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chacun à son goût

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PBS News
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President Donald Trump's administration is withholding records documenting the scope of his influence over management of the Kennedy Center, according to attorneys for a Democratic lawmaker challenging the Republican president's plan to close the performing arts center. https://to.pbs.org/4keEOWG

to.pbs.orgJudge asked to compel Trump administration to disclose emails and texts about Kennedy Center plansA list of records in the Kennedy Center's possession suggests that Trump has been in “near-constant contact” with the center's management, either directly or through intermediaries, plaintiffs' lawyer...
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Yikes!👇🏻

Pam Spaulding@pamspaulding.bsky.social

‼️🔥 @willbunch.bsky.social: “It’s hard to educate people. They don’t want to go into that negative space and contemplate all of this.” — Joel McCleary, fmr special asst to Pres. Carter & DNC official on what a backed-into-the-corner Trump can pull to retain power. ⏰ Wake up! 1/3 🎁 t2m.co/x3jciRW

inquirer.comAre the secrets to a Trump post-election coup locked in a White House safe? | Will BunchWhat two ex-high-ranking U.S. government officials fear about a presidential emergency should terrify all Americans.
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John Pfaff@johnpfaff.bsky.social

What fresh hell of a framing is this?? "alleges the groups are advocating for the long-debated practice of jury nullification" Long-debated?! It's literally part of the our founding origin story: the Zenger trial in 1735! It's not "debated"! It's a fundamental core REASON FOR THE JURY AT ALL.

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Joyce White Vance
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

Executing a search warrant while early voting is underway in Minnesota, on an old, moldy "crime" is all you need to know about the motivation here. Absolutely no reason not to wait until the second week of November. It's abundantly clear that this is about politics, not a legitimate prosecution.

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com

The congresswoman said she “will not be silenced.” https://www.washingtonsun.com/congress/democrats-ilhan-omar-home-search-criminal-investigation

washingtonsun.comDemocrats Say the Search of Ilhan Omar’s Home Is a ‘Disturbing’ Abuse of PowerThe congresswoman said she “will not be silenced.”
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Yikes!

Claire Connelly@claireconnelly.bsky.social

New Delhi is a tinder box. The Modi government is essentially shutting down roads, rail, metro, and cellphone networks, and deploying police and military personnel in response to protests calling for the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

amnesty.orgIndia: Delhi police must facilitate right to peaceful protest amid lockdown-like restrictions in capitalResponding to the sweeping and disproportionate restrictions imposed by the Delhi Police and the Government of India ahead of planned protests in the capital on Saturday 10 October, Aakar Patel, Chair...
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Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social

A billionaire dictator who'll lose everything if the opposition replaces him on Jan. 20, 2029 is stockpiling killer drones and high-powered rifles on towering monuments and ballroom roofs I'm sure it's nothing to worry about

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Because of that big beautiful billshit this is what DJT & Republicans are doing with our $ 👇🏻

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

A cop in rural Texas pulls over a Latino. He demands papers; doesn’t get any. Arrests the guy, throws him in a local jail cell. Hours later, GardaWorld staff show up to put him on a bus with a dozen others. They drive him to the nearest ICE jail; a bus service for the machine of mass deportation.

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

🚨 NEWS: Ken Paxton kept taking money from a longtime political ally accused by at least eight men of sexual abuse, even after the allegations became public. The disturbing ties span more than a decade. Receipts below.

meidasnews.comPaxton Kept Close to Alleged Child Abuser Long After the Allegations Surfaced, Taking Money From HimTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton has spent more than a decade cultivating a political alliance with Paul Pressler, the once-revered Southern Baptist power
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Brandy Zadrozny@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social

Get in, folks: a new Russian disinfo campaign is targeting the midterms, specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed op to meddle in this year’s U.S. elections. They're faking celebrity videos attacking Dems and are...very stupid. www.ms.now/news/russia-...

ms.nowA Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midtermsThe Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.

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Mark Harris
@markharris.bsky.social

Your annual reminder of what REALLY happened: Donald Trump went on WWOR Radio on 9/11/01--yes, that very day--to say that with the collapse of the Twin Towers, he now had the tallest building in New York. Which was a good preview of things to come, in that it was both disgusting and a lie.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump claims that after 9/11, "I went down, I was building a building in New York, and I went down there very shortly thereafter -- the following day, you couldn't go down the same day -- and we worked long and hard"

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Allison Gill
@muellershewrote.com

NEW: An armed individual lunged at Democratic candidate for Ohio governor Dr. Amy Acton while she was at the Canfield Fair in Mahoning County, resulting in the injuries of multiple people who were nearby. A suspect is in custody. www.wlwt.com/article/amy-...

wlwt.comAmy Acton attacked at campaign event near Youngstown; multiple people reportedly injuredAmy Acton was reportedly attacked at a campaign event near Youngstown on Sunday.
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This James Donald Bowman guy doesn’t seem like a very nice person

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance on the 25th anniversary of 9/11: "As you guys can probably guess, I'm really looking forward to hanging out with Joe Biden. I'm sure we'll have many many intense intellectual conversations. We'll have a great time."

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death policy 👇🏻

St. John Barned-Smith@stjbs.bsky.social

ICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’ — my latest, w/ @kolyncheang.bsky.social. Spend some time with it www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

sfchronicle.comICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’ICE owes millions in unpaid bills to hospitals and, in some cases, detainees themselves have been directly billed for care, records show.
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Will definitely be seeing this 👇🏻

David Rooney@david-rooney.bsky.social

Back at the #VeniceFilmFestival, which kicked off tonight with Jack O'Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy in Danny Boyle's kinetically wired INK, about Rupert Murdoch's transformative assault on the British newspaper business in 1969. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

hollywoodreporter.com‘Ink’ Review: Jack O’Connell and Guy Pearce Trace Rupert Murdoch’s Fleet Street Rise in Breathlessly Paced, Morally Opaque Danny Boyle DramaClaire Foy also stars in this Venice opener adapted by James Graham from his play about the transformation of U.K. tabloid culture into mass-market low-brow entertainment.
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“It now includes 10 nations: Russia, China, India, Iran, Pakistan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Many other countries have the status of `dialogue partners.’” 👇🏻

PBS News@pbsnews.org

The leaders of China, Russia and India gathered with other heads of state in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a group billed as a counterweight to U.S. global influence. https://to.pbs.org/4ddWIVc

pbs.orgLeaders of China, Russia, India among world leaders meeting at summit to counter U.S. influenceThe leaders of China, Russia and India have gathered with other heads of state at a meeting billed as a counterweight to U.S. global influence.

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Mark Jacob
@markjacob.bsky.social

Media coverage of Trump’s armed robbery of Venezuela's oil shows “a news industry that has been laundered of a basic sense of right and wrong. Shockingly few people in the media are asking: Do we really want to be a country that blows people up and steals from them?” My Stop the Presses newsletter.

stopthepresses.newsTrump’s armed robbery in Venezuela draws values-free coverageA “might is right” mentality consumes our government and infects the media
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JFC

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

CORRECTION: After looking at the flight data a little closer, there were SIX third-country removals, with an additional stop in Equatorial Guinea -- where migrants already trapped there say officials are beating them and threatening them at gunpoint.

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Radley Balko
@radleybalko.bsky.social

A bunch of cops cheering at a political rally — in uniform — as the president and AG endorse a candidate and attack their political opponents is not normal. And it is not okay.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche is speaking at a Trump rally to endorse Bruce Blakeman

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Andrew Lawrence
@ndrew.bsky.social

these guys need to go to jail for this, theres no coming back from this without it

Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social

Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder.bsky.social

This anniversary is a somber one. Gutting the Voting Rights Act has paved the way for a dark chapter in our democracy and our nation’s history - one where voters are disenfranchised. But we can never give up on the fight for progress. We can do this.