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Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Scoop: In 2014, Ken Paxton sat for a deposition where federal lawyers quizzed him about his growing wealth and investment tactics. The depo has never been made public. We got a copy. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
nytimes.com
Inside Ken Paxton’s Private Testimony About His Money
A leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s growing wealth and his tactics for defending himself.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10/10/2026
My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.
gadgetreview.com
Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes
Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8h
BREAKING: Trump administration cut down more than 500 trees on Saturday at the East Potomac Golf Course after giving less than a full-day notice, with more tree-cutting planned, so plaintiffs challenging the effort went to court seeking a TRO tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
EMERGENCY MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR, ALTERNATIVELY, FOR A 14-DAY STAY UNDER SECTION 705 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
Plaintiffs hereby move the Court to enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, for a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705.
Despite the Court's admonitions not to "get to a point where someone is telling me, from
the government, that it's too late, too many things have happened and now we are, like, moving
Case 1:26-cv-00477-ACR
Document 76
Filed 10/11/26
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forward and we can't, you know, stop the trains," Status Conf. Tr. ("Apr. 13 Tr.") at 18:15-19:10,
Apr. 13, 2026, Defendants have begun irreversible damage to East Potomac Golf Course. At
4:55 p.m. on Friday preceding the holiday weekend, Defendants announced their intent to
begin-barely 12 hours later—a massive operation to clear 529 trees at East Potomac Golf
Course. Decl. of Dr. Kevin Griess, Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks,
National Park Service 920, ECF 74-1. Although they initially represented that their work would proceed in stages, Defendants in fact took down 529 trees on Saturday alone and have confirmed
to Plaintiffs that they intend to take down hundreds more.
Defendants' surprise tree-razing operation constitutes classic National Environmental
Policy Act segmentation: undertaking elements of a larger project piecemeal and insisting that they are independent and therefore need not be evaluated in a single NEPA review of the entire
project. Defendants cannot circumvent their NEPA obligations in this manner. Delaware
Riverkeeper Network v. F.E.R.C., 753 F.3d 1304, 1313 (D.C. Cir. 2014).Therefore, and for the reasons explained in the Memorandum accompanying this Motion
and supporting exhibits, the Court should enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705, enjoining Defendants from any further tree felling at East Potomac Park. In addition, the
Court should order Defendants to provide the Court and Plaintiffs no less than three business days' written advance notice before any irreparable modification to any permanent forms or
features of East Potomac Park.
If the Court believes a hearing would be appropriate, Plaintiffs request a hearing on this
motion at the Court's first availability. At the parties' meet and confer on Sunday afternoon, Defendants represented that the tree-clearing operation would continue this week until
completed. Defendants indicated during the meet and confer that rain foreclosed any work on
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Sunday, and that the possibility of doing work on Monday depended on weather and the course's
condition. Depending on Defendants' plans, then, it is possible that no work will occur on
Monday.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 9h
Good for you if you missed this but if you want to be in the know: MAGA right has been pushing a conspiracy theory all day on X that Talarico checked into a mental health facility in Ohio. A MAGA activist appears to have lied to the facility about being a relative to get info & posted a recording.
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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 8h
I wouldn't have written Mamdani's statement the way he wrote it. But dude, get off the high horse. You're an apologist for a monstrous regime that is undermining Zionism itself, which you claim to care about.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 8h
10/10+11/26 Chicagoland ICE activity update: Rapid responders reported ICE active today in Mt. Prospect, Elk Grove Village and Bensenville; suburban communities close to O'Hare Airport. 2 people reported detained in Elk Grove by a Hibachi Grill this morning. No activity reported yesterday.
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🚨 ALERTA COMUNITARIA – ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy - 10/11/2026
🕥 9:15 a.m.
📍 IL 83 y IL 390
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área. Detuvieron un vehículo
🚗 Vehículos Observados: 
Ford Explorer Negra BD48453
Ford Explorer Negra GC12057
Nissan Pathfinder Negra GA---
SUV NegraImage text:

🚨 ALERTA COMUNITARIA – BENSENVILLE, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy - 10/11/2026
🕥 10:10 a.m.
📍 IL 83 y Foster Ave
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área. Se van hacia el sur.
🚗 Vehículos Observados: 
Nissan Pathfinder GA20524
Ford Explorer Azul E407928Image text:
🚨MOUNT PROSPECT/ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL🚨
🗓️10/11/2026
⏰9:28am
📍Cerca del Hibachi Grill Buffet (Busse Rd)
🧊CONFIRMADO: Se confirma la presencia de ICE en el area de Elk Grove Village y suburbios cercanos. 
⚠️2 personas detenidas. 
🚘Vehículos Observados:
Ford Explorer Negra; Placas- BD 48453 Illinois 
Ford Explorer Azul Oscura; Placas- E40 7928 Illinois 
Ford Explorer Negra; Placas- GC 12057 Illinois 
Nissan Pathfinder Negra; Placas- GA 20524 Illinois Image text:
🚨 ALERTA COMUNITARIA – MT PROSPECT, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy - 10/11/2026
🕥 10:30 a.m.
📍 1958 Algonquin Rd - Mt Prospect Greens
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área.
🚗 Vehículos Observados: 
Ford Explorer Negra GC12057
Jeep Grand Cherokee Blanca FY11048
Nissan Altima Gris DC98057
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13h
Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...
abc7.com
ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say: VIDEO
Surveillance video shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying ICE agents ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 11h
There is one digger in all of Gaza available for use to help locate bodies buried under rubble. Israel refuses to allow in more "for security reasons." Incredible photo feature—cn for mention and photos of human remains.
npr.org
Skeletons in their clothing: Recovering bodies from the rubble in Gaza
It was one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the Gaza war, devastating one extended family. A year and a half later, the survivors find their loved ones' remains.
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 11h
South Mpls: We finally made it over to the new version of Curry in a Hurry (same location, different owners) and it was so good. Even my picky-eater kids loved it. It was also very quiet there, so go give them some business
curryinahurrympls.com
HOME | Curry In A Hurry Mpl
Curry in a Hurry is back—reimagined by a new generation. We serve bold, authentic Indian food fast, with heart and heritage in every bite. Located in Minneapolis, we’re a woman-, minority-, and disability-owned restaurant carrying forward a family legacy of flavor.
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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 14h
While revealing that AdF was an almost entirely Kremlin-backed party, which is definitely going to complicate Musk's security clearance under the next administration.
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RalstonReports @ralstonreports.bsky.social · 18h
The early voting blog is updated! Not much data yet, but I am always here for you, data nerds: thenevadaindependent.com/article/the-...
thenevadaindependent.com
The early voting blog, 2026 general - The Nevada Independent
Using actual data from those who vote early, we track November's marquee races, including those for Nevada's governor, congressional seats and state Legislature.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 18h
“The episode shows how the Trump administration and its allies selectively disclose government files, omitting context to discredit investigations that led to Mr. Trump’s federal indictment and that anger his supporters.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
nytimes.com
How the White House Manufactured a Narrative About a Trump Aide’s Call Logs (Gift Article)
A release of selected records from the classified documents inquiry is a case study in how omitting context can create political ammunition.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18h
here's a tokened link talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
The AI Panic and the Hunt for Reliable Narrators
This is an update to my post from Tuesday about the “existential...
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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 18h
Can't read all of this because it's behind a paywall, but you may be interested to know that Jason Matheny, the head of RAND, is an effective altruist. (See pp. 158-9 of my book.) Since he took over, Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) has given quite a bit of money to RAND.
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 18h
So here’s some actual video of my opponent hanging out with white supremacists (it’s at the bottom, is about 15 minutes long)
thetruthoc.com
Gracey Van Derk Mark isn’t just crazy. She’s vile.
Racist? Check. Anti-Semite? Check. Homophobe? Check. Book banner? Check. Assemblywoman? Hells to the no.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21h
After years of championing "free speech," Texas lawmakers have enabled a dramatic rise of censorship in Texas universities, banning concepts, canceling courses and closing departments seen as "woke," and even using AI bots as censors. All in the name of freedom. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
In other professors’ syllabi, the bot flagged the Pulitzer Prize–winning play Angels in America by Tony Kushner, essays by the Mexican American MacArthur genius grant recipient Sandra Cisneros, and materials related to a class about the Holocaust (that professor was told to drop material regarding Nazi persecution of LGBTQ people).

Putting aside the ideological slant of the new rules, the bot, like many large language models, seems to “hallucinate,” or make mistakes. The AAUP lawsuit lists texts banned for their “sex-based ecofeminist framework” and “gendered ecofeminist frameworks.” These phrases might sound persuasively like academese, but the academics behind the lawsuit had never heard of them; these concepts “do not exist,” the complaint says. Matthew Pehl, a history professor at Tech, told me that he knew several people who’d received reports from the system that were “plainly written by an AI that had hallucinated content or confused content from one class to another.”
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20h
Second stop! 33 miles in. Haven't hit the rough stuff yet.
A six pack of cider donutsA gravel road through the treesA dirt road
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Ways and Means Committee Democrats @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 20h
When Republicans made the biggest cut to health care in American history, they turned off a major source of funding for community hospitals. Not only have people lost their health care coverage, they could be losing their nearest hospital.
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Many outlets report Jeff Bezos touts AI's alleged productivity might result in a 3-day work week. But most omit the 2nd part of his statement:
Fortune:

He added that the abundance of wealth and resources in the AI era will even likely cause a labor shortage because many families will revert to single-income households, meaning one member won’t have to work if they don’t want to.
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
JUST IN: Hegseth called the reporting “a complete lie.” Then late Friday, the Pentagon raised its official death toll from the war with Iran to 21, after the Washington Post reported the count was too low. Two more deaths are now on the books, including a Guard major who died
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 11/10/2026
Appointment or renewal reminder appears in victims’ calendar to lure them into logging in to fake Google, Microsoft or PayPal page
theguardian.com
‘You have a meeting’: the calendar phishing scam growing exponentially
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Kalshi has reportedly launched an investigation into a series of bets on Trump’s startling new selection for White House press secretary.
thedailybeast.com
Kalshi Probes Well-Timed Bets on Trump’s Surprise New Hire
Some people guessed Trump’s choice of press secretary correctly and made money from it. What are the odds?
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Piece came out at USAToday Why? Because USAToday owners (Gannett) only own media companies, so they have an incentive to attract an audience & advertisers Tech elites like Bezos, Ellisons, Musk, & Benioff use their media firm to cozy to Trump, not to make profit www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
usatoday.com
DEI initiatives didn't cost companies. Just the opposite. | Opinion
Firms that kept DEI, whether due to executive decisions or shareholder pressure, performed as well in the stock market as those that rolled it back.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10/10/2026
This article offers half a dozen reasons why people have stopped having friends and family over, but it ignores the fact that the women who planned parties and kept homes tidy enough for unplanned guests are now working for pay full-time (usually more than 9-5). www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
theguardian.com
The dreadful decline of hosting at home: ‘I feel shame any time a friend comes over’
It used to be quite normal to pop next door for a coffee or invite friends over for dinner. But not any more. What’s behind this change – and just how damaging is it?
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 10/10/2026
👀 Watch history being preserved, live. At the Internet Archive, government documents and other historical materials are being digitized in real time. 📜➡️💻 No time machine required. ⏳ Just microfiche. 🔍 Tune in and watch preservation happen. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbQp... #ToolsYouCanUse
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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
One way you can support our work is to pick up Let Books Be apparel and other items. BONUS: It's 20% off through end of day! LibraryGiftShop.org/let-books-be #BannedBooksWeek #LetBooksBe
ALA150 Anniversary Sale. Save 20% thru October 10! LibrartGiftShop.org
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 10/10/2026
New contender for worst website of all time just dropped momconference.com
momconference.com
MOM CONFERENCE | ONLINE VIRTUAL SUMMITS
Discover how to feel better about the way you're parenting, be more connected and less overwhelmed with your kids and family, create more joy, fulfillment and purpose as a mother, have a new perspecti...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 10/10/2026
“oh well, nothing we can do here” is not a legal approach we take to any other tools that are used to commit crimes and I don’t see why we should with these ones, even if they aren’t being specifically directed to do so
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
More than 80 percent are bubonic, concentrated mostly around northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, southern Colorado, California, southern Oregon, and far western Nevada.
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In a setback for Dunning Kruger chartboys, a Federal Reserve study reveals that from 2022 to 2025, Americans 75+ saw their wealth jump 37%; those under 35 lost 23%. The poorest 40% of Americans also lost out.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side
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Micah @rincewind.run · 10/10/2026
“you should be able to be a complete asshole with impunity” is the driving force behind the republican coalition and donald trump specifically and why should we change? they’re the ones who suck
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 10/10/2026
I wrote about Julian Curo-Churata last week. His only conviction appears to be a traffic offense. A civil immigration violation should not carry the death penalty. austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-…
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas. A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians. bookriot.com/arkansas-act...
bookriot.com
Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas
A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
republicans used to complain about the violence in gangster rap and now they want to livestream an execution
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Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
1/2 The Declaration of Helsinki demands that medical trials provide access to the best proven intervention available, regardless of the current standard in the country where the trial is conducted. In this case, a hepatitis B vaccine immediately after birth.
arstechnica.com
Outrage grows as CDC reportedly poised to fund "unethical" vaccine trial
CDC allocated $1.6M for study on alleged harms of hepatitis B vaccine.
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
To the woman's credit: she defied the court and shared the footage anyway, which shows a state trooper blowing away two trained police dogs as they trotted to him, in response to an active break-in where the dogs were detaining the burglar Cops are great
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Let’s be very clear. This is complicity. And selfishness. This person is choosing to get close to evil for corrupt and craven purposes, and people like this should face consequences too.
I'II say I love her publicly, but the truth is I can't fucking stand her," the ally said. "But if she asks you to go on the podcast, or come over for dinner, you say yes, because Stephen Miller is the second-most powerful
person in the world."
IN The New Republic• @newrepublic.com • 7h Stephen and Katie Miller are throwing wild house parties as even some of their guests secretly hate them.
trib.al/8ALnAsN Katie Miller Throws Wild House Parties After Fleeing
to Military Base Stephen and Katie Miller are hosting crazy parties as even
some of their quests secretlv hate them.
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
One or more human beings are responsible for the code they wrote, and those are the people who should be held accountable. These programs are not acting “on their own”
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
As of 11:35 PM, October 9, 2026, the CDC's Measles Cases and Outbreaks webpage reports a total of TWO deaths, with an asterisk, for 2026, and not the total of FIVE deaths for this year. www.cdc.gov/measles/data... This is unconscionable and irresponsible.
cdc.gov
Measles Cases and Outbreaks
Find the latest numbers of confirmed U.S. measles cases. CDC updates this page weekly.
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History:Nevada @historynevada.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Several newspapers in northern Nevada noted an epidemic of measles in Carson City, NV in the fall of 1903, including the Oct 9, 1903 Silver State out of Winnemucca. Also, the Eureka Sentinel and Lyon County Times of Oct 10, 1903. t.co/SLAvZEOQh0
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
like as soon as you frame it as a regulatory / political coordination problem it becomes hard for me to make sense of any response within the present political framework other than handing Lina Khan a badge and a bazooka aimed at their headquarters
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 10/10/2026
They're even cuter when floofy 🥰 🪶
a sanderling on sand, which is typical, fluffed up, which is not.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 10/10/2026
LOOK AT THAT LITTLE FACE@@@@!!! 🪶
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Happening in broad daylight, folks. Excerpts: The Trump admin announced today "it was imposing severe financial sanctions on the International Criminal Court, its latest effort to cripple the global body that seeks to prosecute those accused of war crimes, ... 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions (Gift Article)
U.S. officials announced the new, sweeping punishments just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize committee gave its annual honor to a former court judge.
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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is clearly not acceptable
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 10/10/2026
A photo of armed National Guard troops surrounding a D.C. ballot drop box triggered concern at the highest levels of D.C. government Friday.
nbcwashington.com
Image of armed National Guard surrounding ballot drop box triggers concern in DC
Image shows three guardsmen around a ballot drop off box in Foggy Bottom.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I bet Stephen Miller will try to argue that a ballot drop box isn’t the same as a voting location.
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Justin Glawe @justinglawe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The “number” is Republican members-elect contesting the elections of their Dem counterparts in what is known in election circles as a constitutional coup, as outlined in this @zeteo.com piece from me and @swin24.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/doomsday-s...
zeteo.com
‘Doomsday Scenario’: How Trump and Republicans Could Steal Power – Even If They Lose
Jan. 3 could be the new Jan. 6 if Republicans challenge election wins by Democrats and try to steal power in the House.
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