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Stay secular, friends. Keep religion for the religious. Cherish public education. It's how we find our true geniuses and give kids a window to the world. We belong among the wildflowers. Stay safe. #Leguminati π«
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07.10.2025 13:03 β π 26 π 5 π¬ 1 π 3Why would Russia, the single biggest source of cybercrime, promote an international agreement against cybercrime?
Alexander Seger looks at the Hanoi Convention, which countries will begin signing later this month.
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David Gelles -- Dirtbag Billionaire
"This is the inside story of one of the most extraordinary brands in the corporate world [Patagonia], the rare company that is driven by environmental activism instead of cutthroat capitalism."
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"βI have great faith that Pope Leo, as I stated in the letter I sent him, will help Venezuela preserve and achieve peace and stability,β Maduro said during his weekly show on state television."
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MTG BREAKS RANKS: βWhen the tax credits expire this year my own adult childrenβs insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLEβ
Marge posts she is open to working out a healthcare deal for βAmericans only.β
Reality setting in as Dems hammer away!
It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmerβs markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell donβt want one.
06.10.2025 01:44 β π 3274 π 982 π¬ 87 π 98BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker threatens to withdraw from the National Governors Association if the organization doesn't speak out against Trump's use of the National Guard in U.S. cities.
Watch Gov. Pritzker discuss with Rachel Maddow:
When my dad was 56, he lost his job β and our health insurance with it. Then, just months before becoming eligible for Medicare, my mom had a heart attack. Their hospital bill was equivalent to the value of our home.Β (1/4)
07.10.2025 01:52 β π 42 π 15 π¬ 3 π 1Trump Administration Lowers Wages for Guest Farmworkers
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"[The opinion] ...appears to justify an open-ended war against a secret list of groups, giving the president power to designate drug traffickers as enemy combatants and have them summarily killed without legal review."
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"It was not clear what was behind Mr. Ellisβs taking personal control of making legal judgments for the agency while continuing to help lead it, but the move raised alarms among some current and former intelligence officials."
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On top of ripping away Americans' health care, Donald Trump is using this shutdown to hurt federal workers.
Federal workers like this one, who told me her story after being needlessly fired earlier this year, deserve so much better.
JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:
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Someone looking at all this with a cold eye might say that Miller and Hegseth are seeking control over the power ministries before a Vance ally invokes the 25th Amendment.
06.10.2025 20:11 β π 2556 π 786 π¬ 140 π 80Breaking MSNBC:
A top prosecutor in Virginia has informed colleagues she plans to decline to seek charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James β resisting intense pressure from Trump, according to two people familiar with her discussions. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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06.10.2025 19:05 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0"The Justice Department cannot uphold the rule of law when it carries out the
Presidentβs retribution campaign and protects his allies..."
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Sean Spicer, Rahm Emanuel are among the first guests on C-SPAN's new political show "Ceasefire," which debuts on Friday.
06.10.2025 16:49 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 9 π 7βDeferenceβ implies giving the president the benefit of the doubt. But where there is no doubt, there can be no benefit. Immergut refused to credit assertions with no basis in the record. She didnβt grandstand or sermonize; she simply applied the law to the facts.
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A coalition of unions, employers and religious groups filed a lawsuit in California federal court seeking to block President Trump's bid to impose a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for high-skilled foreign workers.
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Sheβs been in ICE detention since MARCH for sending money to her family in Gaza. Leqaa Kordiaβs story needs to be heard.
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CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable April M. Perry. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Jeffrey T. Gilbert. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 2). (khg, )
NEW: Illinois's lawsuit against the Trump admin to block the deployment of the Texas National Guard there has been assigned to Judge April Perry, a Biden appointee.
06.10.2025 15:20 β π 362 π 79 π¬ 8 π 3The term promises to be hugely consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president.
06.10.2025 15:22 β π 280 π 76 π¬ 50 π 16Indigenous nations plan tariff-free trade corridor across US-Canada border
06.10.2025 15:22 β π 394 π 103 π¬ 1 π 13Scientists have named the rogue planet "Trumpio."
06.10.2025 05:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 68 Filed 10/05/25 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON STATE OF OREGON; the CITY OF PORTLAND; and STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Case No. 3:25-cv-1756-IM Plaintiffs, SECOND TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER v. DONALD TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; PETE HEGSETH, in his official capacity as Secretary of Defense; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; KRISTI NOEM, in her official capacity as Secretary of Homeland Security; and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Defendants. Based on this Court's prior Opinion and Order Granting Plaintiffs' First Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 56; the hearing on Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; and the newly submitted declarations, ECF 60, 63, 65, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 59, and ORDERS as follows: Defendants are temporarily enjoined from deploying federalized members of the National Guard in Oregon.
2. This Second Temporary Restraining Order expires by its own terms in fourteen days on October 19, 2025. 3. Plaintiffs are ORDERED to post a nominal bond of $100 within 48 hours. The bond shall be filed in the Clerk's Office and be deposited into the registry of the Court. 4. Defendants' Request to Stay or Administratively Stay this Second Temporary Restraining Order, which was raised in the hearing on Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, is DENIED. The Court Clerk will contact the parties to schedule a telephone hearing on October 17, 2025, to address whether this Second Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for another 14 days. 6. Any motion for a Preliminary Injunction shall be filed no later than October 17, 2025; Defendants' opposition shall be due no later than October 23, 2025, and Plaintiffs' reply shall be due on October 27, 2025. 7. A combined hearing on the preliminary injunction motion and a trial on the merits under Rule 65(a)(2) is set for October 29, 2025, before the Honorable Judge Karin J. Immergut, in Courtroom 13A, beginning at 9:00 a.m. IT IS SO ORDERED DATED this 5th day of October. /s/ Karin J. Immergut Karin J. Immergut United States District Judge
Update: We did get the second written TRO. βDefendants are temporarily enjoined from deploying federalized members of the National Guard in Oregon.β storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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