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The New Republic (@newrepublic) on Threads It may be—for now—a mild form of fascism. Political opponents aren’t being jailed or shot, entire opposition media outlets aren’t being shuttered, and books aren’t being burned. But from Chicago to P...

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The New Republic (@newrepublic) on Threads It may be—for now—a mild form of fascism. Political opponents aren’t being jailed or shot, entire opposition media outlets aren’t being shuttered, and books aren’t being burned. But from Chicago to P...

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Pope Leo Presses U.S. Bishops to Fight Harder Against Trump Deportation Raids While some bishops have spoken up, the pope says the entire Church must act “with one voice” against cruelty at the border.

In a new video, Pope Leo tells U.S. bishops they must be even more united and forceful in fighting Donald Trump’s abuse of migrants.

Migrants languish in ICE, Border Patrol hold rooms across New York In Buffalo, Albany, New York City, and along the Canadian border, detained migrants are waiting longer and longer in temporary holding facilities.

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Migrants languish in ICE, Border Patrol hold rooms across New York In Buffalo, Albany, New York City, and along the Canadian border, detained migrants are waiting longer and longer in temporary holding facilities.

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Any word from the law firms that capitulated to Trump?

The Slow Death Facing The Comey Prosecution This morning at 10 a.m., former FBI Director Jim Comey was arraigned in federal court.

Some cases take on outsized importance, with issues that transcend the decision the parties ask the courts to make. This is one of those cases. The stakes are high: the integrity of the Justice Department and the ability of a president to corrupt the rule of law. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Why are so many of your colleagues playing politics-as-usual?

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

Cops misled journalists about using a powerful surveillance tool to track a woman across state lines because she had an abortion, then tried to cover it up when we found out the truth. Huge story from @jasonkoebler.bsky.social and @josephcox.bsky.social this morning: www.404media.co/police-said-...

If you only have time for one longer read today. Make it this one. Qasim has his finger on the biggest hurdles Dem candidates need to overcome. Starting with media messaging. Our job needs to be to crack this message & get the right platform out there. With the right candidates behind it (& funded)

When will you address the authoritarianism?? Are you ok with the GOP as long as they address healthcare?

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

ICE Detainees in New York Jails Can’t Talk to Their Lawyers Some immigrants held in county jails are struggling to access legal advice, phone calls, and even their own court hearings.

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New York’s Biggest ICE Detention Center Bans Book Deliveries Rejected books include a Spanish-English dictionary, a Spanish translation of a George R.R. Martin novel, and "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage…

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Opinion | That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good

Let's note that Christopher Caldwell, who gets to defend Hegseth’s rabidly bigoted, sexist speech in the New York Times, wrote a whole book about how the Civil Rights Act constitutes an illegitimate departure from the Constitution.

So, of course he is on board with imposing white male domination.

Trump’s Global Trade Chaos Creates an Opportunity for African Farmers The continent is positioning itself as a pivotal player in the future of global agriculture, and investors are taking notice.

As US President Donald Trump’s tariffs redraw agricultural alliances, major world powers are deepening ties with African trading partners.

ICE Detainees in New York Jails Can’t Talk to Their Lawyers Some immigrants held in county jails are struggling to access legal advice, phone calls, and even their own court hearings.

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Has Trump’s second term posed a greater or lesser threat to the rule of law than you expected? Circular graph showing over half answered: much more than I expected, about a quarter: more than I expected, about an eighth: similar threat to what I expected, small sliver: much less threat than I expected.

Has Trump’s second term posed a greater or lesser threat to the rule of law than you expected? @nytimes.com
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This is a bombshell of a story. Hegseth willing to do but want cover from Trump in case it goes horribly wrong. But… archive.ph/2025.10.04-0...

White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cellphone while in Minnesota

Oh look, another White House Signal scandal.

This time it was an aide to Stephen Miller who was using Signal so openly in a public space that a bystander captured images of the chat.

Oh and the messages were about sending the *82nd Airborne* into Portland.

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Judge William Young's ruling against Rubio and Noem is a lesson for all in the Trump era Young lays bare the unconstitutionality of the Trump administration's student deportation efforts — and issues a challenge to America. Also: More court pushback.

NEW: Judge William Young's ruling against Rubio and Noem is a lesson for all in the Trump era.

Young lays bare the unconstitutionality of the Trump administration's student deportation efforts — and issues a challenge to America.

Today, at Law Dork:

Does Schumer understand that? Or is it his consultants who are too cowardly, poll-driven and risk averse to accept the importance of Dems going on offense over this?

Gallego: "The president is an idiot. He doesn't actually understand how the military works."

Why Fascists Fear Teachers is officially a NYT Best Seller. Thank you to everyone reading this book. It’s both a warning about the life we can lose and a testament to the teachers trying to help young people and their families have a good life.

And not a peep from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social or @schumer.senate.gov, who seem to be so obsessed with their health care tactics that nothing else is important.

Trump and the Broligarchy Are Racing Toward a One-Party Media America

In addition to Trump abusing his power to silence all his critics, Kimmel's cancellation reveals the broligarchy's plan to consolidate power and control of our media and turn us into Russia.

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The New York Times and Anti-Anti-Fascism On the burdens of solidarity.

"Every one of us will be confronted with allies we do not agree with, or even like. Solidarity requires making peace with that discomfort." www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-ho...