878
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2hBlanche: "Today, we're also announcing that just a few minutes ago the DOJ filed a judicial misconduct complaint with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals against all but one district court judge in the District of Minnesota for violating various judicial canons." 229538170
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6hSomething remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comIn Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s FaultThanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state. 712859727
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 5hThe mortality reviews that ICE published late last week show that medical neglect is widespread in Trump's concentration camps — something immigrants, advocates and attorneys have said for years, and which ICE routinely denies. New from me in @prospect.org.prospect.orgDisturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews - The American ProspectThe federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect. 6445198
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byandykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 4hGovernor @roycoopernc.bsky.social has served the state of North Carolina for decades as a state legislator, attorney general, and governor. He knows this state and cares deeply about making life more affordable for all North Carolinians. 2127
@curious-flutter-by @curiousflutterby.bsky.social · 12hyoutube.com/shorts/fRxYa...youtube.comDozens of men were in that group chat.YouTube video by Monte Mader 000
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14hYet another reason to run on oversight and accountability. Those are promises they can actually keep. 361035205
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14hHere's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw 472117433072
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byMother Jones @motherjones.com · 13hBuried away and completely hidden out of sight in a dense forest, more than 1,600 immigrants are imprisoned here on any given day in what is the largest immigration detention center in the Northeast. motherjones.comTrump’s mass detention machine in Pennsylvania"ICE is just churning bodies into the detention system." 15218153
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h“Morally binding” “Police yourselves” lol ok 3182599592
Reposted by @curious-flutter-bySenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 16hTonight, 47 Senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the 9 Americans killed on the West Bank & for Palestinians who face injustices daily. That's more support than we've ever had in this fight. Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice. 261839374
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 18h📌REMINDER: 1. Donald Trump violently attacked the country on Jan. 6, 2021, while trying to overthrow the election. 2. He then retired to his dining room to root on the attack for three hours. 3. When it failed, he went on camera, and told the attackers that he "loved them." He's a damn traitor. 23620238
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16hHegseth has said he wants “less generals, more GIs.” trib.al/yTkMtodtrib.alPete Hegseth Is About to Slash a Fifth of All Military LeadershipHegseth has said he wants “less generals, more GIs.” 324627
@curious-flutter-by @curiousflutterby.bsky.social · 16hopen.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...open.substack.comSCOTUS allows third-country removals to resume, as lower courts close in on Trump’s lawlessnessA split-screen of the Supreme Court allowing Trump to expand his authoritarian efforts as appeals courts are increasingly supporting district courts’ accountability efforts. 000
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17hNEW: The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge brought by the Democratic National Committee that could determine if state judges can extend polling hours after election-day disruptions threaten voting access. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comWisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear case on expanded voting hours during Election Day disruptionsThe DNC is asking the justices to clarify whether Wisconsin courts can extend voting hours when election-day problems threaten voters’ constitutional right to vote. 422894916
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.” 12381272642
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byOregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 18hThe most powerful person in our country cannot mess with our elections — that’s how you get a dictator. And that’s why we’re pushing back hard against Trump’s attempts to meddle in our elections. #orpol #oregonelections 36016
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23hElon Musk is sitting right by Trump 1621067290
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byHome of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Trump has said the Iran war is almost over at least 60 times. It's been 212 days. 19 service members are dead, 800+ wounded, $43 billion gone. We counted every broken promise with @votevets.org. 27726388
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19hWSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.wsj.comExclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television AdsWhite House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law. 761094562
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026NEWS: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveils what his administration calls the nation’s first municipal strategy to combat antisemitism, including major new investments in hate-crime prevention, synagogue security, Holocaust education and Jewish institutions.meidasnews.comMamdani Unveils First-of-Its-Kind Plan to Fight Antisemitism in NYCThe mayor is pouring millions into hate-crime prevention, synagogue security and Jewish institutions. 35919205
Reposted by @curious-flutter-bySenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 29/09/2026While I welcome the decision of OpenAI to scrap the release of its new model, without mandatory safety & testing standards, we’re just trusting the AI giants to do the right thing. I called on OpenAI to reconsider its release of GPT-6 Astra & am still waiting for answers to key questions: 914839
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Watchdog group Public Citizen files a formal FCC complaint about Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads “Broadcasters may be held liable for airing any ad that is in violation of federal law. Federal law explicitly prohibits using appropriated public funds for government propaganda" 271187424
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026These people are utterly shameless 2303180719
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byOutspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees. 283133644445
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026DOJ has charged Wilber Garcés with felony assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer, based on the allegation he struck an ICE officer with his sideview mirror when driving off after the initial traffic stop. He was then chased for 8 minutes, rammed, and then shot. 48828376
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026New: We obtained witness videos and surveillance footage showing ICE parking their cars, arresting an observer, and transferring detainees in parking lots across 4 of Chicago's police districts. Local officials have tried banning ICE from city property. But incidents in the lots keep stacking up:unraveledpress.comIn plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operationsVideos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol... 8638348
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byProject Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 29/09/2026If you're a staff writer who needs to wait until a contract is public record to report on it, here you go. Robot dogs sold for $1.3 million to RADeCO of Connecticut, as we reported yesterday — now available on USA Spending. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A... 02510
@curious-flutter-by @curiousflutterby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026She must’ve missed the memo about SI. 000
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message." 13148821032
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Super cool. Here’s a class traitor dispatch: when you start to make more money you start to pay more taxes. The size of the checks you send to the govt have big numbers on them. It’s unsettling. You need a strategy & that strategy is SUCK IT UP MOTHERFUCKER. 111247137
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29/09/2026Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.aljazeera.comSatellite images show Gaza in ruins three years into Israel's genocidal warGoogle Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed. 21683405
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I love this woman. Chuck Schumer, you need to wake your ass up and realize you got an actual boss running for the Senate in Florida. Send her campaign more money immediately. 161087200
Reposted by @curious-flutter-bySpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21074062414
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026Salgado Araujo’s son’s said the family has “been in public begging for justice, putting our lives at risk while ICE has hidden the killer and tried to drag our father’s good name through the mud.” www.texastribune.org/2026/09/28/h...texastribune.orgICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identifiedThe federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte... 121474
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026OAN: "The GOP chair of the GA Peanut Commission backs Ossoff ... Donald Chase said Ossoff has his vote, adding he likes to support people he believes in. Chase said he's still a conservative R, but claims character matters, and he wants someone in the Senate who will take the institution seriously" 682906603
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social exposes the lie at the heart of Trump’s immigration crackdown: It was never just about illegal immigration. “They’re attacking student visas...attacking H-1B visas... 'Their goal ultimately is to end all immigration to the United States.'” 415258
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows. 19689915378
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s indeed possible to write a headline that says “Trump lies again.” It doesn’t violate any rule of journalism or shatter the laws of nature. it just tells the truth. 15484133
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026Whoa! This part makes the story worse. Trump didn’t just appear in taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies. He personally helped orchestrate them, including helping choose the imagery and video. OUR TAX DOLLARS. HIS PROPAGANDA. 83859412
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes. 12133471057
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byAndrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 29/09/2026"Using a procedural move, Clarion Borough will not enter into a proposed memorandum of understanding (...) that would have allowed Clarion police officers to participate in ICE activities." www.thederrick.com/news/communi...thederrick.comClarion Borough backs off from ICE agreementUsing a procedural move, Clarion Borough will not enter into a proposed memorandum of understanding with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would have allowed Clarion police officers to par... 44112
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byMother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026Trump aims to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs. “It’s going to create a lot of conflict and confusion and animosity.”motherjones.comTrump aims to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs"It’s going to create a lot of conflict and confusion and animosity." 85320188
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byOregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A federal judge in Oregon ruled that the Trump administration broke the law when it tried to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This is a win for every Oregonian who's ever been hit with a hidden fee or a loan that wasn't what they were promised. 26425
Reposted by @curious-flutter-bySenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 29/09/2026A federal judge ruled that the Trump admin violated her order prohibiting overcrowding at ICE's Baltimore holding room — the very facility I've been sounding the alarm on after we saw this terrible footage last year. The judge is right to threaten contempt — the abuses must end. 27629198
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byThe 74 @the74.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Department of Education on Monday officially rescinded the Biden-era Title IX rule, which extended protections to LGBTQ students. The move, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said, will give parents “greater comfort” www.the74million.org/article/educ... 476239
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 28/09/2026I believe the Constitution provides a remedy for Congress when the President doesn't follow his constitutional appropriation-spending requirements! 13926127
Reposted by @curious-flutter-byAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes. 20982022250