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You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

“How can you have rule of law if you don’t have facts? … What the Cambridge Analytica whistle blower said is that they tested tactics of mass manipulation in Phillipines, and if they worked, they ported it to America…
There is a dictator’s playbook… Fear, anger, hate…”
@mariaressa.bsky.social

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Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

And he's surprised air traffic controllers are calling in sick?

The guy taxpayers have spent $400,000+ on because ICE destroyed his leg and held him under armed surveillance at the UCLA Medical Center under a "blackout," something that could be happening in hospitals across America.

www.rawstory.com 'Shame on him!' Mike Johnson buried in mockery for fleeing questions about swearing in Dem

'Shame on him!' Mike Johnson buried in mockery for fleeing questions about swearing in Dem

Does Lindsey recall his phone calls to GA asking them to “find” votes for his dear leader? The DOJ needed to investigate what else he was doing that was illegal.

More than three hours in, Pam Bondi has repeatedly refused to answer questions about her involvement in and knowledge of the forced resignation of Erik Siebert, the former U.S. attorney in eastern Virginia.

Siebert was replaced after refusing to prosecute James Comey.

Trump is closer to invoking the insurrection act! In Chicago… #Pinks

Judge rebukes Kari Lake in court filing alleging blatant contempt in push to cut 500-plus VOA jobs The Reagan appointee ruled that Lake and her agency have until Oct. 14 to show that their plans to reduce the Voice of America workforce are legal.

A federal judge temporarily blocked Kari Lake — in her capacity as acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media — from eliminating the jobs of more than 500 employees from the taxpayer-funded Voice of America news organization.

www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Air traffic controllers working without pay begin to call out sick, leading to flight cancellations and delays nationwide Controllers are considered essential workers and are exempt from being furloughed during a shutdown.

abcnews.go.com/US/air-traff... #Pinks

We are killing people in boats without trial over a thousand miles away because of drugs and those persons alleged involvement in trafficking them, and then our government does this?

Kevin Ryan
@kevryanforillinois.bsky.social
"Join us as veterans peacefully assemble in silent protest of the militarization of our communities.
We will be at the Broadview ICE facility between 4-6 PM. We understand that many people work 9-5 and might not be able to make it."
#Illinois

That “tariff revenue” is drying up quickly.

The $1.2 Billion Bribe That Bought Trump by @DigitalWarfare1

Republicans don’t serve the people. They serve billionaires. They erase protections, kill investigations, and rewrite the rules so their donors can live above the law.

The Cruelty Is the Point.

🔗 open.substack.com/pub/demsunit...

EVEN IF THEY WERE CHARGED, the fact that a guy wearing official CBP kit was filming them like this would be a privacy violation.

A post from Benny Johnson, showing a video of people in zipties sitting on a steel fence. He wrote: 🚨 LIB LINEUP: I saw dozens of Democrat domestic terrorists arrested today for VIOLENT ASSAULT on federal law enforcement. Every activist here attacked ICE agents in broad daylight just for enforcing American law. No one is above the law. Democrats are the party of violence…

Here's what I was looking for in Benny's propaganda feed.

Benny, dressed up in his Border Patrol armored vest (therefore impersonating a cop, while monetizing his vid), claimed that these people were arrested for assaulting cops and were violent.

None of that is reflected in the NDIL docket.

Also: There are no unsealed charges against anyone obviously arrested at that South Shore raid.

This is one of the two people who might CONCEIVABLY be the claimed TdA people (tho there's no ref to TdA).

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Interesting: Just reviewed all the federal charges from Chicago in the last week.

Just a single one was at the ICE location at Broadview.

A bunch were charges by Kendzie.

They have not yet docketed the alleged Latin Kings charge pertaining to Greg Bovino.

Josh Hawley's entire demeanor and world view is that of a spoiled middle school child who thinks he's untouchable.

Republicans don't know how to govern. youtu.be/zUYeRX__5UI

(next to an image of the Capitol and a hand holding a megaphone) STOP THE TRUMP SHUT DOWN

Senate Democrats must continue to hold the line. The GOP is trying to run out the clock, but we need to encourage our senators to keep fighting to protect healthcare for millions of Americans and stop health insurance costs from doubling this winter: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

US Senate fails to reopen government after fifth budget vote - BBC News This was the fifth time that Republicans and Democrats brought their funding measures up for a vote.

Republicans control the government, but they can’t even manage to keep the lights on. This Trump Shutdown isn’t about ‘fiscal responsibility’ — it’s a tantrum. The GOP would rather close shop and disrupt key government services than fund our healthcare.

Sen. WHITEHOUSE to Bondi: Responding with completely irrelevant far-right internet talking points is not helpful here. These are pretty simple questions.

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Mike Johnson says he'll swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social as soon as she wants. Okay, so how about today?

A press release dated October 7, 2025, with the headline: “Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Undercover Operations to Infiltrate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence.” The statement claims rising left-wing violence, referencing the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and outlines Paxton’s directive for undercover investigations. A highlighted quote from Paxton reads: “Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.” The text further accuses the radical Left of fostering political violence, referencing incidents involving Antifa-like groups and a supposed assassin tied to transgender movements. It also notes that President Trump designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, with Paxton vowing sweeping investigations into radical leftist groups.

In a press release, Texas Attorney General calls "transgenderism" a "corrupted ideology" that is "a cancer on our culture."

This is openly genocidal rhetoric about trans people from a sitting AG.