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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
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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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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12h
BREAKING: Federal judge orders Trump administration to stop DHS's pro-Trump propaganda ads immediately, including ordering the canceling of ads set to run as soon as this evening. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/doj-does-n...
Based on the materials provided, the Court does not require the additional conference on
October 13, 2026 and such conference is adjourned. The Court finds that (1) the present motion
is not moot, (2) there is standing to proceed, and (3) the moving Plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are likely to succeed on the merits, will suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an injunction, the balance of the equities tips in their favor, and an injunction serves the public interest. A full opinion shall follow shortly. Therefore, the Court GRANTS the moving Plaintiffs' motion, and IT IS HEREBY:
ORDERED that under 5 U.S.C. § 705, the purchase order entered into on or about September 20, 2026 between Customs Border Protection ("CBP") and Lepugh, Inc., doing business as LMD Agency, Inc., ("LMD") ("September 20, 2026 purchase order") is stayed, including all future payments made thereunder; it is further
ORDERED that under 5 U.S.C. § 705, the Office of Management and Budget's ("OMB") apportionment of $20 million to fund the development, creation, and/or airing of theadvertisements covered by the September 20, 2026 purchase order, including but not limited to The Country He Loves, Celebrating the Enduring Spirit, Final Battle, To the Great Proud People of Iran, and Maduro (collectively "the challenged advertisements") is stayed; it is further
ORDERED that Defendants are enjoined from using, disbursing, or transferring funds appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") to develop, create, disseminate, place, distribute, publish, or air the challenged advertisements; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendants shall cancel or cause to be cancelled any slot, placement, reservation, or arrangement for the airing or dissemination of the challenged advertisements,
including those placements for the evening of October 11, 2026;
ORDERED that Defendants shall not enter into, renew, or expand any agreement authorizing the development, creation, dissemination, placement, or airing of the challenged
advertisements; and it is furtherORDERED that the foregoing instructions bind Defendants' officers, agents, employees, contractors, and anyone acting in concert with them. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(d)(2).
ORDERED that Defendants shall immediately provide a copy of this order to LMD,
under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2)(C), and that LMD, as a contractor that is in active concert and participation with Defendants, is enjoined from continuing to run or place the
challenged advertisements; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendants will file a status report within 24 hours of the entry of this temporary restraining order and Section 705 stay, confirming compliance with this Order; and it
is further
ORDERED that this Order shall remain in effect until 14 days from today, subject to an extension of this Court; and it is further
ORDERED that, in the Court's discretion, Plaintiffs shall not be required to post a bond.Case 1:26-cv-08882-JLR Document 41 Filed 10/11/26 Page 4 of 4
This Order shall be effective as of 6:45 p.m. on October 11, 2026 and the Clerk of Court
is respectfully requested to close the motion at Dkt. 25. The Court will reschedule the October
13, 2026 conference to discuss next steps in this matter.
Dated: October 11, 2026
New York, New York
SO ORDERED.
Kanifer Rockon
JENNIFER L. ROCHON
United States District Judge
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 13h
The Talarico nonsense being spread by GOP influencers is a typical republican “scandal” - lots of BREAKING!! And 🚨 but no actual substance. If anyone from the Paxton campaign coordinated with influencers to spread these lies, people should go to prison, and Talarico should sue the fuck out of them.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 15h
I'm so sorry.
Elon Musk spliced into the Brita Perry "I can excuse racism meme". 

Above is a tweet from Elon Musk that reads, "Zelensky has gone too far." 

The caption on the image itself reads, "I can excuse Putin mudering civilians but I draw the line at Ukraine bombing a Yandex data center."
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 14h
Fuck you, Jen
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h
"Groimes, they kilt my preecious bahts!"
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 15h
THINGS CAN ALWAYS BE WORSE THAT PHRASE IS IDIOTIC AND MEANINGLESS
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 19h
George Towne
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 19h
He said "those days of plunder are over" about Columbus Day LMAO
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
it should at least be rear camo lol
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
occasionally obtuse
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Let's eat all of them. With bbq sauce.
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
the linked article doesn't mention it at all and my default reaction to person mauled for entering animal enclosure is hoping the animal is okay
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
copy / paste isn't awareness of anything
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
or music
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Gonna need a purge of National Park Service leadership after this
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
WaPo CONFIRMS: The Trump Justice Department is investigating the major television networks for potential antitrust violations for their collective suspension of pool coverage during Trump's media ban. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Gay Fine Art @gayfineart.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Meet RENAN ESTIVAN, a Brazilian artist who doesn't need a paintbrush, pencil or even clothing, for that matter, to create his art. He's a textile artist who uses yarn and a tufting gun to create richly textured, colorful tapestries.
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Jaida Essence Hall, future president
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Jaida Jaida Essence Hall
ALT: Jaida Jaida Essence Hall
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
and then they kissed
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Will they ever wake up?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When -- not if, when -- Republicans respond to their losses this fall by crying about "voter fraud" and demanding Congress or the courts review the results, we have good lawyers and elected officials ready to push back. But the rest of us need to take a page from 2000 and mock them as sore losers.
"Sore Loserman" buttonProtesters with "Sore Loserman" crying towels
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
me but for butts
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
WE NEED TO MAKE THIS EXPLICITLY ILLEGAL WITH JAIL TIME AND MASSIVE FINES FOR EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATES
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
She points to the Michigan race and insists that El-Sayed hasn't said anything at all about the auto industry and auto workers which is odd because
UAW endorsed himUAW autoworker in his ads
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
America is an enemy of freedom
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
it's already 469 o.O
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I love you for this
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Deliberately lying or too stupid to be president? Why not both.
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Congrats to her on doing it anyway. Fuck that trooper and fuck that appeals court.
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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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Severance: Milchick Says Devour Feculence
ALT: Severance: Milchick Says Devour Feculence
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Luckily Texas has a long history of bending over for impotent tyrants so there's no way Republicans would stand up to him
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Your regular reminder that the job of an ICE officer is dramatically safer than the job of a regular cop, such that not a single ICE deportation officer has been killed in the line of duty since 1949 (and that was actually a stabbing inside an INS jail in Hawaii, not street enforcement).
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dear Every Democratic Candidate: ENERGY MATCH THIS!!
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reviewed Ken Paxton's travel records dating back to 2015. Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a state-funded security detail, costing $3.3 million. The outlets could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to actual state business.
propublica.org
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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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Presidents use blind trusts so nobody has to wonder if the guy setting economic policy is trading on it Trump skipped that part —- Thousands of stock trades, nearly $2B in his pocket later Nothing like it in American history More on @cnn.com 👇 -TN
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In covering the decision to livestream a public execution, the New York Times accurately compares Pentagon officials to ISIS www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
Pentagon officials said on Thursday that the Army officer convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting would be executed in public, a practice that ended in the United States nearly a century ago and is most commonly carried out in a handful of countries, including Iran, North Korea and Afghanistan.

The Pentagon said in a statement that the military execution, scheduled for Dec. 3, would also be broadcast via livestream. Such a broadcast has little precedent, and releasing video of executions is most often associated with extremist militant groups like the Islamic State.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "If you want to understand whether the Trump-Collins budget has helped you, just go fill up a tank of gas. Go to the grocery store. Try to buy food for you kids. Look at your electric bill. Look at your health insurance premiums. They've doubled for more than a million Georgians."
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Later, he claimed Mamdani never commented about the recent stabbing of an NYPD detective. Mamdani talked about the stabbing several times, including the below statement where the mayor notes he visited the injured officer:
Earlier today, an off-duty NYPD detective was stabbed several times in the Bronx during what preliminary information indicates was an attempted robbery. 

I visited the detective and his family at Jacobi Hospital with Police Commissioner Tisch. 

He is thankfully in stable condition, and I am hoping for his quick and complete recovery. I am confident that the NYPD will identify and apprehend the suspects and that the people responsible will be held to account.
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Rear end is too polite. Let's try "pasty white ass"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
Susan Collins claims that our reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
propublica.org
Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the ...
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
oh damn the tan-suit-haters will be all over this for sure
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Strangely, people who claim to care about fetuses won't give a shit about this
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William Zabka Stencils Cobra Kai Motto
ALT: William Zabka Stencils Cobra Kai Motto
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Blatant Bigotry
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Jimmy Carter put the family peanut farm into a blind trust
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
FUCK HIM UP OSSOFF
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Bookwyrm @xerapis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tom Emmer is a racist piece of shit who should be expelled from the House of Representatives
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
An ICE officer shot and wounded a man today around 4:00 in Manhattan. Exact details are still coming in. I'm not seeing any further information other than that the man is at a hospital now.
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