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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 5h

How a growing network of Reformed pastors and influencers is blending segregationist theology, the manosphere, and internet outrage to monetize white supremacy. open.substack.com/pub/confront...

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The rise of the Jim Crow theobros

How a growing network of Reformed pastors and influencers is blending segregationist theology, the manosphere, and internet outrage to monetize white supremacy.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18h

Trump is helping Russia who is helping Iran attack and kill Americans. So that means Trump is knowingly taking steps to weaken the US and bolster Russia and its close ally, Iran. Does that make him a traitor? Let's have the debate.... www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

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Iran able to replenish its missiles and drones, getting arms from Russia, officials tell Bloomberg

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

We are becoming more like our ally Russia every day under the Trump Regime. Vote his Republican enablers and supporters out of office next month. Our Republic is being shredded and our credibility all over the world is completely gone.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

ALSO Justice and vengeance are two very different things. The government shouldn’t have the power to execute people, especially when our justice system doesn’t deliver equal justice. Race, wealth, and access to the best legal representation can determine who lives and who dies.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Despite ongoing lawsuit seeking to stop Trump overhaul of DC's East Potomac Park, the National Park Service has notified the court that it's going to take down nearly 530 trees at the site Team Trump is pursuing plan to redevelop the golf course on site

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16h

The Defense Department first awarded the consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal a $67 million deal shortly after George Kollitides started at the Pentagon. Then came a bigger, no-bid contract for the firm: $281 million working with Kollitides’ office.

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The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official

The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 14h

It is, in fact, possible to impeach and remove President Trump from office next week. It won't happen, however, because Republicans also support Putin and Russia and agree with Trump.

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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it.

All this time, while Defendants have refused to identify Does 4 and 5 or respond to Leo’s discovery requests, the six-month statute of limitations on his FTCA claims has nearly expired. So, on October 6, Leo sought Defendants’ consent to file an amended complaint that (1) adds his FTCA claims against the United States and (2) adds the names of Does 1, 2, and 3. These minimal changes are shown in a redline attached to this filing.
Defendants, however, refused to consent to Leo’s amendments because there is not a protective order in place. One of Defendants’ positions with respect to the protective order is that the “full legal names” of all government employees “should be confidential.” (ECF 109, at 2). That position, apparently, means that Defendants even oppose Leo identifying specific officers in his lawsuit against those very officers based on their misconduct in carrying out their public duties. Because Defendants will not consent to Leo’s amendments, Leo has filed this motion for leave.

Justice also requires granting Leo leave to name the Doe officers as defendants. Despite DHS’s remarkable position that all government employees’ names are confidential, parties routinely sue government employees by name. In fact, Rule 10(a) “requires a complaint to ‘include the names of all the parties.’” Doe v. Frank, 951 F.2d 320, 322 (11th Cir. 1992) (per curiam) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a)). “Lawsuits are public events.” Id. Rule 10(a) “protects the public’s legitimate interest in knowing all of the facts involved, including the identity of the parties.” Id. Only in an “exceptional case” can a party’s name be withheld from the public. Id. And that bar is even higher for public employees since their employment “diminishes their privacy interests” given “the corresponding public interest in knowing how public employees are performing their jobs.” Stern v. FBI, 737 F.2d 84, 92 (D.C. Cir. 1984);

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21h

Russia has not only provided intelligence support to Iran but, as it turns out, has also supplied missiles to the Iranians. (Bloomberg News) Americans were killed by Iranian attacks using these weapons. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

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Iran able to replenish its missiles and drones, getting arms from Russia, officials tell Bloomberg

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h

Every single Republican except Massie, Fitzpatrick, Tillis, Collins, and Paul paid for these illegal ads.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

“President Zelenskyy could’ve solved the war” — Trump (The one person with the power to immediately end the war is Putin, the aggressor)

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h

Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org

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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.

Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19h

It’s long past time for the U.S. to get a new president.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15h

Ukraine has repeatedly offered cease fires and Russia has always refused

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 21h

Just Ted Cruz recirculating racist far right propaganda from a French white nationalist and disseminator of the great replacement bullshit theory.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2026

NEW: Early on Aug. 25, the Tohono O’odham Nation received a one-minute notice from Border Patrol. A convoy of contractors — guarded by masked agents — was en route to conduct testing for a coming border wall. The tribe was warned: Do not interfere.

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As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones

For decades, the Tohono O’odham Nation collaborated with DHS to stave off a border wall. Despite their cooperation, the Trump administration is barreling forward with a project that would divide their...

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23h

“The Post reported last month that the numbers of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting…Hegseth called that reporting ‘a complete lie.’ However, late Friday, the Pentagon raised the figure to include additional deaths.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Pentagon raises official toll of troops who died during war with Iran to 21

The Post exclusively reported last month that the numbers of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting in its public database.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23h

1. Russia is not winning on the battlefield and had to reform the entire budget in favor of the continuous war against sovereign Ukraine. 2. Zelenskyy has reacted favorably to any suggestion of a peaceful deal that would stop Russian aggression. Each attempt of such was declined by Kremlin.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A President saying he can be as nasty as he wants to be to people who have broken no laws is not restraint, it’s in fact the very opposite of that. It’s just authoritarianism. But here’s the thing, Jesse is catching lots of flak FROM HIS RIGHT, for not being authoritarian enough.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The right wing crash out over asian students celebrating at a UT football game reveals that all along the true goal of reactionary colorblindness was never “meritocracy” but resegregation. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Color-blind meritocracy was, for many years, a successful rhetorical strategy for undermining antidiscrimination law and excluding Black people from selective schools and prominent positions. That’s why so many former segregationists seemed to suddenly embrace the concept in the 1970s. For them, resegregation—not color-blindness—was always the goal. As long as the success of some immigrants could be used to paint Black students as undeserving, color-blind meritocracy was good. But now many on the right see a new problem: too many Asian Americans in elite spaces. Their success, therefore, must be portrayed as a sinister theft of real (white) Americans’ birthright.

The declining “social trust” that the administration warned against is, of course, not the fault of these students. The problem is bigots like Bo French who cannot accept into their community people who do not share their race and religion, and those who monetize or otherwise profit from that bigotry by spreading it through social media. Like the proverbial child who kills their parents and asks for mercy as an orphan, they are responsible for the problem they are decrying.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And still he lies. Sick sick person who should be removed from office.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thrilled to say that the person who was falsely accused is an @immcouncil.org attorney, and thanks to her advocacy and the work of multiple others, we successfully prevented the Trump admin from sending a gay man back to Iran just before the war broke out. You may even remember that story.

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LGBTQ Iranians Sought U.S. Asylum, But Now Face Deportation

Three LGBTQ Iranians sought asylum in the U.S. Now two face deportation back to Iran, where being gay is punishable by death.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

When a politician promises to make something cheaper, ask "the second question". Where's the extra supply coming from? ⁣ ⁣ This diesel executive order doesn't make any sense newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…

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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

8 time Texas HS football state champion coach knows what’s at stake this November.

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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump’s deal with Putin is illegal. In 2022, the US Congresses passed the Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act, explicitly prohibiting the import of russian energy resources into the United States. Legally, Trump is not allowed to make a deal with Putin.

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Four days before yesterday’s ICE shooting in the Bronx, Judge Gary Brown of EDNY (Trump apptee) listed 7 outrages in an ICE case before him, including evasive & apparently perjurious testimony, post-hoc sworn arrest warrant containing false info, woeful lack of training … 1/2

The evidence points to numerous failings on the part of both ICE and the officers
who testified, including:
1. evasive and apparently perjurious testimony by the ICE agents, including the
testimony concerning supposed observations of the petitioner engaging in drug
transactions, which bear all the hallmarks of coordinated fabrication,12 the absence of any recovered drugs, paraphernalia or cash from the petitioner,
the failure of the agents to follow up upon these supposed observations or refer
the matter to another law enforcement agency, and the notable absence of any
reference to these observations in the voluminous documentary records, further undermining the agents' testimony;
2. the seemingly reflexive, though false, claims that the petitioner was
"misidentified" as the target of the operation;
3. fundamental misconceptions about ICE agents authorities and duties;
4. illegality of the arrest and detention of petitioner and Concepcion;
5. the post-arrest documents, which not only were procedurally and legally
suspect, but contain false statements;

Notably, in its filings, Government counsel has not referenced this testimony, seemingly abandoning any argument predicated upon these sworn assertions by the agents.

6. the database search process used to justify the administrative warrant, as
described by the ranking supervisory officer, which appears designed to generate misleading information in official records; and
7. the inexperience of the agents involved, their woeful lack of proper training, understanding of law, policies and procedures, and their ready recourse to false testimony to conceal these failings.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

How dare Vladimir Zelensky fight for his country’s sovereignty and freedom.

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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 10/10/2026

RUSSIA TARGETED A BUS FULL OF CIVILIANS AND MULTIPLE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THIS WEEK ALONE. Maybe the ingrate is the guy who made the decision to fund that terrorism by purchasing oil in a last ditch attempt to boost his poll numbers?

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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

And there it is: "I should have won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes, not just 1." What a sadly predictable narcissistic creature Trump is. Sad, predictable, and loathsome.

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Tl;dr: the Trump administration lifting sanctions against Russia in the week that Russia escalates its campaign of war crimes against Ukrainian civilians is disgusting but it shouldn't be remotely surprising. It's what Trump and his circle have always wanted to do.

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I don't see anything erratic here. For over a decade, Trump has prioritised "getting along with Russia"; since 20 January 2025, Trump administration policy has reflected that priority. It's perhaps the most consistent aspect of Trump foreign policy. 🧵on Trump and sanctions.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Trump’s plan to save the midterms is…help Russia. The Trump-Vance-Kushner-Witkoff approach to the war has always been weaken Ukraine so they bow down to Putin. It hasn’t worked. With nearly two years of this, Ukraine has shown it can thwart ground offensives and strike Russian oil without US help.

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US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing

Donald Trump’s administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I agree that this is a BFD. But I think it gives Trump too much agency. This was baked in for quite some time and I expect Lindsey Graham's death is what accelerated it. Putin is no doubt offering Trump a way out of his Iran disaster, which ALWAYS required scapegoating Ukraine.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Trump wants the US to fund Putin’s evil regime.

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

ICE is destroying the country’s food supply. VOTE “The region is California’s agricultural heartland, where farms anchor a $60 billion industry that feeds the world.” calmatters.org/justice/2026...

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Sudden surge in ICE arrests empties streets in California's San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley is California's agricultural heartland. It's now the focus of an immigration enforcement campaign that has communities on edge.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Notice how Trump did not repeat this lie, one of his favorites, when his boyfriend Xi was here.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 10/10/2026

We went from sanctioning Russian oil to buying it in three weeks. Instead of ending his disastrous war in Iran, Trump is now funding Russia's war in Ukraine. We used to hold dictators and autocrats accountable. Now our president negotiated a deal to fund Putin's unjust war.

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Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets

President Donald Trump has few options to reduce diesel prices given the destruction done to refineries by the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This was a necessary stream; lots of people are appalled. Thanks to @samsteindc.bsky.social

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

JUST UNSEALED: A judge ruled this week that the first Trump admin's "Remain in Mexico" policy illegally subjected thousands of people – many with meritorious asylum claims — to horrifically dangerous and violent conditions and deprived them of access to attorneys. cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/legal-doc...

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump announces that the U.S. will buy Russian oil. This is just a few weeks after Trump signed the Lindsey Graham Russia Sanctions bill, which authorized him to place 100% tariffs on countries that are the biggest importers of Russian oil/gas. Are we going to tariff ourselves now?

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026

This is awful. Put in a full-body straitjacket and then pulled up the air stairs by his wrists and ankles. The WRAP is regularly used on ICE flights to Africa.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Emphasizing: people I am speaking to are strong and have tremendous spirit. But they have been devastated. They mostly entered the U.S. legally, worked for several years, were detained (frequently illegally), arbitrarily deprived or denied status, treated brutally, and dropped here with nothing.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

One of the biggest routine lies by the Trump admin is that if someone in detention gives up, they'll be immediately deported and can leave detention. That is just completely false.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

> @cnn.com $SPCX www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/i...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“Just feels more racist, I guess?”

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