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[?]Nonilex » 🌐
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On Wednesday, , a liberal pro- Jewish advocacy group, called the tracker “alarming” & criticized a statement by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, a coalition of dozens of Jewish leaders, that referred to Mamdani’s election as “a grim milestone.” J Street argued that the groups taking aim at had not applied the same scrutiny to , “despite his long record of using & for political gain.”

    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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    …During a back and forth with journalists in the Oval Office about the issue, a reporter noted that Chief Justice had asserted that were actually paid by .

    Asked if he agreed that Americans were paying the tariffs, said: "No, I don't agree. I think that they might be paying something. But when you take the overall impact, the Americans are gaining tremendously."

      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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      Oops

      Thursday acknowledged that are paying more for goods because of the he has set, a shift in rhetoric even as he insisted that the policy has benefited overall.

      Trump, who has used tariffs as a diplomatic & economic cudgel since coming into office, long has insisted that foreign nations are the ones putting money into US coffers because of the levies. Economists say tariffs are paid by the consumers of the goods themselves.

      reuters.com/world/us/trump-shi

        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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        There are also questions about the strength of the case. The investigation is of a foreign trip she took with members of her staff that was paid for by Qatar, but it is unclear whether the mayor’s office did anything for the Qatari govt, which would be a critical element of any possible bribery accusation. And any criminal case involving campaign finance would have to show that wrongdoing or misstatements were intentional rather than mistakes in paperwork.

          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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          It remains unclear how far the investigation into , a who has served as ’s mayor since 2015, has advanced since it was opened. But people familiar with the inquiry said it was based on potential violations of bribery or campaign finance laws. A spox for the ’s office declined to comment.

            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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            This week, the agent who was leading the investigation into Mayor was fired by the admin for having taken part in a inquiry into Trump’s attempts to overturn the .
            The unit inside the prosecutors’ office that would typically be responsible for pushing the case forward has also been badly damaged by a series of dismissals & resignations stemming from Trump’s efforts to seek against ofcls & his perceived enemies.

              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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              Is Said to Be Investigating Mayor Over Foreign Trip

              The investigation into , which is being handled by the ’s office in Washington [], could face significant hurdles because of the known facts of the case & recent turmoil inside the DOJ.


              nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/poli

                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                Casada, 66, was sentenced in September to 3 years in federal on charges related to a kickback & arrangement involving the legislature’s state-funded constituent mailer program. Cade Cothren, 38, previously Casada’s chief of staff, was also convicted of & related federal charges & sentenced to 2½ years in prison. They were due to report to prison later this month.

                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                  fmr speaker & his fmr top aide due to report to this month
                  
 has granted in the opening year of his term to several fmr elected officials convicted on -related charges.
                  
, who was ousted from his position as the speaker of the Tennessee House just months into the job in 2019, received a phone call from Trump Thursday informing him of the decision.


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                    [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                    "This year’s races, which saw the collapse of the supposed 2024 Trump coalition in multiple states, probably ought to prompt at least some reflection on the national mood among GOP pols. Ten or more years ago, it probably would have done just that. But the morning after Tuesday’s elections, Republicans like [Mike] Johnson were doing everything but reflecting on the national mood."

                    ~ Joe Perticone


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                      [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                      "McConnell cited a Truth Social post from Donald Trump as direct evidence that the president intended to defy a federal court, condemning the administration’s behavior as 'arbitrary, capricious, and utterly unacceptable.' …

                      Judge McConnell found that the Trump Administration violated his order by not paying out SNAP benefits."


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                        [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                        "In a scathing ruling handed down just minutes ago, Judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration to immediately deliver full November SNAP benefits to every state, blasting officials for their brazen refusal to obey his earlier mandate."

                        ~ Aaron Parnas


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                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                          admin must FULLY fund benefits by Friday, US judge rules

                          A federal judge on Thursday ordered Trump's administration to fully fund food aid for 42 million Americans in November by Friday, blocking its plan to only provide reduced benefits during the government .


                          reuters.com/legal/government/t

                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                            The Dept changed its passport rules after handed down an executive order in January declaring the would “recognize two sexes, male & female,” based on birth certificates & “biological classification.”

                            actor Hunter Schafer, for example, said in February that her new had been issued with a male gender marker, even though she’s marked female on her driver’s license & passport for years.

                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                              It halts a lower-court order requiring the govt to keep letting people choose male, female or X on their to line up with their on new or renewed passports. The court’s 3 liberal-leaning justices dissented from the unsigned order.

                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                Thursday allowed the admin to enforce a policy blocking & people from choosing sex markers that align with their .

                                The decision by the conservative-majority court is Trump’s latest win on the high court’s *emergency docket*, & it means his admin can enforce the policy while a lawsuit over it plays out.


                                apnews.com/article/trump-trans

                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                  A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during ’s *law enforcement* surge in was found of on Thursday in the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention.


                                  apnews.com/article/sandwich-th

                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                    The messages were presented as evidence in federal court Wednesday. Martinez, a 30-yr-old , & Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, are charged with allegedly assaulting a federal officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon.

                                    In the text, agent Exum wrote that he had “an amendment to add to” his story. “I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys,” the text read.

                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                      Fucker

                                      Texts appear to show agent bragging about a woman

                                      Text msgs sent by a agent appear to show he bragged to colleagues about his shooting skills after wounding a woman charged with allegedly assaulting a federal officer in Chicago.

                                      Agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez five times on Oct 4 after authorities say she & another driver rammed vehicles into an SUV Exum was driving.


                                      apnews.com/article/border-patr

                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                        “It’s about their practices targeting , targeting & people exercising their constitutional rights,” said Craig Futterman, atty for the orgs. “We have , & who will forever be afraid to exercise their very rights that make this country great, assaulted by the very people assigned to protect those freedoms.”

                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                          Attorneys for the plaintiffs told Ellis that federal agents repeatedly & brazenly violated the constitutional rights of & during aggressive raids, which began 2 months ago.

                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                            “The agent then yelled ‘throw another one’ & prepared a second canister,” acc/to a filing by attorneys for the plaintiffs. “Similarly, one agent told another, ‘Hey, throw it () for fun.’”

                                            Video of both incidents did not capture agents ordering the crowd to disperse or warning that they were going to deploy , as required by Ellis’ order.

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                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                              However, no video has surfaced of being struck & 4 days after the incident, Bovino had no visible head injury when he testified in Ellis’ courtroom. He subsequently admitted he had .

                                              Federal agents also deployed against Chicagoans on Oct 24. Video captured by body-worn cameras recorded one agent mocked the crowd as tear gas was deployed, saying twice, “have fun!” & laughing as they fled.

                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                chief Greg defended his decision to deploy against those who gathered to the actions of federal agents in ’s Little Village neighborhood on Oct 23 during a videotaped deposition played during Wednesday’s hearing.

                                                “The uses of force have been more than exemplary,” Bovino said.

                                                A spox for said Bovino fired tear gas at the crowd after he was struck in the head with a rock, a claim Bovino repeated under oath during his deposition.

                                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                  Lawyers for the admin told Ellis they plan to appeal her ruling…
                                                  Nearly a month ago, Ellis prohibited federal agents from deploying & other against , & anyone not posing an immediate threat to enforcement agents.

                                                  Since Oct 3, federal agents have fired tear gas at Chicagoans on at least 7 occasions, along with & other crowd *control* measures.

                                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                    Ellis held an all-day hearing Wednesday in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown where she heard from members of the , & Chicago that they had been terrified by the aggressive actions of federal agents carrying out what the admin calls “Operation Midway Blitz.”

                                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                      “The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters & attacked by agitators,” Ellis said Thursday before announcing her ruling. “That simply is untrue. And the government’s own evidence in this case belies that assertion.”

                                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                        @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                        The admin also treated anti- worse because of the content of their & impermissibly prevented the free exercise of by , without warning, those engaged in prayer with & , both violations of the , Ellis said.
                                                        🚨She also said chief Greg admitted to about whether a rock hit him before he used tear gas on Chicagoans in Little Village last month.

                                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                          @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                          US District Court Judge Sara Ellis said she will issue a sweeping injunction limiting the by federal agents in the area after she found a litany of violations were committed in recent weeks.

                                                          Ellis on Thursday painstakingly detailed instances across the Chicago area in which agents used force against residents in violation of her .


                                                          news.wttw.com/2025/11/06/feder

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                                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                            Rise Puts Movement in a ‘Time of Choosing’

                                                            After Fuentes’s interview with , are considering just how far his views are from the embraced by ’s followers [hint, it ain’t far]


                                                            nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/poli

                                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                              @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                              …The raid marked a heightened turn in 's aggressive crackdown in , which began in September with the stated purpose of pursuing dangerous criminals without the legal right to reside in the . It has resulted in more than 3,000 arrests, according to the , including US & people with no criminal record.

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                                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                The woman, who was identified in a parents' text group shared with Reuters as Diana Santillana, a in the classroom from Medellin, Colombia, could be heard saying in Spanish, "I have papers."

                                                                The agents grabbed the teacher in front of children, US Rep Mike Quigley, an , said in a statement. Shocked …said the had recently told them that all the teachers were legally authorized to work….

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                                                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                  Footage obtained by local WGN-TV showed 2 men, one in a balaclava, dragging a woman out of the colorfully decorated front doors of Rayito de Sol center as she screamed. The men wore vests that said "Police" but no other agency markings were visible.


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                                                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                    In ’s crackdown, agents raid , center

                                                                    A Spanish-language immersion daycare in a leafy residential neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago was raided by federal immigration agents on Wednesday & a was taken away, panicking administrators & of , & pre-k at the center, a staff worker at the daycare told Reuters.


                                                                    reuters.com/world/us/chicago-i

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                                                                      [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                      "Trump is a weakened and diminished figure, his mandate has been revoked by the American people -

                                                                      Simply, Trump has been a terrible, terrible leader and people are pissed. He has done clear material harm to the American people and our country, on purpose, by design. He has become wildly unpopular, his agenda (which Republicans have to run on next year) even more so."

                                                                      ~ Simon Rosenberg


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                                                                        [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                        "DONALD TRUMP COST HIS PARTY A LOT OF VOTES in Tuesday’s elections. He and his supporters are peddling excuses for the big Republican defeat—pleading that the losses were in blue states, faulting the poor quality of the candidates, or arguing that the GOP would have performed better if Trump were on the ballot this year.1 But the president and his policies were largely to blame."

                                                                        ~ Will Saletan


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                                                                          [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                          "In the end, the bizarre idea that a choice must be made between Trump and the economy reflects something deeper: a broad reluctance to accept that Trump is really, really unpopular."


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                                                                            [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                            "If you were watching any of the voter-on-the-street interviews Tuesday, you might have been surprised to hear how many Americans are deeply disturbed, furious even, about Donald Trump’s bulldozing of the White House to make way for a garish $330M donor-paid ballroom."

                                                                            ~ Jen Rubin


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                                                                              [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                              "The ballroom is the most visible, easily explained, and visually disgusting evidence of Trump’s destruction of our democracy and the public’s ownership of our institutions."


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                                                                                [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                                "The results showed that Democrats don’t have to choose between attacking Trump and highlighting the economy. In fact, they are often inseparable.

                                                                                There’s a bizarre tendency in our political discourse to treat criticism of Trump—including his lawlessness and consolidation of authoritarian power—as somehow evading the 'real' issues that working-class voters actually care about. Tuesday’s results sorely test this false dichotomy."

                                                                                ~ Greg Sargent


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                                                                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                  in , & along with hubs across the are among 40 that will see flights cut starting Friday due to the government , acc/to a list distributed to the airlines & obtained by AP.

                                                                                  The announced Wednesday that it would reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 high-volume markets to maintain as exhibit
                                                                                  signs of strain during the ongoing shutdown.


                                                                                  apnews.com/live/donald-trump-n

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                                                                                    [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                                    "At one level, it’s entertaining to watch conservatives squirm over the Groyperism of their party — although they’ve been very slow in responding to what has been obvious for years.

                                                                                    'The distance between Fuentes and the mainstream Republican Party isn’t really that large,' Richard Hanania told the NYT…."

                                                                                    ~ David Kurtz


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                                                                                    morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.

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                                                                                      [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                                      See also Christopher Hale, "Groypers at the Gates: The Catholic Fascist Turn in the MAGA Right"

                                                                                      As a non-paying subscriber to Hale's Letters from Leo blog, I can't read the entire essay, unfortunately.


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                                                                                        [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                                        “We cannot let this malevolent evil make further inroads into our politics and civil discourse. It will literally destroy us.

                                                                                        Other task force members who resigned include Mark Goldfeder, Yaakov Menken and Malcolm Hoenlein."


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                                                                                          [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                                          "At least five members of Heritage’s antisemitism task force have now resigned in protest, and distinguished fellow Chris DeMuth left the organization. ...

                                                                                          'When Kevin Roberts repeatedly defended Tucker Carlson after his kid-glove treatment of Nick Fuentes, I lost faith that Heritage is the right institution to lead this important fight,' Speir said in an email to The Post."


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                                                                                            [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                                            "A staff meeting Wednesday — Roberts’s latest attempt to quell a week of resignations and condemnations over his defense of Carlson — was marked with calls for him to resign and squabbles over whether Christian employees would be forced to participate in Jewish rituals."


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                                                                                              [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                                              "The Heritage Foundation is erupting in open revolt against its president, Kevin Roberts, as the right-wing think tank struggles to deal with internal and external anger over his defense of former Fox News host Tucker Carlson."

                                                                                              ~ Isaac Arnsdorf and Jacob Bogage


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                                                                                                [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                                                "As I see it, Hispanic voters are now learning a similar lesson. Until this year many of them could brush off evidence of right-wing racism, including Trump’s tirades about Mexican rapists, as unlikely to affect their lives. Now they’re seeing friends and family grabbed on the street by masked government thugs. Many will never trust the right again."


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                                                                                                  [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
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                                                                                                  They won't return, he thinks, because they've learned a lesson the Jewish community has long had to learn:

                                                                                                  "Jews have many generations’ worth of experience with right-wing antisemitism. Many of us understand, I believe, that whenever bigotry of any kind is given free rein, we’re always next in line.

                                                                                                  And sure enough, rabid antisemitism is surging within MAGA, which should surprise absolutely nobody."


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