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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Lol
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Tesla Bros Attempt Coast-to-Coast Trip in Self-Driving Mode, Crash Right Away
There’s an aura of failure lingering around Elon Musk and the Tesla brand right now. A stink of mediocrity. Maybe even the funk of impotence.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
The Michigan mass shooter/church arsonist was a 40-year-old veteran with two American flags and a set of deer antlers on his vehicle:
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Exclusive | Iraq War veteran Thomas Sanford ID’d as gunman who attacked Grand Blanc LDS church, killing 2 and setting it ablaze
The deranged madman who killed at least two people and injured eight others at a Michigan Latter-day Saints church, torching the building and opening fire on fleeing congregants and their families,…
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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Broadview Police have opened an investigation into an attack from federal agents on a CBS crew at Broadview, per BPD Chief Mills.
The following statement can be attributed to Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills:

“The Village of Broadview Police Department has launched a criminal investigation into an allegedly unprovoked attack on a CBS Chicago TV news reporter’s vehicle on Sunday by a chemical munition fired from the direction of U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention facility. The victim declined medical attention. The Broadview Police Department expects the full cooperation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security into our criminal investigation.”
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Cardinal McElroy at Mass for World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “We are witnessing an unprecedented assault on our nation…this assault is intended to make life miserable for undocumented migrants…our government is engaged in a comprehensive campaign of fear at its core.”
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 28/09/2025
I am heartbroken by the news of a mass shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan. No one should fear the threat of gun violence in their place of worship, at their school, or anywhere.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 27/09/2025
Three weeks from right now, millions of Americans will gather again to say NO KINGS. As Trump wields government power to censor free speech and threaten political opponents, we need to make October 18 a historic day of resistance. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 28/09/2025
MAGA conservative Kirk fan, Thomas Sanford, drives truck into Mormon Church and murders at least two and injures at least 8.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2025
So we've had two white male Marine veterans commit mass shootings this weekend in Michigan and North Carolina leaving at least 4 dead and a church burned down. I'm sure MAGA will declare it an epidemic and push to ban white male Marine veterans from owning guns any day now.
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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I love this ... one thing that people often don't realise (because of the head-in-the-sand "sports aren't political!" folks of the men's game) is that the women's game (including, or rather maybe especially, the fans) has inherently & always been political. All major women's sports are.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/09/2025
UPDATE: Multiple people were shot at a Mormon church in Michigan, authorities said Sunday. The shooter was killed by police.
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Attack at a Mormon church in Michigan leaves 2 dead, 8 injured
Multiple people were shot at a Mormon church in Michigan, authorities said Sunday. The shooter was killed by police.
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David Earl Williams III @dewforpolitics.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
2 dead, 8+ hurt after Thomas Sanford of Burton, MI, rammed a truck into a Mormon church, opened fire, and set it ablaze before police killed him. His home had a Trump–Vance 2024 sign and FB shows years of pro-Trump posts. Motive unconfirmed, but points to far-right politics.
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 28/09/2025
Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for “genocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.” Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins? www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
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Man in custody after 3 killed, at least 8 injured in shooting at a waterfront bar in North Carolina, officials say | CNN
A 40-year-old man is facing murder charges after allegedly pulling up on a boat to a waterfront bar in North Carolina Saturday night and opening fire, killing three and injuring at least eight others.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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Fight for Progress @fightforprogress.org · 10/09/2025
Trump is slapping his name on infrastructure projects funded by Biden—even after calling the $1.2 trillion bill “terrible.” Now he’s pretending he signed it. Gaslighting much?
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​​Trump Tried to Kill the Infrastructure Law. Now He’s Getting Credit for Its Projects.
Signs bearing President Trump’s name have gone up at major construction projects financed by the 2021 law, which he strenuously opposed ahead of its passage.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
COMING UP: The fate of hundreds of unaccompanied minor children hangs in the balance as a federal judge, Tim Kelly, weighs whether to block their summary removal from the United States. At 2 p.m. ET, Kelly will hear argument on the children’s motion to enjoin their deportation. Follow along ⬇️ 🧵
E Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse in DC
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 10/09/2025
BREAKING: At least 2 students shot at Evergreen High School, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says
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At least 2 students shot at Evergreen High School, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says
At least two students were shot Wednesday at Evergreen High School, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said.  This is a developing story that will be updated.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The assessment notes “Mentions of Fatigue, confusion, and demoralization — ‘just gardening,’ unclear mission, wedge between citizens and the military.’”
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Rear Adm. Donald J. Guter, former top judge advocate general for the Navy from 2000 to 2002: "If someone is retreating, where’s the ‘imminent threat’ then?” “Where’s the ‘self-defense’? They are gone if they ever existed — which I don’t think they did.” 2/2 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
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Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10/09/2025
For Russia, the war against Ukraine was meant to catalyze national revival, Jeremy Shapiro writes—instead, it has become a case study in national self-harm.
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Russia Is Losing the War—Just Not to Ukraine
A war meant to catalyze national revival has instead become a case study in national self-harm.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
NEW: On a 2-1 vote, the D.C. Circuit motions panel this morning ordered that the Trump administration stop trying to execute Trump's firing of Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights and head of the U.S. Copyright Office for now as her case proceeds. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
USCA Case #25-5285
Document #2134183
Filed: 09/10/2025
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
Page 1 of 26
No. 25-5285
September Term, 2025
1:25-cv-01659-TJK
Filed On: September 10, 2025
Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office,
Appellant
V.
Todd Blanche, in his capacity as the person claiming to be acting Librarian of Congress, et al.,
Appellees
BEFORE: Walker*, Childs, and Pan, Circuit JudgesORDER
Upon consideration of the emergency motion for injunction pending appeal, the opposition thereto, the reply, and the letter regarding case status, it is
ORDERED that the motion for injunction be granted to the extent that appellees Todd Blanche, Paul Perkins, Sergio Gor, Trent Morse, and the Executive Office of the President, and their subordinates and agents, are hereby enjoined from interfering with appellant's service as Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office pending further order of the court. To that extent, appellant has satisfied the stringent requirements for an injunction pending appeal. See Winter v. Natural Res. Def.
Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 20 (2008); D.C. Circuit Handbook of Practice and Internal Procedures 33 (2025); see also Severino v. Biden, 71 F.4th 1038, 1042 (D.C. Cir. 2023) (explaining that a "court generally may not 'enjoin the President in the performance of his official duties' (quoting Franklin v. Massachusetts, 505 U.S. 788, 802-03 (1992) (plurality opinion))). A concurring statement of Circuit Judge Pan, joined by Circuit Judge Childs, and a dissenting statement of Circuit Judge Walker are attached.
Per Curiam
FOR THE COURT:
Clifton B. Cislak, Clerk
BY: /s/
Lynda M. Flippin
Deputy Clerk
* Circuit Judge Walker would deny the motion for injunction pending appeal.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Everyone onboard was very obviously killed immediately on the first strike. The only reason to keep hitting it **multiple** times, until the boat was blown to smithereens and completely sank, is to destroy all evidence. They didn't want to identify who they killed or prove they were drug smuggling.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
LAWSUIT INCOMING: FBI leaders fired by Director Kash Patel — including Brian Driscoll and Steve Jensen — have filed some kind of action against the Patel and the bureau. Details TK
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Poland scrambles NATO defences after ‘unprecedented violation' of airspace by Russian drones news.sky.com/story/poland...
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Poland scrambles NATO defences after 'unprecedented violation' of airspace by Russian drones
A Polish military command said "weapons have been used, and operations are underway to locate the downed targets" after its airspace was "repeatedly violated"
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Erik Su @eriksu.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Many times I think about leaving and then read stories like this that make me want to stay
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I'm proud of the Harris-Walz Virginia Team's wins last year including the 34-point victory in the 11th, but James Walkinshaw is on a pace to crush that margin tonight. 130,000 votes in (the VA-4 special in '23 had 110,000 when all votes were counted) with more precincts out and he's up 50 points!!
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Chron.com @chron.com · 10/09/2025
Texas State Rep. James Talarico launched a bid for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday morning.
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What to know about the Texas liberal Christian running for U.S. Senate
Texas State Rep. James Talarico launched a bid for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday morning.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/09/2025
This is what happens when justice serves power instead of people. Banksy’s latest piece shows a judge beating a protester. They rushed to throw up barriers to hide it. We need this here because it looks a lot like our own Supreme Court vs. the people.
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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Never before (I think) has a “great power” committed suicide in support of patriarchy, pedophilia, and domestic violence. The misogyny is killing us and no one will benefit.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Five years ago all this stuff about Trump's serial abuse came up. Women who had been minors at the time told their stories. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020...
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Teen models, powerful men and private dinners: when Trump hosted Look of the Year
In the early 90s, Donald Trump judged contestants at the world’s biggest modelling competition - since hit by allegations of abuse. This is how the people who were there remember it
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
New numbers show ICE is devouring US law enforcement: 1 in 5 US marshals, 1 in 5 FBI agents, half of all DEA agents, and over two-thirds of all ATF agents are now assigned to ICE enforcement. These are agencies with critical jobs they're now NOT doing. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-is-eat...
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ICE is Eating the Soul of America
Four things that show ICE increasingly considers itself outside the law
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Mike Duncan @theophrastean.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Right after the Texas governor called for the professor to be fired, the president of TAMU has fired the professor and claimed it wasn’t about academic freedom. president.tamu.edu/messages/an-...
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An Update from President Mark A. Welsh III | Office of the President | Texas A&M University
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Roxanne Darling 🍁 @roxannedarling.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
This is within all our capabilities.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
They’re claiming the signature isn’t real but I’m going to remind everyone that 11000+ photographs and videos were removed from Epstein’s properties by the FBI and this is the tip of the fcking iceberg. And I think everyone in the GOP knows it.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 09/09/2025
“A new volunteer-led organization called Grandparents for Vaccines launched Sunday on National Grandparents Day with a mission to share firsthand experiences of life before vaccines were widely available.” [kgw.com]
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Grandparents for Vaccines launches to share stories of life before immunizations
New volunteer group aims to educate parents about vaccine importance by sharing personal experiences with preventable diseases.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 10/09/2025
Explore these results, and others, as we've updated our guide to September elections.
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The Ten Elections to Watch This September - Bolts
Ten elections across ten states: Bolts guides you through the races you should be tracking this month, from two congressional seats to acrimonious local recalls.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Perryman: The Trump administration sued, and AG Ken Paxton, instead of defending the state’s law and the people of Texas—which is his job—immediately entered into a settlement with the federal government.
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Gov. Greg Abbott, AG Ken Paxton do not have to release Uvalde or Jan. 6 emails, Texas Supreme Court rules
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Gov. Greg Abbott, AG Ken Paxton do not have to release Uvalde or Jan. 6 emails, Texas Supreme Court rules
The decision, stemming from a 2022 lawsuit, narrows the public’s legal options to challenge Texas officials under the state’s open records law.
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Kate Cagle @katecagle.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
BREAKING: the chief of police in Huntington Park says they arrested a man Tuesday accused of impersonating a federal agent, with fake DHS docs, cell phones and a loaded gun in an unmarked car, amid ongoing ICE raids. They discovered he had a history of arrests for human smuggling
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The rich have never been richer. Meanwhile, many Americans are struggling to get by. What are Trump and Republicans doing about it? Passing more tax cuts predominantly for the wealthy while making devastating cuts to the social safety net.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/06/2025
BREAKING: We're filing a new class-action lawsuit to challenge President Trump's lawsuit restricting birthright citizenship. The 14th Amendment is clear: Every child born on U.S. soil is a citizen, whether the president likes it or not.
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
A transatlantic alliance of Christian nationalists and far-right figures is working to weaken the EU’s Digital Services Act. Behind rhetoric about “free speech” is a strategic effort to shield hate, disinformation, and extremism online. Read more:
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The Trump Administration, its Christian Nationalist Allies, and the European Far Right Take Aim at the EU’s Digital Services Act
The Trump administration, Christian nationalist legal groups, and European far-right allies are targeting the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which requires large platforms to curb hate speech and di...
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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
After spending 15 years trying to legally immigrate from Iran (and decades waiting for the opportunity to do so previously), Alireza Zolghadri was granted an interview—that fell on the first day of Trump’s renewed travel ban barring him entry into the U.S.
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An Iranian Father Spent 15 Years Trying to Immigrate the Legal Way. Then Trump’s Travel Ban Kicked In.
A Dallas-area architect has waited nearly fifty years to be reunited with her brother, who remained in their home country while the rest of the family settled in Texas.
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Just the right response to today’s outrageous Supreme Court decision letting Trump strip Americans of their birthright citizenship ⬇️
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I was going to post something very similar to this earlier, but it turns out my Bluesky mutual Bill Kristol beat me to it. The American people mostly hate Trumpism, and are resisting it. The country's institutions mostly aren't.
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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor. One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 27/06/2025
Earlier: "This isn’t a removal. It’s not lawful under the Immigration and Nationality Act. It doesn’t conform to anything that was previously passed in legislation ... Essentially, he was disappeared forcefully."
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Shipped to El Salvador: An Austin Immigration Lawyer on Her Teen Client's Forced 'Disappearance'
“Due process hasn’t been protected. The process that is set in place in this country that is the basis and foundation of our legal system was not allowed to work.”
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Boston folks: come march against kings and celebrate Pride all in one parade!
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
FYI, Kwiksticks tempera paint sticks are water-resistant in that they'll last through a rainy protest, but they will smear a bit. You can cover posters with packing tape (front and back!) to laminate if needed. Sharpies, of course, are waterproof.
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Fenit Nirappil @fenitn.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The purge of the federal vaccine recommending committee goes even deeper than the public knows @lenasun.bsky.social & @laurenweberhp.bsky.social have new reporting on the chaos inside the CDC and the backgrounds of the new vaccine advisers wapo.st/3SROTKy
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How vaccine critics appointed by RFK Jr. could limit access to shots
Staff who provide data to the vaccine panel have been pushed aside, according to health officials, raising doubts about the availability of coronavirus and other vaccines.
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