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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 6m

DOJ's complaint about at least seven fed. judges in Minnesota for talking to the NYTimes about the Trump administration's mismanagement of immigration enforcement complains of these ten truthful statements on the ground that some immigration cases are pending appeal. www.justice.gov/sites/defaul...

A list of ten statements the judges made in this NYTimes article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/minnesota-judge-trump-immigration.html

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6m

There was a WSJ report on organizing against data centers in KY that described they used hunting maps to figure out what Meta was buy. Hunting maps may save us all.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 19m

Which two SCOTUS judges do folks think are paid subscribers to Erick Erickson's newsletter?

You are not alone.

Right now, staff in the White House, at least one cabinet secretary two cabinet secretaries, multiple senators and congressmen, two former Speakers of the House, at least one two Supreme Court Justices, a dozen Circuit and District Court Judges, six governors that I know of, a bunch of state legislators, Supreme and appellate court Justices and judges in multiple states, some really famous theologians, journalists, and public policy makers, and at least one Academy Award winner are all reading the Show Notes that went out at noon.

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 50m

A scathing @emptywheel.bsky.social column: "Even the propaganda was too slovenly to get basic details right," like Trump signing his name as "President of the Unites States." Also, not the point; Greg Brockman's signature looks either truly psychopathic or that he scribbled it under duress.

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In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" - emptywheel

Once you realize Trump's morally binding AI code doesn't even spell "United States" properly, the whole sham looks even more ominous.

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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 1h

"this was elder care masquerading as world-saving 'policy,' stringing together some of Tr*mp’s favorite activities—proximity to power, document signings, arbitrary renamings— for an entire day" @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/i...

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In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" - emptywheel

Once you realize Trump's morally binding AI code doesn't even spell "United States" properly, the whole sham looks even more ominous.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1h

The other day, Andrew Bailey, who stepped down as MO AG in hopes of becoming FBI Director, stepped down. REMARKABLY, one report said he routinely told Kash he was violating the Constitution. Today, DOJ did something profoundly corrupt in hopes of politicizing 8th C, which covers MO, MN, and IA.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h

I tried to go find a dark sky during the eclipse this year. It being Ireland (where there ARE genuinely dark skies, including a preserve in Kerry), I found clouds.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h

Great news, everyone! We own Andrii Derkach's Beverly Hills' condo. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

WHEREAS, no other person or entity has filed a claim to, or asserted an
ownership interest in, the Defendants In Rem, and the time to do so has expired;
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND
DECREED that, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(A), 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C), and 31 U.S.C.
§ 5335(e), the Defendants In Rem are forfeited and condemned to the use and benefit of the
United States; and it is further

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

When I say *only* I don't mean I really think 8 were needed in this case. But there have been some fabricated cases against Dem activists that involved more FBI goons in the arrest (tho often HSI agents dressed in paramilitary garb).

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

Among the people he's supporting: Paxton (of course), Derrick Van Orden, Tom Kean, Mike Lawler. Also opposing Elaine Luria, Josh Turek, MGP, Jared Moswkowitz (and others).

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

Remember how @dansavage.bsky.social Google bombed Rick Santorum's name so it came up as the definition for ""the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex." I think there's the ability to do something similar with Schmitt. www.thebulwark.com/p/eric-schmi...

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Eric Schmitts the Bed

Plus: Trump’s dangerous, reckless embrace of AI.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 3h

By raking in $2.2 billion last year, President Trump made the equivalent of a presidential salary about every two hours. And he made the median American's annual income about every 10 minutes.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 3h

Easiest way to double your vote. Help an American abroad cast a ballot. Especialy ones in Canada. Only 11% of overseas Americans voted in 2024. www.votefromabroad.org makes it so easy!

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Request Absentee Ballots for US Citizens | VoteFromAbroad.org

Helping US Citizens Request Their Absentee Ballot to Vote from Outside the US | VoteFromAbroad.org

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3h

As part of a motion to suppress in the case of accused pipe bomber Brian Cole, his lawyers released his arrest 302 which revealed 1) FBI used a dumbass excuse not to turn on BWC and 2) they only had 8 SWAT team members. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Part of a heavily redacted 302 report.

It shows a table listing SWAT PERSONNEL, with 8 entirely redacted names listed.

It also explains that body worn cameras "were not utilized during this arrest operation due to the exigent nature created by COLE's unexpected departure from his residence."

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026

In one violent incident on August 1, immigration agents in CPD's 25th District station lot boxed in an ICE observer, ripped her from her car and moved her to one of their SUVs to detain her. We asked for security footage from that morning. It shows ICE agents in full view of local police:

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ICE agents box in and detain observer in CPD's 25th District parking lot on August 1, 2026

YouTube video by unraveled

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Totoro @nigelsq.bsky.social · 4h

In my informed, professional opinion, the amount of data Facebook maintains hot per user is simply not affordable UNLESS they were receiving significant breaks in storage costs. I imagined a factory that was sending them drives far below market prices. However, tax breaks work too.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 6h

Let’s remember that Sen. Eric Schmitt is a white nationalist who employs other white nationalists while spreading white nationalist/racist conspiracy theories. missouriindependent.com/2025/09/15/m... White supremacists never fail to demonstrate how they’re inferior:

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5h

Here's NYT story w/recording of Ken Paxton describing what a dead weight Trump has been, including the convention. “So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...

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Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him

Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

In a past life I wrote docs to help corporations (often, oil refineries) comply with regulations put in place after and responding to the Bhopal disaster. This has Bhopal written all over it, but on a much bigger scale.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 6h

"This was elder care masquerading as world-saving policy, stringing together some of Trump’s favorite activities — proximity to power, document signings, and arbitrary renamings — for an entire day."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

People are really furious at Huckabee over at Xitter. Which feels like it could be a teachable moment.

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 9h

🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...

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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups

The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h

A lot of people On Here seem surprised by the flimsiness of far right attacks. Did any of you follow the Durham investigation? Or Schmitt's lawsuit on Xitter, especially the way he worked a hard drive he claimed was Hunter Biden's laptop into it?

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 18h

Remains to be seen to what extent expansion of US military ops on land in Latin America represents an "escalation" from the boat strikes. Some regional government may have qualms about US drone strikes on their territory. Cooperation could be other than direct action. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

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Exclusive | How the Pentagon Is Escalating Trump’s Drug War in Latin America

Gen. Francis Donovan shared new details on the use of high-tech drones in the jungle and said that U.S.-assisted land strikes are an option.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h

Bc the last 30 seconds of this are the best, reminder that @amyklobuchar.com's dad was a sports journalist, which may explain her utter contempt for Schmitt mistaking the Hawks and Hawkeyes.

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David Frank DeLuca @davidfrankdeluca.bsky.social · 19h

I called Sen. Eric Schmitt's office and asked the staffer who answered if the senator was a war hawk or a chicken hawk, or both. I told her I would hold until she got an answer from the senator. I encourage you to do it too. Here's his number in Washington DC: (202) 224-5721.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19h

Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims

Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.

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Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 22h

🚨Exclusive🚨: I have exculpatory evidence in what is easily the dumbest congressional oversight episode of the year...maybe the decade. I was at the Iowa v. MD game & just looked at my pics & sure enough, someone who looks like Jack Smith is sitting in Sec 109, Row 1. Complete & total vindication!

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 22h

👀 Holy Shit.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h

This is a great interview, including @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social's back story, which I didn't know before. It's long, but set aside time for it.

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Jason Meisner @jmetr22b.bsky.social · 20h

Lawyers for the "Broadview Six" have submitted Sheri Mecklenburg's resignation letter to Judge Perry in advance of Thursday's hearing, saying it contains "additional facts that directly and materially implicate" issues pending before the court. 👇

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 20h

How is it possible that we’re still here twelve years later

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h

Most swing state GOP Senate candidates took $$ from Jack Abramoff's now pardoned partner.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid

senator schmitt and his two idiot staffers after making a generational fuck up

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R Del @delexical.bsky.social · 20h

They... called 999 themselves.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 22h

#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).

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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22h

I think people REALLY can't appreciate how badly the far right wants to prove that Fani Willis and Jack Smith coordinated. So they were not going to let the truth get in the way of their most sincerely held belief.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22h

Judge April Perry adds Sheri Mecklenburg's motion to intervene in the Broadview 6 case to the hearing on Thursday. 🍿

MINUTE entry before the Honorable April M. Perry: The motion presentment hearing for Intervenor-Movant Sheri H. Mecklenburg's Motion to Intervene 261 set for 10/1/2026 at 10:30 a.m. is advanced to 10/1/2026 at 1:00 p.m. in Courtroom 1725, to be heard collectively with all other pending motions already scheduled for that time. Mailed notice. (jcc,) (Entered: 09/29/2026)

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23h

Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.

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The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.

The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

But look on the bright side! That increases the chance that Rob Sand will appoint his successor.

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