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But appeasement of fascism is what led to everything,' - Stephen B. Jacobs

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Levi Anthony Luckenbach @lluck002.bsky.social · 10h
JD Vance is, like, his fifth name he’s invented for himself… Hypocrisy.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 10h
Irony is a mouldering cadaver.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 10h
A group of former FBI agents assigned to investigate President Donald Trump’s classified documents criminal case sued Director Kash Patel on Thursday, challenging their wrongful terminations as clear First and Fifth Amendment violations. www.courthousenews.com/fired-fbi-ag...
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Fired FBI agents on Trump classified documents case sue DOJ
According to the agents, FBI Director Kash Patel invoked Article II of the Constitution to terminate them without cause, simply claiming they had exercised poor judgment leading to the weaponization o...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/10/2026
Breaking news: Arlington County sued to block construction of President Trump’s planned 250-foot triumphal arch, arguing that the administration failed to adequately evaluate potential environmental impacts of the project as required by federal law.
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Virginia county sues to block Trump from building his arch
Arlington County’s all-Democratic board argues that the planned 250-foot-tall arch needs more review.
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MerryGhouled @merryghouled.bsky.social · 9h
Just like Trump. He’s being trained by the best and coddled by the rest.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h
Everything this asshole says is pure projection.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 11h
Somewhere, Anthony Scaramucci is looking at a calendar ...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19h
WSJ:  Katie Zacharia has never passed the bar exam in the U.S.. She failed the test in California in 2011. Once she moved to China, she served as an international legal consultant, which did not require passing the bar.
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Exclusive | White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn’t Pass Bar Exam
Zacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 18h
substack.com/@robrogers3
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Rick McKee @rmckee.bsky.social · 17h
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17h
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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mytb38.bsky.social @mytb38.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Under 18 U.S.C. § 597, it is a crime to offer, give, solicit, or accept compensation in exchange for voting, withholding a vote, or voting for or against a particular candidate.
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MerryGhouled @merryghouled.bsky.social · 17h
$10 in this economy? 🤮
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 19h
But giving water to voters waiting in long lines to vote is illegal
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18h
This is about Ilhan Omar. But it's also about control, intimidation, & authoritarianism. The message is: we can do this to a member of Congress; no foreign-born American is safe. The administration is using fear as a tactic to discourage people from voicing opposition.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 17h
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Sign up for The Democracy Download, a new mini-course from the ACLU. Across a series of emails and texts, you'll learn everything you need to know to identify and respond to misinformation when you see it. Plus, when you make it to the end, you'll get a free Know Your Rights guide to help you and your community prepare for Election Day.
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MerryGhouled @merryghouled.bsky.social · 17h
On tour to instigate violence against those who call him out for not releasing the Epstein files and all his cruelty.
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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 18h
This is one to watch. Trump appointed federal judge to decide if ICE agent will be tried in state or federal court. www.courthousenews.com/ice-agent-te...
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ICE agent testifies in Minnesota assault case as judge weighs jurisdiction
The agent broke down in tears when talking about the toll of Operation Metro Surge and what he experienced during his brief deployment.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18h
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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18h
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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perla-trevizo.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social · 18h
Since #Texas Gov. Greg Abbott first declared an emergency at the border in 2021, he’s renewed or amended the proclamation at least 69 times. “Governors, once they get a power, are hesitant to give it back,” one expert said. via @propublica.org @texastribune.org www.propublica.org/article/greg...
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Trump Says the Border Is Secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency.
Since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott first declared an emergency at the border in 2021, he’s renewed or amended the proclamation at least 69 times. The proclamation has greatly expanded his powers without goi...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18h
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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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 18h
@injusticewatch.org and @theintercept.com revealed who confined Valentina Galvis and her baby – a U.S. citizen – in an O’Hare hotel for five days last summer. Now, Galvis is suing the ICE contractor, MVM Inc., and the hotel chain for false imprisonment. buff.ly/CKqxnY4
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Chicago mother sues ICE contractor that jailed her and her baby in a hotel room
This story was published in partnership with The Intercept, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to holding the powerful accountable through fearless,
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17h
US lawmakers unveil bill to hold Wall Street’s ‘Epstein-connected’ bosses to account
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US lawmakers unveil bill to hold Wall Street’s ‘Epstein-connected’ bosses to account
Move comes as Senator Elizabeth Warren condemns Barclays response to questions over ex-boss’s ties to sex offender US lawmakers have unveiled a new bill to hold Wall Street’s “Epstein-connected” bosses to account for helping finance the late sex offender’s crimes. It came as top Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren condemned the UK bank Barclays for “dodging responsibility” over its failure to vet former boss Jes Staley and his ties to the once well-connected billionaire. Continue reading...
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MerryGhouled @merryghouled.bsky.social · 17h
He’ll feign cognitive decline to avoid accountability.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17h
Critics says Trump is suffering cognitive decline. But he clearly remembers the talking points Putin gives him over the phone.
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 15/10/2026
The Times using “critics say” in every other paragraph of this piece is cowardly. Like writing a weather story and using “observers say” to point out that it’s raining.” Journalism-lite. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 17h
📌Honest to God, Texan, if you are really torn between voting for Talarico and an absolute lowlife crook like Paxton, you shouldn't be trusted with crossing the street. Truly can't believe the number of self-harming idiots in America ...
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 18h
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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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 18h
"The new program is called the Enforcement and Removal Operations Overwatch and National Security Enforcement, or ERO ONE..." Shouldn't that be ERO ONSE? These twerps can't even do acronyms right. Just call it COINTELPRO. prospect.org/2026/10/14/i...
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ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program - The American Prospect
Under ERO ONE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 142 intelligence contractors with top secret clearances and deploy them in cities across the country.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 18h
I mean what is the statutory authority for ICE to collect this information: “Legal liability should be a major concern for anyone who bids on the ERO ONE contract, Murphy said, because it’s unclear whether the information they’d be charged with accessing had been gathered legally.”
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MerryGhouled @merryghouled.bsky.social · 17h
Hope his leg goes out. Hope he cannot sleep. Hope is is miserable.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17h
Early this morning, Trump returned to the WH aboard Marine One after a campaign tour through Alaska, Arizona, and Montana, trying to shore up support in red states just weeks before the midterms. Watch him slowly descend that short flight of steps, then tapping his right leg again as he walks.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h
The curse of paying attention to the Trump admin is I now recognize these guys. Zampolli who pursued a teen model who flew to US on the Epstein plane, refused to marry her even when they had a kid, and then years later set ICE on her after she married someone else. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
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Trump Friend Asked ICE to Detain the Mother of His Child
Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and a longtime Trump ally, was in a custody battle over his son. An ICE official agreed to help.
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MerryGhouled @merryghouled.bsky.social · 19h
Why did the left let us fabricate a lie and spread it?!?
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"You made us all get the story wrong," is, perhaps, the most pathetic stance that anyone pretending at journalism might offer. That GOP hacks might offer it up is standard. That Fox now runs out the string is, also, sadly quite standard.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 20h
JUST FILED: It ain't an "October surprise", but surging water bills & electric bills could seal the GOP's fate in midterms Congress expands investigation of Kimberly Guilfoyle Court extends its block of further taxpayer-funded Trump TV ads DAY AHEAD: macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/day-ahead-...
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DAY AHEAD - My Daily Editorial Note
October 15, 2026
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MerryGhouled @merryghouled.bsky.social · 19h
Abbott will bang that broken drum until it dissolves into thin air. Hate and misinformation is all he has to peddle.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 20h
NEW: Trump Says the Border Is Secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency. by @perla-trevizo.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill w/ @texastribune.org
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Trump Says the Border Is Secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency.
Since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott first declared an emergency at the border in 2021, he’s renewed or amended the proclamation at least 69 times. The proclamation has greatly expanded his powers without goi...
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Utah police sued over armed raid tied to stolen Lego investigation www.courthousenews.com/utah-police-...
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Utah police sued over armed raid tied to stolen Lego investigation
Four people assisting a YouTube journalist investigating a disputed $200,000 Lego collection sued Utah police over days of harassment that culminated in an armed Airbnb raid.
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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump targeting Pitt and its international scholars does nothing to strengthen our communities or our country. Scapegoating immigrants won't build a stronger future. Maybe this administration should spend less time hating immigrants and more time protecting workers' rights.
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JD Vance accuses University of Pittsburgh of committing visa fraud
University of Pittsburgh was one of nine schools under investigation for potential visa fraud, according to Vice President J.D. Vance.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 14/10/2026
If you swam, fished or paddled a lake or river in the US over the past couple of years, there’s a more than 80% chance the water contained toxic “forever chemicals.” The findings come as the Trump administration rolls back policies aimed at reducing PFAS in drinking water.
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Report Finds “Forever Chemicals” Pollute 83 Percent of 1,602 US Waterways Tested
“If anything, the report dramatically understates the problem,” said a co-chair of the Great Lakes PFAS Action Network.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I was reminded on Xitter that Juicebox Jeanine was suspended by Fox in 2019 for her bigot racism targeting Ilhan Omar. thehill.com/homenews/med...
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Fox News suspended host Jeanine Pirro over Omar comments: report
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro was reportedly suspended by the network following comments she made earlier this month about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) loyalty to the Constitution.CNN reported t…
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Hagen Patrick @hagen-patrick.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Pretty sure Trump just made $72 billion selling state secrets to China and Russia while he watched TikTok.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Being GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Still trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work.
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MerryGhouled @merryghouled.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
He and his billionaire friends and family are making more money than ever manipulating the market and draining the taxpayer coffers to pay for their bullshit propaganda.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
We've lost track of how very un-ordinary ICE's current reign of terror is. We’ve already gotten used to a level of fascism, authoritarianism, and corruption that would be unthinkable and shocking to us just a short time ago. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-s-ty...
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Trump's Tyranny, Part I: ICE's Reign of Terror
A look at life in the very un-ordinary of times
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
NEW: Dem Gov nominee Phil Weiser rolls out endorsements from current/former Colorado GOP officials. Noteworthy are fmr US Rep/Colorado GOP Chair Ken Buck, fmr AG Cynthia Coffman, and fmr House Speaker Russ George (big name on Western Slope)
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